It Ain’t Over: From A Blank Canvas They Created A $20 Million Empire

Posted on January 10, 2013 by october

One of the reasons I started my website was so that women could have a place to come together and dream. We women need to know that we don’t have …

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Dave Brubeck Dead: Legendary Jazz Pianist Dies At 91

Posted on December 6, 2012 by october

AP  |  By PAT EATON-ROBB  | Posted: 12/05/2012 11:55 am EST Updated: 12/05/2012 9:18 pm EST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces …

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Museum to open balcony where U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King was shot More Information: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=58711&b=african%20american#.UKjtBeQ73lc[/url] Copyright © artdaily.org

Posted on November 18, 2012 by october

WASHINGTON (AFP).- The motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee where US civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 is being opened to the public, a …

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News Inside The News

Posted on November 5, 2012 by october

Thursday, November 1, 2012 – 10:15pm Black America Web News Inside The News takes a look at the first Obama Romney debate and answers the question; What could president Obama …

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‘Cloud Atlas’ Flops While ‘Argo’ Reaches Number One At The Weekend Box Office

Posted on November 5, 2012 by october

With a $100 million budget, “Cloud Atlas” was banking on box office success. If this weekend is any indication, it’s going to be a slow process making that $100 million …

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Deborah Kass On Appropriation, Barbra Streisand, And The Dissolving Middle Class (PHOTOS, INTERVIEW)

Posted on October 28, 2012 by october

Deborah Kass is not soft spoken. Nor is her art work, which appropriates pop culture icons and artists she admires, while redefining New York School abstract painting through the lens of …

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Marco Brambilla’s ‘Creation (Megaplex)’ Finishes Off Spectacular Triptych Of Cinema Overload

Posted on October 27, 2012 by october

The Huffington Post  | By Priscilla Frank Posted: 10/26/2012 6:13 pm EDT Updated: 10/26/2012 6:13 pm EDT If you thought Hieronymus Bosch‘s works were image overdoses, imagine the film adaptation. …

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Jamaica 50th Independence Art Exhibition Celebrates the Visual Heritage of Jamaica

Posted on October 22, 2012 by october

  Jamaica 50th Independence Art Exhibition Celebrates the Visual Heritage of Jamaica BOSTON, MA. –Plans are in high gear for the Jamaica 50th Independence Art Exhibition in Boston, MA. The …

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Issa Rae ‘The Michelle Obama Diaries’: Is The Comedian’s New FLOTUS Parody Funny Or Disrespectful?

Posted on October 20, 2012October 20, 2012 by october

  YouTube comedy darling, Issa Rae, has had a whirlwind year. From a super successful round of fundraising to launch the second season of the uber-popular YouTube series, “Awkward Black …

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