Nadhege Ptah’s “Paris Blues in Harlem” film-short shot in two days at the location, is winning awards in New York and beyond … and preserving a long, beautiful legacy. The film & theatrical stage producer/writer/actress/dancer is a wife and mom of three. She personifies the New Harlem Renaissance, where the artist is intellectualist-humanist-community activist and the art is infused […]readmore
A Connecticut woman today accused Harvard University of the wrongful seizure, possession and monetization of photographic images of her family’s patriarch, an enslaved African man named Renty, and his daughter, Delia. The images, believed to be the earliest-known photographic images of slaves, were commissioned in 1850 by a Harvard Professor, Louis Agassiz, and used to […]readmore
Reflections… Today’s Truths… Success: 21st Century Style In its 20thSeason, the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium, Inc. (CBJC) in partnership with International Women in Jazz, Inc. honors Women’s Month with Jazz: The Women’s Viewpoint on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 3pm. The afternoon will consist of a panel discussion and performances with renowned women jazz musicians in the Downtown […]readmore
By Elizabeth Rankin-Fulcher “Do something that really speaks to who you are.” Kyiesha Kelly, Hip-Hop Closet Every entrepreneur has a story about why they decided to start a business. Some know from Day One that they want to work for themselves; others come up with ideas while working for someone else and […]readmore
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 […]readmore
Here’s an opportunity for OTP readers to catch a richly inspiring program they may not have been able to attend. On Sunday March 24th from 3-7pm, Louis Dente’s award-winning Cultural Caravan TV and Online Series will broadcast its recent Women’s History Month celebration titled, “Establishing Our Role in 2019 and Beyond: No More Talk […]readmore
Thinker’s Notebook By Marlon Rice I’m going to tell you a story. It is the most powerful and captivating story I’ve heard so far this year. And, I didn’t just hear it. I was there for it; via text, through phone calls, and in person. I saw this story unfold before my very eyes, […]readmore
In Memory of Daisy Bates and Her Mother March Women’s History month holds special meaning in Black history: Tubman died in 1910 in Auburn, NY; Dorothy Height was born two years later in Richmond, Virginia. In 1956, the great Civil Rights strategist Diane Nash, […]readmore
