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Kayla Bruzzese, Chief Financial Officer of Skylar Capital Management.
Published on January 12, 2023
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Capital City Black Film Festival to Honor Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Winner Louis Gossett, Jr. at the Festival’s 2017 Opening Night Gala
Two World Premieres – “Breaking Brooklyn” and “The Reason” – Featuring Louis Gossett, Jr., Will Be Screened at the Festival
The Capital City Black Film Festival (CCBFF) today announced that Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy winner Louis Gossett, Jr., will be honored at the film festival’s Opening Night Gala on Thursday, August 17, 2017, at the Austin Convention Center. This year marks the Festival’s 5th Anniversary of showcasing the best in Black independent film from the brightest minds in filmmaking.
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Wynton Marsalis Performs for One Night Only in Houston
Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter and composer, Wynton Marsalis will perform with the Jazz Houston Orchestra for one night only, Thursday, May 24, 2018, 7:00pm at The Hobby Center for Performing Arts, located at 800 Bagby Street, Houston, TX 77022. The upcoming show, “Wynton Marsalis: Swingin’ Through H-Town,” closes out Jazz Houston’s inaugural 2017-2018 season and is hosted in partnership with KTSU, 90.9FM.
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City of Beverly Hills holds inaugural Pride event to kickoff Pride Month
Music blared outside the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills as a crowd gathered to celebrate the start of Pride Month.
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Congressman Al Green to Commemorate North America’s First Eternal Gandhi Museum in Houston
On Monday, October 2, 2023, Congressman Al Green will deliver remarks at the Eternal Gandhi Museum Houston, followed by the unveiling of a commemorative granite stone, marking the museum’s inauguration. This landmark institution is dedicated to promoting Mahatma Gandhi’s enduring legacy and universal values. Fort Bend County Judge KP George will place a time capsule at the site to preserve the historic moment.
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Blockbuster blizzard slamming California, 12 feet snow possible, 100-mph wind gusts
A dangerous winter storm has arrived in California and will unload feet of snow, powerful winds and rare blizzard conditions in the mountains through the weekend.
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Yemen Rebels Fire Ballistic Missile On Saudi Capital, State TV Reports
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen has said it intercepted a ballistic missile south of Riyadh on Tuesday, according to Saudi state television station Al Ekhbariya. The missile did not cause any damage.
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Rex Tillerson may Have Left Exxon at Right Time
Did Secretary of State Rex Tillerson leave Exxon at the top of the oil market?
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Greece and Macedonia sign agreement on name change
Greece and Macedonia signed an historic agreement Sunday to rename the latter the Republic of North Macedonia, possibly putting end to a dispute that has soured relations between the two countries for decades.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Joins the 2022 IHeartRadio Festival Lineup
The Two-Day Main Stage Event Will Also Feature Performances from Avril Lavigne, Black Eyed Peas, Halsey, Lionel Richie, LL COOL J feat. DJ Z-Trip, Luke Combs, Maren Morris, Megan Thee Stallion, Morgan
iHeartMedia announced today that Sean Diddy Combs has been added to the iconic lineup for the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival. The annual legendary two-day concert event takes place on Friday, September 23 and Saturday, September 24 at Las Vegas’ hottest entertainment venue, T-Mobile Arena.
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Louis Gossett, Jr. to appear at the 2017 Capital City Black Film Festival
Published on June 29, 2017
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Natchez, Mississippi: History and Heritage On Every Corner
Nestled along the banks of the curvy Mississippi River and situated high on The Bluff is a piece of preserved United States history that tells a story for generations to come. Natchez, first settled by the French in 1719 – 1729 makes it the oldest city to be established along the Mississippi River! Once considered the second wealthiest city in the U.S. (behind NYC) in the 1800s, Natchez was a retreat for many well-known millionaires. There is no doubt that the history of Mississippi is the history of America.
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A man walks over debris in Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Credit: Antonio Bronic/Reuters
Published on December 29, 2020
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Houston Texans vs San Francisco 49ers
Photography by Semetra Samuel - It was Battle Red Sunday for the Houston Texans. This …
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TSU's JHJ School of Business "40 Under 40" Young Alumni Leaders in Business Awards
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Reunion Community Dinner
Photography by Vicky Pink - Houston Black Restaurant Week (HBRW) kicked off its first annual …
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Texas School District Bans Confederate Displays
Students at one Texas middle school will no longer be able to call themselves "Rebels" after the Corpus Christi Independent School District removed the logo and mascot in response to concerns from parents.
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'Are we there yet?' A Road Trip With Kids Is Itself a Destination
I'm writing this on a road trip, the longest we've taken with our two daughters. It is nine hours according to the phone's GPS, which means 11 hours in actual time with stops, which equates to 24 hours in perceived time.
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Google's new Street View camera is more portable (and looks weirdly cute)
Since launching in five US cities in 2007, Google's Street View cars have been circling the globe, using roof-mounted cameras to map more than 10 million miles of imagery — pictures that have been stitched together to build a visual map of much of the world.
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Snoop Dogg to Speak at C2 Montréal 2018
C2 Montréal – May 23-25, 2018
C2 Montréal is proud to announce that Snoop Dogg will be a speaker at the 7th edition of its flagship event, which will be held from May 23 to 25, 2018 in Montreal, Canada at the Arsenal. The artist turned entrepreneur will take centre stage in the Big Top to discuss his entrepreneurial vision for the cannabis industry. Joining Snoop Dogg for the talk is Ted Chung, a media entrepreneur and Snoop's business partner at Casa Verde Capital and co-founder of Merry Jane.
