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Running this September through next May, HALO will present audiences with two full-scale productions in addition to a variety of diverse concerts and events all season long.

Grandmaster Flash, Alicia Keys And More Honored By Black American Music Association's Inaugural ICE Medal Of Honor

The Black American Music Association Announces Inaugural ICE Medal Of Honor Event in Atlanta on October 15

Endometriosis is an underreported, underdiscussed condition that affects an estimated one in 10 women. It often presents as pain accompanying periods, chronic pelvic pain or pain during sex.

Funky R&B tunes wafted from a white and blue-striped 1974 Volkswagen bus parked by Riverfront Park on a day so hot and steamy glasses fogged up. But the tunes weren’t playing from the radio — they were amplified live in the back seat where four musicians were piled in with a keyboard, u-bass, percussion pad and microphone.

“Just over the bridge,” as we like to say here, lies a beautiful, upscale, riverfront community which many of us have never visited. Palmetto Bluff,...

Three days of celebration culminated on June 25 with two simultaneous ceremonies marking the completion of the IAAM, which opens to the public on Tuesday.

The International African American Museum has announced plans for a public community dedication ceremony celebration in Marion Square beginning at 10 a.m. on June 24.

A dedication ceremony set for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 24, will be simulcast on screens mounted in Marion Square. The simulcast will be enhanced by live performances, a genealogy marketplace,

A June 8 Piccolo Spoleto performance at the James Island Arts and Cultural Center  aims to give  readers a new knowledge of history through poetry, music and illustration. “Black Music Is,” a book by local poet Marcus Amaker, challenges young audiences to think outside the categories of R&B and hip hop.