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Las Cafeteras: Hasta La Muerte Friday, October 17 | 7:30pm Chandler Center for the Arts 250 North Arizona Avenue Chandler, AZ 85225-4567 Hasta La Muerte is a multi-dimensional theatrical and musical performance that honors the Indigenous/Mexican tradition known as Day of the...

🔥❄️ Fire & Ice Sweetest Day Sneaker Ball ❄️🔥 Presented by the Lovely Women of Arizona West Valley Alumnae Chapter & the Distinguished Gentlemen of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. – Phoenix Chapter 📅 October 18, 2025 | 🕕 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM 📍 435 Collective | 435 S 3rd...

FIBCO Family Services, Inc. presents Family Day of Health October 18 10:00am-1:00pm The Hope Center Gymnasium 1141 E. Jefferson St. Phoenix, AZ 85034 Join FIBCO Family Services for a free, family-friendly day focused on wholistic health and wellness! Enjoy on-site health...

Alive Productions Valley Vibes….a jazz matinee October 19 at 4:00 pm Phoenix Shrine Auditorium 552 North 40th street, Phoenix, AZ SUNDAY FUNDAY ALERT! Valley Vibes – a smooth jazz matinee – will feature NILS and DOMINIQUE HAMMONS at the Phoenix Shrine Auditorium...

Banking For Small Business Owners (Presented by BCAZ & NBAZ) October 24 9-11:30 AM National Bank of Arizona, Main Hall, Building C 6001 North 24th Street Phoenix, AZ 85016 Join the Black Chamber of Arizona and National Bank of Arizona for a free, in-person workshop designed...

Sign up for the West Valley NAACP Kickball Fundraiser — a fun, high-energy way to connect with the community while supporting an impactful cause. 📅 Date: Saturday, October 25th ⏰ Time: 9:30 AM 📍 Location: Sundance Park, 22865 W Lower Buckeye Rd, Buckeye, AZ 85326 The West Valley...

Elder Fraud Workshop: Protecting Our Assets Through Legislative Advocacy Join Tempe Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. for a free panel discussion designed to empower seniors and the community with tools to recognize, avoid, and report financial scams, especially...

Juke Joint Halloween Party Oct. 25 | 8:30pm – 12am Tempe Eats 85 E Southern Ave Tempe, AZ 85282 Step back in time at A Taste of Melanin’s Juke Joint—a night of music, soul, and celebration honoring the Black roots of American culture. Experience the smoky blues, timeless...

Join Passive Investment Flight Club for a morning of delicious brunch and invaluable insights on how to make money with apartment deals without the hassle of active management. The speakers will share their insights on passive investing in the real estate market and how it could...

Delta Sigma Theta Day Party November 1 at 1-6PM STADIUM SPORTS BAR & LOUNGE 50 West Jefferson Street #280 Phoenix, Arizona 85003 Event Cost/Ticket Price: $25 Pre-sale $30 Door – No cash accepted Why You Should Be There: Last year was PACKED & SOLD OUT! The Divine 9...

Join award-winning tap dance company Dorrance Dance on November 1 at Chandler Center for the Arts for a brand-new program that showcases the musicality and versatility of its “close-knit family” (Wall Street Journal) of dancer-musicians, featuring the Dorrance Dance choreographic...

Get ready! Cultured Experiences presents R&B Networking Bingo! 🎤🎲 Huge thanks to sponsor, Chicken N Pickle, for helping Cultured create this night of vibes and purpose! 🙌 Join us November 4 from 7-9 PM at Chicken N Pickle Glendale for a night of R&B hits, networking, and...

The Arizona Jazz Festival starring legendary music artists such as Charlie Wilson, Al Green, Babyface, Stephanie Mills, Kem and Anthony Hamilton is scheduled to take place on November 7-9 at a new East Valley location … Tumbleweed Park, 2250 S. Mcqueen Road, Chandler!...

UA Wildcats Homecoming Game and Tailgate Trip 2025 Saturday, Nov. 08 | University of Arizona Stadium, Tucson Join the Brothers of the Maricopa Lodge #1 in Phoenix for a day of Football, Food, and Fun during the University of Arizona Homecoming Weekend in Tucson! The Maricopa...

IT’S TIME TO PARTY WITH A PURPOSE! The Beta Mu Sigma Phoenix Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is saddlin’ up and rollin’ out the gold carpet for our Denim & Gold Party — where sexy Black cowboy and cowgirl excellence meets RHOyal vibes, community pride, and...

