#black-joy-parade

#black-joy-parade

"It was a night for Haiti, a night of Black excellence, success, and resilience," said Debbie Louis in an interview with Caribbean Life Newspaper.

My grandma was my biggest cheerleader to get to do this for her and to raise awareness and to help find a cure is just the most incredible feeling.

"The Fine Art and Design sale brings together an exciting selection of works that reflect some of the most enduring ideas in modern and contemporary art. You'll find pieces that explore the human form as a space for storytelling and identity, alongside works that offer nuanced perspectives on sexuality."

Carter Shocket stated, 'They kind of felt like they happened and then they were over, like it wasn't a long-lasting kind of project. It was just a flash-in-the-pan kind of thing.'

Exploring Transgender Identity in South Carolina is a candid photographic and interview-based documentation of transgender life in South Carolina. This project offers a contemporary visual record of a community that exists largely outside of that narrative yet within its realities.

The free, family-friendly celebration will feature a block party on Valencia Street, spanning 15th to 18th Streets, and will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The Bandera Cimarrona, a flag conceived at the first edition of the International Summit of Afro-descendants in Puerto Rico in 2022, stands as a symbol of the resistance, the pursuit of freedom, and the strength of Afro-descendants on the island and throughout the Americas.

It was fun. That was my first time going to St. Patrick's Day. I didn't know it was like a big thing. It felt like there was like a million people out there. It was a lot of people out there. It was cold, and it was early, and it felt like the whole city was drunk, but I had a good time just to go out and say hello to the people of Boston and things like that.

Grace Cathedral's annual fundraising gala Carnivale, this year entitled "Noite de Carnaval: A Celebration of Joy," took place on the evening of February 13, 2026. The event was inspired by Brazil's Carnival, which began on the same evening in cities such as Rio de Janeiro.

As a candidate, he eschewed the idea - saying he would be too busy governing to march. "I haven't thought much about parades, to be honest with you," Mamdani said during a general election debate. But as a mayor who rose to power by appealing to oft-overlooked constituencies like young, South Asian and Muslim voters, Mamdani has also governed with a pragmatic streak.

So Year of the Horse, it's energy, it's passion, it's momentum so a lot of things that we're really hoping to embody in the new year. We're in the home stretch. We've got a couple of days left and we've got a nice little team that's cranking out all the finishing work that needs to go into it.

This free public event runs today from 11am to 4pm at Parque de los Pobladores on 510 S 1st Street in Downtown San Jose. You can gather with your family amid lively performances, interactive activities, and wellness resources that honor African and African ancestry heritage.

This one is for the 5-foot-10 and up ladies and the over 6-foot fellas looking for love. Hit those marks and you'll enjoy $2 cocktails until midnight. But don't worry if you're not a tall glass of water; everyone is welcome to join. The vibes include live music by DJs Thowwow and Mousetwat, plus a dating game starting at 9 p.m. for a chance to win a paid Valentine's Day dinner at Sobre Mesa. Wednesday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m., free, Thee Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave.

It's a standard trope in portrayals of assimilated Jews to open with a scene built around a Christmas tree. That's how Tom Stoppard's " Leopoldstadt" and Alfred Uhry's " Last Night of Ballyhoo" begin, and also Ian Buruma's memoir about his grandparents, " Their Promised Land." The idea is, as soon as you show that, you've got the audience's full attention, especially if it's a Jewish audience, because it's so peculiar.

BAY RIDGE - FASTELAVN, THE DANISH VERSION OF MARDI GRAS, comes to Bay Ridge on Saturday, Feb. 7. The Scandinavian East Coast Museum sponsors this annual event, held in advance of the penitential season of Lent, which is observed in many Lutheran countries, including in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Lent begins early this year, on Feb. 18, which will be Ash Wednesday. Bay Ridge carries a rich Scandinavian history dating back to the immigration waves of the mid-19th century and again post-World War II.

With more than 170 floats and 10,000 marchers, the 48th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebration was an explosion of colour. The rain held off until the end of the parade this year a welcome relief given the more than 100mm that Sydney experienced just a few days before.

I'm chowing down on a mini King Cake, my breakfast. It's a braided cinnamon Danish sprinkled with purple, green, and gold edible glitter, with a cream cheese filling and a little plastic baby perched astride. The baby represents the infant Jesus and is said to bring luck (and an obligation to host the next fête, if he shows up in your slice.)

From February 15 through February 21, the museum will host its annual Black Future Festival, a weeklong slate of performances, workshops, and hands-on programs designed to give children and families space to imagine the next century of Black creativity, resilience, and innovation. The festival runs during New York City public schools' midwinter recess and fills the museum's galleries with movement, sound, and art-making.

NYC Pride, which organizes the main Pride March in New York City on the final Sunday in June, unveiled its 2026 theme, For All of Us, which is inspired by a quote attributed to the late Marsha P. Johnson. This year's theme aims to pay tribute to LGBTQ trailblazers like Johnson while also emphasizing the need to support marginalized members of the community, according to NYC Pride.