Film-maker and actor Tyler Perry is once again giving back to his local community with a $2.75 million donation to help low-income seniors in Atlanta cover their property taxes, ensuring they remain homeowners in their own communities. […]
Pompano Beach Arts, in partnership with Black Cat Media, is proud to announce a new season of Montage. The virtual film series returns with another outstanding selection of compelling stories created by emerging filmmakers. Join industry professionals and film lovers from around the globe who tune in to watch a film together and then participate in an insightful conversation. Montage airs the last Thursday of each month in February through September 2023. This series is thoughtfully curated and hosted by filmmaker and director Cathleen Dean of Black Cat Media. For more information: https://www.pompanobeacharts.org Once registered, all participants will receive the zoom link to view the film. […]
Pompano Beach Arts is pleased to present two compelling exhibitions at Ali Cultural Arts Center. Featuring the bold artwork of, respectively, Willandra Dawes-McGahee and Nathan “Nate Dee” Delinois, both shows open on Friday, February 17, 2023, and run through May 11. The opening reception for Dawes-McGahee’s exhibit Therapy for the Art: The Evolution will be held before the Live and Local Concert featuring local gospel singer Lady Delbert Mohorn and friends on February 17, with a second event following on February 26, which will be a brunch featuring live painting by the artist. There will be a meet and greet artist reception for Delinois’ exhibition objet couronne which will take place before the Live and Local Concert featuring jazz artist Dr. Julie Silvera on Friday, March 17. For more information: www.pompanobeacharts.org […]
As WNBA free agency shakes up expectations for the 2023 season, unnamed fans have had their eye on is Brittney Griner. Following her 10-month wrongful detainment in Russia, there were a lot of questions about whether or not she would return to basketball. Now the eight-time all-star has answered those questions by reportedly re-signing with the Phoenix Mercury. ESPN is reporting that its sources have confirmed that the center has signed a one-year deal worth $165,100. […]
According to Bloomberg, Black professional women have left the U.S. for a better life during the past three years due to COVID-19 and societal unrest. As a result, some are going with their kids to build enterprises abroad. […]
The result showed how the IRS could change its secret algorithm to make it less unfair to people of different races. […]
What We Need is Love […]
February is Black History Month and we must acknowledge that many of our young Black men and women are making monumental achievements. Many in America would make many think Black people are lazy, take drugs, and make babies with different women every night. Based on this thinking, Black men and women don’t work, the ladies are on welfare, and men are uneducated, and in jail. […]
Five of the derailed cars contained nearly 1 million pounds of vinyl chloride, a toxic flammable liquid; other cars carried butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate, and isobutylene. The spills from the wreck have left a long chemical plume moving down the Ohio River at about a mile an hour. The result has been at least 3,500 fish killed. The train’s owner Norfolk Southern said it is removing contaminated soil at the crash site, which can leach toxic chemicals into the water and air, after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raised questions. […]
Florida A&M University mourns the loss of Trustee Thomas W. Dortch, Jr. Board of Trustees (BOT) Chairman Kelvin Lawson announced Dortch’s passing during a BOT Committee meeting Wednesday afternoon. Dortch was 72. […]
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