Since being named to XXL’s 2015 freshman class, Tink has garnered hundreds of millions of streams with her music projects and received praise from Pitchfork,
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returned to the historic Auditorium Theatre for its opening night on March 8. This year’s performance, a beautifully blended
Ari Lennox had the House of Blues in Chicago packed wall to wall for her age/sex/location tour on March 8, 2023. Her opening acts, Ja’len
CHICAGO – On Feb. 21, 2023, rolling out held its Paperwork Project event featuring three U.S. Bank executives. Micae Brown, the assistant vice president of
Lori Lightfoot‘s reign as the mayor of Chicago will soon to come to an end. The 56th mayor of the major Midwestern city lost her
Jackson, Mississippi, recording artist Dear Silas was in Chicago at the Haven on Feb. 25, 2023, to join a group of Black men for “Stress
Mikayla Bartholomew, star of Dear Mama, which won best short film at the 54th NAACP Image Awards, shares how the project came to be. The
CurlMix founders Kim and Tim Lewis participated in a panel for rolling out‘s Paperwork Project in Chicago sponsored by U.S. Bank. The panel was hosted
Micae Brown of US Bank hosted the ‘Building a Banking Relationship’ panel featuring Josh Meyers and Mary Mieklthun
On Feb. 23, 2023 R. Kelly was sentenced to serve one additional year – after completing his 30-year sentence on racketeering – for child pornography
Candace Coleman is the racial justice organizer for Access Living in Illinois. Her work focuses on disabled individuals affected by the justice system. Her passion
AT&T hosted a Black Future Makers celebration as part of their Dream in Black series in Chicago on February 10, 2023. The celebration hosted by
Clarence Carson is the president and CEO of the CCRS group and is currently the interim Chief Operating Officer of the North Lawndale Employment Network.
Playwright Christina Anderson has given the world of theater a masterpiece with her latest work, the ripple, the wave that carried me home. The play
Dorri McWhorter is the president and CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. McWhorter has a genuine passion for the welfare of young people that
On Jan. 20, award winning rapper Future and a few of his friends came to the United Center in Chicago with the “Future and Friends
Felicia Davis Blakley is president and CEO of the Chicago Foundation for Women. The Chicago native is passionate about social change and fighting for gender
Sib’s Breakfast Club is where Black entrepreneurs and Black professionals are celebrated. Sibyl and Sylvia Holloway started Sib’s Breakfast Club in 2008 as a day
Step Afrika! is a world-renowned performance group that combines the traditional art of stepping from HBCU fraternities and sororities with modern dance elements and African
Allison Perkins-Caldwell is the CEO and founder of Allison’s Infant & Toddler Centers, University Childcare, Little Feet Big Dreams Learning Academy, and Baby Cakes Learning
