HEY OUTSTAGRS!
ITS TIME!!
TO GET ON STAGE!!
Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating black history.
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ILLI MO SPOTLIGHT
The First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon this week to discuss the fourth year of Let’s Move!
and to encourage young people to sign up for the Affordable Care Act — but the sit-down chat isn’t what has people buzzing. Much
like she’s done in past appearances with Fallon, Mrs. Obama also appeared in a
viral-ready skit.
In
yet another holdover from Late Night, Fallon brought back Ew!, his Saturday Night Live-esque teen girl talk show, where he and
another guest (this time, Will Ferrell) pretend to be 13-year-olds and discuss
matters of great importance to teens: Harry Styles, kissing posters of Harry
Styles, etc.
The
First Lady was a great sport in the silly sketch, and managed to give great
face to the cameras, plug healthy snacks (Kale chips!), and, of course, even
participated in a requisite dance party.
And did yawl check out that black jumpsuit she wore----she gave us LIFE indeed!
St. Louis Blues hockey player TJ OShie is the IT MAN of the
Winter Olympics after his goal winning score last Saturday against Russia . Prior to
the final goal, Oshie scored four times in the shootout and put the
winner in the eighth round, leading the United States past Russia in the
thrilling revival of a classic Olympic hockey rivalry.
"I was just thinking of
something else I could do, trying to
keep him guessing," said Oshie, the
St. Louis Blues forward.
"Had to go back to the same move a couple times,
but I
was glad it ended when it did. I was running out of moves
there."
Since then, Oshie, has seen his popularity
surge, gaining 140,000 Twitter followers since the start of the Games and the
nickname "T.J. Sochi" after bringing home the win over host Russia on Saturday
at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi . He even received a congratulatory tweet from the president. The crowd was chanting his name, and his phone
was bombarded with texts and congratulatory calls afterward.
People are also saying the game was similar to "Miracle on
Ice" in 1980 when the Americans shocked the then Soviet Union .
The eight-round shootout ended in a 3-2 victory for Team USA
and sent it to the quarter finals, where it defeated the Czech Republic before
it will face Team Canada on Friday in the semi finals in hopes of advancing to
the gold medal game that will take place Sunday.
UPDATE: TEAM USA Lost to Canada
so they will not advance.
In other Sochi hockey
news, The National Women’s National Hockey Team won a bronze medal this week
winning over Japan
3-1 of the 2013 Winter World University Games. and two from
the team are from the Chicagoland area. They are Megan Bozek Buffalo
of Grove, Ill. (LEFT)and Kendall Coyne of Palos
Heights , Ill
Earlier this month it as reported that entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey is keeping her promise
to act on Broadway, eyeing a debut
opposite Audra McDonald in a revival of the suicide drama Night, Mother. According to The New York Times, the iconic talk show host and the five-time Tony winner
plan to team up in the play sometime during the 2015-2016 season under the
direction of George C. Wolfe.
According to the report, Winfrey and McDonald
read the play together one night in the apartment of producer Scott Sanders.
UPDATE: Nash did not win the Image Award. She lost out to Wendy Raquel Robinson for "The Game."
St Louis native comedian/activist Dick Gregory
will be featured in TVOne’s spinoff documentary “Unsung Hollywood” that features African American Hollywood actors and actresses, sports figures and comedians
who were missed their opportunity to reach superstardom. His feature will be based on his rise to stardom
in the sixties and his civil rights activism,. It will be aired on TVone March
19. This week, it was screened at a private screening through the NAACP Image Awards
week in Hollywood .
Former St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith was featured as the Black History Month tidbit on the Tom Joyner Morning Show segment Friday. His lauded career was highlighted by his 1982 and 1985 World Series homeruns. Smith is currently in Jupiter, Fla with the Cardinals during Spring Training helping to coach some of the players.
STL SPOTLIGHT
'St Louis native and Bravo Tv exec Andy Cohen will host and be the grand marshal for the Beggin' Pet Parade/Mardi Gras 2014, that will take place Feb. 23 in
Soulard in St. Louis, Mo..
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
For Black History Month, we will feature St. Louis raised Ntozake Shange is an American playwright, and poet.[2] As a self-proclaimed black feminist,
she addresses issues relating to race and feminism in much of her work. Shange is best known for
the Obie Award-winning
play For Colored
Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
She also wrote Betsey Brown,
a novel about an African-American girl who runs away from home. Among her
honors and awards are fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Lila Wallace
Reader's Digest Fund, and a Pushcart Prize.
