L.A.’s official, annual party tradition, Brazilian Carnaval is the closest you can get to the excitement and rhythms of Rio and Bahia in Los Angeles. This dance and music concert features the Los Angeles Samba School who will inaugurate Carnaval with a rambunctious parade, SambaDá and Chalo Eduardo’s All Star Band of highly acclaimed international musicians performing Carnaval hits, plus an all night pageant of elite SAMBA DANCERS and CAPOEIRA, the Afro Brazilian martial art dance.
The Immigrant Magazine,Event,Ricky Ricardo Photos by Ricky Ricardo Read PAFF Celebrates Two Decades Of African Diaspora in Cinema [Translate]
The Red Carpet Arrival was smoking hot with celebrities who strolled into the Theatre for the premier of the movie Think Like A Man on a warm Southern Californian evening. In attendance from the film were Screen Gems President Clint Culpepper,Jerry Ferrara,Meagan Good,Regina Hall,Kevin Hart,Tariji P.Henson,Terrence J,Romany Malco,Gary Owen,Gabrielle Union,Lala Anthony,Arielle Kebbel,Kelly Rowland,Lisa Leslie,producer Will Packer,writers Keith Merryman and David A.Newman;and director Tim Story.
In 1973 Illinois was the first state to adopt MLK Day as a state holiday.
GRIT AND WHIMSY II: THE BEST OF RECENT BELGIAN CINEMA Presented by the Consulate General of Belgium in Los Angeles, in cooperation with Flanders Image and Wallonie Bruxelles Images, with the support of E.L.M.A. (European Languages and Movies in America).
Many leaders in Africa come to solicit funds from the western counterpart with the intent for human development. However, when the receive the funds they engage in luxury, corruption, and embezzlement at the expense of the poor.
Anime fans like Terrazas are gearing up for the Anime Expo in Los Angeles, Calif., which is scheduled for July 1 to 4. Expo officials are expecting some 125,000 attendees this year, an increase of 16,000 from last year’s event.
The Africa Achievement Awards, which have been presented in the U.S. since 1991 and have become the principal part of America’s observance of the Africa Day celebrations, will for the first time in its 18 years move from its traditional Beverly Hills, California venue to Africa. This year's event is honoring the Republic of Ghana and to highlight this honor the Awards Gala will be held in Accra, at the oceanside La Palm Royal Hotel.
A special artist performance by former Koffi Olumide band member @ The Oasis Club
This story is set in 1990 in the suburbs of Nairobi, Kenya. A mysterious and frightening threat is starting to devastate communities in East Africa. The traditionalists are calling it a "curse caused by sorcery", and trained doctors and scientists are calling it a new virus that is transmitted through bodily fluids. The community is caught between both worlds.
