Lifestyle Archives - Page 10 of 206 - The Washington Informer

Lifestyle Archives - Page 10 of 206 - The Washington Informer

**FILE** After footage leaked of Sean “Diddy” Combs brutally beating singer Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura, the rapper and producer issued an apology. However many, including Ventura’s lawyer, consider the apology "self-serving." (WI photo)

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Stacy M. Brown

Diddy Drama Continues: Assault Footage Leaked, His Instagram Apology, Former Head of Security Speaks

by Stacy M. BrownMay 21, 2024May 21, 2024

Hundreds gather in the Afro Preak tent for Preakness 149 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, May 18. (Micha Green/The Washington Informer)

Black Excellence, Representation Highlighted Throughout Preakness 149

by Micha GreenMay 21, 2024May 21, 2024

Farah Karim-Cooper (Courtesy of folger.edu)

Folger Shakespeare Library Names Farah Karim-Cooper as New Director

by James Wright Jr.May 20, 2024May 20, 2024

Lusenie Turay's piece "Regal Musing," inspired by his Sierra-Leonian heritage, will hang in the U.S. Capitol for a year. (Courtesy of Rep. Steny Hoyer)

Arts, Lifestyle

Prince George’s Student Wins Fifth District Congressional Art Competition

by Ashleigh FieldsMay 17, 2024May 20, 2024

Originally from D.C., husband-and-wife duo Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter, known as The War And Treaty, participated in the annual Grammys on the Hill Advocacy Day. Before performing during a dinner event on April 30 for the advocacy days in Washington, D.C., the couple discussed the importance of meeting with Congressional leaders. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Entertainment, Lifestyle

Grammys Come to Capitol Hill Supporting Rights of Music Creatives

by Brenda C. SilerMay 15, 2024May 15, 2024

The Water Nymph, played by actor Miss Kitty, introduces audiences to the mythical tales of Ovid in Mary Zimmerman’s “Metamorphoses,” directed by Psalmayene 24, on stage at Folger Theatre until June 16. (Courtesy of Brittany Diliberto)

Overlapping Storylines Keep Audiences Engaged for Folger Theatre’s ‘Metamorphoses’

by Brenda C. SilerMay 15, 2024May 15, 2024

Cirque du Soleil's Corteo, which means cortege in Italian, is a joyous procession that combines the actor's passion with the acrobat's grace and power to plunge the audience into a theatrical world of fun, comedy, and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. (Courtesy photo)

Lifestyle, Things to Do DMV

Things to Do, DMV: Weekend Rundown, May 16-19

by Jada IngletonMay 15, 2024May 20, 2024

Jennifer Klein of the White House Gender Policy Council speaks with Julie Burns, founder of Room to Grow, alongside Uma Thurman, Destin Davis and Akilah King in the Indian Treaty Room. (Ashleigh Fields/The Washington Informer)

White House Mother’s Day Celebrations Welcome Howard Family

by Ashleigh FieldsMay 14, 2024May 15, 2024

Through his prison ministry, the Go Foundation, rapper Project Pat speaks to residents of correctional facilities, throughout the U.S. He came to the District’s Department of Youth Services’ New Beginnings and Youth Services Center on April 26. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Rapper Project Pat Takes Prison Ministry to Youth Services Center and New Beginning

by Sam P.K. CollinsMay 13, 2024May 13, 2024

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and President of the Daisy Bates Foundation Charles King and other leaders clap as the Daisy Bates statue is unveiled in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall on May 8. (Shedrick Pelt @sdotpdotmedia/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Black History, Lifestyle, Stacy M. Brown

Arkansas Civil Rights Icon Daisy Bates Commemorated with Capitol Statue

by Stacy M. BrownMay 13, 2024May 13, 2024