Category: Culture

Dallas South News Post of the Day – Color Purple Play Review

Dallas South News Post of the Day – Color Purple Play Review

From Dallas Hyperlocal News Site DallasSouthNews.org By Me A talented cast brings Alice Walker’s classic The Color Purple to life on the stage of The Music Hall at Fair Park. Many felt that Steven Spielberg’s adaptation for the screen was as good as it gets, but since opening on Broadway...

DSN Post of the Day: DallasSouthNews.org and The Wolf Group to host watch party for MTV’s “The Buried Life”

DSN Post of the Day: DallasSouthNews.org and The Wolf Group to host watch party for MTV’s “The Buried Life”

By Shawn Williams – Dallas South News Editor What Do You Want To Do Before you Die? That’s the premise of a new MTV Reality Show that will feature a local artist in their 2nd episode that is set to air later this month. On Monday January 25th, MTV’s “The...

Who Is Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman?

Who Is Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman?

This is one of those stories that you’ve heard about before but not exactly sure what it is.  Well it’s pretty self explanatory, but a little more Google research reveals a number of other interesting aspects to this sad story.

John Spriggins’ “Paper Dolls” debuts at the South Dallas Cultural Center October 24th

John Spriggins’ “Paper Dolls” debuts at the South Dallas Cultural Center October 24th

Cross posted at Dallas nonprofit news organization DallasSouthNews.org On Saturday, South Dallas artist John Spriggins will open a new show just down the street from his work space.  Spriggins latest work “Paper Dolls” debuts at the South Dallas Cultural Center on October 24th and is a look at how media...

Poem: All Along

Poem: All Along

ALL ALONG Written by Tina Arradondo What’s on the other side sometimes I know is not for me, I can see through some mountains so clear and perfectly… Is it my fault that I have wisdom that others may see as strange? I feel things that others don’t and so...

Trenton Doyle Hancock selected Dallas Cowboys Art Program artist for new Cowboys Stadium

Trenton Doyle Hancock selected Dallas Cowboys Art Program artist for new Cowboys Stadium

I am so very proud to announce that my friend and classmate Trenton Doyle Hancock has bee selected to participate in the Dallas Cowboys Art Program.  He is one of 14 contemporary artists commissioned by the Cowboys to display their work at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. Good Vegan Progression #2...

AUDIO:Caller in Henry Gates case never mentioned suspects were Black

AUDIO:Caller in Henry Gates case never mentioned suspects were Black

I’ve been critical (privately) of the caller in the Henry Louis Gates case.  This was due to my assumption that the caller was someone who couldn’t believe that two black men would have a reason to enter a house in this neighborhood. The 911 tape of her phone call released...

CNN looks for different angle in Black in America 2

CNN looks for different angle in Black in America 2

One of the biggest complaints that I heard regarding last year’s groundbreaking spcecial Black in America on CNN, was that it painted the African-American community with a negative brush. Struggling fathers and mothers, Black women who can’t find a man, people in prison, the argument was there for the making....

Ford Exec Earl Lucas visiting Dallas with 2010 Ford Taurus: 5 Places he should go while in town

Ford Exec Earl Lucas visiting Dallas with 2010 Ford Taurus: 5 Places he should go while in town

I’ve been asked to serve as an official host* for Ford Executive Earl Lucas, exterior design manager for the 2010 Ford Taurus, when he’s in Dallas this Thursday July 23. EARL LUCAS Lucas grew up in Dallas, attending Booker T. Washington Arts Magnet High School that also launched recording artists...

AMERICAN AIRLINES RECOGNIZES EMPLOYEES WITH THE FIRST EARL G. GRAVES AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP

AMERICAN AIRLINES RECOGNIZES EMPLOYEES WITH THE FIRST EARL G. GRAVES AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP

American’s Employees Build on Graves’ Legacy Of Diversity and Inclusion as a Business Imperative FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines employees Gary Kennedy, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and Frank Stanton, Tower Manager–Chicago, were awarded the first Earl G. Graves Award for Leadership to recognize their work in advancing...