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Q&A: How to Create a South African Society that Rewards Hard Work

Q&A: How to Create a South African Society that Rewards Hard Work

Kristin Palitza interviews HLUMELO BIKO, South African investment banker, author and son of well-known anti-apartheid hero Steve Biko   CAPE TOWN, South Africa – In his new book, “The Great…

Gordon Parks honored by Macys

Gordon Parks honored by Macys

NEW YORK – From one icon to another, this February Macy’s, an American retail institution, salutes American cultural hero Gordon Parks in celebration of Black History Month.  Via special events…

Enthralled crowd previews “The Anointed”

Enthralled crowd previews “The Anointed”

Emerging playwright/director Germono Toussaint brilliantly presented his new play, The Anointed, to a captivated audience at Columbia University’s Union Theological Seminary on Saturday, February 16, 2013. The play whose theme…

Producer of Gay-Themed Play Deported from Uganda

Producer of Gay-Themed Play Deported from Uganda

KAMPALA — David Cecil, a British citizen who produced a play last year about the plight of Ugandan gays, was deported from Uganda on Monday. He had been arrested by…

Donald Byrd, extraordinary jazz trumpeter, dies at 80

Donald Byrd, extraordinary jazz trumpeter, dies at 80

Donald Byrd, an exceptional jazz trumpeter associated with the “hard bop” school of jazz exemplified by the Blue Note record label during the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, died…

Herbie Hancock, jazz man and film score writer

Herbie Hancock, jazz man and film score writer

Three dishevelled young men slip into building. Mother and daughter enter flat. Men sneak along passage. Mother enters kitchen. Men trick daughter into opening door. Daughter screams. Men take money,…

Art Meets Fashion At NYC Gallery Exhibit

Art Meets Fashion At NYC Gallery Exhibit

As Fashion Week began in New York City on Thursday, all eyes were on the many runways around town, where designers showcased their Fall 2013 collections.  Fashion is rightly seen…

Russian Bolshoi arts director Filin hurt by acid attack

Russian Bolshoi arts director Filin hurt by acid attack

The artistic director of Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre, Sergei Filin, is being treated in a Moscow hospital for severe burns to his face after a masked man threw acid in his…

India Reflects on Ravi Shankar’s Legacy

India Reflects on Ravi Shankar’s Legacy

NEW DELHI — As India reflects on the legacy of sitar artist Ravi Shankar, who died on Tuesday in the United States, many are recalling what he meant for the…

Venezuela’s Youth Orchestra Shines in U.S.

Venezuela’s Youth Orchestra Shines in U.S.

CHICAGO, Illinois – A group of young people walk down the streets of Chicago, broad grins on their faces. They have good reason to be happy: the ovations received by…