1. Music Extra: One on One with Yaw
(Reviews/Reviews)

... just stuff. MS:  With One Way one Yaw and more complete or centralized projects is it very difficult for you to decide which pieces of you you’re putting out there and how to organize it? Yaw: It has ...

2. Issue08 Fiction/Poetry: Daunte Henderson
(Articles/Articles)

... there is definitely some agency that we as a group haven't tapped into. There isn't that sense of hope we once had. I think in order for all that to be fixed, the family needs to return to being the centerpiece ...

3. Issue07 Politics: Tea Party Craze Hits a Fever Pitch
(Articles/Articles)

... of the conservatives. It seems as though this faction of the conservatives are representative of the worst of America: A touch of xenaphobia expressed through racism bellowed through an ignorant mouthpiece. ...

4. Issu07 Fiction/Poetry: Dark Twain
(Artists/Artists)

... hand that moves the next piece in our conquest… And he continued... BC: What is this next conquest and what inspired it? DT: Taking a trip is like reading a book you go where ever your mind takes you, ...

5. Issue05 Lifestyle: Not Separate and Equal
(Blogs/Blogs)

... and acknowledged, to dissect ourselves into those pieces separates us in a negative way. It separates us in a way that creates more space for alienation, marginalization and for ranking the importance ...

6. Issue04 Movies: Up Next
(Blogs/Blogs)

Issue04 2010-03-02    Why Did I Get Married, Too? Many of you may have read the piece that I wrote about Tyler Perry a few months ago. I was brutal and unforgiving in my commentary. Not much has changed. ...

7. Issue03 Sports: Best Trade or Biggest Boneheads?
(Blogs/Blogs)

Issue03 2010-02-23    This piece was supposed to be about the NBA trade deadline and all the moves made, but one move trumped them all and requires special attention. I am talking, of course, about ...

8. Issue03 Lifestyle: Indulging in the Arts and Continuing Relevancy
(Blogs/Blogs)

... and perseveres.  Some of his pieces were auctioned off along with those that were donated by other artists all to fund relief in Haiti. And throughout the night, the band was rocking out with stories of ...

9. Issue01 Allen in South Africa: "I Am Not Tiger Woods...Me Either"
(Blogs/Blogs)

... Get over it. I like the movie as a piece of art directed towards kids and would encourage people with kids (or a young/soft heart) to see it. Feeling particularly good about life, I then visited The Slave ...

10. Allen in South Africa: Harry Potter Brings out Society's Inner Witch?
(Blogs/Blogs)

... gangsters and such. Amazing! (Tangent: I like the idea of the well dressed gangster. How cool is it to be in a three-piece suit but knowing that you will probably be running, fighting, and possibly bloodying ...

11. A Call For Submissions
(Home/Home)

... best seller list or the bottom of a rubbish bin is a matter for the fates, but when all is said and done, every piece of writing has an inextricable worth.   If you are interested in submitting, send ...

12. From: Allen Linton To: Brian Clarke Re: NBA Decade Superlatives
(Blogs/Blogs)

... pieces of winning teams. Best Rags to Riches Story: 2007 Boston Celtics After being screwed in the 2007 draft (first draft where three worst teams did not received the top 3 picks since 1993), the Celtics ...

13. Brian Clarke's NBA Decade Superlatives
(Blogs/Blogs)

... who pieced together the 2004 champions. On the other hand, the Nuggets seem poised tto make another run at the finals. (Honorable Mention: The hiring and firing of Larry Brown from those brilliant Knicks) ...

14. B.E. Artist Spotlight: Chester French
(BE Blog/BE Blog)

... after four years, an impressive piece of card stock paper with a fancy crest on it. Had you fooled.   Continue Reading...     The band is composed of lead vocalist and songwriter Andrew "D.A." ...

15. Child, Please!: 10 Reasons Why this Black Woman Dislikes Tyler Perry
(Blogs/The Bree Little Show)

... If you love what you do, you should do more work on it.  7. Bad hair pieces: Lord, Jesus be a fence. If I see one more bad hair piece on Tyler Perry’s--or any other actor’s-- head during a movie, I ...

16. Has Hip Hop's Artist of the Decade Finally Lost His Cool?
(Blogs/Blogs)

... the kind of production that seemed unthinkable for a hip hop artist,  and is reserved for mega-selling pop/rock stars like Britney Spears, U2, and Madonna--complete with an eleven-piece chamber orchestra ...

17. Letters from Lauryn: Is Maxwell Onto Something Here? The Meaning Behind the Music
(BE Blog/BE Blog)

... many things are, "the story of my life," this particular piece of work is creepily reminiscent of many of the trials, lessons, feelings and emotions I found myself having recently. Of course it's not easy ...

18. A Tale of Two Bills
(Articles/Articles)

... At the moment though congressional leaders are just trying to make sure that there is a bill to vote on period. This week the senate will try to piece together two radically different measures. The first ...

19. From the Mouths of Children...
(BE Blog/BE Blog)

... a performance piece with a group of incoming high school freshman. The text used in this piece, aptly titled "Chi-City: UCW Speaks", was written during a writing and community building workshop that I ...

20. Unsigned and Upward Bound
(Artists/Artists)

... to illustrate a tale of the city bar by bar and I think that's something that people from all walks of life can relate to." B-Lyn has teased local but loyal fans with bits and pieces of what was to be ...