[caption id="attachment_376" align="aligncenter" width="596"] Frozen Meets Monster High Event for kids[/caption] [caption id="attachment_375" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Kids at the 2015 Frozen Meets Monster High Event[/caption] 2015 celebrating culture days. The events were successful and had huge turnouts. Frozen meets Monster High was celebrated by over 150 children and...

September  2014 saw the success of the fifth annual Arte De Carnavale/Culture Days event in Nanaimo BC. Here are some highlights from that event. [caption id="attachment_272" align="aligncenter" width="401"] Shalema Gantt and models from Panache adorned in Arte De Carnavale costume.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_269" align="aligncenter" width="550"] 2014 Nanaimo Culture...

[caption id="attachment_111" align="alignleft" width="300"] Judy Sims and her mother Nadine Sims by Starks Monument[/caption] Sylvia Stark was born enslaved, in Clay County, Missouri, USA in 1839, the daughter of Howard and Hannah Estes. Her father was owned by a different person than the rest of the...

Dr. Maya Angelou is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, she continues to travel the world, spreading her legendary wisdom. Within the rhythm...

Obama was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Obama, Sr., a Black Kenyan of Nyang’oma Kogelo, Siaya District, Kenya, and Ann Dunham, a White American from Wichita, Kansas. His parents met while attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa. After his parent’s divorce,...

The Harlem Renaissance, or the New Negro Movement, impacted urban centers throughout the United States. Across the cultural spectrum (literature, drama, music, visual art, dance) and also in the realm of social thought (sociology, historiography, philosophy), artists and intellectuals found new ways to explore the historical...