Culture Watch

Multiple Black artists were nominated in every single Tony Award performance category. But COVID-19 sickened actors and starved box offices.
/ June 7, 2022
Afropunk Miami theGrio.com
After a long hiatus, Afropunk Miami brought its flavor to the southern Florida city with an emphasis on avant-garde style.
/ June 4, 2022
Lewis, the famed artist, activist, historian and mentor to dozens of Black creatives, died Friday of renal failure in Torrance.
/ May 31, 2022
Asheville, North Carolina theGrio.com
The Asheville-based series takes an unflinching look at the heritage, hope, and heart of the North Carolina city and surrounding…
/ May 31, 2022
Cleaster Cotton theGrio.com
The artist's mixed-media works highlight the complicated history and ancestral voices in her chosen home of Asheville, North Carolina.
/ May 28, 2022
"MacBeth" Broadway Opening Night
Choreographer Camille Brown is behind the current Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange's 'for colored girls.'
/ May 27, 2022
In celebration of both her 50th birthday and history-making Barbie, Laverne Cox showed up at her birthday party as a…
/ May 27, 2022