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Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants legend and MLB Hall of Famer, dies at 93
New York Daily News· 12 hours agoIn memory’s haze, Willie Mays is forever young, scampering to the farthest reaches of the Polo...
An Ode to Marvin ‘MM’ Milk’s Impeccable T-Shirt Collection on THE BOYS
Nerdist via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt’s presumably a sign for “don’t cross me,” which, well, says a lot about him. (Sometimes, an X is...
Celebrating late jazz icon Duke Ellington on his 125th birthday
WBUR Boston· 21 hours agoEllington grew up in Washington, D.C. A confident kid known then as Edward Ellington, he once told...
'Hotel Cocaine' on MGM+ gives viewers disco, drama and plenty of blow in Miami in the late '70s
Associated Press· 7 days agoCreator and showrunner Chris Brancato, the creator of “Narcos” and “Godfather of Harlem,” explains...
Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBlack music traditions such as jazz are central to celebrations of Juneteenth, says civil rights...
Opinion: Juneteenth, Haiti and the power of reinvention
CNN.com· 4 hours agoAmerica’s Juneteenth story shares much with Haiti’s struggle for autonomy, writes Nadine Pinede, who...
Ghosts, coming-of-age and Sherlock Holmes reimagined: The Arkansas New Play Festival
KNWA Fayetteville via Yahoo News· 2 days agoEdi Ya & Diamond’s Grove by A. K. Payne Set on the outskirts of an old U.S. mill town, Edi Ya &...
Common And Pete Rock Announce New Album, Evoking ‘90s Hip-Hop Nostalgia
Forbes· 6 days agoThe two hip-hop icons are teaming up for a project steeped in nostalgia. Titled The Auditorium Vol....
‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’: A Musical Monument to Freedom
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoThe song, first performed in 1900 and known as the black national anthem, is an eloquent, optimistic...
Saying a final goodbye to Willie Mays, baseball’s ‘Say hey’ kid
The News-Times· 9 hours agoIt was the height of the Cold War and, for Coniff and many of his readers, there was no better symbol of America than Mays. At that time, Mays was a 28-year-old centerfielder for the San Francisco ...