Los Angeles - So Cal
26 Apr
Ahmanson Theatre, North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA
April 26, 2022 To May 29, 2022
8:00 pm To 9:30 pm
Welcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Read more…
Events
01 May
Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232
May 1, 2022 To May 29, 2022
8:00 pm To 10:00 pm
Tambo and Bones are two characters trapped in a minstrel show. It’s hard to feel like a real person when you’re trapped in a minstrel show. Their escape plan: get out, get rich, get even. Read more…
10 May
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 9390 North Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
May 10, 2022 To June 5, 2022
7:30 pm To 9:30 pm
Following his award-winning, sold-out performance as Dick Gregory in Turn Me Loose, Joe Morton (ABC’s “Scandal,” the legendary Brother from Another Planet, Netflix’s “The Politician”) returns to The Wallis in the title role of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy King Lear. Read more…
20 May
FAIRFLEX, 1101 West McKinley Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768
May 20, 2022 To May 20, 2022
7:30 pm To 10:00 pm
After the funnel cakes, the Ferris wheel and deep-fried everything. grab your tickets for the best in 70s funk and R&B as the LA County Fair salutes its 100th year. Read more…
21 May
Amanda Cinema at ARRAY, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026
May 21, 2022 To May 21, 2022
1:00 pm To 4:00 pm
Gather round film lovers for ARRAY’s special tribute to the extraordinary screen star Mr. Sidney Poitier. ARRAY is opening the doors of Amanda Cinema to feature two of Poitier’s beautiful classic works, PARIS BLUES and NO WAY OUT. Read more…
21 May
May 21, 2022 To May 21, 2022
12:00 pm To 6:00 pm
In recognition of May 19th as being the 97th Birthday Celebration of Minister el Hajj Malik el-Shabazz – Malcolm X, we are hosting an event on Saturday, May 21st in Leimert Park Village (aka “AfricaTown” and the “Black Arts Village”) in Los Angeles: What: The 17th Annual Malcolm X… Read more…
21 May
May 21, 2022 To May 21, 2022
12:00 pm To 6:30 pm
The dynamic Los Angeles Malcolm X Festival, originally started in 1993 – 2007, is back and in full swing, offering an eclectic mix of live musical performances, poetry, spoken word, fashions, food, and intellectual discourse designed to ensure that the grand legacy of the iconic Muslim Minister is alive and… Read more…
21 May
Hauser & Wirth, 301 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
May 21, 2022 To May 21, 2022
4:00 pm To 5:30 pm
Come to the open-air courtyard at Hauser & Wirth for a conversation between artist Gary Simmons and American film critic and KCRW’s host of ‘The Treatment’ Elvis Mitchell on the stage of Simmons’ sculptural installation ‘Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark’ (2014 – ongoing). Read more…
21 May
May 21, 2022 To May 22, 2022
1:30 pm To 3:00 pm
Experience a retelling of classic Greek tragedies through the lens of Towne Street Theatre, Los Angeles’ premiere African-American Theatre Company. The production of short plays explores drama, humor, love, and loss spanning from the Civil War to modern-day America. Read more…
22 May
HIGH 5IVE at Kissel Uptown Oakland 437 25th Street Oakland, CA 94607
May 22, 2022 To May 22, 2022
12:00 pm To 4:00 pm
Join us at the first-ever Black Vintners Wine Festival in Oakland! The Association of African American Vintners presents the Black Vintners Wine Festival celebrating two decades of advocacy for diversity and inclusion in the wine industry. Taste wines from 20+ Black-owned brands. Read more…
23 May
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May 23, 2022 To May 31, 2022
12:00 am To 12:00 am
As part of Monumental Tour, Kindred Arts + Council District 10 presents acclaimed American artists Arthur Jafa, Coby Kennedy, Christopher Myers, and Hank Willis Thomas in a group showing of sculpture across the city of Los Angeles in Council District 10 and Downtown L.A. Read more…
23 May
The Paramount, 2708 East Cesar E Chavez Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033
May 23, 2022 To May 23, 2022
8:00 pm To 10:00 pm
Just Jazz Presents Logan Richardson’s Blues People featuring Logan Richardson (saxophone), Peter Schlamb (vibraphone), Igor Osypov (guitar), Dominique Sanders (bass) and Ryan J Lee (drums). Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, saxophonist Logan Richardson hails from a city with a rich historical lineage of improvised music. Read more…
25 May
Huntington Library, Art Gallery and Botanical Gardens, 1158 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108
May 25, 2022 To May 25, 2022
7:30 pm To 9:00 pm
Author J. Drew Lanham discusses what it means to embrace the full breadth of his African-American heritage and his deep kinship to nature and adoration of birds. Read more…
26 May
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May 26, 2022 To May 31, 2022
12:00 am To 12:00 am
The 3rd Annual Leimert Park Jazz Festival Art Competition has launched! The competition is open to South L.A.-based visual artists, 18+ years old, who will compete for a $1,000 cash prize. Art submissions will be accepted through May 31 at 11:59 PM PT. Read more…
