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Yahoo
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Colman Domingo, Paul Tazewell, Sean Bankhead to be Honored at Native Son Awards
Native Son has announced the honorees of its 2025 Native Son Awards, recognizing the accomplishments and advocacy of Black gay and queer men. This year, the organization will honor actor Colman Domingo, costume designer Paul Tazewell, choreographer Sean Bankhead, multidisciplinary artist Derrick Adams, National Black Justice Collective CEO and executive director Dr. David J. Johns and founder of the Black AIDS Institute Phill Wilson. More from The Hollywood Reporter Ike Barinholtz Jokes He's "Lucky to Be Alive" After Driving With 'The Studio' Costar Seth Rogen How 'Survival of the Thickest,' 'Mo' and 'Shrinking' Are Helping Destigmatize Therapy for Men of Color The Hollywood Reporter Sets Tonys Preshow 'I'm deeply honored to receive this recognition at the Native Son Awards,' Tazewell, who made history earlier this year when he became the first African American male costume designer to be nominated for the Academy Award for best costume design, which he later won for his work on Wicked, tells The Hollywood Reporter. 'This organization is incredibly close to my heart, and to be acknowledged by a community that celebrates the brilliance and resilience of Black queer and gay men is truly humbling. Thank you for seeing me.' In addition to recognizing the aforementioned honorees, the event will feature performances by Grammy award-nominated singer-songwriter Durand Bernarr and The Voice contestant Deon Jones. The program will also include social impact moments led by former Native Son Awards honorees Rashad Robinson, Alphonso David and Keith Boykin highlighting Black and queer history. The Native Son Awards were created by media professional and professor Emil Wilbekin as an extension of his Native Son movement, designed to be a safe space for the Black gay community to commune and celebrate one another. The gala, first held in 2016, serves as a fundraiser to support Native Son's programs and initiatives throughout the year. 'As Native Son looks toward our milestone 10th anniversary next year, it is incredible to think about not only how much the movement has grown but how much it was and continues to be needed in this community,' said Wilbekin in a news release. 'The work that we are doing and the safer spaces we have created is especially critical as we think about the countless challenges we are facing at this moment in our country's history. Our community is seeing erasure, rollbacks of important protections and, in general, the enforcement of anti-LGBTQ legislation. At Native Son, we are committed to remaining steadfast in the storm to continue to uphold and archive the voice, visibility and existence of Black gay and queer men.' The Native Son Awards will be held during Pride Month on June 11 at the IAC Building in New York City. Former CNN broadcast journalist Don Lemon will serve as host for the third consecutive year. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Hollywood's Most Notable Deaths of 2025 Harvey Weinstein's "Jane Doe 1" Victim Reveals Identity: "I'm Tired of Hiding" 'Awards Chatter' Podcast: 'Sopranos' Creator David Chase Finally Reveals What Happened to Tony (Exclusive)
News18
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Bespoke, Black, and Bold: The Met Gala Gets a Tailored Rebellion
Last Updated: This year's Met Gala isn't just a fashion moment — it's a stitched-up statement of style and resistance. On May 5, fashion's most-watched red carpet returns — but this year, the Met Gala is making more than a style statement. With its 2025 theme 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," the event takes a bold, brilliant stand for cultural pride, individuality, and political resistance — all stitched together with impeccable tailoring. Curated from the pages of Monica Miller's seminal 2009 book Slaves to Fashion, and with Miller herself serving as a guest curator, this year's theme dives deep into Black dandyism — a tradition that reclaims elegance as defiance, and style as a tool of liberation. The look? 'Tailored for You." The message? Powerfully personal. Hosted as always by Vogue to raise funds for the Costume Institute, the gala is a cultural barometer disguised in couture — and under Anna Wintour's discerning eye, it's becoming more politically potent than ever. In a world reeling from anti-DEI rhetoric and regressive policies, Superfine isn't just fashion-forward; it's future-facing. 'This exhibition is a high-level, intellectual form of resistance," says Emil Wilbekin, founder of Native Son and a professor at FIT. 