Arts and Entertainment

Mar 27 2009

54th Street ES student wins Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza championship

Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza (BHCP) officials proudly announce that fifth grader Jessica Robinson of the 54th Street Elementary School is the 2008 BHCP Kids’ Spelling Bee champ.

Robinson beat second-place finisher Winston Ludlow of St. Bernadette Elementary School by spelling the word “usurp” in the bonus round of the champion finals that were held March 22, 2003in BHCP’s Sears Court. Chauntel Browden of Tom Bradley Elementary School finished third.

Mar 26 2009

by Walter Mosley

 The buzzword for today is “networking.”

Networking is easy; you’ve probably been doing it all your life and barely realized it. You tell friends about a good hairdresser, a decent mechanic, a trustworthy housecleaner. They, in turn, give you names of a good accountant, a decent tutor, a trustworthy babysitter. You make connections. You put people in touch with others.

Mar 26 2009

A cultural and entertaining experience

Hollywood, CA -- Get ready for the most unique and entertaining series to hit television; HBO’s “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” starring Grammy award winning singer Jill Scott (“Why Did I Get Married?”) and Anika Noni Rose (“Dreamgirls”). It’s not enough that it is a one hour series that stars a Black woman; as a matter of fact a lot of Black women and men, but it takes place in Africa, Botswana to be exact, and it quickly becomes a feast for your eyes.

Mar 26 2009

An unstoppable force

 Los Angeles, CA -- When Dr. Mombi Thairu makes up her mind to go after something, she doesn’t stop until she masters it, and then she’s on to the next level. When you first encounter this petite, beautiful woman you think, “That’s Dr. Mombi?” You speedily read her credentials again, and chastise yourself for thinking like a man.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Mar 20 2009

Science Center debuts new Body Worlds exhibit

Gunther von Hagens has literally and figuratively turned the science of anatomy inside out. Prior to the creation of the plastination process by the German doctor and anatomist, the public primarily saw the human body encased in plastic.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”