Category: Culture

2nd Annual Dallas Pottery Invitational

2nd Annual Dallas Pottery Invitational

Artists across the county showcase their ceramic art Dallas, Texas – Join some of the most recognized functional ceramicists in the nation on April 3 at 7 p.m. at the Janette Kennedy Gallery in South Side on Lamar to kick-off the second annual Dallas Pottery Invitational. The opening reception will...

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT: GET INTO THE CITY @ TEXAS CARIBBEAN FOODS

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT: GET INTO THE CITY @ TEXAS CARIBBEAN FOODS

Don’t miss tonight’s first “Get Into the City” hosted by Dallas South. It’s a time for us to all get together and learn about new places in town that may not always be top of mind. In may involve getting outside of our normal routine, but there are many hidden...

Theater Review: “If By Chance” playing at the Bishop Arts Theater Center March 6th-March 15th

Theater Review: “If By Chance” playing at the Bishop Arts Theater Center March 6th-March 15th

Review by Kristin of Because I Said So If By Chance Playwright Donnie Wilson has been “directly inspired by our society’s preoccupation with Barack Obama’s ethnicity”. If By Chance is his outstanding play which depicts many undercurrents of racial inadequacy punctuated with bursts of humor. Mr. Wilson was able to...

Political Cartoons will test the funny bones of African-Americans

Political Cartoons will test the funny bones of African-Americans

Political cartoons are an American staple. From an early age I followed Reagan and Bush 41 cartoons in the Paris News. As I got older I was partial to the cartoons that appeared in Newsweek. Some are subtle in their humor and some hit you right over the head with...

National Alliance of Market Developers (NAMD) Joins Forces with Real Men Cook Father’s Day Event’s to Celebrate Family, Fatherhood, and Community

National Alliance of Market Developers (NAMD) Joins Forces with Real Men Cook Father’s Day Event’s to Celebrate Family, Fatherhood, and Community

Philadelphia, PA (February 25, 2009) – This Black History Month, the National Alliance of Market Developers (NAMD) the nation’s oldest advocacy organization for marketing to African Americans and other people of color is recognizing Real Men Cook for adding a special ingredient, which is purpose, around Father’s Day. The organization...

Getting Out in Dallas: The Arts District (Part 2 of 3)

Getting Out in Dallas: The Arts District (Part 2 of 3)

I had a few hours to kill a couple of weeks ago, so I thought I’d walk through the Arts District and check out the progress on the Theater and Opera House. You have to have a pretty good imagination to see how the jumble dirt cranes, and hard hats....

Movie Review: Bishop College Documentary an insightful view of the fall of a black institution

Movie Review: Bishop College Documentary an insightful view of the fall of a black institution

Sad. As I watched the Rick Thompson produced documentary Bishop College: A Bridge Between the Worlds in the end I came away feeling sad. With all over the wonderful stories that Thompson is able to gleen from the black college’s 107 year history, in the end I came away quite...

Theater Review: TeCo Theater’s New Play Competition mix of plays make for entertaining evening at Bishop Arts Theater Center

Theater Review: TeCo Theater’s New Play Competition mix of plays make for entertaining evening at Bishop Arts Theater Center

For the last four year’s I’ve promised TeCo Theater’s Executive Director Teresa Coleman Wash that I would visit their annual new play competition. I finally had a chance to make good on that promise over the weekend when I was able to take in the 7th Edition of the event....

WORLD PREMIERE “IF BY CHANCE” PLAYING AT BISHOP ARTS THEATER

WORLD PREMIERE “IF BY CHANCE” PLAYING AT BISHOP ARTS THEATER

Dallas, TX “IF BY CHANCE” World Premiere by Donnie F. Wilson opens Friday, March 6th, at 8:00 PM in the Bishop Arts Theatre Center in Oak Cliff. Preview Thursday March 5th at 7:30 PM. Runs Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday March 5th through March 15th. Thursday performances at 7:30 PM,...

DALLAS BRANCH TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL NAACP 100TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY

DALLAS BRANCH TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL NAACP 100TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY

For Immediate Release Contact Information: Andréa Clark, NAACP Dallas Press & Publicity (214)394-7779 or naacppress@yahoo.com THE NATIONAL NAACP 100TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED BY THE DALLAS BRANCH February 4, 2009 – Dallas, Texas – In honor of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) organization’s 100th year anniversary,...