'It celebrates the very thing that's under attack — identity, representation, and unapologetic Black expression." Why Tailoring Matters Now Dandyism, once a symbol of subjugation when slaves were dressed to mimic their masters, has evolved into a sharp, confident form of self-presentation. Over the decades, it's morphed into a symbol of status, intellect, and self-respect — think Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dapper Dan, and today's cultural icons like Pharrell Williams and A$AP Rocky, both serving as co-chairs this year. But this aesthetic isn't just a nod to the past. It's a mirror to the present. 'In a moment where hyper-masculinity is being marketed as virtue — think Trump, Musk, and tech bros with fragile egos — a celebration of tailored fluidity feels revolutionary," Wilbekin adds. Indeed, what was once labeled 'metrosexual" is now simply a modern man's wardrobe. From bold florals and bejeweled brooches to perfectly polished oxfords and made-to-measure suits, male style today is unafraid to blur lines. 'The suit isn't going anywhere," says Jeremy Crume, VP at Zadig & Voltaire. 'It's just showing up differently — softer, elevated, and ready for knitwear." The Politics of the Pinstripe At its core, Superfine reminds us that fashion is never just surface. Historically, Black men in America used clothing as armor — a way to assert freedom, dignity, and humanity in a society determined to deny it. 'Dressing well became a form of survival and self-definition," Wilbekin says. 'It told the world: I am equal, intelligent, powerful." This year's Met Gala steps into that tradition with confidence. From bespoke suiting to radical self-expression, expect to see tailored looks that carry generations of unspoken history — and send an unmissable message. Because when you dress with intention, you're never just wearing clothes. You're wearing identity. Legacy. Resistance. And on the steps of the Met this May, the world will be watching.
New York Times
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Chicago Jazz
Jazz has experienced a meaningful resurgence in popularity over the past 15 years or so, especially among younger listeners. What's driving that? You could make the case that there is a particular hunger, now that so much of life is lived in the digital cloud, for the messy and untamed energy of jazz, and for its way of putting a live process on display. And if that's the case, then it makes a lot of sense that Chicago jazz has been at the forefront of this recent surge. Chicago has always represented a particularly rootsy, physical and — yes — windy ideal in jazz. So perhaps it's an especially heady antidote to that sense of digital disappearance. The Chicago jazz sound amounts to a sum of the city's Black histories: In it you can usually hear something of the snowy, clamoring traffic in Richard Wright's 'Native Son,' from 1940; the yowl of Howlin' Wolf's electric guitar in a 1950s blues bar; the drummers and dancers pounding out rhythms at one of Kelan Philip Cohran's gatherings at the 63rd Street Beach in the late 1960s; even the antiracist street protests of the 1990s. The Windy City was an important musical outpost from the start of the recorded era, when many blues and jazz musicians moved there from the South and became stars. It's also known as a cradle of the avant-garde, thanks to institutions like Sun Ra's Arkestra, established there in the early 1950s, and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a seed-sowing collective that celebrates its 60th anniversary this spring. Today, the city remains at the forefront of contemporary jazz thanks to artists like Nicole Mitchell, Kahil El'Zabar, Makaya McCraven, Tomeka Reid, Jeff Parker and Isaiah Collier, each a latter-day A.A.C.M. affiliate who has springboarded into a leading role on the international jazz circuit. And the label International Anthem, founded 12 years ago in Chicago, has become one of the biggest success stories in the indie-jazz business. We asked writers, musicians and other linchpins of the Chicago scene to tell us what tracks they would play to make a newcomer fall in love with the distinctive but multifaceted sound of Chicago jazz. Read on, listen to their picks in our playlists, and if you have favorites of your own, drop them in the comments. Image Ernest Khabeer Dawkins leading the New Horizons Ensemble. Credit... Jacob Blickenstaff for The New York Times This recording, featuring some of the stalwarts of Chicago's improvised music scene, should tantalize the palate of any listener new to creative music. The music is exploratory, while at the same time being funky and accessible. This Ernest Dawkins composition is a homage to Chicago's own Ameen Muhammad, who died in 2003 at 48. Muhammad, a dear friend of Dawkins, was not only a renowned trumpeter and composer but also a highly admired and respected educator; 'Mean Ameen' gained international notoriety over the course of his brief career. Ernest Khabeer Dawkins is one of those rare individuals who manages to balance a passion for community, mentorship and art. For me, this piece represents the saxophonist and bandleader at his best, through a beautiful dedication to a dear friend. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Chicago Tribune
