Michelle Obama Opens Tour for New B ook, ‘The Light We Carry’
November 17, 2022
Michelle Obama says it helps to focus on what you can control when you feel out of control.
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Search Results for: Barack Obama
Pres. Obama Endorses Rep. Bass to be L.A.’s Next Mayor
November 3, 2022
Gov. Gavin Newsom has not yet endorsed a candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, but former President Barack Obama did 10 days before the General Election on Nov. 8.
Obama Sports Complex Opens to the Public
July 7, 2022
Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Herb Wesson joined an audience of hundreds to celebrate the grand opening of the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex at Rancho Cienega Park on the afternoon of June 28.
‘First Lady’ Drama Spotlights Roosevelt, Ford, Obama Spouses
April 21, 2022
“The First Lady” presents three influential women, three acclaimed actors playing them, and a century of history encompassing wars, presidential scandal and America’s stubborn gender and race fault lines.
Obama, Biden Honor Sen. Reid as Man ‘Who Got Things Done’
January 13, 2022
Former President Barack Obama paid tribute to the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Saturday as a man “who got things done,” as Democratic leaders spoke of Reid’s impact on some of the most important legislation of the 21st century, from health care to Wall Street reform.
Review: Obama, Springsteen’s ‘Renegades’ is smart, beautiful
October 26, 2021
“Renegades: Born in the USA” by Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen (Crown)
“Renegades: Born in the USA” is human, vulnerable, smart and passionate. This curated transcript of former President Barack Obama’s and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bruce Springsteen’s conversations is accompanied by a thoughtful layout that underscores the dialogue within and brings the authors’ lives into focus.
LACMA Hosts Obama Portraits and Black Americans Exhibit
October 21, 2021
Los Angeles County Museum of Art will open “The Obama Portraits Tour” and “Black American Portraits” on November 7. The exhibits feature the “Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama” painting as created by Amy Sherald, the “Barack Obama” artwork as visualized by Kehinde Wiley and two centuries of Kehinde Wiley.
After delays, construction on Obama Center begins in Chicago
August 17, 2021
Five years after Barack Obama chose Chicago as the site for his legacy project, construction officially began Monday on the Obama Presidential Center.
Obama speechwriter’s memoir ‘Grace’ to come out in 2022
February 4, 2021
The White House speechwriter who helped President Barack Obama work on his response to the Charleston church massacre in June 2015 has a book deal. Cody Keenan’s memoir is set around the time a white supremacist murdered nine Black parishioners in South Carolina.“Grace: A President, His Speechwriter, and Ten Days in the Battle for America” will be published in Fall 2022, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media announced Tuesday.