Category: Events

Kobe Bryant and Daughter Laid to Rest Two Weeks After Fatal Helicopter Crash

Revered NBA legend Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old daughter Gianna were given burial to last Friday. The private funeral was held in Corona Del Mar, California, two weeks after the two perished in a helicopter crash with Christina Mauser, John Altobelli, Keri Altobelli, Alyssa Altobelli, Sarah Chester, Payton Cheste and pilot, Ara Zobayan. The group had been traveling to a basketball tournament… Continue reading Kobe Bryant and Daughter Laid to Rest Two Weeks After Fatal Helicopter Crash

The 5Ws: Asya Shein

Who: Asya Shein   What: Fusicology FUSICOLOGY is an event, music & cultural lifestyle marketing platform With an established audience reaching trend-setting urbanites in over 20 of the largest North American communities. Our premise & footprint since 2003 consists of user-generated event listings curated by niche promoters, artists, agencies, talent managers and venues. Our site,… Continue reading The 5Ws: Asya Shein

Cocktails & Cinema: Bakoso: Afrobeats of Cuba – Thursday, Feb. 20 at 6PM

Apollo Film Presents Bakosó: Afrobeats of Cuba as part of ImageNation’s Cocktails & Cinema Thursday, February 20th at 6:00 p.m. Harlem, N.Y., January 30, 2020 — Today the Apollo Theater announced it will screen the award-winning documentary Bakosó: Afrobeats of Cuba on Thursday, February 20th  at 6:30 p.m., as part of ImageNation’s Cocktails & Cinema… Continue reading Cocktails & Cinema: Bakoso: Afrobeats of Cuba – Thursday, Feb. 20 at 6PM

Apollo Theater and WNYC Announce 14th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration and Uptown Hall

The Apollo Theater and WNYC Announce the 14th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration “The Strategic King: MLK’s Visionary Leadership”  Co-Hosted by WNYC’s BRIAN LEHRER and JAMI FLOYD With WQXR’s TERRANCE McKNIGHT as Master of Ceremonies Guests Include the Honorable John Lewis (D-GA), Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart, Artist Carrie Mae Weems, and former Representative… Continue reading Apollo Theater and WNYC Announce 14th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration and Uptown Hall

Hampton Art Lovers Presents Point Comfort Art + Fair during Miami Art Week -December 5-8, 2019

Hampton Art Lovers (HAL) introduces their Point Comfort Art Fair + Show, December 5-8, 2019, in historic Overtown at the Historic Ward Rooming House (249 NW 9th Street, Miami FL 33136). The Point Comfort Art Show provides a platform for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) museums to showcase their collection of the African American masters of American… Continue reading Hampton Art Lovers Presents Point Comfort Art + Fair during Miami Art Week -December 5-8, 2019

AEG Presents The LIT AF Tour Hosted by Martin Lawrence

AEG PRESENTS BRINGS THE LIT AF 2020 TOUR, HOSTED BY MARTIN LAWRENCE, TO 25+ US CITIES BEGINNING JANUARY 31ST RICKEY SMILEY, DERAY DAVIS, BRUCE BRUCE, MICHAEL BLACKSON, LIL DUVAL, HANNIBAL BURESS, LIL REL, ADELE GIVENS, EARTHQUAKE, JAY PHAROAH, B. SIMONE, DONNELL RAWLINGS AND TOMMY DAVIDSON JOIN FORCES ON THIS YEARS LINE-UP     West Palm Beach,… Continue reading AEG Presents The LIT AF Tour Hosted by Martin Lawrence

Global Mixed Gender Basketball League to Host Fusion vs. Vikings Game at Entertainment & Sports Arena, WASH., DC

Global Mixed Gender Basketball League will host their sixth game at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington DC between the Washington Fusion and Chicago Vikings on November 16, 2019 at 6:00 PM. GMGB is making history as the first professional co-ed league to play full court basketball.  The celebrity-owned teams are comprised of former… Continue reading Global Mixed Gender Basketball League to Host Fusion vs. Vikings Game at Entertainment & Sports Arena, WASH., DC

