Questlove, the gifted musician and drummer for the Grammy Award-winning band The Roots, has an upcoming book,Creative Quest, which will be filled with wisdom, life lessons, and inspiration. According to Questlove’s publisher Ecco, the intention behind Creative Quest is to serve as a “one-of-a-kind guide to living your best creative
We’re celebrating the phenomenal author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 40th birthday by revisiting her globally recognized 2009 TED talk, “The danger of a single story,” and examining its significance. During the talk, Adichie tells the story of how she was able to find her most authentic cultural voice. She discusses her
Across the Tracks, a short film by Mike Cooke, tells the story of two young African-American sisters in Georgia during the racially charged 1960s. As fair-skinned sister Ella makes the conscious decision to pass for white when her school system becomes integrated, Across the Tracks begins to examine the complexities
A century of Jacob Lawrence calls for celebration, with today marking what would have been the painter and storyteller’s 100th birthday. Regarded as one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, Lawrence was well known for his contemporary and vibrant depictions of everyday life, heavily inspired by his
Marie-Denise Douyon, a Canadian fine artist with Haitian roots, began a life of migratory journeys. Growing up in North Africa, first in Algeria and then Morocco, her unique childhood experiences were meshed with distinctive artistic expressions and multicultural identities, which shaped her into the artist she is today. This drifting,
Filled with authenticity, Chapter & Verse profoundly depicts the predicament of a recently released ex-con (Daniel Beaty) striving to create a new life for himself on the mean, unforgiving streets of Harlem. Beaty plays the leading role of Lance, freshly released from prison after serving eight years. While incarcerated, Lance
