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Jan 4, 2012 |Blog| Baltimore Sun

Round two of flurries

Maryland Weather
Did you enjoy the flurries yesterday? Most commuters did not. We're in for a second round later today.The National Weather Service is forecasting scattered flurries after 3 p.m. as well as later tonight. Here's their updated discussion on their site:........

Jul 2, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

Plano celebrating Superman film with festival, 'Millionaire' casting in Chicago, Jay-Z interrupts Kanye West at BET Awards

“Man of Steel” isn’t scheduled to hit theaters until June 14, 2013, but the city of Plano doesn’t want to wait that long to capitalize on the Superman reboot that filmed last August in the Western suburb’s downtown area....

Tags: Dave Bolland, Chicago Bears, Houston Astros, Lollapalooza, National Football League

Apr 14, 2013 |Column| South Bend Tribune

May 21, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

Daring 'Gaye' delivers stories and songs

When Black Ensemble Theatre opened its beautiful new building in November, it did so with a show, "The Jackie Wilson Story," that not only was under-rehearsed but was merely a pro forma remount of a hit from the past. The second, far more successful...

Tags: Entertainment Events, Theater, Motown Records, Jackie Wilson, Arts and Culture

Apr 4, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

Interview: Evolution key to Mike Epps' next moves

Mike Epps considers himself a “crossover” artist of sorts these days. The star of 2000's “Next Friday” and 2002's “Friday After Next,” who noted he has been popular with black audiences since he began his career as...

Tags: Entertainment Events, Stand-up Comedy, Kevin Hart, The Hangover (movie), Katt Williams

Mar 19, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

'Sweet Sisters of Zion' doc celebrates the Barrett Sisters

Five years ago, the greatest trio in the history of gospel music – the Barrett Sisters – told me they had one last wish: That someone would make a documentary film about their lives and careers. That film, a moving evocation of their...

Tags: Howard Reich, Smithfield, Aretha Franklin, Jesse Jackson, Music

Mar 3, 2013 |Column| South Bend Tribune

Feb 25, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

Finding racial harmony in song at BET

At one point in "From Doo Wop to Hip Hop," a Black Ensemble show that just tickled me pink, one of the characters says something along these lines: "We're not the same color. But we're all brothers. The proof is in the music." That's pretty much the...

Tags: Concerts, Religion and Belief, U.S. Supreme Court, Philosophy, The Book of Mormon (musical)

Aug 22, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

Marvin Gaye tribute planned for BET's first season in its new space

Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theatre will stage a new musical about Marvin Gaye in February, as written by the late singer’s family members, along with their manager Barbara Cole. Entitled "The Prophet: A Marvin Gaye Tribute," the new show (not...

Tags: James Brown

Feb 5, 2012 |Column| Tribune Media Services

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Tags: Civil Rights, Entertainment Events, Don Cornelius, Marvin Gaye, Dance

Feb 6, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

Apr 6, 2013 | Zap2It

BET’s Celebration of Gospel 2013 leads into new series “The Sheards”

Channel Guide Magazine
It's an especially spiritual Sunday on BET on April 7 as the network airs the annual Celebration of Gospel 2013, followed by the premiere of the new docu-series The Sheards, which follows the lives of the popular Detroit-based family of gospel singers....