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Before 5pm- Whoop After 5pm - Whoot! Different energies☺️

On this date in 1993, Tag Team released their single “Whoomp! (There It Is)” Do you prefer Whoot or Whoomp?

What fictional character would you love to hang with for a day?

I will remember him as the man who colorized classic movies... oh & thanks for TCM... Condolences to his family....

In high school, Alex Bostic discovered his passion for illustration when he would sneak out of school during lunchtime & walk four blocks away to talk to artists at the Society of Illustrators. “I realized I wanted to be an illustrator because they told stories,” he said. “I love telling stories.”

I’m tired of hearing about layoffs, especially when affordability is becoming an unavoidable issue. So if you’re looking in comms/PR or nonprofit space, let’s connect—I have some resources and connections across the US looking to hire.

The Center for Craft is accepting applications for the 2026 Craft Archive Fellowship, offering four $5,000 awards to support research on underrepresented craft histories in the United States.

He's been called the "Pied Piper of Jazz" and "Doctor of Swing," but renowned trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis has now launched a new project, a kind of call and response for these times. https://to.pbs.org/4wcCNOk

I just shared this story with my bestie/soul mate. She was thrilled for them. www.cnn.com/travel/blind...

Fascinated by the images in this photography book! As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic x Teju Cole “…They are present as human beings, credible, fully engaged in their world” I will have to put this on my “get” list! 🤗🫶🏾

Other BK Museum tidbits: #artsky #museumsky #photographysky

Vouching for the Seydou Keita exhibit featuring #photography/ #textiles at @brooklynmuseum.org on the transition from French colonial rule into independence in Mali. He was the state photographer when media was censored and cameras basically banned. Gorgeous work. #artsky #museumsky

I ran across this piece from GBH news & thought it was pretty interesting. 🫶🏾 The American Ancestors org is also running a really cool exhibit to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the US- Patriots of Color: Stories of Courage, Resistance, and Legacy.

The gown is inspired by Robert Pruitt’s Venus Williams, Double Portrait (2022), a portrait of her commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery

Looking for art that may leave you feeling a bit more hopeful in these trying times? Hyperallergic has you covered with a list of 15 shows in NYC exhibiting playful, cerebral, and feral works.

Happy 81st Birthday, Kurt Loder 🎉🎂🎉 "Hi, I'm Kurt Loder with an MTV News Special Report." The way we would stop everything when he popped up on our screen... #GenX

Angèle Etoundi Essamba, Cameroonian photographer known for her photography in black and white particularly #WomensArt

#TakeYouBackTue 1976 Remembering #JohnnieTaylor on his birthday 🎂 🕊️ youtu.be/U4aiBO8RPzk?si=eGS5AvO81GjAu9S6

Teyana Taylor

Anok Yai

Anok Yai at The 2026 Met Gala 🔥🤌🏾 #art

Wow 🤩 The Weather Channel posted this.

Post a character that starts with the letter W (First or Last): Whitley Gilbert

Post a character that starts with the letter W (First or last) Jackson Heights own… Mr. Randy Watson (Sexual 🍫)😉

Post a character that starts with the letter W (First or Last): Wee-Bey (Roland) Brice

post a character that starts with the letter W (First or Last): weezy jefferson

Post a character that starts with the letter W (First or Last) Willona Woods

It's Mother's Day in Spain today. Featuring the amazing Cuban-Jamaican artist Harmonia Rosales, check her art if you haven't already! www.harmoniarosales.art

Congratulations to Kameirah Johnson for her art making Google's homepage. She's truly Black & Proud. #UrbanViewMornings www.opb.org/article/2026...

With 4️⃣ days left until Tip-Off, we’re reliving a run of dominance at the top. A'ja Wilson is an A’One of one talent with 4️⃣ Kia MVP awards. The only player to ever do it. #WNBATipOff presented by @carmax.com

Wow! www.jessleewong.com/product/zuri...

This is GORGEOUUUSSSSS 😍😍😍 Hopefully I get to support her and get a whole bunch of her pieces in the near future.

Your Sunday Entertainment Schedule ☑️ We've got four big matchups for the last day of preseason basketball! Tip-off starts at 3pm/ET Watch FREE on League Pass with WNBA ID: wnba.onelink.me/yKxu/jkr9b4t0

Grateful that this album exists. Thank you, D'Angelo. album.ink/dangeloBS

Amoako Boafo, Ghanaian (1984- ), Two Faces, 2021-25

So important. My theme for the year is "maximum joy" *Shout out to Sadé

Happy 35th Anniversary to Lisa Fischer's debut (and only) studio album ‘So Intense’ originally released April 30, 1991 | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @markchappelle.bsky.social here: album.ink/LFischerSI

What lady didn’t lip sync this part with all the emotions and gravitas as Lisa?! 🥰

Who else had this?

Roy Ayers aint have to do them like that. "Chameleon" A collaboration featuring: Herbie Hancock - keyboards George Benson - guitar Roy Ayers - vibes John Klemmer - saxophone Jean-Luc Ponty - violin Phil Upchurch - bass Harvey Mason - drums #jazzsky #musicsky #funksky youtu.be/SV-xI7bFKrc?...

🚨 Don't miss these deadlines! 🚨

Starting you off right (for later!) 👉🏽 youtu.be/P1p7GZeAvOQ?...

Good morning in Najee Dorsey.

If Germany has Beethoven, Austria has Mozart, and Russia has Tchaikovsky, The United States has Edward Kennedy Ellington. You probably recognize him by his more famous name. Duke Ellington, America's greatest composer, was born in the nation's capital 127 years ago today

Headlines give you the gist. Books give you the full story. 📚 If you’re ready to dig deeper, check your library in Libby for reads and resources like Ground News @groundnews.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/4ejpepV #Booksky #Bookish #LibbyApp