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May 18, 2025

The Man Behind the Hollywood’s Historic Stella Adler Acting Academy

As an acting student, John Jack Rodgers never imagined he'd end up running one of the world's best acting schools. Yet, now that's the exact position he finds himself in as he attempts to ready the Stella Adler Acting Academy for its next act.

Banners celebrating the K-Pop group Stray Kids on their world tour

May 15, 2025

Ultimate Fandom: How K-Pop Made Me Feel Seen

When you love something deeply, it becomes a way of being seen. K-pop gave me new music but also new friendships, new vocabulary, new rituals. It makes space for screaming, crying, overanalyzing, and, above all, connection.

May 14, 2025

From Radio Waves to Photo Frames: A Tribute to the Godfather of Black Radio

It was the early 1980s. On any given Sunday, over the loud horns and hustling New Yorkers, you would hear Hal Jackson hosting the top-rated “Sunday Classics” on 107.5 WBLS, playing records by everyone from Prince to Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston at a time when Black artists weren’t played on the radio as much. Each week, whenever Hal gave away CDs or concert tickets on air, his wife of then-15 years, Debi B, would be on phone duty, writing down winners’ names on a sheet of paper and handing it to Hal to announce. One day, he asked her to make the announcement. 

May 12, 2025

Training Tomorrow’s Stylists: A Look Inside Aveda’s Arts and Sciences Institute in NYC

Are you looking to get your hair done? Or maybe you are looking to learn more about both cosmetology and esthiology? The Aveda Arts and Sciences Institute in Soho, New York, might just be the place for you.

(Credit: Vince Davis)

May 11, 2025

Vince Davis: The San Antonio Journalist with a Standard of Excellence

Vince Davis is a veteran reporter and columnist at the San Antonio Express News. Since 1999, he’s been a valued staff writer who shines the spotlight on individuals and communities across the city.