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What started as a challenge for Jordan Leeper became an opportunity for Kobi Kennedy Brinson and the North Carolina Dance Theatre. The promising young dancer was coming to the end of the first year of his apprenticeship and running out of resources. Leeper’s parents, in his hometown of Jamestown, N.Y.,...
As fans of Annette Funicello mourn her death at 70 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis, I realized that although the after-school, black-and-white memories belong to those who grew up with the Mousketeers (I didn’t watched the show), her smile belonged to everyone. It’s a smile she wore even...
Raffi Williams has a tough job ahead of him. He’s just been named deputy press secretary at the Republican National Committee, tasked with taking the party’s message to young and African-American voters and black media. His appointment is in line with the GOP effort to attract rather than alienate minorities...
His long and loving tribute to the woman who ended his bachelorhood showed how much his passion for film extended to the partner he credited with completing his life.
... Dr. Ben Carson, an up-and-coming African-American in the Republican Party is being taken to task tonight after making these controversial comments on Mark Levin’s conservative radio show. Levin: You’re attacked also in many respects because of your race. Because you’re not supposed to think like this and talk like this....
As a North Carolina resident also proud to be a United States citizen, I’m starting to worry. Since Republicans swept the North Carolina state government, from the statehouse to the House and Senate, the tilt right has been unmistakable. But the latest move out of Raleigh has even a lot...
In film and onstage, from the perspective of more than 50 years of activism, Angela Davis offers lessons from an organizer.
... CHARLOTTE, NC – Events are taking technology, music, and dance, and combining them into one. Exciting details about the Ulysses Festival and the North Carolina Science Festival at Discovery Place.
... Compared to politics, separating babies conjoined at the head in a 22-hour-long surgical procedure is nothing. I wonder if Dr. Ben Carson is thinking that right about now. Carson has had a pretty rough time lately. The pediatric neurosurgeon studied hard and worked his way out of rough circumstances to...
Is it just entertainment? A young cast member’s death again raises questions about the shows that clog network and cable schedules.
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