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The celebrity scene is always packed, with stars out in full force. Here’s where they walk the carpet, light up the scene, and keep the energy on an all-time high. Jose Alvarado Toñita’s Caribbean Social Club It was a week filled with New York Knicks pride, from multiple TV appearances, including the whole team appearing […]
If Black music is the blueprint, then New Orleans Bounce is the handwriting in the margins—bold, fast, and impossible to ignore. And if you ever been in New Orleans when the bass hit right, you already know: Bounce music doesn’t ask for attention. It takes it. Whole room, whole block, whole body. Born in the […]
When the Haitian national anthem played before the team’s World Cup opener against Scotland, Dimitry Elias Léger needed to hear it to believe it was real. “I had to watch the national anthem to feel like, oh, they were really here. It wasn’t a joke,” said Léger, the New York–based novelist whose new book follows […]
Michelle Buteau’s signature Netflix original show, Survival of the Thickest, is coming to an end with the third and final season, premiering on July 2. The show’s witty, charming, and boisterous comedic style has inspired joy and renewed faith in what inclusion on television should look like. Now that the final official trailer has arrived, I’m reminded […]
This week on “The Block”, we’re back giving flowers to the creatives, tastemakers and style stars who reminded us this week that getting dressed is still an art form. In an era where algorithms often reward sameness, these fashion risk-takers continue to prove that personal style is alive, well and thriving across social media feeds, […]
As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of Juneteenth as an official federal holiday, EBONY looks back at June 17, 2021, the day the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden. The legislation established June 19 as a legal federal holiday in the United States, commemorating the end of slavery […]
As Caribbean Heritage Month unfolds across New York City, Jamaican-born designer Edvin Thompson is inviting fashion lovers into the world he has spent the last decade building. Through June 24, THEOPHILIO’s first-ever New York City pop-up at Gotham Chelsea offers a rare look inside the brand’s evolution, showcasing pieces from its Spring/Summer 2026 collection RIDDIM […]
“Juneteenth” is a portmanteau of June and nineteen and a parlance of Black American structure. The moniker hails the date June 19, 1865—the day that enslaved Black people in Texas got the news that slavery was abolished. Here’s the rub: Enslaved men and women in America were legally freed on the enactment of the Emancipation […]
The Obama Presidential Center officially opens on June 19 — the fifth anniversary of the national observation of Juneteenth. But June 18 marked the grand opening of the vibrant 19.3-acre campus located in Chicago’s historic Jackson Park. A star-studded guest roster touched down to be part of the opening, hosted by the couple themselves. Former […]
My license may say New York State but I’m a California girl at heart, and a recent trip to Moab, Utah reminded me of that little girl I used to know. I grew up surrounded by nature—a few hours in any direction and I could be in the snow, desert, ocean or forest—and have a […]