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Black Explosion Reporter Ashley Ankapong does a business profile on a Black student owned crochet business.
The Undocumented Student Program hosted its sixth annual Dream Gala, bringing together undocumented immigrants of all backgrounds for a celebratory night.
The gala raised funds for students who experience financial difficulties related to immigration. The Political Latinx United for Movement and Action in Society and Migrating Shells helped to coordinate the event.
Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies associate professor Dr. Zenzele Isoke and Women’s Studies Lecturer Dr. Sydney Lewis hosted their first Black Women’s Studies Movie Night at the University of Maryland last Wednesday evening
The school of language, literature, and culture at the University of Maryland played restored historical movies for the Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival during on-campus screenings from Mar 11 and 12. The department wanted to show world cinema from different points of view.
Dreamville shocked the world on Wednesday after announcing that they teamed up with DJ Drama to produce their newest collaborative project, “D-Day.”
Based in 2049, the film follows Sophie and Walt as they try to reach their goal of going to Mars. Sophie has had a strict bucket list to stick to her whole life and one of them is to reunite with her boyfriend who’s currently working on Mars. Although Walt’s application to go to Mars is rejected several times, he decides to take the ultimate risk to meet the girl of his dreams that’s on Mars as well.
The album consists of 17 tracks, including two singles “Over” and “Candy Drip”, and two interludes “Candy Drip'' and “Touch Somebody.” Daye shows off his spoken word skills on the intro and Candy Drip interlude. In both pieces, he admires and woos a lover over a similar instrumental to the succeeding track.
In an exclusive interview with Black Explosion reporter Aaron Wright, actor Stephanie Beatriz talked about “In the Heights,” how she got her start in acting and the impact of “Encanto.”
This spring, more events are opening for in-person attendance including the annual Spring Movie Series located in the Stamp Student Union’s Hoff Theater.
The Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) program in the Creative Writing and the Jiménez-Porter Writers' House hosted a virtual reading session with authors Cristina Rivera Garza and Mitchell S. Jackson on March 4.