Black Chamber of Arizona Pinnacle Pathways Gala December 13 6-11:30pm Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Conference Center 9495 W. Entertainment Boulevard, Glendale, AZ 85305 Event Cost/Ticket Price: $260 – $5,340 Join the Black Chamber of Arizona on Saturday, December 13...

Dr. Michael J. Hervey, II, owner of Premier OB/GYN in Phoenix, is passionate about providing safe, meaningful, personalized care for women throughout their pregnancies and beyond. Dr. Hervey is outspoken about women’s health care and demands only the best for his patients....

Get ready for a season that includes something for everyone. Chandler Center for the Arts (CCA) invites you to attend the 2025-2026 season of performances. From GRAMMY-winning artists Joss Stone and Ledisi to vibrant dance and theatrical performances from Dorrance Dance, AILEY...

A Ready Minded Youth Group Program & A Ready Minded Youth Foundation. Visit armygroup.org Now! The A Ready Minded Youth FOUNDATION is a nonprofit organization that offers vocational education to youth and young adults 14-22. The A.R.M.Y. Foundation has restored the electives...

We’re raising money to reach THREE extremely important goals! 1. We want to improve the look and feel of our Website so you can have a better experience while using PhxSoul.com. 2. We want to hire several journalists to help PhxSoul.com tell more of the great stories about...

PhxSoul.com™ Takes Home One of the Inaugural Honors Submitted by Ready Set Go Foundation and the East Valley Black Elected Officials The city of Mesa was alive with a spirit of unity and celebration as thousands gathered for the East Valley MLK Celebration, a day dedicated to...

The Fall 2024 Arizona Jazz Festival on October 25-27 at the West Valley Event Complex in Glendale was an overall success! The Arizona Jazz Festival featured the following artists: October 25 – Erykah Badu, KEM, Stokley, Gerald Albright, Tony Toni Tone, Mike Phillips, Julian...

By Dr. Signa Oliver for United for Democracy By the time I was in fifth grade, I was convinced that I would one day be a U.S. Supreme Court justice — no one could tell me otherwise. That same audacity has since led me into rooms, into roles, and onto national stages that often...

By Rev. Dr. Cathy Clardy Patterson for United for Democracy As African Americans, we live in the balance of this country’s promises: ‘government of, by, and for the people’ and ‘equal justice under law.’ We live in the precarious present, straddled between our history of absolute...

The third-annual HBCU All-Star Game on April 7 in Phoenix started out as an an elite college basketball showcase featuring the nation’s most dynamic and talented basketball players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. However, it ended up being one of the greatest...

Hundreds of Arizona residents showed up and showed out for the Grand Opening of Lush Cafe and Lounge in Tempe on Saturday, March 9!  The evening featured LIVE performances by R&B star Bobby Valentino and Alexis Janae and her band!  Tables were completely sold out at the...

The Black Rodeo USA Association and The Arizona Informant newspaper hosted an exciting weekend of bull riding, tie down roping, steer wrestling, steer undecorating and barrel racing on September 1-2 at WestWorld of Scottsdale! The atmosphere was electric at the Arizona Black...

On March 14, 2023, HISTORY was made in the City of Phoenix during Women’s HERstory Month! Kesha Hodge Washington became the first African American City Councilwoman in Phoenix after receiving 56 percent of the vote in the District 8 Runoff Election. As of March 17, the...

Submitted by Cynde Cerf, Chandler Center for the Arts When artist Ashli St. Armant created North: The Musical it was in response to her sons lacking knowledge about the Underground Railroad. Surprisingly, the topic was included in discussions at school during Black History Month....

In an effort to raise awareness about the many contributions that Black inventors, scientists, activists, athletes, artists and musicians have made throughout the world, Gizette Knight, founded the Black History Mural project in Phoenix in February 2021. This year in 2022, Knight...

Jean and Marcus Baylor aim to create an uplifting concert experience Submitted by Cynde Cerf, Chandler Center for the Arts When first meeting Jean and Marcus Baylor, the husband-wife duo of The Baylor Project, you are struck by their easy, comfortable demeanor. They finish each...

