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Print Melanie Andrews was 10 years old and bedridden with sepsis when she was introduced to the world of Shakespeare. Her teachers were her mother and grandmother, a college professor who encouraged Andrews to read from the 1950s encyclopedia series “Great Books of the Western World,” which encompasses more than 400 works of literature. Over the span of a year, Andrews estimates, she read 20 Shakespeare plays, beginning with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” while confined to her Compton...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA America Gonzalez, who has attended multiple workshops with the Compton Girls Club, is photographed at home in Sun Valley on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times/TNS) The Compton Girls Club is the after-school program you wish you’d had as a teen LOS ANGELES — Kukim Vazquez, a 17-year-old high school senior from Compton, started baking when she was in fifth grade and has spent the last few years watching YouTube tutorials and making more ...

Here are Black-owned restaurants, coffee shops, fitness centers, lifestyle brands and other businesses to support. Like a lot of high school students, Vazquez had been struggling during the pandemic: there was no more French club, no gymnastics, no tutoring kids after school. Signing up for the sessions seemed better than scrolling on her phone all day. Advertisement Advertisement First, she learning how to make earrings over Zoom, then she signed up for a business incubator. Over three weeken...

TikTok Was Built on the Backs of Black Creators. Why Cant They Get Any Credit? Everett “You’re in for a rude awakening. Get in,” Missy tells Torrance after a heated argument in the school parking lot. A few moments later, the ladies arrive at East Compton High School to confirm their fears: A former Toros cheer captain has been stealing routines from the Clovers for quite some time, leaving new captain Torrance in a tense rivalry. Clovers cheerleader Lava pierces through Torrance Shapman...

In his role as musical director for the hotelier André Balazs, Arman Nafeei moved among the great and good in some of the world’s most glamorous hotels. Spending his evenings at the Chateau Marmont, he often found himself chatting with the West Hollywood hotel’s illustrious guests at the piano, in the lush, palm-laden gardens, or poolside, beneath the neon sign that’s become an icon of Sunset Strip. Inspired to recreate these intimate conversations, his podcast Are We On Air has now lau...

Posted On - Feb. 24 Submitted By - Charles Covington Clifford H. Covington Jr., whose mathematics degree led to a long career at Rockwell International, where he worked on the space program and classified defense initiatives, passed away Jan. 31 at age 87. Covington was born July 25, 1933, in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents Clifford H. Covington Sr. and Alma E. Allen. The family eventually moved to Compton, Calif., where he graduated from Compton High School. An only child, he was studious and exc...

William Russell Ellis’ songwriting career had an unlikely start. After reading an article about a writer cleaning houses to get by, Ellis decided to greet his family’s housekeeper every day by singing her name — a habit that turned into a song, aptly named “Eliza.” “I said to myself, ‘Russell Ellis, you are just one generation away from slavery. You have the right to invisibilize no one,’ ” Ellis said. “And then, for the rest of the year, songs keep coming up.” Since then,...

Glendale High School had a higher graduation rate than Glendale Unified Districts overall graduation rate at 89.7 percent, according to the California Department of Education. In comparison, Glendale Unified District had a graduation rate of 89 percent for the 2017-2018 school year. According to CDE data, graduation rates continue to indicate an increase in disproportional academic performance between white, Black, Latino, and English learner students. According to the National Centre for E...

email article Rapper and entrepreneur Dr. Dre, 55, was hospitalized earlier this month after suffering symptoms related to a brain aneurysm. He was taken by ambulance to Cedar Sinai hospital in Los Angeles where he was admitted to the intensive care unit. The next day, he was reported to be "lucid" and shared an update on Instagram: "Thanks to my family, friends and fans for their interest and well wishes. Im doing great and getting excellent care from my medical team. I will be out of th...

For the amount of cursing, vulgarity and nudity in “Dolemite Is My Name ,” it might come as a surprise that it’s actually a rather sweet and heartfelt film. “Dolemite” is not here to shock and scandalize. It’s simply a loving, R-rated portrait of Rudy Ray Moore, a nobody who had the guts to believe in himself when no one... Instagram Mar 25, 2019 Hip Hop mogul Dr. Dre took to Instagram to celebrate his 18-year-old daughter Truly Young’s recent admission into the U...