Los Angeles - So Cal
Black Cultural Events Expands to Atlanta/Southeast
Black Cultural Events Expands Online Cultural Events Calendar to Atlanta. LOS ANGELES – May 12, 2020 – BCE Media Inc., parent company of online events calendar BlackCulturalEvents.com and led by CEO Pamela Ashe-Thomas, announced the expansion of BlackCulturalEvents.com into Atlanta and the Southeastern Area (https://www.blackculturalevents.com/city/atlanta-se-area) to accommodate their growth, and… Read more »
Surviving the Shutdown: Alta Adams reopens, with fried chicken to order and a sliding payment scale
The West Adams restaurant Alta Adams reopens with a sliding price scale so people in need can dine for free. Source: Surviving the Shutdown: Alta Adams reopens, with fried chicken to order and a sliding payment scale
‘Slave Play’ in L.A.: Mark Taper Forum will have the first production outside N.Y.
Center Theatre Group lands Jeremy O. Harris’ provocative hit ‘Slave Play’ for a 2020-21 season still full of coronavirus-driven questions. A bit of good arts news for a change: Center Theatre Group on Thursday announced that “Slave Play” has been added to its still-cohering 2020-21 season lineup. The uproarious and… Read more »
South L.A.’s renaissance was decades in the making. The coronavirus could end it in weeks
The economic devastation from the coronavirus is threatening to end a revival of black-owned businesses in South L.A. just as it’s getting started. Four months into a profitable start, the owners of South LA Cafe sent out an SOS to their nearly 10,000 Instagram followers. “Help us keep South LA… Read more »
These South LA restaurants were thriving until coronavirus changed everything
Swift Cafe, Hotville Chicken, and Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen are figuring out how to stay open during the coronavirus pandemic Six months ago, Kyndra McCrary opened Swift Cafe in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Leimert Park. McCrary worked with a nutritionist to bring a healthy menu to the neighborhood,… Read more »