Blog
Page: 577
The second annual Dreamville Festival hosted by J. Cole was postponed in 2020 due to COVID, and now the event has officially been rescheduled. Dreamville Festival will be held at Dorothy Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina, and will take place from April 2 to April 3, 2022, according to Billboard. Adam Roy, Dreamville partner, […]
Yesterday, the mega video sharing platform Youtube announced on their blog that the company will be cracking down on the spread of misinformation by banning misleading and inaccurate content about vaccines. According to the blog post, YouTube explains that its current community guidelines, which already prohibit the sharing of medical misinformation, have been extended to […]
Wednesday marked National Coffee Day, and to celebrate America’s favorite coffee chain had a big celebration. Dunkin’ celebrated its “day” by donating nearly 300 pounds of coffee to Foodlink. The big donation from Dunkin’ stems from the “Runs for Coffee” initiative between Dunkin’ and the Rochester Red Wings. In this initiative, Dunkin’ pledges to donate […]
The November 2021 issue of GQ will feature the iconic actor, Will Smith. In his cover story interview, Will Smith opens up about why he avoided accepting roles about slavery. Smith first spoke out about this back in 2015 when he turned down Quentin Tarantino’s film Django Unchained. Will Smith stated: “I’ve always avoided making […]
If you rely on the United States Postal service for the Holidays, you might want to start getting out those packages. Starting this Friday, USPS spokesperson Kim Frum stated that USPS will start to “implement new service standards” for first-class mail, slowing its target delivery time by about 30%. On top of that, beginning October […]
Yesterday, New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie paid a visit to Rochester. Heastie joined Assemblymember Sarah Clark for a tour of the Lexington Community Farm in Rochester, stating: “Sarah wanted to bring me here to look at this wonderful garden and explore all the possibilities that can come from this, simply educating our children […]
Another Superintendent is facing allegations in New York State. Geneva School Superintendent Patricia Garcia is on leave after a complaint was filed against her. A complaint regarding the management of personnel was received by the Geneva Board Of Education. An outside investigator was hired to look into the complaints filed against Garcia. The acting superintendent […]
An important heads up if you live in Monroe County. There will be a meeting Tuesday at 3 pm for the redistricting of Monroe County. Last year Monroe County Executive Adam Bello signed off on a new task force to conduct the redistricting. The reason Bello signed off on the new commission is to cut […]
Is TikTok the King of All Social Media? Well No! Facebook is still number 1, with 2.9 billion monthly active users across the globe as of June 2021. But TikTok, founded in 2016 has more than one billion people around the world now. The popular video streaming and social media platform’s growth has been explosive. […]
Over the weekend, Lizzo took over the stage at Global Citizen Live, located in New York City’s Central Park. Lizzo took time out of her performance to educate the crowd on institutional racism, reminding the audience that Central Park was once Seneca Village and at its height, Seneca Village was a community of nearly 300 […]
WDKX Holiday Stream