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Updated: 6:17 AM PST, December 26, 2020 Originally hired as a dancer in the movie musical on Netflix, Vasthy Mompoint was pulled from its chorus to lead choreography for several days during the height of racial justice protests.  For Vasthy Mompoint, the Black Lives Matter movement hit her heart the moment she walked onto the set of "The Prom” over the summer. She was the only person of color there, and for the first time in her life, she had authority. That simple realization raised her consciousness and her self-esteem. "That is what this movement is all about," she said to herself. Orig...

Students bring holiday spirit to Newark merchants Wayne Post During a visit to her hometown of Woodbury for Thanksgiving, Tracey Kelly learned community members painted holiday decorations on the windows of businesses in a show of support for local merchants. That sparked an idea of something she could do in Newark. It would involve Newark High School students, especially seniors like her daughter Meghan Johnson, who can’t participate in things they normally would because of COVID-19 restrictions. Kelly’s first call was to Joey Nicosia, owner of Joey’s Northside Market, who made a donat...

Why I don’t listen to rap music any more – Rapper, Traidmarc On Kindly Share This Story: By Benjamin Njoku With so many emerging talents trying to rap these days, one believes that rappers would enjoy feeding off each other’s songs for inspiration. But this is not so, with Austrian-based Nigerian rapper, McDonald Emiantor, popularly known as Traidmarc. Traidmarc recently revealed that he doesn’t listen to rap music any more even though he’s a rapper. Speaking during a virtual press parley, Traimac said as an artiste he tries not to listen to too many rappers to avoid being influenc...

Wick publisher has plenty to Crow about for 2020 By David G Scott  |  Updated: 17:35, 17 December 2020 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Wick-based family book publishing company Crowvus reported that 2020 was a "very busy and very successful" year for the business. Crowvus launched three novels over the year including one picture book, one non-fiction, one collection of short stories and two free eBooks. Judith Crow, one of the Crowvus partners, said: “It has been a difficult year for everyone, with cor...

Terry Kay, a native of Georgia who won fans at home and abroad for his novels set in the South, has died. He was 82. His death on Saturday was announced on his Facebook page. A post on the page October 25 said Kay had been diagnosed with Stage 4 liver cancer. His daughter, Heather Kay Flury, confirmed the news to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She did not immediately respond to a Facebook message seeking comment on her father’s death. Kay was born in Hart County, Georgia, on Feb. 10, 1938, one of 12 children. After graduating from LaGrange College, he began his career in journalism at th...