Arts & Entertainment
FILM REVIEW: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic “It’s not possible. I’m a normal kid!” Famous last words. That’s what’s on the lips of teenager Miles Morales as he goes through a change in life. No, not puberty. The young Blatino brother from Brooklyn has been bitten by a radioactive spider and his life has…
Read MoreNew Film Honors the Life of Harriet Tubman
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia When one speaks of freedom fighters, Harriet Tubman’s name should always be among the first – if not highlighted as a primary justice crusader. For it was on this date 169 years ago – Dec. 6, 1849 – that Tubman escaped slavery. The brave African American who…
Read MoreNew YouTube Show Entertaining and Educating LGBTQ Youth
By Micha Green, The Afro Advocates for Youth, a national non-profit focusing on young people’s sexual reproductive health and rights, is providing fun-filled entertainment packed with a lesson particularly targeting LGBTQ youth, through the new YouTube show “Kikis with Louie.” “Kiki,” a common term used in the Queer community, is normally a conversational session among…
Read MoreGlobal Citizen Fest Honors Mandela Legacy Amidst Huge Crowd Of Beyoncé Fans
A massive turnout of die-hard fans of superstars Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z filled every available square inch of the Johannesburg FNB stadium for the closing night of the Global Citizen Festival organized to honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela and raise $1 billion to address poverty, food security, global health…
Read MoreSubmissions Sought for 2019/20 Nat’l Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition
Sculpture artists from across the nation are invited to participate in the 14th Annual National Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition. Up to 14 sculptures will be juried into the 11 month exhibit and will compete for cash prizes totaling up to $19,750. Honorariums for artists accepted into the show have increased to $1250 to assist…
Read MoreNickelodeon’s New Buddy Comedy Series, Cousins For Life, Premieres January 5
Nickelodeon’s all-new buddy comedy series, Cousins For Life, will premiere on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The live-action series follows 12-year-old cousins and best friends Stuart (Dallas Dupree Young) and Ivy (Scarlet Spencer) as they learn to navigate life under one roof with their families in Portland, despite being from very different backgrounds.…
Read MoreWinners Selected for DROP: A Story of Triumph National Creative Expressions Contest
The Positive Change Foundation, in affiliation with Black Women for Positive Change (BW4PC) has selected winners for the National Creative Expressions Contest, based on the film, “DROP: A Story of Triumph.” Nine winners from Middle and High Schools and a Homeschool have been selected from schools including Darnell Cookman Middle/High School of the Medical Arts,…
Read MoreEn Vogue to Headline Famously Hot New Year in Columbia
En Vogue — the iconic ‘90s vocal group and one of the top 5 highest-selling female American music groups in history — will perform a free, full-length concert at Famously Hot New Year, S.C.’s largest free New Year’s Eve celebration, in downtown Columbia, S.C. on December 31, 2018. The concert will be followed by a…
Read MoreCatch the Charleston Christmas Special December 8-23 at Charleston Music Hall
More than 10,000 people make the Charleston Christmas Special part of their holiday tradition each December, and this year will be no exception. Producers Brad and Jennifer Moranz have worked all year to create a brand-new holiday show that’s nothing short of spectacular. Some of the most talented singers, dancers and musicians from around the…
Read MoreSC African American History Calendar December 2018 Honoree: Elaine Nichols
Elaine Nichols, a native of Charlotte, N.C., has spent her professional career preserving and documenting unique collections and aspects of African American culture as a museum curator. She began her career in South Carolina, where she served as a guest curator at the South Carolina State Museum and mounted the exhibition, The Last Miles of…
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