Comment on The Smooth Cruise 2023 by Lisa Swinton
What is the summer 2023 schedule lineup for the smooth jazz NY out of pier 40 going to be?
Comment on Paris Smooth Jazz Festival 2024 by John Ani Murray
Hi Paris Smooth Jazz Festival 2024, Greetings from the pacific and hope this mail finds you well. I’m a flute player, recording smooth Jazz artist from Papua New Guinea, a small island country north of Australia. Iam very interested and would love to participate and perform my pacific smooth jazz songs/tracks at the festival 2024.
Comment on Brian Culbertson’s Napa Valley Jazz Getaway 2023 by Gwendolyn C. Woods
I purchased brunch tickets. Is this event still happening since the venue has changed?
Black men talk youth, ‘hood culture’ and education at Enoch Pratt’s Amplified Voices Series: My Brother’s Keeper
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Residents voice concerns over Southwest Baltimore food deserts at Associated Black Charities ‘Community Convo’ in Poppleton
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Baltimore leaders and residents celebrate National Night Out
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U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to oversee former President Donald J. Trump’s election interference case
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UN chief welcomes Kenya’s offer to ‘positively consider’ leading police force to combat Haiti gangs
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From paramedic to fire chief: meet James Wallace, the new head of the Baltimore City Fire Department
By Khira Moore, AFRO Intern Baltimore City Fire Department officials joined Mayor Brandon Scott as he nominated James Wallace, acting director of the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management, as the new fire chief. Wallace began his career as a medical paramedic before switching to firefighter-paramedics. He’s gained experience in several levels of leadership, even serving
The Moore Report: The sun and the gun are killing us: some ideas to chew on
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