Sep 18 – Oct 01, 2025
The Great Privation, When Live Theater is Magically Wonderful
Generally, Nia Akilah Robinson (she/her) wrote a creative piece, mirroring Toni Morrison's too difficult to read "Beloved." Even when the dialogue is a bit puzzling, the performers convincing transformations reinforce that magic exists in live theater.
Can Nightmares Be Deadly?
Are nightmares scaring you to death? A new UK Dementia Research Institute study suggests there may be a link between recurrent bad dreams and an early demise. Are these results really what they seem or the kind of thing only nightmares are made of?
Activities
Uncle Charlie's R & B BBQ is crossing America with stops in Baltimore and Atlanta. In DC, Art of Noize is hosting an Open Mic. The 14th Annual Pan African Global Trade & Investment Conference is happening now in Newark, DE. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Bicentennial Birthday Celebration is in Baltimore, but you may meet us at the 101st Anniversary of Lincoln–Thomas Day in D.C. (image: Carolivia Herron dresses as her ancestor, formerly enslaved Mary Ann Lumpkin, founder of Virginia Union University, for the annual Lincoln–Thomas Day.)
Readers' Trends
Pam Grier still grabs attention, including in Port of Harlem magazine. The number one image on our Facebook page was hilarious and made quite a political statement of wishful resistance.