arts-entertainment

How do you control time? Ask Grandmaster Flash. PopMatters has the answer in this latest edition of 20 questions, which...

Anne Wiggins Brown, the African-American soprano who starred as the original Bess in George Gershwin’s landmark folk opera “Porgy and...

Altovise Joanne Gore Davis, a dancer and actress and the widow of Sammy Davis Jr., has died. She was 65....

It was a dreamy night for a couple of “Dreamgirls.” Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson both glided away with trophies Thursday...

Ever see an inner-city schoolyard filled with white, Asian and black teens shooting hoops? Or middle-aged white and Latino men...

Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz was in front of a classroom full of black and Latino kids, drawing presidents. He sketched Bush,...

Jessye Norman remembers being an 18-year-old Howard University student studying music literature, when she noticed a glaring omission in her...

Flashback to the 1970s: Alex Haley’s “Roots” ruled the pop-culture roost, the black pride movement was in full swing and...

Jennifer Hudson says she’s found getting back to work to be a healing force in her life. “I’m just glad...