The Office of the Art in State Buildings Program will host a campus bus tour of the artwork in the state’s permanent art collection during Saturday’s Artists in Bloom Festival. Kenneth Falana, professor of art and chairman of the department of Visual Arts, Humanities and Theater, will lead the tour […]

Florida A&M University will host the Artist In Bloom Festival at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Directed by Valencia Matthews, interim assistant dean of the college of arts and science, the event will celebrate the arts and African tradition. Instead of having an Olympic-style festival, Matthews decided on opening the program […]

Visitors can expect a wide range of food, crafts and demonstrations at the first Artists in Bloom Festival. Vendors can be found along the Set and Quadrangle. On Saturday, the festival will be held on campus. From Lee Hall to the Grand Ballroom the festivities will be hard to miss. […]

A self-admitted product of his community, actor, producer and filmmaker Tim Reid believes that his motivation to produce his own films comes from the neighborhoods of his youth. “It was bred in me,” said the star of the television sitcom “Sister-Sister.” He was speaking of his childhood in segregated Norfolk, […]

An eclectic group of 15 authors will participate in a forum at the Artist In Bloom Festival Book Fair on Saturday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Quadrangle of the Grand Ballroom Patty Byers, Anne Gayles-Felton and Althemese Barnes are three of the authors who will be speaking about […]

Florida State University Flying High Circus will perform on the Rattler Stage in the Youth Activity Zone located at the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Complex for FAMU’s Artists In Bloom festival on Saturday, Mar. 9. The show will consist of many different ground acts including juggling, hand balancing, acrobatics and other […]

Natural hair can be a serious commitment for males. However, more men are deciding to trade their hairbrushes for hair picks. Black males who decide to go natural should know what to do to keep their hair healthy, and how to avoid things that may damage their hair. “People don’t […]

Ellis Richardson will never play in the NBA. The former high school basketball standout took a chance at NBA stardom immediately after he graduated from Poly High School in Sun Valley, Calif., but had his hopes dashed when he failed to get drafted in 1998. Now he’s serving time for […]

#8220;Nann” was the song that gave Maurice Young the fame he always dreamed of. This fast spitting, raunchy rapper broke into the music business in 1996, and took the industry by storm. Since then, he has released hit after hit, but some people wouldn’t know it because he’s not being […]

Sybil Mobley believes gaining accreditation for the School of Business and Industry is not as important as producing internationally respected students. “At first I was reluctant to apply (for accreditation) because the standards to be accredited are lower than the standards we hold for this school,” said Mobley, the dean […]