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By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie The Black arts are alive and well in the city — and with its inaugural Black Gold Festival last weekend, the Black Gold Project bore witness to that truth. The festival was a benefit for the Project, a non-profit organization working to unite, educate, empower and activate the Black community through…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Millennial dog groomer Rahanna Gray in front of her mobile Stylish Pooch business.  (Photo: Courtesy Kendall Alexander) By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Sometimes interactions with business owners can be a bit frustrating. They are overly proud of their brands, defensive of their product, and feel as if they have no room for growth because…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  From the left are: Blessin Giraldo, Cori Grainger, Geri McIntyre (Coach G), Alixiane Gedeon, SUN writer Kendall Alexander, and Tayla Solomon.   By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Dance is one of the art forms that is simply mesmerizing. When mastered, watching a dancer perform their trade, getting all the moves and contortions right in…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Diana Ross  (Photo: Shutterstock)   By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Fans got to experience some serious Black Girl Magic up up-close and personal when Diana Ross took the stage at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts last Saturday. Concert goers were treated to her beloved song stylings and came decked out in their…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Regina Hall, and Queen Latifah in “Girls Trip.” By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie When it comes to good times, it’s impossible to list destinations without putting New Orleans somewhere on the list. Where else can you drink openly from sunrise to sunset, flash folks for Mardi Gras beads, and party…

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By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Because so much of hip-hop glamorizes drug use and opiates, how can it possibly be a healing tool? That’s the question that Ronald Crawford ponders aloud to a room people wondering about the correlation between the trauma in their lives and hip-hop during Hip-Hop Therapy 101, a seminar designed to use…

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By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Temple University’s Pan African Studies Community Education Program, or PASCEP,  is offering workshops this summer. PASCEP, founded in 1975 by Temple graduate and community activist Annie D. Hyman, aimed to bring the university into the community and therefore offer low-cost or free courses throughout the school year.  Taught by volunteer teachers…

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Author James Baldwin is pictured on a Harlem street in New York City, June 1963.  (AP Photo)   By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.”  –James Baldwin Novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, revolutionary, social critic, and Black man…

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By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie It’s that time again — summer — which means tons of action and high-octane movies will be rolling out from Hollywood and  vying for the attention of enthusiastic moviegoers, ultimately creating a profit for studios.  Released on June 28th, and making donuts in the driveway is crime thriller “Baby Driver.” Although…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Members of youth forum panel are from left to right: Aurica Hurst, Mahliq Alexander, Sebastian Pierre, Kalief Jones, Antonio McKenzie, David Nixon and moderator Paul Johnson. (Photo courtesy: Kendall Alexander)   By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie This past Friday the office of State Senator Art Haywood (D-4th Dist.)and Philadelphia Ceasefire hosted a panel discussion…

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