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Who hasn’t had moments of self-examination during the past year? “We had wonderful resources, and no way of sharing them,” says Cape Ann Museum’s director, Oliver Barker, recalling the time last spring when museums worldwide were forced to close. “Prior to the pandemic, we were analog,” he says. “We needed to find a way to use art, past and present, to engage people. We started by looking at what happened on Cape Ann in 1918.” Illustrating Barker’s point, one of the most strik...

Share Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Random House, has announced the launch of a new publishing imprint with NAACP Image and James Beard award-winning author, educator, chef, and activist Bryant Terry. The new imprint, called 4 Color Books, will collaborate with the most forward-thinking and groundbreaking BIPOC chefs, writers, artists, activists, and innovators to craft visually stunning nonfiction books that inspire readers and give rise to a more healthy, just, and sustainable world for all....

This is a roundup of current and upcoming virtual and in-person calendar events available in South Florida; includes entertainment, family, society and holiday activities.

Both Sides Now: In Conversation With Lorraine O’Grady Lorraine O’Grady outside of Manhattan’s Westbeth Artists’ Housing, where she lives and works.Credit...Tiffany L. Clark Sections Both Sides Now: In Conversation With Lorraine O’Grady On the eve of her first major retrospective, the artist talks about her past, her process and the benefit of criticism. Lorraine O’Grady outside of Manhattan’s Westbeth Artists’ Housing, where she lives and works.Credit...T...

From Black Wall Street To Bristol: The Past, Present and Future of Black Communities Around The World Refinery29 2/22/2021 Jessica Morgan Black folk have really gone through it this past year. Not only have we witnessed people who look like us being gunned down in their sleep, on the street or on their daily jog, but we’re also disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, the deadly virus that has swept the globe. Being Black in America, and the rest of the world, is pretty lit ...

Naropa University Celebrates 1st Black Futures Month Boulder, CO, Feb. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — “Let’s give ourselves the freedom and permission to follow our radical imaginations and visualize the world we deserve because in order to realize a society in which we have healthcare for all, a meaningful wage, self-determination, and true freedom, we have to first imagine it!” ~ Movement For Black Lives (m4bl.org) Building on the traditionally celebrated Black History Month, Naropa Uni...

Author photo courtesy of Open Road Media Next week, an outstanding panel of authors and actors will come together (virtually) to celebrate the work of Octavia Butler. Hosted by New York’s Symphony Space, the event features playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ( An Octoroon) hosting a discussion with writers N. K. Jemisin ( How Long ’til Black Future Month?), Walter Mosley ( The Awkward Black Man), and Imani Perry ( Breathe: A Letter to My Sons). Actors Yetide Badaki ( American Gods) and Adeper...

AT&T Dream in Black honors future makers and everyday heroes DALLAS, Feb. 9, 2021 — This Black History Month, AT&T* Dream in Black presents the return of Black Future Makers, a future-forward celebration of inspirational people in the culture. The campaign was announced via  commercial celebrating frontline workers and everyday heroes from Chicago in a spot voiced by NBA superstar, philanthropist and entrepreneur LeBron James. James is also one of this year’s Black Future Maker hon...

Black Futures on Eglinton is a newly released report that lays out a vision for how the area colloquially called Little Jamaica may survive.

Twin Cities technologist sees expanding future for young minorities in IT February 6, 2021 — 8:00am Text size Copy shortlink: Steve Buchanan caught a break as a teenager 20-plus years ago when a relative referred him to someone who worked for a small computer-consulting firm. The connection worked, although Buchanan remembers feeling a little off as the only Black worker in a group of white people. "I got my second job be...