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The 29th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in Coconut Grove was held Sunday in person for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the area’s first Black house of worship, the former St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church. Read moreSt. Mary Missionary Baptist Church at heart of MLK event
Black woman whose cells advanced medical research will be honored in hometown Read moreHenrietta Lacks statue to replace Robert E. Lee
You try to stay on top of things. Read moreStories of trailblazers – and a woman who reported on them
Sam Cooke’s music returns to the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center Jan. 22 in Darrian Ford’s “The Cooke Book: The Music of Sam Cooke” tribute concert, 59 years after Cooke’s last show in Miami. The show celebrates the 92nd anniversary of the beloved artist’s brief life and the path he pave… Read moreDarrian Ford brings Sam Cooke to life
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memoir. Brown Jackson, the first Black woman appointed to the court, is calling the book “Lovely One.” Read moreJustice Brown Jackson working on ‘Lovely One’ memoir
The comedy “Some Like It Hot” would seem too hot to revisit these days. Easy laughs at the concept of men wearing dresses and then hitting on horrified other men? No, thank you. Broadway – ever inclusive, forever progressive – would never touch that old, irredeemable chestnut, would it? Read moreBroadway’s ‘Some Like It Hot’ blazes righteous path
A monthslong Toni Morrison tribute at Princeton University, where the Nobel laureate taught for 17 years, will range from music created and performed by Grammy-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant to a spring lecture series and three-day symposium featuring Miami-based award-winning autho… Read morePrinceton University plans Toni Morrison tribute
Rapper and actor Common has made his Broadway debut in the play “Between Riverside and Crazy” and what he sees from the stage is something he never imagined: a multi-cultural audience hanging on to every word. Read moreCommon revels in his Broadway stage debut
A Miami-based lifestyle and fashion photographer is spotlighting 40 of the city’s most prominent and trailblazing women in a new coffee table book. Read more“Miami Women” book showcase Miami trailblazers
Holiday classic more relevant with representation Read moreBlack dancers shine in 'The Chocolate Nutcracker'
The Black experience takes center stage at Broward Center Read moreDarius Daughtry to debut ‘Theatrical Mixtape Volume IV’
The internationally acclaimed Jazz in The Gardens has begun to release its 2023 lineup, which will include artists Jill Scott, Sean Paul and El DeBarge performing at the Hard Rock Stadium March 11 and 12. The music festival is working toward announcing more artists in the upcoming week. Read moreJazz in The Gardens releasing 2023 lineup
Energetic group aspires to bring hope alive Read moreSoweto Gospel Choir to headline Gospel Sunday
The New Canon Chamber Collective will open its inaugural season with a concert at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts’ Amaturo Theater Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. Read moreChamber Collective opens season with ‘American Soul’
Oolite Arts, one of Miami’s largest support organizations for local artists, will offer its resident artists a $1,000-a-month housing stipend to ease the impact of the city’s affordability crisis, thanks to new funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Read moreOolite Arts to offer artists housing stipend
The Magic City returns to the global spotlight next week with the much-anticipated Miami Art Week, running from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4, and this year’s event marks the 20th-anniversary celebration of Art Basel Miami. And while hundreds of artists will converge in South Florida, more Black creator… Read moreBlack influence on Miami Art Week
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will debut a significant, thought-provoking new exhibition, “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures,” in March of next year. Read moreTrayvon Martin’s flight suit joins historical exhibition
Teenage climate activists in Nigeria’s largest city are recycling trash into runway outfits for a “Trashion Show.” Read moreNigerian teens create fashion from trash to fight pollution
Dhonielle Clayton is not just a bestselling author of young adult fiction. She’s an organizer, a former teacher and a founder of the grassroots publishing movement We Need Diverse Books. She’s also the kind of friend who can convince five of her well-known peers to collaborate on a single no… Read more6 popular Black authors co-write teen romance ‘Whiteout’
Head downtown to see the authors Read moreTop Six Miami Book Fair Picks
Oolite Arts announced the 2022 winners of The Ellies, Miami’s Visual Arts Awards, Oct. 26 at The Bass. This year marks the program’s fifth anniversary. Read moreOolite Arts raises voices of local artists
Devin Allen admits that he occasionally behaved like a knucklehead growing up in Baltimore. But he was not so irreverent as a 10th grader that he could see an image of Emmett Till’s open casket and not find it arresting. Read moreEmmett Till images have multigenerational impact on artists
As a Black man, architect Germane Barnes says he values African migration because it is the essence of his ancestors. In an exhibition of his work, “Germane Barnes: Unsettled” at the Nina Johnson gallery, he explores both memory and identity related to these values. Read moreExploring Black identity in ‘Unsettled’ art exhibition
Revival production features Black-led cast Read moreWendell Pierce in ‘Death of a Salesman’
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
It’s not just about a juicy turkey and time-tested, family-favorite sides – divine and delightful appetizers, drinks and desserts are delicious bookends that will elevate your Thanksgiving spread to the sublime. And a quartet of apple-based recipes – featuring the satisfying texture and tast… Read moreApple-based dishes to sweeten your holiday table
John Artis, who was wrongly convicted with boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter in a triple murder case made famous in a 1975 song by Bob Dylan and a 1999 film starring Denzel Washington, has died. He was 75. Read moreJohn Artis, co-defendant of ‘Hurricane’ Carter, dies at 75
A judge has ruled that Kobe Bryant’s widow must turn over her therapy records to Los Angeles County in her lawsuit claiming she suffered emotional distress after first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, his te… Read moreKobe Bryant's widow must turn over therapy records
Thursday, February 02, 2023
Beyoncé is taking her “Renaissance” global — the superstar will start a world tour in Sweden in May with stops throughout Europe and the United States. Read moreBeyoncé announces much anticipated ‘Renaissance’ world tour
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Spoiler alert: J.Lo looks fantastic in a wedding dress. Read moreReview: Even J.Lo can’t save this ‘Shotgun Wedding’
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are reteaming for a fourth “Bad Boys” movie, in one of Smith’s most high-profile new projects since the slap. Read moreSmith, Lawrence reteaming for ‘Bad Boys’ sequel
Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “War” and “Papa Was a Rolling Ston… Read moreMotown founder, songwriter Barrett Strong dead at 81
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West could be refused a visa due to his antisemitic comments if he attempts to visit Australia, a senior Australian government minister said last week. Read moreAustralia could deny Ye entry over antisemitism reports
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