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Common’s “One Day It’ll All Make Sense” Book Signing At Barnes & Noble
11 October 2011 4:51 PM | No CommentsOn September 20th, hundreds of Chicago fans gathered in the lower level of Barnes & Noble on State Street to get an autographed copy of “One Day It’ll All Make Sense” by actor and Grammy-winning artist Common. The jaw-dropping memoir entails the up-close and personal journey of the phenomenal musical icon and entertainer. Each chapter [...]
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Shwayze & Cisco Adler Ready for New Album
20 May 2011 2:41 PM | No CommentsWith two major label albums under their belt, years of touring, a MTV reality series Buzzin’, and Bananabeat, the burgeoning one-stop artist collective which includes recording and TV production facilities, as well as divisions for internet and street marketing, brand alliances, tour promotion, management and booking, Shwayze and Cisco Adler have accomplished quite a great [...]
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DVD/TV/Film
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The Spider’s Web – A Play by Margaret Mahdi
02 March 2012 5:57 PM | No Comments
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Journalist Toure’ Calls Tyler Perry, “Worst Director in Hollywood”
03 October 2011 3:04 PM | No CommentsThe controversy ensues on whether Tyler Perry and his movies are deemed worthy enough for Hollywood and the like. Many critics have bashed Perry’s movies and directing style as he portrays the irreverent character “Madea” the driving force in his films. Director and controversial filmmaker himself Spike Lee, indirectly referred to the films as “coonery [...]
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Margaret Mahdi’s THE WIZ-CHICAGO STYLE ENCORE!
26 September 2011 7:49 PM | No CommentsThe Wiz Chicago Style Interview Segment from Sherice Grant on Vimeo. The Mahdi Theatre Company returns to King Drive with its spectacular rendition of THE WIZ-Chicago Style. THE WIZ-Chicago Style will feature the “crème of the crop” sensations such as Chanelle Patrick (Dorothy) who has danced internationally and performed in many community driven theatrical productions. [...]
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Politics
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Journalist Toure’ Calls Tyler Perry, “Worst Director in Hollywood”
03 October 2011 3:04 PM | No CommentsThe controversy ensues on whether Tyler Perry and his movies are deemed worthy enough for Hollywood and the like. Many critics have bashed Perry’s movies and directing style as he portrays the irreverent character “Madea” the driving force in his films. Director and controversial filmmaker himself Spike Lee, indirectly referred to the films as “coonery [...]
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Don’t Believe The Hype! Black Folks Voted On November 2
05 November 2010 9:33 AM | 1 CommentBy Melanie Campbell. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all voters for taking the time to exercise their right to vote in the November 2nd Mid-Term Election. On Election Day, the NCBCP (www.ncbcp.org) managed the Black Women’s Roundtable Power the Sister Vote National Command Center, in partnership with the A. Philip Randolph [...]
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EventsRegional Events
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The Spider’s Web – A Play by Margaret Mahdi
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KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR TEAMS UP WITH FOLLETT CORPORATION
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Common’s “One Day It’ll All Make Sense” Book Signing At Barnes & Noble
11 October 2011 4:51 PM | No Comments
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Journalist Toure’ Calls Tyler Perry, “Worst Director in Hollywood”
“Tyler Perry is one of—if not the worst—director in Hollywood. He’s willfully ignorant of the craft, and I can think of no aspect of the film making craft that he excels at, certainly not acting or writing or cinematography or directing or set design.
He perhaps excels at marketing but that’s not really a film making craft. But what’s really dangerous about the product he puts out is that he’s celebrating a certain victim hood. I see this especially in For Colored Girls—which was a fantastic play but a horrible movie—and celebrating this victim-hood and sort of telling Black women that it’s okay to feel like a victim and to wallow in the pain of your life. It’s like cinematic malt liquor for the masses.”
Watch video clip here.
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