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*Essence Festival, formerly “Essence Music Festival,” has teamed with MSNBC to broadcast live at the 2013 Essence Festival to take place in New Orleans July 4-7. The big announcement was celebrated at a special cocktail reception hosted by MSNBC’s President Phil Griffin with MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation” host Reverend Al Sharpton, Essence Communications President Michelle Ebanks, Essence [...]
*The second annual Global Language Project’s (GLP) My Dream Speaks benefit reception took place at the stately Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle, New York City on Thursday, April 11, 2013 to benefit GLP, an innovative educational movement that provides free and comprehensive language training program to elementary school students. The event attracted supporters with [...]
*There is a dazzling documentary being shown in intimate settings throughout New York City to the crème de la crème of fashionistas that is receiving rave reviews from its viewers. It’s an ingenious film about fashion that should be required viewing for anyone entering the fashion industry. The highly stylized fashion presentation is chockfull of [...]
*Love permeated the air at the SESAC17th annual pop awards at New York’s prestigious New York Public Library where SESAC, the nation’s fastest growing performing rights organization, held its 17th annual pop awards on Monday, May 13, 2013 and Rico Love captured top honors taking home both Songwriter of the Year for the third consecutive [...]
*On Saturday, March 30, 2013, the esteemed Greater New York Chapter The Links, Incorporated under the influential leadership of President Gerri Warren Merrick hosted the 2013 Women of Distinction Spirit Awards Luncheon at the picturesque Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City. Under the banner “Links to Healing for a Brighter Future,” the [...]
*Over 500 beautifully attired guests ditched their expensive dress shoes to change into complimentary K-Swiss Sneakers to cut up on the dance floor to hot DJ-driven music by David Brown Productions at the conclusion of the 10th annual Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health (AAIUH) Sports Ball 2013 on Thursday, April 11, 2013at Pier Sixty/Chelsea [...]
*One of the most anticipated yearly ice events – Skating with the Stars — is presented by Figure Skating in Harlem (FSH) at Trump Rink in Central Park. This year’s Skating with the Stars gala took place on Monday, April 8, 2013 and honored prominent American couturier and ready-to-wear designer b michael along with Emmy-nominated [...]
*Make no doubt about it, civil rights advocate Reverend Al Sharpton is a celebrity! Now we know that he’s been a political star dating way back to his close association with The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. but his popular “PoliticsNation” show on MSNBC has propelled him to celestial stardom giving him broader visibility [...]
*Some thirty years ago Vy Higginsen and Ken Wydro wrote and produced the now internationally-acclaimed Mama, I Want to Sing gospel musical that tells the story of a talented young girl who dreams of leaving her church choir to pursue a life in popular music, despite strong objections from her mother. A tribute to the [...]
*Evidence, a Dance Company is widely known for its eclectic blend of African, modern, ballet and social dance styles to tell stories about the human experience. Each year, the premium dance company hosts an annual gala with proceeds supporting Evidence’s mission to promote understanding of the African Diaspora through dance, music and storytelling. Evidence, A [...]
*On Wednesday evening, April 3, 2013, there were as many stars at the exclusive world premiere of Free Angela and All Political Prisoners as there were in the sky. The starry political-crime-drama documentary screening about social activism icon Angela Davis took place at a place that is very familiar with Black star power as it [...]
*Once again, Shared Interest welcomed some 300 distinguished U.S. and African leaders and top diplomats for a wonderful evening of merriment and awards presentation at its nineteenth anniversary awards gala on Monday, March 18, 2013 at the beauteous Gotham Hall in Herald Square, New York City. The annual celebratory event is a special time for [...]
*Over 1,000 educators, business and civic leaders and supporters of education from across the country attended the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) “A mind is a terrible thing to waste” gala on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the Hilton New York raising $1.2 Million to benefit more than 60,000 students who receive UNCF scholarships and [...]
*ORLANDO, FL – Bernard and Shirley Kinsey are guided by the principals of “to whom much is given, much is required,” and strive to live “a life of no regrets.” Buoyed by their mutual admiration for history, education and activism this married couple — who has been together for more than four decades resulting in [...]
*A gorgeous gumbo of more than 500 New York and national T&Ts (trendsetters and trailblazers) gathered at the New York Marriott Marquis Grand Ballroom on Thursday, February 21. 2013 for the 50th anniversary celebration and 33rd annual benefit gala of One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York City (OHBM). The stellar soiree raised nearly [...]
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