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The Gravity of D’Angelo: How a Backpacker Opened Their Heart to R&B
Culture / Music

The Gravity of D’Angelo: How a Backpacker Opened Their Heart to R&B

Posted on: October 20, 2025

It’s the spring of 1995 and I hate R&B. Not hate per se, more like indifference. I was the Grinch, with a shriveled up heart for R&B, with […]

This Year’s Awesome Con, Was Just That…..AWESOME!
Culture / Gaming

This Year’s Awesome Con, Was Just That…..AWESOME!

Posted on: March 18, 2024March 20, 2024

Awesome Con DC 2024 has come and gone but Downtown DC felt it’s 3day weekend presence. In the 11th year of its creation, Awesome Con DC filled in […]

Imperfect Messenger  — the newest comedy special from Roy Wood Jr — delivers.
Culture / Featured / Featured-Main / Social Studies / Tour Dates

Imperfect Messenger — the newest comedy special from Roy Wood Jr — delivers.

Posted on: October 28, 2021November 5, 2021

Empowered by his ancestors, the Daily Show standout gave everyone in the audience a crab leg (…trust me, it will make more sense after you’ve watched the special) […]

Would You Like to Play A Game?  Gaming Returns to SXSW
Culture / Featured

Would You Like to Play A Game? Gaming Returns to SXSW

Posted on: March 25, 2019May 19, 2019

photos by: Renita Renee | photo of Questlove courtesy of Sneakshot Photography The 2019 SXSW Gaming three-day event, brought together a lattice of video games, panels, arcade culture and […]

SXSW Gaming Awards
Culture

SXSW Gaming Awards

Posted on: March 25, 2019May 19, 2019

Saturday night closed with the sixth-annual SXSW Gaming Awards presented by MoreFrames Animation and 360 Studios. The evening’s event which showcased the best of the best, was hosted […]

CCO Jamie Jackson of Mythical Games Wants Us to Feel the Blankos Block Party Vibe
Culture

CCO Jamie Jackson of Mythical Games Wants Us to Feel the Blankos Block Party Vibe

Posted on: March 25, 2019May 19, 2019

On March 15th at SXSW, I had the pleasure to sit with Chief Creative Officer Jamie Jackson, of Mythical Games. Jamie and his team were here to provide […]

Gaming

SEEN AT SXSW 2018: Gaming

Posted on: March 22, 2018

Photos by Renita Clarke Year two of Gaming at SXSW did not disappoint. Held again at the Austin Convention Center, the 3 day gaming festival took place from […]

Gaming

SEEN AT SXSW 2018: Give Me A Beat…..The Super Soul Bros.

Posted on: March 21, 2018

  Deemed as the love children of Herbie Hancock & Super Nintendo (Yes, you heard me!) The Super Soul Bros setup up camp on the Gaming Exhibit floor to […]

Hip-Hop Pioneer Reggie ‘Combat Jack’ Osse Losses His Battle With Colon Cancer
Culture

Hip-Hop Pioneer Reggie ‘Combat Jack’ Osse Losses His Battle With Colon Cancer

Posted on: December 20, 2017July 23, 2019

  With all the sincerity I have, from the bottom of my heart, I would like to say, fuck Cancer.  For real. Fuck it. On December 20th, many […]

Culture / Events

ART: Solange Unveils “Seventy States” at Tate Modern

Posted on: August 30, 2017

Solange has unveiled a new digital interactive work called “Seventy States” at the Tate Modern gallery in London. Taking its name from a line in “Cranes in the Sky”, […]

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