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Celebrate Soulfully’ During Black History Month at Disney Parks

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By Aysa Watkins | Communications Specialist, Disney Parks, Experiences & Products Join us for an exciting line-up of soulful celebrations at Disney Parks in honor of Black History Month! This February and beyond, Disneyland Resort […]

ElonGate: The Scandals Stretch Out

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By Tom H. Hastings | It is on. Elon is burrowing into a hostile takeover of the US government, regulations, and economy. He is clearly quite used to getting everything he wants by any devious means […]

Kassandra Timothe appointed to Serve as Vice Mayor of North Miami

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The City of North Miami recently announced the appointment of Councilwoman Kassandra Timothe as the new vice mayor. The decision was made during a regular city council meeting held on Tuesday, Jan. 28. A lifelong […]

Kaziah Belgrave’s Celebrates 70th

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The Harlem Nights theme party hosted in honor of Kaziah Belgrave’s 70th birthday was nothing short of spectacular. Held inside the Premier Event Center on Dunn Avenue, guests gathered from New York, Maryland, Georgia, near […]

Award-Winning Black Author and Educator Releases New Poetry Collection, “The Lost Songs of Nina Simone”

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Nationwide — Award-winning author, educator, and poet Shonda Buchanan’s new poetry collection, The Lost Songs of Nina Simone (RIZE Press, May 2025), explores the life of the incomprehensible Nina Simone, concert pianist, singer, and Civil Rights activist. With […]

Secretary of State Cord Byrd Invites the Public to Attend the Presentation of the Florida Arts and Culture Awards

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Secretary of State Cord Byrd today announced that the presentation of the 2024 Florida Arts and Culture Awards will take place at the Florida Theatre in Jacksonville, on February 17, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. The […]

Adrian Sarple Headlines Disney Theatrical Front Line

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Adrian Sarple, Disney’s Theatrical representative spoke to Jacksonville Free Press on the upcoming Disney on Broadway Concert Series celebrating 30 years of Disney on Broadway! The ‘EPCOT International Festival of the Arts,’ is scheduled for […]

Smile Train Uplifts and Brightens Smiles

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My name is Iva Ballou. I was born in Jacksonville, Florida with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, a congenital condition where a child is born with an opening in the upper lip and/or the […]

Kumon’s Jacksonville-Fruit Cove Center Donates 510 Books to Hurricane-Damaged School

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A book drive by the Kumon Math and Reading Center of Jacksonville-Fruit Cove collected about 510 books that were donated to the Cathedral School of St. Jude in St. Petersburg, which was damaged by hurricanes […]

Inaugural Sneaker Ball Keeps Dreams of Slain Teen Alive

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By Lynn Jones | May 23, 2022 was the day, Yvonne Fields, mother of 18-year-old Rashaud Fields was an emotional wreck when she heard the news that her son had been shot in the crossfire’s […]