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As long as I’ve been a DJ in this city, the Walker’s Point Center for the Arts (WPCA) has supported and continues to showcase the work of underrepresented artists from Milwaukee and around the world. My wife and I got a chance to view the current exhibit, “Aquí/Allá” and were immediately moved by the beauty, the messages of resistance and the deep culture on display. In its 35-plus years of […]
A new program in Milwaukee will provide “essential” business resources to entrepreneurs and creatives from underserved communities. The Sherman Phoenix Foundation and gener8tor have partnered for this year-round, artist-centered platform that will focus on supporting creative professionals from traditionally underfunded groups, including: BIPOCLGBTQIA+Female or female identifyingNon-binaryPersons with disabilitiesVeterans “Milwaukee has many wonderful resources for artists and creative professionals,” said Maureen Ragalie, director of gener8tor Art. “However, not many are able […]
Stokely Carmichael, shown here in 1967, helped popularize the term "Black Power!" in 1966. AFP via Getty Images Journalist Mark Whitaker says that much of what's happening in American race relations today traces back to 1966, the year when the Black Panthers were founded and the Black Power movement took full form. It's also the year when when Stokely Carmichael replaced John Lewis as chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating […]
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 29: Lil Yachty performs on the Stage during day 2 of Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2017 at Exposition Park on October 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images Lil Yachty often worked better as an idea than a rapper. The late-decade morass of grifters like Lil Pump, amidst the self-serious reign of Future and Drake (eventual Yachty collaborators, for what it's worth), created […]
Viola Davis just put the G in EGOT. She accepted the audio book, narration and storytelling recording award for Finding Me during the 65th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on Sunday, in Los Angeles. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Viola Davis has achieved EGOT status, after picking up her first Grammy. The 57-year-old actor won the award for the best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for […]
The first decision I made was to do this. The second decision I made was to take you along with me. Why have you on my journey of self- discovery? Because I wanted to inspire. I wanted others to take their own journey into their family's past and discover who they are. One of the great things about this particular journey was that it dispels the myth about black intelligence […]
This is part of a series of features from All Things Considered on first-time Grammy nominees, ahead of the February 5 awards. Read the profiles on Molly Tuttle and Omar Apollo. Muni Long takes her Grammy nominations to heart. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR To hear Muni Long tell it, the success of her hit single "Hrs & Hrs" owes much to a coincidence of timing – and one of mistaken identity on […]
To hear the broadcast version of this story, use the audio player at the top of this page. J. Ivy, "the suave poet" from Chicago CTZN Chance/Burnculture/CTZN Chance/Burnculture For decades, the Grammys' spoken-word awards have gone to audio books, narrated by people like Barack and Michelle Obama, Carrie Fisher, Stephen Colbert and others – "Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording" is the official title for the statue. But this […]
A few years after winning a prestigious jazz vocal competition while still a college student, 23-year-old Samara Joy is now a multiple Grammy nominee for her album Linger Awhile. Meredith Truax/Courtesy of the artist Samara Joy stood gently swaying, within a rare circle of calm late last year, as a Hammond organ purred in sanctified accord. It was four days before Christmas. Joy was at Ardmore Music Hall just outside […]
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