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You are my Kindred Spirit: how growing up Black in ‘the quiet racism of Scotland’ shaped the art and politics of Maud Sulter

Images of Maud Sulter and her family in the 1960s. Keith Hunter / The Tramway / Maud Sulter Estate. by Joe Jackson, University of Nottingham She was...

Met Gala names all Black men co-chairs for first time in history

For the first time in Met Gala history, all the co-chairs for fashion's biggest day will be Black men. On Wednesday (October 9), the Metropolitan...

In the face of death, destruction and displacement, beauty plays a vital role in Gaza

by Stephanie Acker, Clark University A small group of children in Gaza sit on a lavender and white blanket around a small tray of beverages,...

Kwame Nkrumah: memorials to the man who led Ghana to independence have been built, erased and revived again

The renovated park has attracted thousands of visitors to its site. Getty Images by Carola Lentz, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park lies at...

What is Afrofuturism? An English professor explains

by Julian C. Chambliss, Michigan State University The new sci-fi musical “Neptune Frost,” set in a Rwandan village constructed with computer parts, tells the story...

Man killed, 5 others shot outside Art's Tavern in Strip District

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Police say a dispute between two groups of men outside a Pittsburgh bar prompted a shooting early Saturday that killed one...

'Brush With the Law'…Pa. woman starts art therapy program for inmates

Maria Maneos from Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania, has a Masters of Fine Arts degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Her work has...

Out and About…'Pittsburgh Underground Artist Networking Event'

Pittsburgh Underground Music Awards and Proud To Be Local presented the "Pittsburgh Underground Artists Networking Event" at Most Wanted Fine Art. This event was...

Strip District MLK Mural unveiling

ENJOYING THE FINISHED PROJECT—From left: Micci Hutterer, Caren Miller, Edward Rawson, Charles Kikrsey, Charles Smith, Portia Hornick and Berry Breene pose in front of the mural. Moving the Lives of Kids (MLK Mural) created a new mural at 2852 Penn Ave., in the Strip District, in partnership with Neighbors in the Strip, and with a group of Pittsburgh youth who were paid to participate as part of their summer job experience through the Pittsburgh Summer Youth Employment Program.

More African-Americans get involved in Anthrocon every year

Surrounded by Furries are, left, kneeling, Moses Blount and standing, Deshawn Legrand Lynndale Mosley, all of Braddock who came out to see the Furries. (Courier Photos/J.L. Martello) by J.L. Martello For New Pittsburgh Courier The Anthrocon convention (or con for short) is dedicated to anthropomorphic people with animal traits and animals with human traits. The con was started in Albany, N.Y., in 1997 and didn’t come to Pittsburgh until 2006. Anthrocon has grown every year in Pittsburgh with record breaking numbers and has become the largest con of its type in the world.

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