Arts & Entertainment

The 146-day lockout has ended and the NBA is looking to reel off games that count on Christmas Day.

Recently, African-American trailblazers descended upon classrooms nationwide as part of the 2nd Annual Back-to-School w/ the HistoryMakers program.

In Mount Vernon at a by-invitation-only funeral on Friday, rapper Heavy D was laid to rest.

With tears welling in her eyes, her throat a bit constricted, Edwidge Danticat graciously accepted the Langston Hughes Medal near the close of a festival named after the great writer, at Aaron Davis Hall last Friday evening.

Pursuing a goal to write a book can seem impossible. One author talks about his desire to communicate creatively about the Black experience.

There have been mixed reactions from Harlemites in Zuccotti Park. Some say OWS is nothing new for Blacks who've been in protest mode for years. 

Make your way to the Dwyer Cultural Center in Harlem before Oct. 30, to see Saviour?, a moving piece of theatre written by journalist Esther Armah.

Melissa V. Harris-Perry is a professor of political science at Tulane University where she is the founding director of the project on gender, race, and politics in the South. Her previous book, Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought, won the 2005 W. E. B. Du Bois Book Award from the Nat'l Conference of Black Political Scientists. Here, she reflects on her life and career and on American culture and politics while discussing her new book, Sister Citizen.

Regarding the NBA lockout, there’s a ‘my side’, a ‘your side’ and a ‘right side’. The latter, however, is going to be the cause of major problems.

Recently, Hamilton House was reopened with a lavish celebration that included a choir of drummers and men and women attired in 18th century garb.