Flyer for the Afrocentric fashion show provided by Robin Johnson. Provided CARBONDALE ― The NAACP’s Afrocentric fashion show is set to take place at the end of this month. Its goal is to showcase Black history and celebrate melanin. Robin Johnson, co-chair of the event, said the theme of this year’s […]
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Winter weather means most of us huddle up indoors. But for those less fortunate, organizations like Mission 911 step in. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — When temperatures drop, the need for warm clothing rises. So Mission 911 is doing their part to help unhoused people in Corpus Christi that don’t have […]
Sleeping Beauty Awakes: Dance show raises scholarship funds | Local News
VALDOSTA – Brandi Roberts has more than 125,000 reasons and counting to keep presenting the annual Princess Ballet series. Reasons that have helped scores of Valdosta State University Theatre and Dance students through the years. The annual ballet partnership between Roberts’ Valdosta School of Ballet and VSU Theatre & Dance has […]
Winter clothes drive helps local families, residents in second year | Local News
PLATTSBURGH — The First Presbyterian Church’s held its second winter clothing giveaway Saturday to help local residents and families as colder weather approaches. The Brinkerhoff Street church first held the clothing giveaway in 2019 but had to cancel it in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns. “Now that there are vaccines, […]
‘I’ll miss the audience’: Lancaster Marionette Theatre permanently closes its doors | Local News
After thousands of performances, dozens of marionettes and a feature documentary, the Lancaster Marionette Theatre has closed its doors for good. The theater formally dissolved its nonprofit status in the final board meeting, which took place on Zoom and lasted roughly 12 minutes. “I’ll miss the audience, when they’re with you and you feel that electricity,” […]
‘It’s really cold’: Some Afghans still without winter coats at Fort McCoy as volunteers work to fill shortfall | Local Government
“I just expected to have a warm coat and also to have good sneakers, thick pants,” said Yousufi, a 23-year-old Afghan woman who asked to be identified only by her last name to protect family members still in Afghanistan. While she also received a coat in recent days thanks to […]
New beauty supply shop set to open | Local News
The nation’s largest beauty products retailer is going to open a store in a busy shopping area in the northwestern part of the city on Nov. 12, a spokeswoman for the company said. The Rocky Mount Ulta Beauty will be in the 1400 block of Jeffreys Road, Kelly Gallagher, the […]
Braiding her Barbie doll’s hair brought solace to refugee girl; now Tucson businesswoman | Local news
Hevie Magoundi, right, braids hair at Hevie’s Beauty Supply & African Hair Braiding that officially opens later this month. Ana Beltran, Arizona Daily Star When she was a young girl in Africa, escaping a civil war in the Republic of Congo and moving with her family to Gabon, Hevie Magoundi […]
Watch now: A look inside donation facility for Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy | Local Government
SPARTA — More than 250 cardboard boxes filled with clothing and other donations were stacked in rows inside a warehouse in Sparta Thursday morning. A pile of bags 5 feet high with even more donations lined one of the aisles. During one of the first looks inside the donation facility […]
Detroit’s Month of Design highlights local designers through September
A new self-guided tour in Detroit’s Lafayette Plaisance park takes you through the history of Black Bottom from its days when it thrived with Black residents and businesses to the impact of its destruction. This Detroit Historical Society and Design Core Detroit pop-up tour is part of Month of Design, an […]