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.
Arts and Lifestyle
Book Review: “What the Children Told Us: The Untold Story of the Famous ‘Doll Test’ and the Black Psychologists Who Changed the World” by Tim Spofford
Busta’s Ladies of the Week: North Carolina pageant queen first Native American to hold title
When you see people sporting purple and black attire on the streets of Winston-Salem, you know it’s time for the National Black Theatre Festival (NBTF). The festival will hold their 17th biennial event from Aug. 1-6. Rodney Williams is a long-time fan of the NBTF and will have his short film debut at this year’s event.
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!
Hip Hop Producer 9th Wonder Joins ECSU as Artist-in-Residence for Upcoming Academic Year
At their annual meeting on June 21, board chair Charmon Baker announced that Delta Arts would begin celebrating its 50th anniversary in August and the celebration would continue through next summer.
Senior Laundry Day helps seniors wash and dry
Writer’s Corner: The Greatest Love of all
