By Maitefa Angaza Brenda Brunson-Bey, fashion design artist extraordinaire, regularly turns heads in Brooklyn, a place where you can see any variety of fabulous on a given day. But Bey’s brand of fabulous is several steps beyond. A native of Georgia, she’s been in Brooklyn for decades, building a solid business with […]Read More
Culture Warrior … In a world where clickbait rules and art has devolved to reality television, veteran publicity maven Cheryl L. Duncan is fighting for quality cultural projects to get their time in the limelight. The culture advocate is president and CEO of Cheryl Duncan & Company, Inc., a boutique publicity firm specializing in entertainment […]Read More
By Akosua K. Albritton The #BHEARD Town Hall is the space where Brooklyn residents of all ages, local leaders, social scientists, advocates and the elected convene to discuss crucial issues of our time. As the name implies, it is a space for Brooklyn residents to exercise their agency by airing concerns, questions and offering ideas […]Read More
The late Bedford-Stuyvesant-born author John Steptoe’s award-winning children’s books, written more than three decades ago, have powerful relevance in today’s world. Now, three of his classic works, Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale Baby Says and Stevie (written in 1969 when he was 16 and published three years later) were reissued recently. On Saturday, March […]Read More
Tsahai Akili Ptah, 9, is the daughter of filmmaker/actress Nadhege Ptah, one of the “Timeless Women” to be featured in OTP’s salute to March Women’s Herstory Month. Nadhege produced, directed, and wrote the much-talked-about short film, “Paris Blues in Harlem,” in which she carries the lead role, Paris. The esteemed Tonya Pinkins and Charles Welden star in the film which according […]Read More
By Robert Walker Chicago native, world-class artist Nana Camille Yarbrough has done it all. She is a performer, singer-musician, actress on the stage, television and film. She is an acclaimed author and poet, and as a dancer. Nana Camille is a living legend, a Renaissance woman whose timeless works have seeped into the fabric of […]Read More
The artwork of Yaritja Young, a law woman of the Amata community in South Australia, will be exhibited along with other celebrated Aboriginal women artists at the Olsen Gruin Gallery (www.olsengruin.com), 30 Orchard St. in Manhattan through April 14. Yaritja paints the rock holes and landmarks of her country, entwined with icons and traditional marks that […]Read More
GLORY: A Life Among Legends is the compassionate memoir of Dr. Glory Van Scott, the renowned dancer and producer. And something more, says Melony McGant, a friend and fan of the artist, who beleives the book “a treasure trove of historic and personal photographs offering the reader glimpses of the passions of a generation in […]Read More
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