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EXPERIENCE, Film, JUSTICE, PLAY, Racial Justice, SportingJuly 23, 2024

Film Review | Jesse Owens, the Movie “RACE” and the Impact on the 2024 Olympic Games

Jesse Owens was an African American track athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. His story is significant because, in 1936, Europe was on the brink of World War II. Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, hosted the Berlin Olympics with the intent of showcasing its ideology of Aryan racial superiority. However, the Games became notable for challenging this propaganda. Jesse Owens’ victories directly contradicted Nazi racial theories and highlighted the absurdity of racial discrimination.

People of Note, PLAY, PONDER, SportingJuly 23, 2024

Person of Note | The Mack Robinson Legacy: Defying the Odds in Life and at the Olympics

By Dennis Robinson

In 1936 at the Olympic Games, the odds were heavily stacked against Black athletes. Many were questioned about why they would agree to compete in a country that was racist toward them while representing another racist country. Yet, those 18 Black athletes knew that they would defy the status quo. By participating in these Olympic Games, they personified the idea of “taking up space,” and understood the lasting impact their presence would have for generations to come.

EXPERIENCE, Museums & Art ExhibitionsJanuary 23, 2024

Exhibit Review | Art Share L.A. : SOMOS

By Enrique @ Culture Honey

These works underscore the enduring strength and resilience of our community. I am optimistic that the forthcoming generation will boldly seek fair and equal compensation, rightfully recognizing the immense value we contribute to the workforce.

EXPERIENCE, Museums & Art ExhibitionsDecember 12, 2023

Exhibit Review | Basquiat : KING PLEASURE

By Enrique @ Culture Honey

“Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure” is more than an art exhibit; it is a journey through the life of a remarkable artist whose vision transcended the boundaries of his time.”

City LIfe!!, EXPLOREOctober 17, 2023

Exploring Los Angeles | Rolling Greens – Garden & Nursery Mecca for the Modern Home

By Georgia Sanders

One balmy Southern California weekend in July, I had the opportunity to explore an eminent garden center in Los Angeles called Rolling Greens. I had learned about this comprehensive, family-owned garden center from their smaller shop in the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles. But it is the larger flagship center in Culver City is where our afternoon was spent…

JOURNEY, JUSTICE, Racial Justice, RelationshipsOctober 20, 2022

Dr. Angela Davis | How The YWCA Saved Her Mother’s Life

By James Farr

In a timely and inspirational message, Dr. Angela Davis said that the work that her mother did, and so many others, especially women, and also including white women – is work has never been lifted up, until now.

A Black man wearing a grey beanie and bright blue sunglasses smiles brightly and does rock on-esque gestures for the camera.

City LIfe!!, EXPLORE, JUSTICE, Justice in ActionAugust 23, 2022

Juneteenth Celebration | Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA

By Enrique @ Culture Honey

The Leimert Park Juneteenth celebration is essentially a large family reunion to bring the Black community of LA together. It is designed to give back to Black owned businesses within the south Los Angeles area exposure, and to create awareness of the Black creative community in Leimert Park.

Takashi Murakami in front of some pieces of his art. ONe primarily blue and the other red and pink.

EXPERIENCE, Museums & Art ExhibitionsAugust 23, 2022

Exhibit Review | Takashi Murakami- Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow @ The Broad

By Enrique @ Culture Honey

Out of defiance for the Western-dominated art world, Murakami created his own movement called Superflat. The name refers both to the flattened compositions that lacked one point perspective of historical Japanese artistic movements such as Nihonga, as well as to the flattening (or merging) of art and commerce.

EXPERIENCE, Museums & Art ExhibitionsNovember 16, 2021

LACMA | The Obama Portraits Tour & Black American Portraits

By Enrique @ Culture Honey

Being a Black man in America many of those stories resonate with me. They make me feel at home when I attend these exhibits. Viewing the pieces also build confidence and pride in being Black. It causes me to celebrate the strength within our culture, how we have persevered through tough times, how we have remained strong throughout our journey here.

EXPERIENCE, FashionOctober 12, 2021

New York Fashion Week 2021 | A Beautiful Failure

By Enrique @ Culture Honey

New York is the big city of dreams and if you can make it there you can make it anywhere, but I believe that’s because it challenges an individual to be uncomfortable which pushes people to become fearless and gain confidence to get up and try again after they get knocked down.