Arts & Entertainment
Lawsuit Cites Appalling Lack of Diversity in Radio and TV Ownership: Free Press and Allies Condemn FCC
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Free Press, the Massachusetts-based nonpartisan organization that fights for the right to connect and communicate along with several allies, filed a reply brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Friday, April 12, challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal and relaxation of several of its…
Read MoreGovernor’s School for the Arts and Humanities to showcase young artists at Artists in Bloom
For the fifth year, TD Bank will present “Artists in Bloom,” a fundraising event benefitting the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH), on Thursday, April 25 from 6-8 p.m. at Avenue in downtown Greenville. This unique engagement, hosted by the SCGSAH Foundation, celebrates the school’s young artists from across the state…
Read MorePURE Theatre to open Southeast Regional Premiere of The Agitators by Mat Smart at the Cannon Street Arts Center
Friday, May 3, 2019, PURE Theatre opens the sixth production of their 16th Season: The Agitators by Mat Smart. Directed by PURE Theatre Artistic Director and Co-Founder Sharon Graci, the cast features Emily Wilhoit as Susan B. Anthony and PURE Core Ensemble Member, Michael Smallwood, as Frederick Douglass in this Southeast Regional Premiere and nominee…
Read MoreCharleston County School of the Arts Receives Rare Invitation to Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic
The Charleston County School of the Arts (SOA) Symphony String Orchestra is the first South Carolina orchestra in 36 years to receive an invitation to attend the 73rd Annual Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. This prestigious event will take place December 18-21, 2019, at McCormick Place West in Chicago, IL. Groups from all over…
Read MoreNew Film Chronicles Winningest H.S. Basketball Coach in History
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia A place called Stop 6, an urban neighborhood of Ft. Worth, TX, was not known for much more than economic hardships, illegal drug abuse, and gang violence. Sitting in the heart of the community is Paul Laurence Dunbar High School which has proved to be a beacon…
Read MoreLorraine Toussaint: Veteran Actress Talks ‘The Village’ and Brooklyn
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., NNPA Newswire Contributor Lorraine Toussaint has plans. The SAG award-winner and NAACP Image award nominee that has an acting career that spans more than thirty years, is starring as Patricia on NBC’s mid-season replacement “The Village,” a show about a motley crew of residents living in a building in Brooklyn with interconnected lives. Filling the…
Read MoreCelebrate Independent Bookstore Day at Itinerant Literate Books
Itinerant Literate Books will celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on April 27 for the first time at their Park Circle storefront, Itinerant Literate Bookstop. This year marks the retailer’s fourth year of participation in the nationwide event and first year as a brick-and-mortar store. Beginning as a market pop-up bookshop in 2015, Itinerant Literate launched its…
Read MoreThe 25th Anniversary ESSENCE Festival Brings the 90’s Heat with Special Performances of the Hottest Albums Celebrating 25 Years
The ESSENCE Festival, the world’s largest cultural, entertainment and empowerment experience and largest celebration of global Black culture, is set to bring the 90’s heat with special performances that celebrate the 25th anniversary of some of the top albums of the decade. The Festival also just announced the official night-by-night performance line up for its…
Read MoreThe Palmetto Rose Project Sets Out To Nurture Black Artists and Avenge Gentrification’s Effects
By Damion Smalls The continual heaps of praise Charleston has accepted in recent years from national and worldwide organizations has placated the city’s majority population and newcomers to the area. To list a few of the accolades, Charleston has been dubbed the number one city in the world by Travel+Leisure, named top small city in…
Read MoreFrom Snoop Dogg to President Obama: Tributes to Community Activist Nipsey Hussle
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Nipsey Hussle, whose real name was Ermias Joseph Asghedom, was shot to death in Los Angeles on March 31 outside of his store Marathon Clothing. He was 33. Though he arrived on the music scene in the early 2000s, Nipsey Hussle was known not only as a musician but as…
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