The New Journal and Guide: Black Arts and Culture

Black Arts and Culture

April 28: Kwame Alexander’s Book Tour Comes To Norfolk

April 26th, 2018086 Author Kwame Alexander’s Rebound Bus Tour come to Norfolk’s Slover Library on April 28. Alexander, who hails from Chesapeake, Va., is a Newbery award-winning author,...

Black Arts and Culture

A Review: A Dangerous Disgraced

April 13th, 20180107 Pakistani American playwright Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced,” currently in production at the Virginia Stage Company, is often described as “dangerous,” chiefly...

Black Arts and Culture

Press Room: JJ Hairston Wins Big At Stellar Awards

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Black Arts and Culture

Social and Civic Whirl: Fisk University Jubilee Singers Deliver Stellar Performance At Attucks

March 22nd, 2018068 The Virginia Arts Festival presented the renown Fisk Jubilee Singers at the Historic Attucks Theatre located in downtown Norfolk. This outstanding singing ensemble...

Black Arts and Culture

Local Women's History: Fundraising Effort Underway For History-Making Singer On Her 150th Birthday

March 16th, 20180891 Sissieretta (Joyner) Jones was born in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1868, but, after she retired from stage, she lived the rest of her life in Providence, Rhode Island until...

Black Arts and Culture

Black Lawyer’s Cookbook Details Black Cooks At White House

February 15th, 20180146 Adrian Miller has written a thoughtful new book that shines a light on African-Americans who cooked for U.S. presidents. The title of his 2017 book is “The...

Black Arts and Culture

February 17: Dance Of Decades Party To Debut as Scholarship Fundraiser

February 8th, 2018048 The Virginia Beach Travel and Tourism Foundation (VBTTF) is hosting its first dance party to raise dollars for college students with plans to enter the industry. Decades...

Black Arts and Culture

A Tradition of Costuming Superheroes

February 8th, 20180116 Sometimes, a journalist can interview a person so dynamic, whose accomplishments are so distinctive and unprecedented, their career already speaks volumes. Such is the...

Black Arts and Culture

‘Protest Art’ Finds Place In Urban Hip-Hop Culture

February 5th, 2018048 The resurgence of White Supremacy and efforts to turn back the progress crafted by the Obama administration have fostered a wave of protests from progressive ...

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