By David Miller Well, what happened? Since 2021, there has been a lot of construction work being done on the streets of Collier City, a predominantly African American subdivision in the City of Pompano Beach. Thirty years! Long anticipated infrastructure has been taking place on NW 27th avenue, and now we finally see some results
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By Kristen Hernandez Lauderhill, FL – Black Genius in Flight’s Juneteenth celebration showed South Florida what it means to be Black and unchained. The three-day event was presented at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, located at 3800 NW 11th Place, Lauderhill. “Black Genius in Flight brings the message through the music,” said Stichiz, featured R&B artist
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A trailblazer, civil rights activist, educator, historian and Black pioneer By Kristen Hernandez Pompano Beach, FL – When Lydia Wilson stood before the podium in the Ali Cultural Arts Center courtyard, she appeared poised and steady. She held her back straight, shoulders out and her head up, just like her mother, Hazel K. Armbrister, taught
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By Kristen Hernandez Lauderhill, FL The rapid rise of the spoken word as a form of artistic expression has exploded, and creative-minded South Floridians are on a continuous search for an outlet. Poetic Just Us, an annual event held at Chainless Change, located at 4300 North University Drive in Lauderhill, was the solution for those
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By Kristen Hernandez Pompano Beach, FL – When Pompano Beach native, Sharhonda “Eccentrich” Richardson, began performing her original spoken word poetry around the nation, she discovered that most major cities have their own distinct flavor deeply-rooted in performance poetry. Cities such as Charlotte, Atlanta and Charlottesville have embedded slam poetry into their cultural arts scene
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