Posts Tagged ‘Black Arts and Culture’
African American Heritage Festival
Celebrate Black history and culture during this free annual African American Heritage Festival. The 2023 African American Heritage Festival will include art, music, food, a keynote speaker, and much more!
Read MorePan African Film & Arts Festival
The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) showcases a broad array of Black creative works from the world over, highlighting those that reinforce positive images and help to destroy negative stereotypes.
Read MoreBlack Arts Milwaukee Donation Event
Help celebrate and support Black Arts Milwaukee. BAM is increasing the availability and quality of African American arts and culture while providing MKE-based artists of color with employment, access, visibility, and development opportunities through high quality public performances.
Read MoreBlack Night Market
A Night Market highlighting Black, Indiginous and People Of Color (BIPOC) owned businesses! Live performances, vendors, food trucks & more.
Read MoreHow an Afro-Indigenous TikTok creator shares her culture
Kara Smith knows what it means to not belong, so she’s using TikTok to smash myths and spread knowledge about her multicultural identity.
Read MoreCalifornia Bill Could Restrict the Use of Rap Lyrics in Court
Some Californian lawmakers want a law that would bar rap lyrics from being used as evidence in court cases, citing freedom of expression.
Read MoreDiary of my first Essence Fest: How 4 days in New Orleans changed me forever
For one attendee, the 2022 Essence Festival of Culture was made all the more significant by its location in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Read MoreBaratunde Thurston: How to be Black and Outdoorsy
Comedian Baratunde Thurston explored the complex relationship between nature and the Black community with The Root to promote his new TV show.
Read More‘So Impactful’: Michigan Woman Opens Bookstore Celebrating Black Authors
By Angelina Velasquez, Atlanta Black Star A Michigan bookstore is giving Black authors the spotlight they have long deserved but often struggled to find. Socialight Society bookstore is a microshop, a store located inside another store, in this case Soul Nutrition, where book curator Nyshell Lawrence has made it a priority to give Black authors, especially those…
Read MoreCandyman Is the First No. 1 Film Directed by a Black Woman
Almost 30 years after the original film traumatized a generation in 1992, its reboot, directed by Little Woods’ Nia DaCosta, grossed $22,370,00 in its initial domestic weekend, making DaCosta the first Black woman to helm a No. 1, according to IndieWire.
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