HARLEM, NY – June 5, 2018 – Last evening, the Apollo Theater celebrated its 13th Annual Spring Gala, raising over $2 million for its year-round artistic and community programming initiatives. The concert portion of the evening was hosted by David Alan Grier, and opened with a rousing musical performance by teenage Showtime at the Apollo alumnus […]
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TASTE OF WINE: By Frank Mangio The tasting of fine wine is really a celebration of life, especially when it’s accompanied by flavorful food that enhances the event. Add special friends to the ingredients and you have a memory that can last a lifetime. Wine is a beautifully structured complex beverage. The wine tasting process shouldn’t be
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Summer’s coming! Memorial Day week-end is here, so let the festival fun begin. Here are a few of our favorite jazzy things to do in the summer. So let’s see. Well, there’s the 2018 San Diego Jazz at the Creek series (one of our favorites) which kicks off Memorial Day week-end, featuring Julian Vaughn,
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After 32 years Debra Lee, longtime chairman/CEO of BET Networks, is leaving the company. Under Lee’s leadership, BET has been the No. 1 network among African-American viewers for 17 years, with hits like The Game, The Real Husbands of Hollywood and last year’s miniseries The New Edition Story. Lee joined BET in 1986 as its
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Here’s a big shout-out to author Jazmin Steele on sharing a compelling story of abandonment, love, loss, betrayal, forgiveness and resilience, in her debut novel Love Incorruptible (Lulu, $15.95 – soft cover and $26.95- hard cover). The protagonist, Brooklen Sapphire, is based on real life occurrences in Steele’s life who resonates instantly with readers
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Black women across the globe are making huge progress in running for political office. In fact, there’s an entire website with a comprehensive list of over 100 Black women running for office. In the state of Arizona, there are 8, California 38 and in Texas, there are a whopping 76. By the way, let’s give a shout
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Can you believe we woke up late to catch a glimpse of what’s being hailed as the wedding of the century! 11:20AM UK time, most of the world got a quick glimpse at Meghan Markle this arguably the first bi-racial woman’s royal wedding to Prince Harry. Today, the Royal wedding was viewed around the
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All we’re sayin’ is that Michael B. Jordan is smoking’ hot on ESSENCE magazines June cover. For its June Men’s issue, the cover story, The Fire Next Time, features the 31-year-old Newark, NJ, native sharing with ESSENCE why he’s secure in his career (he has three films in production), legacy (“I want people to say,
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Pastor Shep Crawford of the Experience Christian Ministries to Host a Symposium with Well-Known Rival Gang Members to Promote the Possibility of a Renewal of the 1992 Gang Truce OG’s Parie “Blue” Dedeaux of the Avalon Gangster Crips, Terry Jones of the Avalon Gangster Crips, Leon Gillette of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods, Charles Rachel of the
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May 9, 2018 (NEW YORK, NY) – Essence Communications today announcedthat the 2018 ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola® will debut ‘Conference & Expos,’ an expanded daytime community enrichment experience with a new slate of interactive programming. Incorporating talks, expos, roundtables, workshops, podcasts and more, the Festival’s daytime experience will be a convening summit that
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