Category: Entertainment

Jill Scott is back; “Hate on Me” latest single from forthcoming album

Jill Scott is back; “Hate on Me” latest single from forthcoming album

Jill Scott has released a hot new single titled Hate on Me, that is getting very limited airplay to date.  This is often the case for artists like Ms. Scott, Common, and others who aren't from the cookie cutter mold of today's pop stars. I did however hear this song...

5th Annual Dallas Black Film Festival coming to Fair Park

5th Annual Dallas Black Film Festival coming to Fair Park

People With A Message Productions is preparing to host their 5th Annual Dallas Black Film Festival .  The Festival will be held July 27-29 at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park.  According to the festival's website, the schedule is as follows: Friday July 27 8pm   to 12am – "Tupac Shakur,"...

Skip Murphy leaves K104; Skip Cheatham to host new morning show

Skip Murphy leaves K104; Skip Cheatham to host new morning show

This morning K104 on air personality Skip Murphy announced that he would no longer host the station's morning show.  Murphy said it was "time to make that move," when a caller asked why he was leaving.  He didn't answer another caller's question on whether this was a managment decison or his own. ...

TeCo Theater in need of Dance Instructors

TeCo Theater in need of Dance Instructors

TeCo Theatrical Productions, Inc. is looking for extraordinary dance professionals to teach ballet, tap and hip-hop dance classes. TeCo is a multicultural theater company that provides an array of arts education programs. Applicants must have reliable transportation, an impeccable work ethic and a passion for working with kids. For more...

Ft. Worth’s Keite Young talks about upcoming release of debut album

Ft. Worth’s Keite Young talks about upcoming release of debut album

Keite Young's name has been swirling around various R&B circles througout the year.  I happened to stumble upon one of Keite's tracks on the Black Music Month 2007 CD, where his single If We Were Alone (with N;Dambi) is featured with the likes for Tank, Kirk Franklin, Mya, and Sunshine...

Alpha Phi Alpha Chapter presents “Music Under the Dome”

Alpha Phi Alpha Chapter presents “Music Under the Dome”

The Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. is hosting Music Under the Dome this Friday at the African-American Museum in Fair Park.   Sherel Riley is the featured artist for the evening.  Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and attendees can view the museum's current exhibits.  There...

TeCo Theatre to host Theatre 101

TeCo Theatre to host Theatre 101

Teco Theatrical Productions, Inc. will host Theatre 101 which is designed for students who have a focused interest in the craft of theatre.  Whether your child has been on stage for years or has a serious interest in auditioning, Theatre 101 will provided detailed instructions for budding thespians who may...

Michael, Walt, Rose: Who’s in the casket on ABC’s ‘Lost’?

Michael, Walt, Rose: Who’s in the casket on ABC’s ‘Lost’?

For anyone who watches 'Lost', there was a scene in the season finale where Jack goes into a funeral home to view a body.  The director of the episode made a point to show that Jack was in a predominantly Black neighborhood.  I immediately wondered what he was doing in...

Melinda Doolittle not ‘American’ enough for ‘Idol’

Melinda Doolittle not ‘American’ enough for ‘Idol’

There is no one who has disputed that Melinda Doolittle had been the best singer in American Idol's sixth season.  She has been nearly flawless throughout, with the exception of a few bumps during Bee Gee's week – a show in which everyone struggled. But on Tuesday night, Melinda was...

UTA Master of Music Michelle N. Magee to perform graduate recital

UTA Master of Music Michelle N. Magee to perform graduate recital

The University of Texas at Arlington and The Voice Studio of Mr. Ron Montgomery will host the graduate voice recital of Michelle N. Magee.  Ms. Magee, a graduate of Wilmer-Hutchins High School, received her Masters of Music in Music Education this Spring. Her recital will be held at Iron's Recital...