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I Lost 10 Pounds and It All Went to My Head at Harlem Stageās #Disrupters Gala
It really doesnāt take much with me. For most of my adult life, Iāve battled with my size. And it doesnāt help that the medication that keeps me on an even keel also makes me gain weight. So when I started taking antidepressants to bring my mood up a bit, I found a great, positive…
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Kendrick Lamar Gets His Pulitzer, but Itās Pulitzer Administrator Dana Canedy Who Is a Prize
There are no acceptance speeches at the Pulitzers. You get your prize. You pose for your photo and you politely exit the stage. Yet there was definitely something different about this yearās award luncheon at Columbia Universityās Low Library on Wednesday, where hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar strolled in about 30 or 40 minutes into the…
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Queen Sugar and Ava DuVernay Had the Sweetest Garden Party in NYC
First things first: When it comes to Queen Sugar and director Ava DuVernay, Iām a total fan. I am biased. I am prejudiced. I am not objective at all. I love the show she created, which is beautiful and heartfelt. I love the actors who were cast to star in it, who are charming and…
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Once UponĀ Once on This Island With Tamyra Gray
There are probably a few ways to read the wondrous musical Once on This Island, which originally debuted in 1990 and was revived on Broadway in New York City in December 2017. Perhaps itās a lesson about following your heart against incredible odds. Maybe itās a tale about the occasional perils of falling in love…
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How Physics Works and Other Things I Learned at All Star Codeās 5th-Anniversary Celebration
So Iām at All Star Codeās fifth-anniversary event at the High Line Hotel in New York City on Wednesday, and one of the programās students, Alex Reyes, asks me if I know how the video game āPongā works. Iāwho havenāt thought about āPong,ā a table tennis simulation game, in eonsārealize that I have no clue…
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Never Bring Cicely Tyson Water in a Bottle, and Other Lessons From AT&Tās Humanity of Connection Event
If I am lucky enough to make it to 93, I want to be a fly 93 just like Harlemās own, the legend, actress Cicely Tyson. One, she dresses impeccably. Two, sheās both wondrous and intimidating. As someone who loves (and still fears) her soon-to-be 90-year-old grandmother, I can only imagine what Tyson is like…
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Harlem Haberdasheryās 5th Annual Masquerade Ball Was āa Moodā
Iām back, Antisocialites! After spending most of the winter trying to both not freeze outdoors and not die from the sauna that is my radiator-heated apartment, I have to say, I really didnāt go to any parties. Oh, I went out on the rare occasion, but my social life (and this column about my social…
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Once on This Islandās Opening Night Gives Me Jitters While I Consider Reginald F. Lewisā Billion-Dollar Deal
OK, first off, in this revival of the 1991 Tony Award-nominated musical Once on This Island, I had no clue that it was Merle Dandrige from Greenleaf playing the death demon, Papa Ge. Iāve watched one-and-a-half entire seasons of the OWN religious drama, and I thought I could pick her out of a lineup, but…
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SportsBalls and Benefit Galas: I Went to All These Things and Managed Not to Almost Kill Myself (Yet)
There are literally too many things to go to in the fall. During that season in New York City, every charity group, institution, media company and rando (including The Root) throws a ball, gala or fancy party of some kind. Our own shindig, The Root 100, goes down Nov. 9. So October, for me, has…
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Tidal X Was an Epic 6-Hour Musical Marathon I Wasnāt Fit Enough to Run
Iām out of shape. Itās a reality. I just recently started working back out again because stairs were looking like obstacles I could not surmount without sounding like Lord Vader when I was through. I canāt run a marathon. I canāt even run the block. And I definitely wasnāt prepared to run the race of…