Experience something different at The Artisan Mixer, 7p.m. Thursday, May 9 at the North Midtown Arts Center located at 121 Millsaps Avenue. “Events like this are already taking place in Richmond, Harlem and cities across the country and are having great success. We wanted to do it for our city,” shared Shameka L. Reed, publisher [...]

New Stage Theatre presents Mahalia: A Gospel Musical, February 26-March 10, 2013. “We are so pleased to be presenting this show to our audience in the Jackson area who I know will understand Mahalia is more than just a play with music.  It is a celebration of the life and the work of the gospel [...]

Kerry Washington likes to say careers aren’t made overnight in Hollywood; “they’re built over long periods of time, and there are waves of progress.” Well, she’s certainly riding atop a mammoth one right now, playing not one but two roles of a lifetime that bookend the African-American experience. On ABC’s Scandal, Washington is a BlackBerry-wielding, [...]

The production marks the theatre department’s 50th anniversary, as well as the climax to JSU’s Domestic Abuse Awareness Month activities being held throughout October, Henderson said. The musical is based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which was made into hit movie in 1985. The musical version ran on Broadway from 2005 to 2008. Walker [...]

August 25 will mark the 11 year anniversary of the death of singer Aaliyah, but thanks to the talented Drake, Aaliyah fans now have new music from the songstress. On Sunday, the track “Enough Said” was posted to Drake’s blog. Leave a comment and let us know if you’re feeling it.