11-29-2024  1:50 pm   •   PDX and SEA Weather

(Photo/ Solange Knowles via Twitter) 

She is the first Black woman widely recognized for her composition and the third Black woman to ever work on a composition for the NYCB. 

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The free, day-long celebration of music features performances by local artists and the Oregon Symphony 

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Beyonce's Renaissance 

With a healthy helping of Chicago house music and classic 1970s disco, the New York Times called Renaissance a “tour of some of the genre’s most well-known touchstones as well as more underground sounds.”

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With a speech about his own inspirational dream for the Black community, Sean “Diddy” Combs channeled the spirit of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. while accepting the BET Awards' highest honor Sunday night.

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The Service to America Leadership Award is NABLF’s highest individual citation that is presented in recognition of honorees’ commitment to advocacy and public service.

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Saxophonist Eldon T Jones and singer LaRhonda Steele will perform at Alberta Rose Theatre for their first Juneteenth Celebration Concert at 8 p.m., Saturday, June 18.

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The Country Music Hall of Fame will induct Ray Charles and The Judds into its ranks on Sunday night, though the death of Naomi Judd a day earlier will bring sadness to the normally celebratory ceremony

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(AP Photo/Bruna Prado) 

How much post-pandemic partying is in store during the first Carnival in two years?

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Photo courtesy of the US Department of Education 

U.S. Secretary of Education will join performers onstage to play Latin percussion drums

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Radio stations will simulcast Damien Geter’s first-of-its-kind requiem live from Portland, on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 5:50 p.m. PT. Performed by Oregon Symphony and Resonance Ensemble, the program will be syndicated to stations across the US in June, free of charge.

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