by Maitefa Angaza In the week since WBAI 99.5FM returned to the air, relieved loyal fans (New York fans) and those across the tri-state area have been repeatedly warned that the battle is not yet over. Judge Melissa Crane of the Manhattan Supreme Court ruled in favor of the station, ordering its Pacifica Foundation parent […]Read More
By Joe Hadsall, JoplinGlobe.com When he made the movie “The Learning Tree,” Gordon Parks probably didn’t intend for it to be relevant 50 years later. “It’s still relevant today,” said Kirk Sharp, executive director of the Gordon Parks Museum on the campus of Fort Scott Community College. “It was important when in came out in […]Read More
Thinker’s Notebook By Marlon Rice Two particular movies came out over the last two weeks that depict fictionalized stories about a pair of Black folks that were both iconic within their own eras and environment. I want you to appreciate that first sentence, as it took me half an hour to find the words […]Read More
Special to Our Time PressBy Herb Boyd Ahmed Abdullah, the music director at Sistas’ Place in Brooklyn, took the stage Saturday evening and announced that it was their 24th season and that Charles Tolliver’s All-Stars were there to celebrate their 50th Anniversary. When Tolliver and his group opened the evening’s first set, an […]Read More
A Ballad for Harlem Conversation: Sculptor Augusta Savage Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd., Manhattan, 6:30-8:30pm, FREE. Dr. Jeffreen M. Hayes and independent curator and writer Niama Sandy will discuss the artistic vision and impact of Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage. Dr. Hayes is the author of Augusta Savage: Renaissance […]Read More
Fall Preview of Black Theater Gleamed with Gems It was a joyous and electrifying evening at the Schomburg Center as the Black theater world convened to get a peek at the new fall season offerings on and off-Broadway and to present stage legend Andre De Shields with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The latter was the […]Read More
By Maitefa Angaza Toni Morrison is so loved that her death has ardent fans across the world declaring themselves shattered. Fortunately, we’ve been left a roadmap to her heart and a blueprint for mending ours. The documentary, The Pieces I Am, released just a few months ago, will help us to re-member our own […]Read More
by Cheryl L. Duncan Brooklyn native and marketing innovator Lisa N. Farrow may have grown up seeing “everything” in New York, but as an adult she realized she was missing so much around the world. Her world travels eventually led her to a secondary profession: photographer. Beginning in 1996, she started traveling to the Caribbean, Africa and […]Read More
