(NNPA)—Dear Gwendolyn: I have been going with a man for eight years. He has not yet proposed, but wants me to help him buy ‘our’ house. He says that because he is not divorced, it would not be wise for him to put my name on the deed.
by Lynn ElberFor New Pittsburgh Courier LOS ANGELES (AP)—“Soul Train" host Don Cornelius was the arbiter of cool, a brilliant TV showman who used his purring, baritone voice to seduce mainstream America into embracing Black music and artists. But the “love, peace, and SOUL!” he wished viewers as he closed each show for decades escaped him as his life descended into marital trouble, illness and, finally, a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound on Feb. 1. DON CORNELIUS
by Frazier MooreFor New Pittsburgh Courier NEW YORK (AP)—In an era when Beyonce and Jay-Z are music royalty, when Barack Obama is the nation’s chief executive, and when Black stars in the cast of a TV show are commonplace, it may be hard to grasp the magnitude of what Don Cornelius created once he got his "Soul Train" rolling. DON CORNELIUS
This week I visited Melange Bistro Bar in Downtown Pittsburgh, Savoy Restaurant in the Strip District, the Shadow Lounge in East Liberty and Ava Lounge in East Liberty. My first stop was at Melange Bistro Bar, Downtown, where VIP Entertainment held an event called “Grand Finale” with Jay Owens as the host. It was ladies night at the Savoy Restaurant in the Strip District.
Thursday 9 Freedom Friday Pittsburgh School for the Creative and Performing Arts presents Freedom Friday at 7 p.m. at CAPA Theater, 111 Ninth St., Cultural District. For more information, call 412-338-6101.
Your customer base is changing.You’ve been noticing it for the past few years: the face of your average client isn’t what it used to be, not surprisingly. These new customers are savvier, they’re men and women of all age groups, they’re smart about where they shop, and they look like they’re coming from around the world. Let’s face it: doing business today isn’t like it was even thirty years ago. Your customers are different, but what about your staff? In the new book “The Diversity Index” by Susan E. Reed, you’ll see how you can strengthen your workplace by letting go of certain archaic practices in hiring.
by Mesfin FekaduFor New Pittsburgh Courier NEW YORK (AP)—Ne-Yo has a dream: He believes the record industry is segregated, and has hopes of changing that as the new senior vice president of artists and repertoire for Motown Records. Ne-Yo (AP Photo/ Carlo Allegri)
Cave Canem Foundation, North America’s premier home for Black poetry, congratulates Cave Canem co-founder Toi Derricotte on her 2012 election to the Academy of American Poets’ Board of Chancellors.
(NNPA)—Dear Gwendolyn: I have been married for 14 years. We have two children, age 8 and 6. I have always had my older child in a school in rich suburbia. My wife does not seem to have good reasoning. If I had known that, I never would have married her.
The latest offering at Southside’s City Theatre is a solo performance by a one man force of nature known as Daniel Beaty. In his self-written production, “Through The Night,” Beaty presents a composite piece of one evening seen through the eyes of six interconnected characters: a child prodigy, a high school graduate leaving the projects for college, an ex-con, a record executive, an entrepreneur and the bishop of a mega-church. DANIEL BEATY Tapping into his formal theater training, God-given talent and his own life, Beaty easily morphs into each character with the astonishing ease of a chameleon and does so seamlessly as he introduces them.
