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*On Saturday, November 17, 2012 at The Art Institute of Chicago, award-winning journalist Gwen Ifill conducted an intimate interview with Berry Gordy, Jr., founder of Motown Records, during An Evening with Berry Gordy presented by The HistoryMakers before a live audience that was personal, humorous, candid and insightful. Ifill’s interview navigated the audience through Gordy’s [...]
*On Sunday, December 2, 2012, at a star-studded celebration, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts paid tribute to the extraordinary talents of seven individuals who are the newest recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors who are recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts — whether in music, [...]
*On Friday October 26, 2012, the Sylvia & Herbert Woods Scholarship fund celebrated its eleventh year in giving back to young scholars in the community in dire need of funds to attend college. Themed “Individuals, Friends and Corporate: Sharing the Responsibility of Educating our Youth the event was held at NYC’s glorious religious institution, The [...]
*On Wednesday, October 17, 2012, Walt Disney World and Disneyland resorts took over an area of New York City’s bustling Times Square to present what’s new and what’s next at The Great American Family vacation spots outside New York’s Marriott Marquis Hotel. The early morning event featured the greatest mouse of them all – Mickey [...]
*The all-new Big Apple Circus – the one-ring phenomenon — is celebrating its 34th season production with a spectacular show at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park now through Sunday, January 13, 2013. This year’s theme is LEGENDARIUM where big tent attendees will experience evocative thrills from shows of yesteryear highlighted by first-hand views of beauties, daredevils [...]
*A dapper T.J. Holmes looked presidential as he shook hands and mixed and mingled in a crowd of 150 media elite, Hennessy USA and BET executives at an event held in his honor in New York City on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at The Catch Rooftop hotspot located in the historic Meatpacking District. The trendy [...]
*Tuesday, October 16, 2012 marked two very special events. It was the third and final presidential debate and the 3rd annual National Action Network (NAN) Triumph Awards honoring three individuals who have not only made strides in their respective professions, but have had a positive impact in their communities as well. And like President Barack [...]
*The 4th Annual American Society of Composers (ASCAP) Presents … Women Behind the Music series celebrating contributions of women in the music industry met with resounding success. The empowering event honored top industry females at events in New York (Oct. 16), Los Angeles (Oct. 17) and Atlanta (Oct. 18). Each city featured different honorees, entertainment, [...]
*Iconic trumpeter and philanthropist Herb Alpert never toots his own horn about his generous support for the arts because he prefers anonymity leaving boasting rights about his noble nature to others. Case in point, The Herb Alpert Foundation made an unprecedented grant to the Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) of $5,050,000 – the largest [...]
Bootsy Collins takes stage at Children’s Museum of Manhattan *Parliament Funkadelic legend Bootsy Collins thrilled attendees at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM), 212 West 83rd Street, New York City, when he made an appearance there on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. Collins was on hand for the launch of YoU Make It [...]
*The NAACP Mid-Manhattan Branch advocates for community based programs including education, civic engagement, healthcare and voter registration. Each year the iconic civil rights organization recognizes and celebrates the diversity, dedication and support of individuals and their contributions to the community. On Saturday, September 15, 2012, the organization paid tribute to ten such extraordinary individuals at [...]
*The buzz on the quintessential “chick flick” has been at an all-time high since the day Lifetime announced that it was remaking an updated modern-day version of the celebrated stage play and 1989 film Steel Magnolias with an all-Black cast starring Queen Latifah, Condola Rashad, Jill Scott, Alfre Woodard, Phylicia Rashad and Adepero Oduye chronicling [...]
*Down in Lovely Atlanta – the LA of the south – things were bangin’ off the hook on Wednesday evening, September 26, 2012 when music legends arrived on the Red Carpet at the W Hotel, 188 14th Street, NE, Atlanta, GA to attend ASCAP Rhythm & Soul and Hennessy Black 2nd annual Atlanta Legends Mixer [...]
*The President of the United States (POTUS) Barack Obama scored big from his Tuesday, September 18, 2012 visit to New York City that started out with a guest appearance on the set of the “Late Show with David Letterman” at the Ed Sullivan Theater garnering the show’s highest ratings since February 2010. According to statistics [...]
*The new musical about the revered actor Chaplin – with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by Thomas Meehan and Christopher Curtis under the sensational direction of Warren Carlyle who also owns the crisp choreography — opened on Broadway on Monday, September 10, 2012 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street, Times [...]
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