Sep 04 – Sep 17, 2025
Pam Grier Talks Famous Ex's, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Pamela Anderson, Her Spicy Love Life, Feminism
Allison Kugel sits down with legendary screen icon Pam Grier for an unfiltered interview. Pam discusses her famous ex's and her current love life, surviving multiple rapes and sexual assaults, the de –glamming of Pamela Anderson, the late Malcolm Jamal Warner, her bold sexuality in films like Foxy Brown, turning her autobiography "Foxy" into a biopic, and her newest project, Pam Grier's Soul Flix.
Win Tickets to See The Great Privation at Woolly Mammoth Theater
Bridging centuries with sweetness, wit, and unexpected grace, this time–bending new work moves between 1832 Philadelphia–where a mother and daughter guard a loved one's grave from medical grave robbers–and the present day, where a mother and daughter work at a summer camp built on that same land.
Emigration: An African American Pipedream?
As the trump machine steams ahead, more African Americans talk of "Blaxit" or exiting the United States of America. For many, including myself, moving abroad remains merely a form of escapism, perhaps even a pipe dream.
Activities
PHEN's 21st Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit has started online. Under movies is a trailer of “Love, Brooklyn.” Poetry lovers will gather in DC for The Poetry & Folklore of Sterling A. Brown. 44 The Obama Musical is playing in Chicago. A must-see under Politics: Why Harris Said She Will Never Do Anything Just for Black Folks - A Legal Perspective.
Readers' Trends
Housing remains a significant issue and was the leading article in the most recent issue of Port of Harlem. The 2300 Jackson Street Block Party in Gary topped our list of activities, making "Activities" our second most popular article. You can find pictures and music from the party on our Facebook page. Did you read about Glory Gaynor and her getting an award from donald trump?