THREE MAJOR EVENTS TO EMPOWER BLACK WRITERS, AUTHORS, AND SPEAKERS
The May edition of Speakers Magazine has Dr. Abraham Shanklin, Jr. as the cover story. Dr. Shanklin owns a coach writing and publishing company, Scripts &
BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA AWARDS JACQUIE JONES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS MADE POSSIBLE BY CPB
Black Public Media (BPM) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today announced the recipients of the Jacquie Jones Memorial Scholarships.
NSU ART MUSEUM FORT LAUDERDALE WILL PRESENT FREE SYMPOSIUM FOCUSING ON ISSUES WITHIN LGBTQ+ ART COMMUNITY
As a lead-up to June Pride Month and the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale will present A Sense of Pride:
TWO RIVER THEATER’S 2019/20 SEASON WILL INCLUDE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF LOVE IN HATE NATION, A NEW MUSICAL BY JOE ICONIS, DIRECTED BY JOHN SIMPKINS
Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, announces the lineup of productions for its 2019/20 Season.
Gallery Visit: Fashioning the Black Body projects+gallery, St Louis Missouri on view until May 4, 2019, by Daniel Dunson
St Louis’s projects+gallery presented the inaugural curatorial offering of acclaimed artist and writer, Dario Calmese. The New York based photographer brought a cast of well-known artists to his native home of St.
Artist Spotlight: Idris Habib
Idris Habib, (AKA Sir Idris) is a unique artist whose work culminates an obvious sense of culture, vibrant colors, bold contemporary flair and a majestic texture.
Sundance Institute Names Four New Members of Board of Trustees
Sundance Institute announced today that Jason Blum, Ebs Burnough, Lynette Wallworth and Lisa-Michele Church will join the Institute’s Board of Trustees. The new Trustees bring deep experience and broad expertise spanning communications, emerging media, and film production to the Institute’s governance, and will work closely with President &
Countdown Begins to Fort Lauderdale’s Premier Caribbean Food Festival – “The Taste the Islands Experience”
Above: L-R: Daniel Abbott, Tyrone Robertson, Calibe Thompson, Hugh “Chef Irie” Sinclair, and David I. Muir | Photography by RJ Deed Dozens of South Florida’s mainstream and Caribbean media were hosted on the grounds of History Fort Lauderdale on April 3rd, for the official media launch of The Taste the Islands Experience (#TTIX2019) event weekend.
The Apollo Theater Salon Series in partnership with the National Black Theatre present WiLDFLOWER
The Apollo Theater Salon Series in partnership with the Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (NBT) will present WiLDFLOWER, the staged concert reading of the full-length musical with book, music and lyrics by Jason Michael Webb and Lelund Durond Thompson, at 7:30 p.m.
Woven Narratives: Chicago based artist SHENEQUA, pays homage to women who were instrumental in her life through the art she creates from synthetic hair by Daniel Dunson
SHENEQUA was born in St Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands and raised in Miami, FL within the Caribbean culture. Always fascinated with West African textiles, specifically Ghanaian woven cloth, SHENEQUA embarked on a formal academic journey at Kansas City Art Institute, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago that landed her on African soil.
