ARTS

Mics up, Pens down: Celebrating Young Chicago Poets

onlineeditor April 21, 2022

Rooted & Radical Youth Poetry Festival, formerly known as Louder Than a Bomb, provides a community-inspired platform for young poets to share their creative gifts. This festival focuses on empowerment, not competition, by creating a safe space for young writers to use their voices to celebrate each other’s talent. This yearly poetry festival is a program of Young Chicago Authors: a youth literary organization that has served thousands of young teens who are artistic, creative and unique storytellers since 1991.

Ollie “Hoodraised” Woods is a Connoisseur of Wordplay

onlineeditor April 5, 2022

Like a loud whisper, poetry flows uniquely and freely while teetering on the edge of dreams and reality. The smooth interplay between words and the soul ignites passionate expression, and harsh but sweet truths about who we are. Many of us have survived the good, the bad, the ugly and the unknown because of written art. Around the world, poetic pictures are painted throughout time, documenting who we were and who we want to be.

If You Didn’t Know, Chloe x Halle Have A Partnership With Neutrogena

Chandra Gore April 4, 2022

Neutrogena Studios, Ghetto Film School, and artists Chloe x Halle’s Neutrogena Studios First Frame program is a program that is aimed at supporting up-and-coming Gen Z ﬁlmmakers through high-impact training and production as they create cutting-edge skin-health content. “En Avant” and “If My Voice Rang Louder Than My Skin” are two short films directed by women of color who imagine a world where the skin isn’t a barrier and the voices of the unheard are lifted.

SwagHer Sits Down With St. Croix, Virgin Islands Hip Hop Artist Lima Roe

Chandra Gore April 4, 2022

St. Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands) Rapper Lima Roe is making waves and burning up the charts with her single “Big Roe,” a song with more than 14K streams. She is bringing her unique style, work ethic and stage presence to the hip-hop culture by empowering other female artists and also introducing the world to all of the talents that St. Croix has the offer.

Celebrating Nina Simone Day

Chandra Gore March 31, 2022

Today we celebrate the High Priestess of Soul Nina Simone. The City of Berkeley, Warren Widener issued the “Proclamation of

The Beauty of Black Sisterhood is Evident in These 3 Sitcoms

onlineeditor March 30, 2022

As Women’s History Month is coming to a close, I wanted to analyze the dynamic friendships of some of our cultures most trailblazing, Black female led sitcoms, Living Single, Girlfriends and Insecure. Though fictional, the characters were all so relatable, representing Black women with various personalities and lifestyles in an array of melanated hues and body types—helping us feel seen on the screen that we don’t typically grace.

“Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” is Coming to Amazon Prime Video

Chandra Gore March 24, 2022

Get ready because Lizzo is bringing the heat! Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, will premiere on Friday (March

For the Culture—PAM AND TOMMY: A Detroit Love Story (2022)

Chandra Gore March 23, 2022

If you have not heard, seen or been told yet…Director, Producer and Writer Bobby Huntley is putting on for the

Solange Knowles Wins NYU’s Global Trailblazer Award (As She Should)!

admin March 11, 2022

One thing that can’t be denied is Solange Knowles’ innate and superb sense of individuality that is expressed through her artistry over the years. It’s what gave us 1960’s inspired tunes like “I Decided,” and sonically refreshing bodies of work like “A Seat At the Table.” With that being said, it’s no surprise that the prestigious institute NYU has honored the innovator with there 2022 Trailblazer Award—just in time for Women’s History Month.