Kicking It With Kachi: An Interview with Aniekan Udofia
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Fashion & Entertainment
Lizzo’s Feeling Good As Hell. Are You?
Lizzo recently went to a basketball game donned in a thong outfit exposing her butt cheeks. She literally went viral overnight, with people comparing her to wrestler Rikishi. Fat jokes are a sad, unavoidable part of plus size fame. For a very blatant reason, she is always dismissed for not being demure and miserable. The
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Unnecessary Confusion About Who Can Use the Worst Word in the English Language
Almost everybody knows the words to the Fugees classic Ready Or Not. Gina Rodriguez recently posted herself singing along. Voodoo/I can do what you do, easy/ Believe me, frontin’ niggas give me heebie-jeebies. The issue? Gina Rodriguez is not Black. To add insult to injury, she has exhibited behavior that is extremely anti-Black. She frequently
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A Retail Space for Desire: A Look At A Ma Maniere Luxury Living
As we witness the rise of the cyber marketplace, the traditional brick and mortar retail space has started to diminish from prominence. In the early 2000s, sneaker heads lined the streets early Friday mornings in hopes of obtaining never released again kicks and maintaining their reputations as sneaker vets. However, it has become increasingly easier
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Wind me up Chuck!
Chuck Brown Memorial Park, on 20th and Franklin Streets N.E., was packed Saturday for the 5th Annual Chuck Brown Day. It was hot. It was humid. It rained. But everybody stayed to the end and nobody was disappointed as go-go made its case to become the official music of the District of Columbia. Mayor Muriel
The Sounds of Pan Africanism
Last month The DC Voice shared the sites from the 2nd Annual Pan African Festival in Ward 5. We were a little remiss by not sharing the sounds from that festival. Sounds that ranges from the pouring of libation, steel drums, speeches, and rap. Take a listen….
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Ally Theatre Company\’s The War Boys
Back to All Events Ally Theatre Company\’s The War Boys Friday, August 9, 2019 8:00 PM 20:00 Saturday, August 31, 2019 8:00 PM 20:00 Joe\’s Movement Emporium 3309 Bunker Hill Road Mount Rainier United States (map) Google Calendar ICS August 9 – 31, 2019 COMMUNITY PREVIEW: Friday, August 9th at 8 pm Performances Thursday, Friday, […]
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Alice\’s in August
Visit Alice\’s Jazz and Cultural Society Website for more details. Date Event Price/Time Sun. Aug. 4 Saxophonist Grant Langford $10 (6-9pm) Sun. Aug. 11 Bassist Cheyney Thomas $10 (6-9pm) Sun. Aug. 18 Bassist Steve Novosel $10 (6-9pm) Sun. Aug. 25 Origem $10 (6-9pm) Alice’s Jazz and Cultural Society, 2813 12th St NE, Washington, DC (Metro:
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2nd Annual DC Pan African Festival in Ward 5
July 13, 2019 The colors were brilliant. The mood was festive. The food was good, and the entrepreneurial pride was overflowing. The 2nd Annual DC Pan African Festival was a marvelous display of colors and spirit on a hot Saturday in Ward 5. The festival took place with Brookland Manor as the backdrop on 1325
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Good as Gold
The other treat of attending the ZAAF – Made in Africa exhibit at the National Museum of Africa Art was the Good as Gold exhibit downstairs. The exhibit displayed the stunning and fashionable gold jewelry of the Senegalese woman. The pictures below don\’t come close to doing justice to these remarkable pieces of art. Treat