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Opinion

It’s Black Business Month: Here’s how you can support and celebrate

CAMIKE JONES - August 12, 2024

Black-owned businesses made up about 3% of all U.S. businesses in 2021, according to the Pew Research Center, while Black Americans made up 14%...

Arts & Culture

Kwanzaa: Celebrating unity and heritage

JADE JACKSON - December 21, 2023

Marking its inception with vibrant colors, lively music and the kinara candle, Kwanzaa’s seven-day celebration highlights African and African American heritage, unity and the principals of Nguzo Saba from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1.

Arts & Culture

Christkindlmarkt at the Athenaeum to highlight Kwanzaa

CHLOE McGOWAN - December 14, 2023

The second annual Christkindlmarkt at the Athenaeum will look a little different this year — a little more inclusive, that is. Taking place each weekend...

Arts & Culture

This Weekend in the Arts: Dec. 8-10

CHLOE McGOWAN - December 7, 2023

Whether you are looking to go out with family or friends this weekend, enjoy live music, visit a museum or art gallery or try...

Arts & Culture

Spread some holiday cheer! It’s Christmastime in the city

STAFF - December 16, 2021

Santa is almost here. We can sense his presents. (See what we did there?) The world won’t be back to completely normal for Christmas 2021,...

Community Voices

Hayes: December is a time for family, friends

NICHELLE M. HAYES - December 9, 2021

Greetings! It’s hard to believe that we have come to the end of 2021! So many challenges and triumphs. COVID-19 is still a real...

Arts & Culture

Local group continues tradition of celebrating Kwanzaa

TYLER FENWICK - December 19, 2019

It’s been 53 years since a professor in California, Maulana Karenga, created Kwanzaa. The weeklong celebration was originally meant to help bring Black people...

Arts & Culture

365 days of Kwanzaa

Guest Contributor - December 21, 2017

Unlike winter holidays with religious origins, Kwanzaa is a celebration of traditional African values and principles that play a positive role in African-American culture....

Arts & Culture

51st annual Kwanzaa celebration moves to Central Library

Guest Contributor - December 21, 2017

Libraries are known as quiet places, but on Dec. 26, Central Library might get a little loud and crazy as line dancers, African drummers,...

Principles of Kwanzaa teach youth values, determination

Guest Contributor - December 22, 2016

Seventeen-year-old Sarah Wells says she experienced “a new revelation of self-worth” since embracing the principles of Kwanzaa in her everyday life. Wells has celebrated...

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