SINNERS is one of the most nominated movies ever at The Grammys.

APOLOGY. Sometimes I wish I could go back and apologize to any and all I have ever hurt in some way, and indeed I have given quite a few apologies. And I wish I could receive some apologies too. But I have learned to also apologize to myself, to forgive myself. And, God willing, be better, wiser.

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE/PHILADELPHIA! TONIGHT we open the Diamond State Black Film Festival, in Wilmington, with our new documentary, WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD, a deep dive about manhood in America! 6pm. Get tickets for reception and screening and conversation at the festival website.

So my wife and I were blessed to see Michelle Obama in conversation with Tracee Ellis Ross in Brooklyn tonight. Mrs. Obama is supporting her new book, THE LOOK, about her life with fashion and hair, including White House years. The conversation between them was excellent, empowering, invigorating.

MAMDANI. A group of us NEWSWEEK writers, including me, are featured in this package of short essays titled “What does Mamdani’s Election as Mayor Mean for New York? Newsweek Writers’ Verdicts.” Here is link to read and share: www.newsweek.com/what-does-ma...

VOTED! LET’S GO NEW YORK CITY!!!

TORONTO. I have visited and have much love for all of Canada, especially the city of Toronto. The Blue Jays could have won that Series. Easily one of the best World Series ever, right up there with Reds-Red Sox in 1975 and Mets-Red Sox in 1986. Just sheer drama and nail-biting whole way.

YES!

I met a fan after my show with a DJ in Brazil who said that she would love to see me perform with a band. I told her if she was ever in an American city that I was in with my band, I would put her on the list. She said no thank you. She explained that she is scared to come to America because of ICE.

@talibkweli.bsky.social HAPPY BDAY MONTH GOOD BROTHER. Sorry I missed the celebration in New York. Was with your beloved mother Friday for her award and honoring at Schomburg. Dr. Greene is a true treasure to us all.

A VERY PUBLIC THANK YOU TO THE COLUMBUS, OHIO CHAPTER of my fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, and a truly beautiful screening and community talk back around our new doc film, WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD. There a couple of days back, still on high from it.

I WAS IN ATLANTA LAST NIGHT to be keynote speaker, as a straight ally, for annual gala of The Counter Narrative Project, an amazing organization that supports the lives and stories of Black queer/same-gender-loving men. Attached photo is of iconic actor TC Carson getting an award.

DEEPLY HONORED to be the keynote speaker Friday night at 75th anniversary celebration for the Harlem Writers Guild at historic Schomburg Library. Doubly honored they named the gathering after my new doc film, WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD. Such a great and spiritual turnout.

With the arrival of a new biopic and new boxed set from the legendary BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Newsweek presents “Bruce Springsteen, Manhood, and Mental Health”—the latest article from Kevin Powell. HERE IS LINK to read/share: www.newsweek.com/bruce-spring...

TONIGHT IN HARLEM! Join Kevin Powell in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Harlem Writers Guild and the 100th birthday year of the Schomburg. FREE, all welcome, seating on first-come basis. Doors open 6PM. RSVP HERE: HWG75thAnniversary.eventbrite.com

“Annie Leibovitz’s Updated ‘WOMEN’ Is ‘Homage’ to Original” via Newsweek, by Ramsen Shamon: www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...

TONIGHT IN COLUMBUS, OHIO! I will be there THIS EVENING for a very special screening and talk back for my new doc film, WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD. FREE. All welcome at 6:30 to the historic Lincoln Theatre. Get your FREE tickets at alphas.myle.com

NOW: @karinejean-pierre.bsky.social joins @africanacarr.bsky.social and @mrlamontking.bsky.social to reflect on her time as President Biden’s spokesperson and discuss her new book “Independent” on #UrbanViewMornings Listen LIVE on Channel 126 or stream on the SIRIUSXM app🎙️

TODAY wife and I were honored to be invited to street naming ceremony for JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT. The location is Great Jones between Bowery and Lafayette in #nyc. And we also were blessed to be inside 57 Great Jones Street, now Jean-Michel Basquiat Way, where he lived and painted for part of 1980s.

COLUMBUS, OHIO! I will be there THIS THUR OCT 23 for a very special screening and talk back for my new doc film, WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD. FREE. All welcome at 6:30 to the historic Lincoln Theatre. Get your FREE tickets at alphas.myle.com

must read by @poetkevinpowell.bsky.social : www.newsweek.com/dangelo-and-...

“D’Angelo and the Million Man March 30 Years Later” is newest short piece of writing by Kevin Powell for NEWSWEEK. The images of the great photographer Rod Terry, who, like Kevin, was there at the march, are included with the piece. READ/VIEW/SHARE VIA THIS LINK: www.newsweek.com/dangelo-and-...

D’ANGELO. I AM SO VERY SAD TO HEAR ONE OF OUR MUSICAL GREATS IS GONE. Only 51. I am praying for the son he shared with the equally late, great ANGIE STONE. Both his parents now gone. What a loss, what losses, MY GOD….

HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. We know the assignment. Celebrate life and people, not the opposite.

