Arte:Secrets & Stories Quilting Exhibition at Visions Art Museum
Secrets & Stories features nine textile artists who tell a story or suggest a secret, May 4 – July 22, 2012.
FILM LIFE’S 16th ANNUAL AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES “A CONVERSATION WITH” INDUSTRY POWER COUPLE, SALIM & MARA BROCK-AKIL
Film Life, Inc., today announced power couple Salim and Mara Brock-Akil as the featured guests for the “A Conversation With” discussion at the 16th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF).
Books: Pharrell: Places and Spaces I’ve Been
Pharrell williams is one of the music industry’s hottest producers. What he touched turns to gold in almost every field he enters.
Musica: Nneka’s French Tour
Our favorite songstress Nneka is starting the French leg of her tour for the album ” Soul is Heavy”. Nneka put on a good show and is a great date if you’re in France this April.
Musica: Sweet Micky ” Dola”
So, while reading the Miami Herals, I saw the President Michel Martelly of Haiti AKA” Sweet Micky” was back in Miami for medical care.
BEST-SELLING AUTHORS, PUBLISHING INDUSTRY POWER BROKERS, CELEBRITY NOTABLES & BOOK ENTHUSIASTS SET TO CONVERGE AT FIRST ANNUAL ANGUILLA LITERARY FESTIVAL MAY 24TH THROUGH MAY 28TH 2012
The Anguilla Tourist Board will host its first annual literary festival May 24th through May 28th at the statuesque, Paradise Cove Resort.
Cinema: New York African Film Festival returns April 11 through 17
Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) and African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF) have again joined forces to present the 19th New York African Film Festival (NYAFF).
Performance: InkSpot Entertainment presents ‘the Unwritten Rules”
InkSpot Entertainment will premiere a new web series, “the Unwritten Rules” on April 25, 2012. The comedic series is based on the book, “40 Hours and an Unwritten Rule:
African Books That You Need to Add to Your Library
I found this list at Fork in the Road through Twitter and thought that it was a must have for all African homes, be it Afro- Caribbean, African American or Egyptian .
Culture: Good Friday
In many parts of the Diaspora, Africans are celebrating Good Friday, a Christian Holiday that commemorates the death of the man who is credited with creating Christianity, Jesus Christ.