Youth showcase their talent at the National Black Theatre Festival
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Ever since she was a young girl growing up in Newark, New Jersey, Lauranita Katende dabbled in sewing, knitting and embroidery, skills she picked up from her Aunt Gladys when she was only ten years old. It wasn’t until 2010 that she decided to turn those skills into a business, after she decided to sew something special for Aunt Gladys’s 90th birthday. Katende said that a gift for her aunt sparked an idea and Ita Designs was born.
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Last week Winston-Salem Police Chief Catrina Thompson announced that she will be retiring from the department in December.
To help ease that transition, last week Crosby Scholars’ AAMPED (African-American Males Pursuing Educational Dreams) program partnered with the local chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Alpha Pi Lambda Chapter) to host a week-long leadership camp for young men who will be headed to high school this fall.
Every two years since 1989, the North Carolina Black Repertory Company (NBRC) and the City of Winston-Salem roll out the red carpet and invite creatives and lovers of live theatre from across the globe to the City of Arts and Innovation, for a week long ‘marvtastic’ celebration of Black arts during the National Black Theatre Festival (NBTF). Due to the pandemic, the festival was postponed last year, but this year the festival is back!
By Tevin Stinson The Chronicle After a few years away from the court, Winston-Salem native Javon Summers is returning to
It’s not every day you get to meet a princess, but last weekend young ladies from throughout the community got
As if battling stage 4 breast cancer isn’t stressful enough, imagine having the cancer surgically removed from your body and being told you are cancer free, only to learn you were misdiagnosed a few weeks later. That is the reality for Winston-Salem native Taneisha Gist, who thought she was cancer free, then was told that there were still cancerous cells in her body – not once, but twice.
Stint in federal prison leads student to divinity school