Great piece 👏🏽 @poetkevinpowell.bsky.social Thank you, Brother. As I listen & read about ur relationship with your mom, it hits home in the best way. Watching my mom @76 and the changes that I see...challenge & scare me simultaneously. Yet, she's here. I'm grateful & blessed 🙌🏽.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, I would agree, is right up there with SINNERS as one of the best films LIKE EVER. Incredible writing/directing, beyond timeless movie about America, stellar ensemble acting. But Sean Penn’s master class in character development, down to the little body quirks? YO….

COLUMBUS, OHIO METRO AREA! We will be there THURS OCT 23 to premiere our new documentary film, WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD. FREE, all welcome, details on attached flyer, including how to get your free tickets. See you all there!

DIANE KEATON. Wow. Just hearing about her passing. There are folks you grow up with, come of age with. I have seen so many of her films, always been a fan. May she rest, peacefully.

A’ja Wilson and Las Vegas Aces did that. What a run to the WNBA championship. And what a season and post-season. Now pay these amazing women basketball players what they deserve.

@leniann.bsky.social “My Mother and American Democracy” is a new short blog by Kevin Powell via NEWSWEEK. You can read it at this link: Https://www.newsweek.com/my-mother-and-american-democracy-opinion-10861658

@jimdaleywrites.bsky.social “My Mother and American Democracy” is a new short blog by Kevin Powell via NEWSWEEK. You can read it at this link: Https://www.newsweek.com/my-mother-and-american-democracy-opinion-10861658

@unraveledpress.com “My Mother and American Democracy” is a new short blog by Kevin Powell via NEWSWEEK. You can read it at this link: Https://www.newsweek.com/my-mother-and-american-democracy-opinion-10861658

@markruffalo.bsky.social “My Mother and American Democracy” is a new short blog by Kevin Powell via NEWSWEEK. You can read it at this link: Https://www.newsweek.com/my-mother-and-american-democracy-opinion-10861658

@aradleman.bsky.social “My Mother and American Democracy” is a new short blog by Kevin Powell via NEWSWEEK. You can read it at this link: Https://www.newsweek.com/my-mother-and-american-democracy-opinion-10861658

@noirmale.bsky.social “My Mother and American Democracy” is a new short blog by Kevin Powell via NEWSWEEK. You can read it at this link: Https://www.newsweek.com/my-mother-and-american-democracy-opinion-10861658

@nycjayjay.bsky.social “My Mother and American Democracy” is a new short blog by Kevin Powell via NEWSWEEK. You can read it at this link: Https://www.newsweek.com/my-mother-and-american-democracy-opinion-10861658

@georgetakei.bsky.social “My Mother and American Democracy” is a new short blog by Kevin Powell via NEWSWEEK. You can read it at this link: Https://www.newsweek.com/my-mother-and-american-democracy-opinion-10861658

With my mother at dentist in Jersey City, where I was born and raised. My mother never lets go of her purse, except to tell me to hold it. Working hard to get her to do regular dental care. Baby steps. But getting there.

MINNESOTA! We will be in Minneapolis for screening and talk around our new doc film, WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD. The film is about manhood in America. FREE, all welcome, TUES NIGHT OCT 7, at University of Minnesota, inside Coffman Memorial Union Theater. Doors open 6pm. All details on attached flyer.

“Somehow we must keep hope alive—a hope that we can find a way to educate all, alleviate poverty, assuage anger, and live in harmony with the environment, with animals, and with each other.”—JANE GOODALL

ADOLESCENCE. So I finally watched 4-part Netflix limited series many have said to see all year. BLOWN AWAY by its excellence and honesty. Yes, deep dive about manhood. But also about family, mental health, parenting, social media, more. Every family should watch this, AND TALK.

TWIN CITIES OF MINNESOTA! We are bringing our new documentary film on manhood in America, WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD, there on TUES NIGHT, OCT 7th. FREE, all welcome, all details on the attached flyer. I will be there, and we will have community conversation immediately after the screening.

SARAH VAUGHAN. This album I am listening to from the early 1960s is EVERYTHING. I do not know if her voice could even be more perfect. Angels are up in them vocals of hers.

“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”—DALAI LAMA

CHUCK D AND ASSATA SHAKUR. Public Enemy co-founder and legendary rapper Chuck D is also a long-time visual artist, including designing the group’s famous logo. He just texted me this sketch he did of Assata Shakur, who he famously referenced in a P.E. song, “Rebel Without A Pause.”

ASSATA SHAKUR has died. If you have never read her autobiography and also researched for yourself what really happened with and to her, then you should. I DID. All the information is out there. Alas, she is with the ancestors now….

EVERYONE! I am co-hosting on WBGO radio TODAY, the 46-year-old public radio station that serves New York-New Jersey area, America, world. I will be on 12NOON EST. WE MUST SAVE PUBLIC RADIO, including this amazing jazz station. You can listen/learn how to support via WBGO app or WBGO.org, please.

bell hooks, my late mentor/friend/sister would have been 73 today, SEPT 25. I miss her dearly. Please Google “letter to bell hooks” poem I wrote for her in Essence magazine upon her passing. Like many she changed my life.

Posting a bright and colorful painting a day. jancrooker.com

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