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Memorial AME Zion Church is hosting its first holiday food drive this season. The church is collecting non-perishable holiday foods that will be used for holiday baskets. The community can to drop off the items they buy on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 549 Clarissa St. Beyond the Sanctuary is looking […]
One of the top film schools, the American Film Institute, has created a scholarship for female cinematographers, to honor the late Halyna Hutchins. Hutchins has passed away on the set of Rust when Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun. American Film Institute made a statement following the scholarship announcement: “As is profoundly true in the […]
Fixing to get a haircut? Look no further than Rochester’s own East High. The shop is officially called “The East Cutting Edge,” and will provide free haircuts to students at both East’s Upper and Lower schools. This barbershop came to be after a partnership between the school and the United Professional Barbers and Cosmetologists Association […]
A group of pediatricians and other experts declared children’s mental health challenges is a “national emergency”. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Children’s Hospital Association — which collectively represent over 77,000 physicians and over 200 children’s hospitals — are sounding the alarm over a “shocking” rise […]
George Lopez is going back TV and he is bring family with him. Lopez and his daughter Mayan Lopez are set to star in a multi-cam comedy that has been picked up to pilot at NBC. Originally received a pilot order back in June. The show “Lopez vs. Lopez,” is described as a working-class family comedy about […]
Just a few days ago, Tommy DeBarge, the co-founders of R&B band Switch and a member of the DeBarge family, has passed away at 64 years old. Now, his younger brother El DeBarge released an emotional statement: And so it is that on October 21, 2021, I had to say farewell to one of the […]
Students at Howard University are now entering their second week of sit-ins, as they protest the school’s poor housing conditions and continue to fight for answers from the campus administration. Since the beginning of this fall semester, students say they’ve raised multiple concerns regarding mold in the walls of their dorms, the lack of COVID-19 […]
It’s time to say goodbye to foam peanuts as New York State will soon ban some products made of expanded polystyrene, what most of us call Styrofoam. Some restaurants will be changing their take-out containers due to this new ban. Not all are ready for the shift as while the ban will help the environment, […]
Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg shared with the world the passing of his mother Sunday the late Beverly Tate. Snow posted a picture of his late mother with the caption saying “Thank you God for giving me an angel for a mother”. Snoop Dogg’s mother had been hospitalized earlier this for unknown reasons and the cause […]