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15 Urban Farms and Activists That Are Changing the Way We Eat
Martin Johnson writes about music for the Wall Street Journal, basketball for Slate and beer for Eater, and he blogs at both the Joy of Cheese and Rotations. Follow him on Twitter.
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Morris Chestnut on Playing a Doctor in His New Series, Rosewood
In the pilot episode of Rosewood, which premieres Wednesday on Fox, Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr., a Miami-based private pathologist (in other words, a medical examiner who is not on the municipal payroll), comes upon a crime scene and deduces the cause of death and the scenario leading to it in a matter of minutes. And…
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Supreme Vintage: 29 Top Black Winemakers You Should Know
Martin Johnson writes about music for the Wall Street Journal, basketball for Slate and beer for Eater, and he blogs at both the Joy of Cheese and Rotations. Follow him on Twitter.
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Movie Review: How the Black Panthers Fought to Make Black Lives Matter in the ’60s and ’70s
If you think the Black Lives Matter movement has been vehement, consider what the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense did in response to a similar litany of police brutality, institutionalized racism and social injustice. In May 1967, 26 members walked into the California State Assembly openly carrying weapons. It made quite a scene and loudly…
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Chill Out With a Cold One: 5 Perfect Beers for Summer
After more than a decade spent in a variety of positions with IBM, Michael Ferguson found his true calling: beer. In 1989 he began working as a brewer, and that move launched a journey that has made him one of the public faces in American craft beer. Craft beer sales are skyrocketing; according to sales…
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Movie Review: A New Film Exposes the Truth About Tango’s African Roots
There is no doubt that African music is at the core of the native sounds for America, Brazil, Colombia and all of the Caribbean. In Argentina, the subject is a tad more controversial. Tango is the core music of the country and its neighbor Uruguay, yet in Argentina it has bordered on scandalous to suggest…
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Sly and the Family Stone’s Live Box Set Will Take Fans Higher
Before Sly and the Family Stone came along in 1967, no band had ever sounded like them, and since they disbanded, only Prince and D’Angelo, in his finest moments, have built on their sound. Sly and the Family Stone were unique, legendary and yet possibly underappreciated in their heyday (roughly from their formation in 1967…
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5 Red Wines That Are Perfect for Summer
Warm weather need not frustrate red wine drinkers. To be sure, popular red wines like cabernet sauvignon, zinfandel and merlot are often too heavy to be equally refreshing and enlivening during the summer, but there are plenty of alternatives worth considering. We spoke with André Hueston Mack, sommelier at large and maker of Mouton Noir Wines…
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Capturing the Beauty and the Struggles of Nina Simone
Nina Simone was one of a kind. Her voice, a striking, resonant contralto, could convey a clarion call to action or a deep reservoir of emotion. Her music is cherished by nearly everyone who knows it, but her legacy, well, that’s a little more complicated. Simone, who died in 2003, lived a tumultuous life. She…
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How Michael Cole Went From a Jail Cell to Selling Ice Cream With Hip-Hop-Inspired Flavors
The East Village neighborhood in New York City is chock-full of small bars and nightclubs that are destinations for people from far and wide, so it’s never a surprise to see a crowd spilling onto the sidewalk. Yet, the crowd at Mikey Likes It isn’t there for alcoholic beverages or the scene. They’re there for ice…
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