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The countdown to Christmas 2022 has officially begun. This time of year can be chaotic and cozy. It’s chaotic due to all the parties and get-togethers, but cozy because we’re more likely to be indoors eating good food and watching a cute, cheesy, or awesomely bad Christmas movie. Today, we’re choosing cozy, so let’s talk […]

Holiday classic more relevant with representation

It's that time of year! Curl up with one of these best kids Christmas movies on Netflix. We rounded up the top family-friendly holiday films from new flicks to animated classics.

The Dillard Center for the Arts Dance Company (DCA) will present its annual Chocolate Nutcracker, a soulful and creative approach to a holiday classic under the direction and choreography of

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This years "The Chocolate Nutcracker," a ballet performance hosted by It Takes a Village Inc., will take on a different theme.  The ballet typically takes place during the holidays and was scheduled for November 2020, but organizers postponed the performance because of the coronavirus pandemic.  Because the performance wont be occurring during its normal time frame, Steven Massey, founder of It Takes a Village, has changed this years ballet to a Black History Month theme while still creating ...

New Orange Co. committee wants to increase access to grant money for minority arts organizations Increasing access to grant money for minority arts groups There is a new push in Orange County to make sure minority art organizations have better access to grant money. ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - There is a new push in Orange County to make sure minority art organizations have better access to grant money. A new Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee was created to address the issue, with county offic...

Updated on February 24, 2021 at 9:59 am A tiny, Black-owned, vegan cookie shop in San Diego’s Grantville community is rolling out a special collection of treats for Black History Month inspired by powerful figures in the Black community: Hank Aaron, Debbie Allen, and Amanda Gorman. The “Black History Month Collection” from Maya’s Cookies includes three different cookies, with each recipe created to reflect its namesake. D ownload our NBC 7 mobile app for iOS or Android to get San ...

Skip to main content Currently Reading From The Crown to The Last Dance, here are 11 of the years best TV shows and films inspired by real people Bethonie Butler, The Washington Post Dec. 15, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Uzo Aduba won an Emmy for best-supporting actress for her role as Shirley Chisholm in FXs "Mrs. America."Sabrina Lantos/FX What a strange, tragic and pivotal year 2020 has been. Its somewhat fitting that in a period when truth was stranger than fiction, some of the best TV and fi...

Quick Read By Juan Michael Porter II Correspondent For more than 50 years “The Nutcracker” has been synonymous with Christmas. It’s a beloved holiday tradition that inspires legions of children to take up ballet. Not all audiences have been delighted with every aspect of “The Nutcracker,” however. In recent years, many in the dance community have been asking how to reconcile this ballet that they love with the stereotypes that it has helped to perpetuate. They wonder if it i...