Local Lifestyle

Uplifting musicals and powerful drama highlight the new 2024-2025 season (PHOENIX, Ariz) – Black Theatre Troupe announces its spectacular 2024-25 lineup, marking its 55th season! Black Theatre Troupe marks its return to Tempe Center for the Arts with the extraordinary musical,...

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...

What a 15-year-old taught me about resilience and transformation When I became a mentor at New Pathways for Youth, I knew I wanted to make a difference, but I never imagined how much it would change my own life. My mentee, was 15 when we first met. She had big dreams of becoming...

A Slave’s Story Exhibit opens October 17 at African American Museum Of Southern Arizona African American Museum Of Southern Arizona 1303 E University Blvd, Room 244, Tucson, Arizona 85719 A Slave’s Story Event telling the life of Sterling Arnwine and The Arnwine...

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...

Nightlife and entertainment venues for SOULFUL people who are 35 years and above are plentiful here in the Valley of the Sun! Here’s a list of PhxSoul.com’s top nightlife and entertainment recommendations for grown folk in the Phoenix area who want to hear R&B,...

A lot of out-of-towners have asked me about diversity and the best places to live in Phoenix. They basically want to know Where Do Black People Live in the Phoenix Area?! Some people want to know if the Valley of the Sun has an All-Black Neighborhood. The answer is No. Black...