TORONTO, Ontario (Monday, June 20, 2022) — The city is abuzz with excitement for Pride Toronto 2022 and some of its residents, who will be attending the three-day Pride Festival Weekend, June 24-26, for the first time, say they are ...
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Feed SubscriptionLegendary Rapper and Songwriter, Chuck “D”, Of Public Enemy, To Receive Social Justice Honours Award At Canadian Music Week
TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday May 18, 2022) — American rapper, singer and songwriter, Chuck D, Founder and Leader of the legendary group, Public Enemy, will receive Canadian Music Week’s (CMW) Social Justice Honours Award, next month. Co-founder of the super-group, Prophets ...
Read More »Jazz And Blues Icon Salome Bey’s Classic Self-Titled Debut Album Reissued
TORONTO, Ontario (Thursday May 5, 2022) — Exactly two weeks ago, on April 21, the late jazz and blues icon, Salome Bey, got her rare and classic, self-titled, debut album, Salome Bey, reissued — exactly 52 years after it first ...
Read More »Will Smith’s Oscar Slap Reveals Fault Lines As He Defends Jada Pinkett Smith Against Chris Rock
By Vinita Srivastava Guest Contributor It felt like these Oscars were the first ones that weren’t actually so white. The whole event felt different. With attempts to display a more inclusive Hollywood, the showcase seemed to go beyond its usual ...
Read More »Art Gallery Of Ontario Exhibition Showcases The Caribbean And Its Complex History
By Neil Armstrong Guest Contributor In 2019, when the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) acquired the Montgomery Collection of Caribbean Photographs (1840-1940), I visited the museum to see some of these images of Caribbean life and history. There was a ...
Read More »Inaugural Director Of Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Named At National Film Board Of Canada
MONTREAL, Quebec (Thursday, December 9, 2021) — National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Chair, Claude Joli-Coeur, announced, recently, that Rachel Décoste has been appointed as Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, a newly-created position. Décoste will be a strategic diversity leader, ...
Read More »Multi-award-winning Pop Superstar, Rihanna, Named Barbados’ 11th National Hero
By Nya Phillips Guest Contributor BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Thursday, December 2, 2021) — International singing sensation, Robyn Rihanna Fenty — the island’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, with specific responsibility for promoting education, tourism and investment — was named the 11th National ...
Read More »Guyana’s National Cultural Center Gets New Theatre Seats
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, November 26, 2021) — The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, today, unveiled 1,214 new theatre seats in the main auditorium of the National Cultural Centre. Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr, announced that ...
Read More »Master Storyteller, Dr. Rita Cox, Launches CD Album, “Wit And Wisdom”
TORONTO, Ontario (Tuesday, November 23, 2021) — Iconic storyteller, author, teacher and librarian, Dr. Rita Cox, will launch her Wit and Wisdom: Anansi Tales and Other Stories CD during a celebratory event — In Conversation with Rita Cox and Friends ...
Read More »Jamaica’s National Storytelling Festival In Progress
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, November 16, 2021) — The Storytelling Foundation of Jamaica, Ntukuma, in association with the Jamaica Library Service, is presenting the National Storytelling Festival and Conference, Ananse Soundsplash 2021, from November 16 to 22, under the theme ‘Visiting ...
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