Imagine yourself attending a sold out show in downtown Indianapolis for a show that you’ve been hearing about since early April. That’s exactly what happened to me as I attended the Indianapolis showing of Philly Weeden’s Soul Mate: A True Love Story that boasted a sold-out crowd of over 400 people in the audience. Weeden […]
Archives for September, 2016
Indianapolis based writer, playwright and filmmaker Nicole Kearney owner of Nicole Kearney Productions is pleased to announce the release of her latest project—a soap opera based podcast. Kearney was inspired to write and produce the new podcast, Grown & Beautiful from the mid 2000’s soap opera based series It’s Your World that was featured on […]
From a business perspective, 2016 is a year of winning for the average black business owner in America. In recent years, the emergence of black-owned businesses has increased to a staggering 40.4 percent. If you make your way to the Midwest, you will find local business owner Clark Howard who is part of that astounding […]
An expert panel assembled by the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) for its Issues Forum held during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) 46th Annual Legislative Conference cautioned that mortgage lending disparities coupled with public policies and inactions by governmental institutions conspire to impede the growth of Black homeownership. As indicated in NAREB’s 2016 […]
Those of who grew up to 80s and 90s music get excited when our favorite 90s icon makes a comeback in this new era. Some of them are still able to bring it, but then for others they seem to have ‘changed’ and not for for the better. This is how I’m feeling after listening […]
The best Hollywood success stories are those that have testimonies of triumph, courage, and strength. They are the ones that capture the audience’s hearts and inspires them that they too can overcome whatever they are going through or where they are from in order to accomplish their dreams. Kimberley Zulkowski is a former foster child […]
Just like every other African-American female this past weekend ready to make it a girl’s night out at the movies, I was seated with my girls front row and center ready to see the ever so handsome, Morris Chestnut in the film premiere of When The Bough Breaks. When The Bough Breaks is a vicarious thrill that centers around […]
When Monica Cooper walked into a smoke-filled room, it changed her life. She was a New York promotional model in 1998, when she worked an obscure event that she hardly remembers — except that men there smoked cigars. That occasion welcomed her into a culture in which few black women had ventured. It also inspired […]
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