Documentary- The Nine Lives of Marion Barry debuts tonight on HBO

Article I wrote for July 2009 edition of JENESIS magazine (www.jenesismagazine.com) about the AIDS epidemic in DC. I’m just cropping it down to fit this blog and placing it here in case you missed seeing it online. There’s been a lot of discussion about DC in particular over the past several months after learning that rate has been on the rise.

The Exposure Group African American Photographers Association Inc., is pleased to present “Colors of Life,” a new juried members exhibition starting Tuesday, July 21 through Monday, September 4, 2009, at the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives in DC.

I just finished watching Oprah and Jill Biden broke the truth that her husband Joe Biden had a choice of either being Vice President or Secretary of State.  Boy oh boy!  Joe looked over at “wifey” and she just didn’t get it, but Oprah, Joe, and Jill just went with the flow.  I love live [...]

I’m DC bound for the week and this song gets me every time.

I’m headed to DC.  No special tickets or invites (although I welcome them!), but I know I just want to be in DC to catch the spirit of this historic inauguration.  Not to worry, I will have my cameras and hopefully even get a hold of a video camera, too, so expect some reflections and [...]

That’s right. I think so many people have forgotten Martin Luther King’s actual birthday as we’ve moved holidays around here in the States over the years to fall nicely on the calendar. His actual birth date was January 15, 1929. He would have been 80 years old today. Kind of eery that Obama is making history almost in alignment with King’s 80th birthday

The second of a 2 part series interview with Toya Smith Marshall. This final part focuses on the discussion we had about natural hair.

Preface (or shall I say Premise)
I’m not a non-believer, but I’m also not in a confident space when it comes to my own spirituality.  When Dove from Tygereye Entertainment approached me about interviewing one of her clients, Jocelyn AKA iNDIGO, who is an urban gospel artist, I initially had some reservations. Do I want [...]

…”The Green Ball: Inauguration of a New Green Economy” will be held Jan. 19 at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington.
A draft version of the invitation, obtained by The Washington Times, urges people to join Mr. Gore to “bring together a diverse coalition of environmentally-forward organizations, entrepreneurs, scientists and advocates, celebrating a commitment [...]

Every day, I feel like I’m learning my way around this blog thing more and more. I just stumbled upon an interesting article on Hello, Negro’s blog. The title is “Black Women and the Fear of Natural Hair“. Given my blog’s inspiration, I found an article like this one a good debate [...]