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At Tamales Tamazula, Food is Art
Cruz Arroyo owns and operates Tamales Tamazula in Richmond, where his passion for food and tradition drives his business and keeps his customers returning week after week.
Our Fund Foundation Kickstarts LGBT Art in South Florida
After 15 months of uncertainty about the future of live entertainment in South Florida, several organizations are leading the return with a tidal wave of LGBT programming, thanks to an initiative started by the Our Fund Foundation.
Be Your 'Authentic Self’ At the Fashion Art Ball in Delray Beach
“I don’t have any background in the health field whatsoever,” said Jefferson, who works in fashion and design by day, “But I knew I wanted to make a difference somehow.”
Meet the Candidate: Rhoda Hoods
After transferring to FAU just before the start of the pandemic last year and spending months fighting for racial justice, 22-year-old Elementary Education major Rhoda Hoods says she was inspired to run for office by the civil unrest of last summer and its impact on the FAU community.
The Rose Report: What’s The Appropriate Response to a Loved One Coming Out?
I’ll give you a hint: It’s not “I knew it!” or ‘Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
As the public becomes relatively less violent towards LGBT+ individuals, the likelihood that someone in your community may, at some point in time, come out to you steadily increases. Coming out isn’t an isolated event; it’s a process that happens in stages. Whether it happens at the dinner table or in the cereal aisle at Wal-Mart, there are several ways to make sure your reaction is, at least, supportive and harm-reducing.
The Rose Report, Sisterhood, Sanitizer, and Service
Against the backdrop of COVID-19 cautions and amplified conversations about FAU’s treatment of Black students, the women of the Business and Professional Women’s Scholarship House have managed to create an oasis of sisterhood and service – without the pandemic guidance provided to the other residence halls, they said.
First presidential debate descends into chaos, cacophony, and accusations
At times it was a debate, at times it was a shouting match, and at times even moderator and Fox News anchor Chris Wallace “lost track as well” between the verbal attacks exchanged by the two nominees for President of the United States.
Six albums to re-visit during quarantine
Summer 2020 is gone, and all of our favorite music festivals, from Essence Fest to Coachella, have either been canceled or placed into the virtual realm. If you’re running out of new music and looking for some old jams to quarantine to, take a look at some of these classics you may have missed while scrolling through Spotify or Apple Music as we enter our sixth month of quarantine.
Opinion: Six lessons from last week’s diversity meetings
Students across different ethnic groups addressed a variety of concerns – calling out the lack of Black faculty, the behavior of donors such as Marleen Forkas towards Black students, and requesting a physical space on campus for Black students to convene, similar to the Hillel Center for Jewish students, or the LGBT+ Resource Center. There were some great strides made, and some great mistakes as well.
Coronavirus Columns: Coronavirus is ruining my trips to Walmart
As I push my brave little Scion through the crowded parking lot of the Walmart Supercenter in Delray Beach, I start to have second thoughts.
The African American Shakespeare Company is coming to Jack London Square
“Right about now, we all need a laugh,” Callender said. “This is the right time, and the right place.”