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"House of Cotton" by Monica Brashears
The role is yours, if you want it. You can play the part on a stage or in a film, but there are a few requirements: you have to be able to sing and dance and speak with an accent. Can you convince an audience that you're someone you're not? As in the new book, "House of Cotton" by Monica Brashears, can you play dead?
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"House of Cotton" by Monica Brashears
The role is yours, if you want it. You can play the part on a stage or in a film, but there are a few requirements: you have to be able to sing and dance and speak with an accent. Can you convince an audience that you're someone you're not? As in the new book, "House of Cotton" by Monica Brashears, can you play dead?
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Local Author Invites Everyone to Celebrate National Cousins Day
Did you know that Saturday, July 24, 2021 is officially National Cousins Day? This day is dedicated to the wonderful people who helped us endure all our family get-togethers and holidays. They were there to keep us company at the “kids table,” and for some of us, they were the siblings we never had. Join author and illustrator, Lynn Page, along with her cousins, family, and friends, for 5-day LIVE reading to debut her children’s book, My First Best Cousin Friend.
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Oscars notches its lowest ratings in the show's history
Hollywood's biggest night was also it's smallest night ever. The 93rd Academy Awards tried to cover for a lost year in film with a boatload of intrigue: A change in venue that allowed for a maskless audience, a movie-style production led by director Steven Soderbergh, and a change in format with a surprise ending. None of that could save the Oscars from turning in the lowest rated telecast in the show's history — by a sizable margin.
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Civil Rights and Grassroots Groups Take Action to Halt Mass Displacement in Norfolk
Housing Advocates Aim to Stop Unlawful Evictions and Demolition of Public Housing Community
The city of Norfolk and the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (NRHA) are perpetuating residential racial segregation by implementing their unlawful redevelopment plan for public housing in the St. Paul’s Quadrant, according to a motion filed Thursday by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia, and global law firm Hogan Lovells.
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White House taps top HHS lawyer as No. 2 Covid response official
The White House has tapped Lisa Barclay, the Department of Health and Human Service's deputy general counsel, to serve as its deputy coronavirus response coordinator, a White House official said.
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National Donate Life Blue & Green Day
Blue and Green Lights to Shine in Houston, Fort Worth and Lubbock/Amarillo
LifeGift is lighting up Southeast, North and West Texas in blue and green to increase awareness of organ, eye and tissue donation in April, which is National Donate Life Month (NDLM). This annual observance features an entire month of local, regional and national activities to help encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to honor heroes who have saved lives through the gift of donation. During this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, LifeGift also shines a light this year for our hospital and transplant center partners as they continue to provide our communities with heroic care.
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City of Houston Announces New Partnerships Bringing Tuition-Free Bezos Academy Preschools to Houston
The City of Houston announced three new 10-year lease agreements between several partners and Bezos Academy to open tuition-free, Montessori-inspired preschools in the Houston area beginning in fall 2022.
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Film Review: MoonFall
Moonfall falls short despite of all the media hype.
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Houston’s Oldest Park Celebrates 150th Anniversary and Commemorates Juneteenth
Free Houston-area event welcomes the community to honor history and celebrate with live music from national recording artists
Houston’s Emancipation Park Conservancy is hosting a summer celebration to commemorate its sesquicentennial anniversary and honor Juneteenth, the nation’s newest federal holiday. The holiday recognizes June 19, 1865, the date that enslaved people across Texas learned that they were free, two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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The 20th Annual Imagenation Outdoors Festival Launches Saturday, July 9 w/Aretha Franklin Biopic Starring Jennifer Hudson and July 10 w/Drive-In Movie
ImageNation Film Festival’s 20th Annual ImageNation Outdoors Festival kicks off Saturday July 9th thru September 10, 2022. The summer-long program offers free film screenings and music in outdoor venues including a new series held in partnership with the Frederick Douglass Blvd Alliance (FDBA) themed “The Soul of Harlem” primarily featuring films about Harlem or by local directors such as the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect directed by Harlem-resident Tommy Leisl (July 9); Forty Year-Old Version by Harlem’s own Radha Blank (August 27); a talkback and special advance screening of Stanley Nelson’s Becoming Frederick Douglass (September 10).
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This 'wandering meatloaf' chiton has a rare mineral in its teeth
A rare iron mineral has been discovered in the teeth of a living organism for the first time -- one that bears the pet name "wandering meatloaf."
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The Woodlands native serves at Naval Air Station Jacksonville
The Woodlands, Texas, native serves at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville located in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Voters Spoke: Climate Action is Here to Stay
This month’s election results should be a wakeup call to any politician who had been unsure of Americans’ desire for robust climate action and support for a green economy. In states and counties that are red, blue, and everywhere in between, voters favored forward-looking candidates who embraced both the need for and the economic benefits of aggressive climate action.
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New Study Reveals Excess Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost Among the Black Population in the US from 1999-2020
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) said their results show that new ways of doing things are needed. JAMA looked at statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) said their results show that new ways of doing things are needed. JAMA looked at statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which showed that when the coronavirus pandemic hit the world in 2020, the number of deaths and years of potential life lost went up.
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SUPERCHARGED History Is Made As Two New Dormitories Are Named After Black & Latino Donors For The First Time in Princeton University's 275-Year History.
The Two New Dormitories were Named After Kwanza Jones, Princeton '93, Artist And CEO of SUPERCHARGED, and José E. Feliciano, Princeton '94, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clearlake Capital.
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Landmark Exhibition William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows Travels to the MFAH, Surveying the Celebrated South African Artist’s Work
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will host the acclaimed exhibition William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows, from June 25 to September 10, 2023. Organized in cooperation with The Broad, Los Angeles, where it opened in November 2022, the exhibition surveys 35 years of the celebrated South African artist’s career, and features more than 80 works touching on every aspect of Kentridge’s wide-ranging investigations in the visual arts, film, and theater.
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The Greater Houston Black Chamber Announces Winners of Coveted Pinnacle and Upstart Awards at the 27th Annual Celebration of Black Business Excellence
The Greater Houston Black Chamber (GHBC) held its 27th Annual Pinnacle Awards, Saturday, October 23, 2021, where several of Houston’s best and most promising black-owned businesses received high honors.
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Coca-Cola 'Real Magic' Christmas Campaign Launch
Coca-Cola is unveiling its 2021 holiday campaign under the new “Real Magic” global brand platform.
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Why CNN is launching a new series on skin whitening
In 2020, the global skin whitening market was reportedly valued at $8.6bn. It is projected to grow to $13.7bn by 2025.