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Billy Porter talks with the AmNews on his return to the stage
Billy Porter, who just finished playing Albin in “La Cage Aux Folles” at New York…
Black New Yorker
From prison to author and radio host: Keri D. Singleton shares his amazing journey
Keri D. Singleton serves as executive producer and host of Sessions Cafe, a daytime show…
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NEWS
Street Corner Resources hosts annual Health and Wellness Fair in Harlem
Weekend summer showers couldn’t dampen the community spirit at Street Corner Resources’ annual Health and…
Rent Guidelines Board grants rent freeze, but landlords warn of housing distress
Rent-stabilized tenants are praising Mayor Zohran Mamdani: Just as promised,…
SCOTUS TPS ruling leaves many Haitians in NYC facing loss of work permits, deportations — union speaks out
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to support ending TPS for…
Mamdani allies successfully pressure mayor against NYPD expansion
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has walked back an NYPD headcount expansion…
New legal team to tackle Karmelo Anthony appeal
A new team of attorneys plan to pursue an appeal…
Word In Black, conceived by AmNews Publisher Elinor R. Tatum, with 10 other Black publishers nationwide, promises to confront inequities, elevate solutions and amplify the Black experience.
SPORTS
250 Years and Counting. America, the beautiful, still has the deep scars of racism
As America turns 250, a look at how sports has served as both a measure of racial progress and a…
HBCU alumna Diamond Johnson hones her game in UPSHOT League
Being in the new UPSHOT League, which launched this summer,…
Today’s sports figures speak out about America’s social injustices
This September 1 will mark 10 years since Colin Kaepernick…
Former WNBA player and Olympian Cierra Burdick is thriving in 3X3 hoops
Olympic bronze medalist Cierra Burdick brought the heat to the…
Pride shines at LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame induction gala
Sports veterans shared their sense of peace and fulfillment in…
Art & Entertainment
Photographer William Meyers documents 25 years of NYC life in new book, ‘Civics’
Photographer William Meyers’ new book “Civics” captures the everyday public service and neighborly support that sustain American democracy
Jamie Allan talks mesmerizing magic show ‘Amaze’
From BBC child star to global sensation, UK-born magician Jamie…
How stage has become battleground for story and power in America’s history
Beneath the tributes and historical retrospectives that will mark America’s…
July 2026 Dance Calendar
The July 2026 dance calendar features performances across New York…
film/tv
Questlove’s love letter to Earth, Wind and Fire airs on HBO
“Earth, Wind, and Fire” is just as much a love…
‘Forever, Amen’ exhibit shows how White Plains’ Black churches are holding on
“Forever, Amen” is related to her earlier work, “You’re From…
Sterling K. Brown gives exclusive one-on-one on his role in ‘Is God Is’
Sterling K. Brown spoke exclusively with the AmNews about his…
theater
‘La Cage Aux Folles’ is fabulous at New York City Center
Experience ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ at New York City Center—a…
Shakespeare Takes A Different Spin at the Delacorte Theater
New bilingual Romeo & Juliet production at Delacorte Theater in…
‘Blooming In Dry Season’ Is thought-provoking theater
Whenever I hear that Woodie King Jr.’s New Federal Theatre…
music
Patti LaBelle talks with the AmNews, teases new project
Iconic singer Patti LaBelle will return to the stage in…
8th St. christened ‘Jimi Hendrix Way’ in all-star ceremony honoring guitar hero
On June 10, New York City honored guitar legend Jimi…
Abdullah Ibrahim, revered South African pianist, dies at 91
Abdullah Ibrahim, the South African jazz pianist, global bandleader, whose…
AmNews Food
Shaver Hall transforms iconic Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue into a modern food hall
Shaver Hall transforms the iconic Lord & Taylor building on…
A final Harlem evening with Benzo Theodore at Archer & Goat
Thank you to my tribe and to the Archer &…
From PT to prix fixe: a Midtown lunch at Legasea
While waiting for the entrees — and after my Aperol…
Black History
Stories of Black and Indigenous patriots come into focus as U.S. remembers the American Revolution
LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Charlie Price says he didn’t learn…
Education
What will school look like in post-Regents world? Officials tease ‘competency-based’ approach
New York officials have been talking about what it should…
health
When sickle cell cure costs a fortune, these Nigerian students are choosing free prevention
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital announced a successful bone marrow…
Religion
Khadijah Farrakhan, Nation of Islam ‘First Lady,’ wife of Minister Louis Farrakhan, dies at 90
Khadijah Farrakhan, wife of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan,…