27 May
St. Elmo Village, 4830 St Elmo Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90019
May 27, 2022 To May 27, 2022
11:00 am To 1:00 pm
Get your box of seasonal, fresh-picked fruits and vegetables provided for area families while supplies last. St. Elmo Village has been providing art workshops, festivals, and numerous enhancement programs in the surrounding neighborhood and the Los Angeles community at large. Read more…
03 Jun
Wisdome LA, 1147 Palmetto Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
June 3, 2022 To June 4, 2022
7:30 pm To 12:00 am
In celebration of Miles Davis’ 96th Birthday, Creative Producer Kentyah and the Gil Evans Estate will present a special once-in-a-lifetime, immersive 360 dome theater performance of this monumental work, featuring jazz and classical music legends such as: Hubert Laws, flute, Ronnie Laws, saxophone and flute, Alphonso Johnson, bass, Josef Leimberg on trumpet. Read more…
07 Jun
Hollywood Bowl, North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA
June 7, 2022 To September 28, 2022
8:00 pm To 10:00 pm
The Hollywood Bowl’s 2022 season has just been announced and is a celebration of the historic venue’s first 100 years! It’s gonna be a big summer at the Hollywood Bowl as they celebrate with incredible music, memories, and more. Read more…
18 Jun
Civic Center Way, 23575 Civic Center Way, Malibu, CA 90265
June 18, 2022 To June 18, 2022
2:00 pm To 8:00 pm
The SunsetJazzFest.com promises to excite, entertain and will be heralded as one of the finest festivals anywhere. Read more…
19 Jun
Musco Center for the Arts, One University Drive, Orange, CA 92688
June 19, 2022 To June 19, 2022
4:00 pm To 6:00 pm
Held in conjunction with Juneteenth, the Gospel Voices of OC presents an original event that chronicles African American lives and artistry through chorale works, dance, orchestra, band, theatre, and spoken word. Read more…
25 Jun
Hollywood Bowl, North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA
June 25, 2022 To June 26, 2022
3:30 pm To 9:30 pm
The Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival makes its debut on June 25 and 26! While the name is new, longtime fans of the Playboy Jazz Festival can expect an equally stellar two-day celebration. Read more…
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3310 W. Manchester Blvd Inglewood, CA 90305
Lavender Blue Restaurant Lounge is Inglewood’s favorite destination for the mature party crowd. We feature live performances in a relaxed but classy atmosphere. The food is highly recommended and the crowd of regulars is always willing to make newcomers feel like they are a part of the family. Lavender Blue Restaurant Lounge is the kind Read more »
2323 West Manchester Boulevard, Inglewood, CA 90305
11:00 am- 8:00 pm Daily
Welcome to Cobblers, Cakes & Kream, a southern style bakery featuring the locally renowned “Cobbler Lady.” Best known for her Cobblers which the LA Times gave a glowing report of, this culinary masterpiece continues to tantalize taste buds, whether it’s peach, blackberry or apple. Beyond our cobblers, at CC&K we offer a mouth-watering array of Read more »
1845 East Holt Boulevard, Ontario, CA 91761
11:00 am- 8:00 pm Daily
In the restaurant business, dining fads come and go but tradition will always win out in the end. Our tradition stems from the family recipes perfected over generations that we now proudly serve, with soul, to you, your family, and friends. We have the best food around and an atmosphere to match. Our recipes are Read more »
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Actor Hill Harper launches The Black Wall Street platform aimed at empowering investors of color
The Black Wall Street app goes live on June 1 and will offer a digital wallet for peer-to-peer payment and the ability to trade cryptocurrencies.
Nearly a century after Black Wall Street — a center of Black business in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, that was destroyed in a racial attack — “The Good Doctor” actor Hill Harper is launching a fintech app of the same name to empower investors of color.
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TheGrio.TV, which debuts on Friday, Jan. 15, “is especially important to me,” says Allen, “as it will both serve and uplift all viewers.”
With the slogan, “Our Culture Forever,” TheGrio.TV will bring movies, sitcoms, dramas, concerts, talk shows, variety shows, game shows, news and lifestyle content into homes via over-the-air broadcast television stations, cable/telco/satellite platforms and free digital [Read More...]
Killer Mike, Andrew Young to Open the Nation’s Newest Black-Owned Bank
Killer Mike has done it again. This time he has partnered with civil rights legend Andrew J. Young and entrepreneur Ryan Glove to launch the country’s newest Black-owned bank and financial institution. Having already secured $3 million in seed funding from private investors, Greenwood Bank will be the first digital banking platform for Black and Latinx people and business owners. Read more…
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