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Aug 2 2011

West Coast Expo--this just in!

Our Weekly newspaper founder Natalie Cole talks to Time Warner Cable Local Edition host Brad Pomerance about the upcoming West Coast Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center, among other topics.

 

Aug 2 2011

West Coast Expo--this just in!

Chef Barbie Flores talks to Time Warner Cable Local Edition Host Brad Pomerance about her menu for the 3-day West Coast Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center, among other topics.

Kianna Shann  |   OW Contributor
Oct 28 2010

The video seen ‘round the world’

Saturday evening in millions of homes and across three networks Kanye West’s highly-anticipated short film “Runaway” debuted.

The short film focuses on Kanye’s relationship with a phoenix (in this case a bird/woman) that has plummeted to Earth. As the story line continues, West’s relationship is destroyed as others discriminate against the creature’s curious behavior, awkward manners and overall different appearance.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Mar 26 2009

The videotaped killing of Leroy Barnes

 Pasadena police officials are playing hardball on the one thing that might tell whether they really did everything by the book when they killed Leroy Barnes. That’s their refusal to release the videotape of the Barnes killing. Barnes was shot during a traffic stop in February. And Pasadena police filmed the stop and the shooting. There are two versions of the Barnes killing. One is the version told by witnesses. The other is the one told by the police. As always the two versions are wildly at odds with each.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”