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This year's "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 won't be occurring during its normal time frame, Steven Massey, founder of It Takes a Village, has changed this year's ballet to a Black History Month theme while still creating a show that encompasses the Chocolate Nutcracker.  This year's show will take place at 2 p.m. an...

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 officials saying it was born out of the Black Lives Matter protests around the country in 2020. "We had o...

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 Diego’s latest First Alert Weather and breaking news. Longtime San Diego resident Maya Madsen foun...

Skip to main content Currently Reading From 'The Crown' to 'The Last Dance,' here are 11 of the year's 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 FX's "Mrs. America."Sabrina Lantos/FX What a strange, tragic and pivotal year 2020 has been. It's somewhat fitting that in a period when truth was stranger than fiction, some of the best TV and film efforts were based on real-life events. The list below includes a range of works - from bi...

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 is possible to transform “The Nutcracker” to remove its racial stereotypes and aristocratic origi...