Mixing some of the best music, culture and art into one amazing collage of heavenly groovy-ness, the 2010 Hennessy Artistry is co-curated by The Roots and Q-Tip. This will be the second year The Roots co-curate the event, having done it in 2009 with Common. The 2010 Hennessy Artistry is a exclusive five-city, invite-only red [...]
Ohh, this is going to be FUN! LA’s Pan African Film Festival along with UCLA Film And Television Archive presents PAINT IT BLACK: Revisiting Blaxploitation And African American Cinema In The 70s. We can’t wait! The last film series of this kind that we attended was several years ago when West LA’s Nuart Theatre did [...]
IF YOU LIVE IN LA PLEASE GET THE WORD OUT: Michael Richardson, father of Mitrice Richardson and other family members and friends will attend a community vigil for Mitrice Richardson whose body was recovered in Malibu Canyon last Monday. The vigil will take place at 6 p.m. in Leimert Park located at the intersection of [...]
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will now require grant applicants seeking HUD funding to comply with state and local anti-discrimination laws that protect lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Today, HUD published a notice detailing the general requirements that will apply to all of the Department’s competitively awarded grant programs [...]
This weekend the Go Green Expo opens up at the LA Convention Center downtown. In addition to the hundreds of green products and services, the event is also featuring a job fair. Employers that will be on hand for interviews and recruitment include: Coca Cola Enterprises ITT Systems Best Buy Siliken Renewable Energy ICF International [...]
Listen up local equality, .orgs and community activist groups! The Liberty Hill Foundation recently announced that they are accepting applications for their Fund For Change grant program. The Fund for Change provides one-year grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. The is available to California-based organizations only. Deadline to apply is March 15, 2009. They’re especially [...]
