The fledgling Basketball Africa League tipped off its second season in Dakar, Senegal, on March 5, 2022, with a dozen men’s club teams from as many African countries vying for …
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Arts and entertainment news. Arts encompass a wide range of human creative activities that express imaginative, conceptual, or technical skill. This includes visual arts like painting, sculpture, and photography, performing arts like music, theater and dance, as well as literary arts such as writing and poetry. The arts serve not only as a reflection of culture and society but also as a medium for personal expression and emotional exploration
Pulitzer Winner Walter Mears Dies, AP’s ‘Boy On The Bus’
Walter R. Mears, who for 45 years fluidly and speedily wrote the news about presidential campaigns for The Associated Press and won a Pulitzer Prize doing it, has died. He …
your ads here!International Women’s Day is March 8
International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8, aims to focus global attention on the state of women when it comes to gender equality, bias, stereotypes and discrimination. Its goal is …
your ads here!Arts Center in US Capital Helps Children Pursue Their Dreams
The arts may be a luxury many children of underprivileged families can’t afford, but at the Sitar Arts Center in Washington, D.C., it’s available to all who want to participate. …
your ads here!Roman Abramovich Confirms He will Sell Chelsea
With the threat of financial sanctions looming, Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich confirmed Wednesday he is trying to sell the Premier League club he turned into an elite trophy-winning machine …
your ads here!Fashion That Tells Stories of Refugee Girls
Kenyan refugee aid group RefuSHE is hosting a virtual international fashion show in East Africa for female refugees. Organizers say the show’s proceeds will go toward helping female refugees fleeing conflict …
your ads here!Russian Artists, Arts Groups No Longer Welcome at Many Venues
The invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces has ignited responses from arts and cultural institutions around the world, which are canceling performances by Russian artists, many of whom are supporters …
your ads here!MLB Cancels Opening Day After Sides Fail to End Lockout
Major League Baseball has canceled opening day, with Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday the sport will lose regular-season games over a labor dispute for the first time in 27 years …
your ads here!In Photos: Yellowstone National Park Turns 150
Yellowstone, the first U.S. national park, draws 4 million visitors annually. Parkgoers marvel at fantastic geysers, colorful hot pools and amazing wildlife. Yellowstone National Park photos courtesy of Tom Murphy …
your ads here!‘Wicked’ Welcomes Pioneering Good Witch, Brittney Johnson
While many people spent Valentine’s Day with the traditional flowers and chocolates, Brittney Johnson was making theater history. The young Broadway veteran was gently lowered onto the Gershwin Theatre stage …
your ads here!Rare Copy of First Novel by African American Woman Donated
A rare version of a book considered the first novel published in the U.S. by a Black woman has returned to her home state of New Hampshire. An original first …
your ads here!New Orleanians Hail Resumption of Mardi Gras Celebrations
Ebbing COVID-19 cases help propel the Crescent City back to life after last year’s cancellation of Fat Tuesday festivities …
your ads here!Glitz Returns on Screen Actors Guild Awards Red Carpet
The 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards will kick off with a “Hamilton” reunion, feature a lifetime achievement award for Helen Mirren and, maybe, supply a preview of the upcoming Academy …
your ads here!With Cinemas Closed, Ghana’s Hand-Painted Movie Posters Find Homes Abroad
With a flick of his brush, Ghanaian painter Daniel Anum Jasper armed actor Paul Newman with a pair of revolvers. Unfinished paintings of a bell-bottomed John Travolta and nunchuck-spinning Bruce …
your ads here!Frankfurt Tells Putin to ‘Stop’ Amid Drama in Bundesliga
After telling Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop” on Saturday, Eintracht Frankfurt proceeded to frustrate Bayern Munich in their Bundesliga game until substitute Leroy Sané scored late for the league …
your ads here!FIFA Suspends Zimbabwe, Kenya for Government Interference
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has suspended Zimbabwe’s and Kenya’s memberships over government interference in the countries’ football associations. Zimbabwe authorities say they were acting against corruption, incompetence …
your ads here!Inside a Special Black History Month Rite at ‘The Lion King’
During February, a special ritual takes place backstage at The Lion King musical on Broadway. On show days, the four young actors who play the lion cubs Simba and Nala …
your ads here!American Women Players Settle Suit Against US Soccer for $24M
U.S. women soccer players reached a landmark agreement with the sport’s American governing body to end a six-year legal battle over equal pay, a deal in which they are promised …
your ads here!Chile Museum to Return Easter Island ‘Head’
Chile’s National Museum of Natural History said Monday it will return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought to the mainland 150 …
your ads here!Kamau Bell Addresses Bill Cosby’s Complex Legacy in ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’
Kamau Bell’s four-part documentary “We Need to Talk About Cosby” addresses the rise and fall of African American comedian Bill Cosby from revered ‘America’s Dad’ to an alleged sexual predator. …
your ads here!Huge Opal Sells for Nearly $144,000 at Alaska Auction
A gemstone, billed as one of the largest gem-quality opals in existence, was sold for $143,750 at auction in Alaska on Sunday. The opal, dubbed the “Americus Australis,” weighs more …
your ads here!Africa’s Biggest International Contemporary Art Fair Opens Doors
Africa’s biggest international contemporary art fair has opened its doors to the public for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. The Investec Cape Town Art Fair went online …
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