Awards
‘It’s a tough place. But it’s also the place where people fall in love and get their first kiss. There’s a romanticism to it,’ the actor-writer-producer says of setting her series in her hometown.
June 17, 2024
California
California has funneled $88 million to L.A. County’s probation department to rehabilitate young people who committed serious crimes. Only $9.7 million of the money has been spent as of June, state auditors found.
Aug. 21, 2024
Books
April 15, 2019
World & Nation
Kwame Kilpatrick, ex-Detroit mayor, on trial for corruption
Sept. 21, 2012
Jury convicts ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of corruption
March 11, 2013
Entertainment & Arts
It was the summer of 1963 when photographer Kwame Brathwaite captured a protest over Wigs Parisian, a white-owned wig shop that opened on Harlem’s 125th Street near the Apollo Theater.
May 9, 2019
Television
In Screen Gab No. 144, we prepare for ‘Alien: Romulus’ by looking back at the franchise’s best moments, plus ‘Bel-Air’s’ Adrian Holmes talks about his Uncle Phil versus James Avery’s.
Aug. 16, 2024
OpeningsGuatemalan Masks: Selections from the Jim and Jeanne Pieper Collection 80 masks depicting animals, folkloric characters and historical figures.
April 5, 2019
The nonprofit organization PEN America announced the winners of its annual literary awards Tuesday night, with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah taking home the prestigious PEN/Jean Stein Award for book of the year for his debut short story collection, “Friday Black.”
Feb. 27, 2019
In a fortunate coincidence, three shows currently on view in L.A. engage in a rich conversation on how black people are represented in the West.
Nov. 14, 2018