LIFESTYLE
Lifestyle & Culture From Across The African Diaspora
Celebrating Our Sound: Music Icon Dyana Williams And The Making Of Black Music Month
Dyana Williams is a Philly music legend. Actually, she’s a music legend everywhere, but if you’re from Philly (and we are), you not only know the name, you know the vibes. Arriving in Philadelphia after deejaying in her native New York and Washington D.C., where she was known for a time as “Ebony Moonbeams,” Williams established the popular radio show “Love on the Menu” for radio station WDAS and later Soulful Sundays for Classix 107.9. The latter show lasting for 12 years before signing off for the last time in 2020.
Pride And Protest: What Should Pride Look Like?
Pride marks the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, multiple demonstrations as a result of police violence at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, Stonewall patrons and community members clashed with police after officers stormed the bar, arresting, violating, and beating people as part of their routine raids on queer establishments. The escalation turned into two days of rebellion and protest, and what is considered to be one of the greatest movements in queer liberation.
Brunch With Purpose: Estelle Colored Glass’ Stunning Fête
Stephanie Summerson Hall is the founder of Estelle Colored Glass, a luxury brand of colored glassware that’s handmade by artisans in Poland. Jewel-tone stemware, decanters and cake stands are all part of Stephanie’s collection that has a cult following. Oprah, Hoda and Martha are fans.
Charles Harbison: Transformation, Rebirth, Re-Emergence
In 2016, Charles Harbison was everywhere. He was a favorite designer of Beyoncé, Solange and Michelle. He had been featured by coveted fashion magazines and was in the spotlight at New York Fashion Week. And then suddenly, he was gone, relocated from New York to Los Angeles, and placing the brand on an indefinite hiatus.