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My ♥️ beats notes 🎼 (scales), drums🪘, chords, keys 🎹 , strings🪕🎸, horns 🎺 🎷, and vocal 🗣️sound… 🎼…music.
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🎁🔗 here!
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Denyce Graves’s Second Act
Denyce Graves is retiring from performing after a career as one of opera’s leading women. But there’s more work for her to do.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/06/denyce-graves-opera-advocacy/686929/?gift=jJy9v3zv1Ktx3cfky_NDQsrGEUQ-qm6sr_p523qZqK8
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Before 5pm- Whoop After 5pm - Whoot! Different energies☺️
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On this date in 1993, Tag Team released their single “Whoomp! (There It Is)” Do you prefer Whoot or Whoomp?
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Eric Alper
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What fictional character would you love to hang with for a day?
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I will remember him as the man who colorized classic movies... oh & thanks for TCM... Condolences to his family....
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Mississippi Free Press
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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.”
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Alex Bostic: Retired Starkville Professor, Artist Designs Two America250 Stamps
Alex Bostic, an artist and illustrator who lives in Starkville, Mississippi, has designed three U.S. Forever stamps, two of which being part of the national America250 celebration.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/person-of-the-day-alex-bostic-retired-starkville-professor-artist-designs-two-stamps-for-americas-250th-anniversary/
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JT (he/they)
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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.
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Hyperallergic
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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.
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Call for Applications: 2026 Craft Archive Fellowship
The Center for Craft will award up to four $5,000 fellowships to support research on underrepresented craft histories, culminating in an article on Hyperallergic.
https://hyperallergic.com/call-for-applications-2026-craft-archive-fellowship/
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PBS News
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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
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Why Wynton Marsalis thinks jazz is the perfect metaphor for democracy
Renowned trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis has launched a new project, a kind of call and response for these times. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown met Marsalis at the Jazz at Lincoln Cen...
https://to.pbs.org/4wcCNOk
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Him Hardaway Sr
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J.I.M.B.R.O.W.S.K.I.
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I just shared this story with my bestie/soul mate. She was thrilled for them.
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She was flying across the country for a blind date. But she fell for her flight attendant | CNN
Angela Buckner boarded the flight to New York excited for a blind date. Then she locked eyes with flight attendant Brittany Hairston and everything changed.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/blind-date-flight-attendant-romance-chance-encounters?Date=20260503&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1777811840&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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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! 🤗🫶🏾
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Sassy Black Neighbor Is Not Reading Your Substack
2 days ago
Other BK Museum tidbits:
#artsky
#museumsky
#photographysky
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Sassy Black Neighbor Is Not Reading Your Substack
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Vouching for the Seydou Keita exhibit featuring
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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
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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.
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Is anyone actually 100% Black? Henry Louis Gates Jr. on DNA, race, and power
YouTube video by GBH News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL3WWHPfkyw
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𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂. 𓆩♡𓆪
3 days ago
The gown is inspired by Robert Pruitt’s Venus Williams, Double Portrait (2022), a portrait of her commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery
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Hyperallergic
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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.
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15 Art Shows to See in NYC This May
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye captures quietude, Seydou Keïta documents a revolution, Renée Green compiles an autoethnography, and much more.
https://hyperallergic.com/15-art-shows-to-see-in-nyc-this-may/
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Strictly 4 My Navigators
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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...
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Angèle Etoundi Essamba, Cameroonian photographer known for her photography in black and white particularly
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Old School Favorites 🎧
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#TakeYouBackTue
1976 Remembering
#JohnnieTaylor
on his birthday 🎂 🕊️
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Karlito P
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Shameka 🏀
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Anok Yai at The 2026 Met Gala 🔥🤌🏾
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Christopher Webb
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Wow 🤩 The Weather Channel posted this.
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lifeofjenius
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Post a character that starts with the letter W (First or Last): Whitley Gilbert
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Post a character that starts with the letter W (First or last) Jackson Heights own… Mr. Randy Watson (Sexual 🍫)😉
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Post a character that starts with the letter W (First or Last): Wee-Bey (Roland) Brice
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Him Hardaway Sr
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post a character that starts with the letter W (First or Last): weezy jefferson
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RSJ.
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Post a character that starts with the letter W (First or Last) Willona Woods
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José García
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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
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SiriusXM Urban View
3 days ago
Congratulations to Kameirah Johnson for her art making Google's homepage. She's truly Black & Proud.
#UrbanViewMornings
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Google to feature Seattle teen’s painting inspired by Black hair
A Seattle-area high school student is among five finalists in the national Doodle for Google Contest. Her artwork will be displayed on Google’s homepage on April 28.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/04/26/google-to-feature-seattle-teens-painting-inspired-by-black-hair/
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WNBA
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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
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Adventurism
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Wow!
www.jessleewong.com/product/zuri...
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The Real Lover Girl 😘
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This is GORGEOUUUSSSSS 😍😍😍 Hopefully I get to support her and get a whole bunch of her pieces in the near future.
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WNBA
4 days ago
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
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Albumism
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Grateful that this album exists. Thank you, D'Angelo.
album.ink/dangeloBS
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Jay Troyer
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Amoako Boafo, Ghanaian (1984- ), Two Faces, 2021-25
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lifeofjenius
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So important. My theme for the year is "maximum joy" *Shout out to Sadé
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Albumism
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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
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album.ink/LFischerSI
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What lady didn’t lip sync this part with all the emotions and gravitas as Lisa?! 🥰
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Eric Alper
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Who else had this?
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The_Philadelphian
8 days ago
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
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"Chameleon" #herbiehancock #georgebenson #royayers #funk #jazz #vibes
YouTube video by WBGO
https://youtu.be/SV-xI7bFKrc?si=6cK3HzkCCnCo-WFK
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Colossal
7 days ago
🚨 Don't miss these deadlines! 🚨
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May 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
These open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies for artists and designers all have deadlines in the next few weeks.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/04/may-2026-opportunities-artists-designers/
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Mollie Mol
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Starting you off right (for later!) 👉🏽
youtu.be/P1p7GZeAvOQ?...
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He Built One Of The Biggest Brands in Black Art But What's Next
YouTube video by Black Art In America
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Mollie Mol
7 days ago
Good morning in Najee Dorsey.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle
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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
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Libby App
8 days ago
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
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In the news: 9 books that dig deeper into April’s top headlines | Libby Life: Blog, Podcast, Book Clubs & More.
Dig into April’s biggest news stories through books that go beyond the headlines—from geopolitics and religion to climate disaster, culture, and science, recommended by Libby librarians.
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