If you’re looking for an intimate lounge with great vibes and some of the best libations in the Valley of the Sun, look no further than The Boom Boom Room in Phoenix! The Boom Boom Room is Black-owned! The Boom Boom Room is located at 1544 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix and is...

“Rehearsals are like putting on a bunch of coats,” said Black Theatre Troupe actor Kwane Vedrene in a recent phone conversation. “You are putting coats on because you are too cold, layering them on, then you get too hot, so you take some off. Hopefully by the time of the first...

The story of the missing Arizona man Daniel Robinson has touched the hearts of many people around the world. Recently, PhxSoul.com talked with David Robinson II, Daniel’s father, about his son’s mysterious disappearance. “As a father, I have the duty to find out...

The former pastor’s kid has found success on Broadway, the R&B charts, and beyond Submitted by Cynde Cerf, Marketing and Communications Coordinator Mykal Kilgore has always had music in his life. As a pastor’s kid, singing was a part of who he was, and then, later, there was...

Soulful sax man Jermaine Lockhart recently sat down with PhxSoul.com multimedia journalist Jonathan Tease to discuss his highly successful, international jazz music career! Lockhart performed LIVE with singer/songwriter Kim Weston at The Nash in Phoenix on July 23. The night...

World Vibe Radio One (WVRO) is a professional Internet-based radio station created by Gerald Anthony Kelly. Originally launched in Chicago, Illinois on June 1st, 2005, World Vibe Radio One moved to the Phoenix, Arizona area in September of 2010 hoping to bring a new form of soul...

Watch Video Interview with City Councilman-Elect OD Harris The City of Chandler made history in early August 2020 when residents elected a Black man and woman to fill two of the three open City Council seats. With nearly 25,000 votes, Christine Ellis became the first Black woman...

CNBC Make It Also Features PhxSoul.com in Follow-Up Article PhxSoul.com is absolutely honored to be recognized by The Arizona Informant and Roc Nation as a Recommended Black-Owned Business! See the ad below from the July 1, 2020 issue of The Arizona Informant newspaper. CNBC Make...

PhxSoul.com really enjoyed having the opportunity to speak on the panel for @arizonasfamily’s #CriticalConversations Town Hall on June 16. The Town Hall hosted by Arizona’s Family provided many local politicians, officials and people with the opportunity to...

It’s been more than a week after the shooting death of 28-year-old Dion Johnson by an Arizona Department of Public Safety Trooper on a highway in Phoenix and the community is left with more questions than answers. Just to recap (based on law enforcement statements) what...

The anger and frustration in America over racism, police brutality, injustice and unfair politics has reached a boiling point. The murder of a Black man, George Floyd, by four Minnesota police officers on May 25 tipped off a wave of protests in American cities and towns. The...

Submitted by Serah Blain, Spectrum Experience Four years ago, when Arizona’s only Black legislator, State Senator Leah Landrum Taylor, announced she was leaving the legislature, the Arizona Republic lamented: “Arizona could be one of only a handful of states with no Black state...

PhxSoul.com has created an Online Business Directory that showcases Black-owned companies, organizations, restaurants, and churches located in the state of Arizona. Our goal is to increase awareness among Arizona residents (and visitors to the Grand Canyon State) about...

Join Poetic Soul on Wednesdays (bi-weekly format starting October 15) as this entertainment tradition launches at a NEW LOCATION — CasaMoreno Night Club, 6114 N. 27th Ave, Phoenix! Bring the best of your energy to blend with ours & help make it one of the most...

LEEWATER & FRIENDS October 17 at 7-10pm Sugarcane Lounge & Cafe 2535 N Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 Event Cost/Ticket Price: $15 in advance. $20 at the door. Join Leewater & Friends for an evening of live R&B music at Sugarcane Lounge & Cafe on October 17th...

Art & Soul PHX Presents “Kindred The Family Soul” Saturday, October 18 6:00 pm – 2:00am The Archwood at Eastlake 1401 E Van Buren St Phoenix, Az 85034 Event Cost/Ticket Price: $55 General Admission Seating per person $60 VIP Tables per person Join Art & Soul PHX for...

REDLINE: Veterans of Washington-Escobedo Film Screening & Fundraiser October 23 6PM to 7:30PM Mesa Business Builder @ The Studios 59 East 1st Street #Floor 2 Mesa, AZ 85201 Event Cost/Ticket Price: $25.00 Local filmmaker Bruce Nelson will host a special screening of REDLINE:...