Women who dance together during Mardi Gras create bonds unlike any other. From hours of practice to perfecting costumes to performing in parades, dance krewes make the most of the two Carnival months.

One October morning, as Cera Meintzer sat on her couch basking in the sun streaming through her south-facing windows, inspiration struck. “I remember that I felt warm and had this visual in my mind of ...

Click to open image viewer. John Biggers was one of the first African American artists to travel to Africa to study different cultural traditions and practices. He went to the continent in 1957, where ...

Modern Black femme artists are reveling in the spoils of dance music reentering the mainstream, not that it hasn’t been here all along. Staking claim to 1990s house music were vocalists Caron Wheeler, ...