“The aspect of building a house is building a home for kids and queer people who would consider themselves misfits,” said Mizrahi. “They surrounded themselves together and they built a social network, and that became a house.”
The great classical soprano Abiodun “Abi” Koya, known as the Lion Queen of Nigeria, has enriched America with her presence.
‘Swinging for a Cause’ Charity Golf Classic, sponsored by Brotherhood Crusade, was sold-out thanks to the support of “phenomenal partners,” said Charisse Bremond Weaver, president/CEO of the social services organization.
AVOD Streaming Service Bundles New Multi-Genre Entertainment Content From Black Creators
The 3rd Annual Black August Film Festival, organized by the Pasadena African American Film Foundation (PAAFF), will take place on August 17-18, at the Flintridge Center, 236 West Mountain St., Suite 106, in Pasadena.
“The Just and The Blind,” the acclaimed work by spoken-word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain, came to The Ford in the Hollywood Hills on August 2. Roughly 500 concert-goers braved Friday rush hour for an evening of poetry, music, movement, and film projections that explored themes of racial profiling, sentencing, and the prison-industrial complex from the perspective of fathers of Black and Brown children.
The Long Beach Jazz Festival returns on Friday, August 9, through Sunday, August 11, for its 35th annual celebration. The family-produced jazz festival brings together award-winning Jazz, R&B and Latin artists.
Oscar nominee Colman Domingo’s new film, “Sing Sing” is guaranteed to pull at your heartstrings. Directed by Greg Kwedar, “Sing Sing” is inspired by the Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) program founded in 1996 at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York.
Jay Ellis brings his debut publication, “Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me?)” to L.A.
“Johnson” is loosely based on LaRay’s true-life friend group made up of Black men. He said he has enjoyed the process of fictionalizing real-life people, and real-life situations, and then turning it into entertainment.
Malcolm Mays stars in the upcoming production of the Tarell Alvin McCraney stage play “The Brothers Size” at the Geffen Playhouse, August 14 through September 8, 2024.
On August 2, 1924, iconic American writer and civil rights activist James Balwin was born. Worldwide, people are gathering and creating to commemorate the occasion
LaRita Shelby is known popularly by jazz lovers throughout Los Angeles as “Jazzy Rita.” In addition to singing jazz for her supper, Shelby is also an actor, host, producer, publicist, and a radio and voice-over artist.
Performing artist and content creator Jillian Reeves loves working as an actress, but she also enjoys being a writer, producer, and director of her own independent projects.
“No” is one of the first 10 words that a baby learns. Unfortunately, it is also a word most actors become accustomed to hearing, too. But Betty Gabriel is an actress who rose to stardom for hauntingly saying the word over and over and over again in the award-winning Jordan Peele feature “Get Out.” Prior to “Get Out,” Gabriel had roles in the action-horror film “The Purge: Election Year” and the Amazon television drama series “Good Girls Revolt.” Since then, Gabriel has had a recurring role in the HBO sci-fi drama series “Westworld” and has starred in the wildly popular