by October Gallery
Summer has arrived, which, for many Americans, means day camps for children, afternoons lounging by a pool, and weekend trips to the beach. But for many others, summer brings new…
The concept, which originated in Houston, celebrates the flavor of African, African-American and Caribbean cuisines. “I wanted to do something to really highlight the culinary community from the African diaspora,”…
Inspired by Steampunk design, Richard Wilks talks about his larger than life 3-point mobile contraption. Through the merging of transportation and art, he created a mobile art piece called “Evotrope.”…
Black women’s heads of hair are galaxies unto themselves,” poet and professor Elizabeth Alexander writes in her introduction to Lorna Simpson Collages, a new book of that artist’s work. Much…
Anyone A lost album of originals by John Coltrane, the American saxophonist who took jazz to new heights of freedom and expression, has been unearthed. The album, being released on…
In September 2015, White, plainclothes New York Police Department (NYD) officer James Frascatore slammed former tennis player James Blake, who is Black, to the concrete outside his hotel in New…
Anyone with any doubts about the value of “OrchKids,” the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s instrumental music program for inner city students, should listen to what young Asia Palmer, a flute player…
Black Panther star Letitia Wright suggested at the MCM Comic-con show in London that her character, Shuri, may take over as Wakanda’s future leader. The show ran from Friday and…
Black people don’t do therapy; we go to church” is a statement I’d heard countless times in my community. We didn’t discuss mental health so much in my family either.…
There is no question that navigating the world as a woman of color is a unique experience. The combination of sexism and racism we face as we move through our…