Uniting talented teens for a life-changing experience by Derrel Jazz Johnson The 13th Annual Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and Essence Magazine, a program that unites 100 talented teens from all across the United States for four days of life-changing activities at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, takes place from …
Washington, D.C.’s Howard University has received a $10 million gift, the largest in its 153-year history, to expand a science and technology scholars program that was started to increase the presence of minorities in these fields, according to the Washington Post. The donation, which comes from the Karsh Family Foundation, will go toward the university’s …
Greetings! His Excellency, President Nana Addo Dan-quah Akufo-Addo, in spirit. Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, Okyenhene, represented by Samuel Atta Akeya Municipal Chief Executive Honorable Kojo Ofori-Safo. Municipal Education Director Grace Owu-sua-Addo. Paramount Chief of Yamoransa Nana Okese Essendoh IX, Teachers, Students, Parents, Citizens, and Guests. All protocols observed. The percussion band and the dance perfor-mances …
We all want to support the ideal candidate for President, but that person never seems to be running.
What we can do at this stage is to ponder the social and economic positions such a candidate might espouse; and we can hope that such a candidate will emerge…
(Photos by Farrenton Grigsby/Getty Images for JJ) by Derrel Johnson Global music icon Janet Jackson made her performance debut at MGM Casino in Las Vegas, at the tender age of 7. Some 46 years later, Jackson is back at MGM and she returns replete with her massive catalog of hits and an army of dancers. The singer …
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by Derrel Johnson Singer, producer, songwriter and musician Brian McKnight took his audience on a journey through his 27-year career of creating beautiful music while also paying homage to some of the greatest performers of all time during his recent concert at the 1,500-seat Encore Theater at Wynn in Las Vegas, Nevada. Performing songs from his 1992 …
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image above: President Dr. Alan Kadish President Alan Kadish, M.D. Tells Graduates: “Do Good. Be not Only Healers of Physical Illness… Society Needs Healing as Well” New York, N.Y. – June 7, 2019 – At a festive gathering that included a brass band, a live tenor and a presentation of colors from United States Army …
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photo credit Christine Jean Chambers Historic theater to present world premiere of ‘125th & FREEdom,’ a river-to-river, five-hour pop-up public dance performance series Ensemble announced for the Ebony Noelle Golden-choreographed piece on gentrification and displacement, part of the venerated Harlem institution’s 50th anniversary season, NBT Beyond Walls NEW YORK (May 16, 2019) — …
National Black Theatre’s takes over 125th Street with “125th & FREEdom” Read More »
Rudy Giuliani Alan Dershowitz Stephen Moore NYPD-SBA Pres. Ed Mullins Judge Richard Weinberg Touro Pres. Alan Kadish, MD Heather MacDonald Nick Pope on UFOs and Dan Rattiner on the Story Behind Dan’s Papers Join John Catsimatidis on this Weekend’s Edition of the Cats Roundtable Sunday, June 2, 2019 8:30 – 10 am on 970AM-The Answer …
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by Mashari Grissom Signature restaurants are valued treasures in our communities–especially the ones with good food. Take St. Croix for example, a beautiful island within the Virgin Islands that was recently hit with Hurricane Maria back in September of last year. Yet, their ability to overcome such a turmoil and still being able to provide …