01-03-2025
- Climate
- Chicago Tribune
Today in Chicago History: Blackhawks beat Penguins at snowy Soldier Field
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 1, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 71 degrees (1992) Low temperature: Minus 5 degrees (1962) Precipitation: 1.09 inches (2007) Snowfall: 4.6 inches (1947) 1784: Virginia relinquished claim to Illinois, paving the way for territorial organization. 1884: A permit was issued for the world's first skyscraper — the Home Insurance Co. building. The nine-story structure was built at the northeast corner of LaSalle and Adams streets in Chicago. The building was designed by William Le Baron Jenney and completed the following year. For the first time, a skeleton of metal, rather than walls of masonry, formed the main supporting material for a large commercial structure. The Home Insurance Building was demolished in 1931 to make way for the 42-story Field Building, which became the city's largest office building at the time. 1936: Chicago shifted its clocks ahead, but not just for a few months. The City Council decided Chicago would be on Eastern Standard Time for the entire year. But it was confusing so clocks changed back to Central Standard Time on Nov. 15, 1936. That was the end of year-round Eastern Standard Time in Illinois. 1940: Richard Wright's 'Native Son' was published four years after he founded the South Side Writers Group. Wright found the model for his novel's protagonist, Bigger Thomas, in the news coverage of the rape and murder of Chicago fireman's wife Florence Johnson and the subsequent conviction and execution of Robert Nixon. The Tribune reported Wright spent, 'the first money he got from the book to buy his mother a house. She and his brothers live here on Chicago's South Side, the scene of the book.' 2014: The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 before a sold-out crowd of 62,921 at Soldier Field as part of the NHL Stadium Series. Want more vintage Chicago?
Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Yahoo
Veteran Ireland traveler John Madden to lead Scranton's St. Patrick's Parade
John Madden, a Dunmore businessman who has traveled to Ireland 35 times, has been named the grand marshal of Scranton's St. Patrick's Parade. His 3-year-old granddaughter, Anna, has practiced waving at the crowd to be ready to walk in the March 8 parade. 'This will be exciting, because it is my first parade with my grandchildren,' Madden said. Weather permitting, even a baby granddaughter will go along. Madden is among several people named to places of honor by the St. Patrick's Parade Association of Lackawanna County. They will start the celebration with the tapping of a firkin of beer on Friday at Cooper's Seafood House to raise money for the parade. Madden is a sales manager at TravelWorld, which has offices in Scranton and Kingston. He is a former president of the Kiwanis Club of Scranton, a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Lackawanna County and a member of the Irish American Men's Association. He is married to the former Mary Ellen Finnerty. 'It will be among the greatest honors of my lifetime,' Madden said. It was a total surprise. 'John has served and supported numerous local non-profit groups throughout our region,' parade committee member Tim Holmes said by email. 'In his role at TravelWorld, he has also organized and hosted countless tours of Ireland and thereby introduced hundreds of Northeast Pennsylvania citizens to their ancestral homes.' His parents, the late Jack and Josephine Madden, often took him to Ireland to visit a relative outside Galway. The honorary grand marshals of the parade are the Cooper family, owners of Cooper's Seafood House, Scranton, and the site of the firkin tapping fundraiser. The parade marshal is Raymond Lynady, president of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Lackawanna County, and the honorary parade marshal is John Michaely. Marty Ratchford was named the Native Son, a token of respect that is bestowed by the association some years. The parade is dedicated to the memory of Tom Cawley and Bill Healy. Firkin Friday starts the official countdown for the association. Cooper's has a microbrewery, and a cask of its beer will be tapped at 5 p.m. at the restaurant, 701 N. Washington Ave. Admission is free, with proceeds of every pint sold from the charity cask benefiting the parade. The event goes until 7 p.m. The parade will step off from Mulberry Street and Wyoming Avenue on Saturday, March 8, at 11: 45 a.m.
