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The Nutcracker Suite this season. Photograph by Christopher Duggan. If you’re desperate to see dance beyond watching TikTok, the Kennedy Center has just the thing: live performances. It recently announced the 2021-2022 season with exciting debuts (classical Indian dance company Akram Khan), big-name collaborators (Meshell Ndegeocello), and some reliable favorites (Alvin Ailey, The Nutcracker). Looking ahead to next summer, the lineup also features a special week dedicated to Black artists w...

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Illinois Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell On April 28, 1941, Illinois Congressman Arthur Mitchell argued to the Supreme Court that African Americans were entitled to railroad accommodations equal to white passengers. Born to former slaves in Alabama in 1883, Mitchell attended the Tuskegee Institute and worked his way through school as a farmer and in the office of Booker T. Washington. He attended law school at Columbia University and Harvard before moving to Chicago, where he worked as a lawyer ...

Thoroughbred prices bolting as Easter Yearling Sale surpasses $132 million FriFriday 9 This colt topped the Easter Yearling Sale selling for $2.5 million. ( Print text only Cancel Australian thoroughbred prices have been riding high this year and the Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney was no exception, grossing more than $132 million this week.  Key points: Easter Yearling Sale grossed $132 million, with an average price of $371,236 Easter Yearling Sale included the last of Redoutes Choice p...

2021 Pan African Film Festival: A Fine Collection of Black Cinema By Dwight Brown, NNPA Syndication Film Critic Published March 11, 2021 Movie fans attending the 29th PAFF could watch its choice programming on a streaming app or computers, versus making the annual pilgrimage to Los Angeles. The setting is different, but the usual array of international African diaspora films is still impressive. Check out these four festival films that are on view from February 24 to March 14 at paff.org and in...

By MARC BUSSANICH February 23, 2021 at 8:38 PM Lindsey Donnell, a professional ballerina with the Dance Theater of Harlem. Lindsey Donnell, a professional ballerina with the Dance Theater of Harlem. Credits: Marc Bussanich February 23, 2021 at 8:38 PM New York, NY—The Isaacs Center richly celebrated Black History month with a two-hour virtual presentation last Friday that featured performances from an eclectic mix of seniors, community members, students and staff, as well as special app...

Organizers thought 300 people might come to the inaugural I’ll Make Me a World in Iowa festival on Jan. 30, 1999. Instead, 1,000 people flocked to the State Historical Building in Des Moines for a daylong event showcasing African American arts, culture, soul food, exhibitors and a national headliner. Planning began in 1998, when Iowans answered the nationwide challenge to create local events inspired by the PBS and Blackside Productions airing of the “I’ll Make Me a World” mini-series....

Former Yukon MLA Darius Elias has died Former Yukon MLA Darius Elias has died. He served 10 years in the Yukon legislature before becoming deputy chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. Social Sharing Elias served 10 years as MLA for the Vuntut Gwitchin riding, first as a Liberal then with the Yukon Party CBC News · Posted: Feb 18, 2021 6:08 PM CT | Last Updated: February 19 Former Yukon MLA Darius Elias, who represented the Vuntut Gwitchin riding for 10 years in the territorial legislatu...

Cicely Tyson’s Harlem: Dance, Jazz, Faith and Waffles Cicely Tyson, who died in January, was famous all over the world. But her heart was at home, in Harlem. Cicely Tyson was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the 1972 movie “Sounder,” and won many other awards, but she never forgot Harlem.Credit...Bettmann, via Getty Images Feb. 18, 2021 In her autobiography, “Just as I Am,” Cicely Tyson recalled arriving in the place she would consider home for the rest o...

Black History Month Is a Good Excuse for Delving Into Our Art An African-American studies professor suggests ways to mark the month, from David Driskell’s paintings and Dance Theater of Harlem’s streamed performances to the rollicking return of “Queen Sugar.” David Driskell’s “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” (1972), acrylic on canvas.Credit...Estate of David C. Driskell and DC Moore Gallery Feb. 18, 2021 Black History Month feels more urgent this year. Its roots go back to 1926, when t...