Kevin Liles to Deliver Keynote Interview at NY:LON Connect Music Business Summit

300 Entertainment’s Kevin Liles is slated to deliver a keynote interview at the 2020 NY:LON Connect music business summit, according to announcements made by The Music Business Association (Music Biz) and Music Ally. Among the topics to be discussed will be how 300’s autonomous style has impacted the conventional label framework, and the ways that… Continue reading Kevin Liles to Deliver Keynote Interview at NY:LON Connect Music Business Summit

ESSENCE Festival to Remain in New Orleans for the Next 5 Years

ESSENCE Communications Inc., the leading media, technology and commerce company serving Black women, announced an extended five-year partnership agreement with the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana to host its signature ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ through 2024. A platform to advance global Black culture, economic ownership and inclusion, and community development, the… Continue reading ESSENCE Festival to Remain in New Orleans for the Next 5 Years

The Industry Cosign Spotlight: Briahna Gatlin

Company: Swank Public Relations City: Chicago, IL Title: Principal Publicist/CEO Briahna Gatlin is an established media maven and entrepreneur on the cutting edge of the entertainment industry setting new trends and breaking new talent for over 15 years. She has a Bachelors’s Degree in Magazine Journalism with over 10 years of experience in writing for… Continue reading The Industry Cosign Spotlight: Briahna Gatlin

Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rainbow PUSH Present the 20th Global Automotive Summit

Global automotive industry stakeholders will gather in Detroit on October 31-November 1, 2019 for the 20th Annual Rainbow PUSH Global Automotive Summit, an initiative of Citizenship Education Fund, at Motor City Casino Hotel and Conference Center. This year’s Summit will commence with a breakfast conversation on Friday November 1, 2019, with Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr.,… Continue reading Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rainbow PUSH Present the 20th Global Automotive Summit

SiriusXM and Pandora to Launch Inaugural ‘Sway Fest 2019’ on October 18

SiriusXM and Pandora to Launch Inaugural ‘Sway Fest 2019’ on October 18   Live broadcast event curated and hosted by Sway Calloway of SiriusXM’s Shade 45   Block party to be held on the streets outside of Pandora’s Oakland headquarters with community participants and special guests to be announced   Four-hour special will broadcast live… Continue reading SiriusXM and Pandora to Launch Inaugural ‘Sway Fest 2019’ on October 18

T.D. Jakes’ Woman, Thou Art Loosed! Sept. 10-12, 2020 in Atlanta

What began as a Sunday school gathering that quickly grew into one of the nation’s most popular conferences for women—helping turn Bishop T.D. Jakes into a household name—will take its final curtain call next fall in 2020. Jakes’ international best-selling book-turned-conference, film and global movement—Woman, Thou Art Loosed!—will host its last conference on Sept. 10-12,… Continue reading T.D. Jakes’ Woman, Thou Art Loosed! Sept. 10-12, 2020 in Atlanta

Lil Yachty to Headline ‘Destination: Atlanta’ Festival

ATLANTA RAPPER LIL YACHTY TO HEADLINE JOURNEYS AND ADIDAS ORIGINALS’ FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL “DESTINATION: ATLANTA” ON SEPTEMBER 28 Lil Yachty [click to download] (ATLANTA) – September 17, 2019 – “Destination: Atlanta,” an immersive, one-day music event created by Journeys and adidas Originals today announced Lil Yachty as the headliner for their second annual festival on September… Continue reading Lil Yachty to Headline ‘Destination: Atlanta’ Festival

Journeys Partners with adidas Originals for Free Music Festival, ‘Destination: Atlanta’ Sept. 28

JOURNEYS TO HOST FREE CULTURAL AND MUSIC FESTIVAL “DESTINATION: ATLANTA” ON  SEPTEMBER 28TH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH  ADIDAS ORIGINALS (ATLANTA) – August 28, 2019 – Journeys, the retail leader in teen apparel and footwear, in partnership with adidas Originals, has announced “Destination: Atlanta,” a free, one-day celebration of music, culture, and the city of Atlanta taking… Continue reading Journeys Partners with adidas Originals for Free Music Festival, ‘Destination: Atlanta’ Sept. 28

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