Those unscripted moments helped to underscore why the Disney Dreamers Academy has meant so much to so many children for 16 years. By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA […]
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Re-Fueling Jet Magazine Where Everyone Can Be ‘Beauty of the Week’
By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA Like Ebony, founded six years earlier, Jet chronicled Black life in America and provided a lens into the African American community that […]
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Future and Friends throws “One Big Party” in Dallas
By Rashad Miller Last week, the One Big Party Tour made its Dallas stop at the American Airlines Center. After Future successfully hosted a few shows earlier in the year […]
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical brings the film to the stage with muscle and joy
Broadway Dallas hosts the touring production at Fair Park Music Hall Review by Martha Heimberg Devoted fans of filmmaker Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 Moulin Rouge! movie packed the Music Hall at […]
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IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE MAKES ITS DEBUT AT LIGHTHOUSE ARTSPACE DALLAS APRIL 20, 2023
Following a celebrated world premiere at Lighthouse ArtSpace Toronto in December 2022, and a subsequent rollout in select U.S. cities in 2023, Lighthouse Immersive’s highly anticipated Disney Animation: Immersive Experience will see its Dallas premiere at Lighthouse ArtSpace Dallas (507 S. Harwood St.) on April 20, 2023. Developed in collaboration with Walt Disney […]
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Ft. Worth African American Roots Music Fest Announces 2023 Artist Lineup
Event Unapologetically Celebrates Black Contributions to Roots Music FORT WORTH, Texas – On March 18, 2023, award-winning artists from across the country will convene at the third annual Fort Worth […]
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Can Black Men Ever Really Win in Hollywood?
Originally appeared in Word in Black, By Patrick Washington One year after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, “so-called Black Hollywood is more like the Black Student Union […]
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Big Thought Big Night fundraiser recap
Education nonprofit Big Thought hosted its BIG NIGHT fundraiser event March 4 at The Factory in Deep Ellum. More than 420 guests were in attendance. Media personality, author and actor […]
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Dallas Arboretum Hosted Reception for the Third Annual Black Heritage Celebration Taking Place on May 6 and 7
Dallas, Texas, (March 9, 2023) – Janet Jack, Dallas Arboretum board member and Black Heritage Celebration chairperson, and Tiffaney Dale Hunter, Black Heritage Celebration host committee chair, welcomed sponsors, host committee members […]
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Free Community Programs Return to Fair Park This Spring
DALLAS – March 9, 2023 – A new series of free programs and activities will return to Fair Park from March through June. The programming series kicks off during Spring […]