When she was aged 8,
Shange's family moved to the racially segregated city of St. Louis. As a result of the Brown v. Board of Education court decision, Shange was bused to a
white school where she endured racism and racist attacks. Shange's family had a
strong interest in the arts and encouraged her artistic education. Among the
guests at their home were Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Chuck Berry,
and W. E. B. Du Bois.When Shange was 13, she
returned to New Jersey,
where she graduated from Trenton Central High School.[5] Her most recent work was the novel, Some Sing, Some Cry in 2010.
SELFIE PIX
This week we feature Mack TV host Snap Babei whos getting her sexy on in a bathroom....dont know where she was but wherever she was, she was looking urban chic doing it!
MAAT TIMED
This week we feature YOURS TRULY who attended g the grand opening of the club/restaurant Exo in Midtown St Louis with featured singer Chico DeBarge (PICTURED ON LEFT) as the feature entertainment, The event had taken place Sept 2008
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Which STL based socialite got catfished in social media when someone used their pics to
hookup with females?
HINT 1. The socialite is a male
HINT 2.The socialite is into fitness
HINT 3. The socialite has worked with a rap superstar "in the region" on the latter's fitness video
HINT 4. His first name and last name ends with a vowel
Who is this socialite?
FOOD BITEZ
The First Lady Michelle Obama made news this week when she appeared in a sketch with Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight show promoting her healthy lifestyle initiative,.In the segment, she suggested instead of potato chips to try kale chips.
So what is kale?
Kale or borecole (Brassica oleracea Acephala Group) is a vegetable with green or purple leaves, in which the central leaves do not form a head. It is considered to be closer to wild cabbage than most domesticated forms.
So what is kale?
Kale or borecole (Brassica oleracea Acephala Group) is a vegetable with green or purple leaves, in which the central leaves do not form a head. It is considered to be closer to wild cabbage than most domesticated forms.
The species Brassica oleracea contains a wide variety of vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower, collard greens, and brussels sprouts. The cultivar group Acephala also includes spring greens and collard greens, which are extremely similar genetically. Pieris rapae is one of the most well known pests of the plant.
The name borecole most likely originates from the Dutch boerenkool (farmer's cabbage), whereas kale bears semblance to the Danish kål and to the German Kohl (a general term for various kinds of cabbage) and Scottish Gaelic cà l. Some varieties can reach a height of six or seven feet; others are compact and symmetrical and of good quality for eating. Many, however, are coarse, possess an undesirable coloring, and are unappealing and indigestible. Most kale are either annuals or biennials, and are raised from seeds, which, in size, form, and color, resemble those of the cabbage. In Congo and in East Africa (Tanzania and Kenya), the plant is referred to by the generic name of sukuma wiki, which literally translates as "stretch the week "; the term also includes collard greens.
Until the end of the Middle Ages, kale was one of the most common green vegetables in all of Europe. Curly leafed varieties of cabbage already existed along with flat leafed varieties in Greece in the fourth century BC.[citation needed] These forms, which were referred to by the Romans as Sabellian kale, are considered to be the ancestors of modern kales. Today one may differentiate between varieties according to the low, intermediate, or high length of the stem, with varying leaf types. The leaf colours range from light green through green, dark green and violet-green to violet-brown. Russian kale was introduced into Canada (and then into the U.S.) by Russian traders in the 19th century.
During World War II, the cultivation of kale in the U.K. was encouraged by the Dig for Victory campaign. The vegetable was easy to grow and provided important nutrients to supplement those missing from a normal diet because of rationing.[1]
Kai-lan, a separate cultivar of Brassica oleracea much used in Chinese cuisine, is somewhat similar to kale in appearance and is occasionally called "kale" in English.
This week we feature former STLian and current ATlian fashion designer Joni Marie Ross who is wearing a black V-neck wrap around dress with shiny black leggings and black boots....and check out that bag...we are sure its branded.....we also like the wrap do with one curl to the side (and we see she has slimmed KUDOS).
Why is Pharell auctioning off his hat on Ebay?
Why didnt American Idol have the contestants vying for the
Top 13 spots regroup before singing during Rush Week?
Why did Nicki Minaj use Malcolm X pic for the cover of her
single “Lookin As N#gga?” Why is R Kelly allegedly hiding out to not pay child support?
Why did Justn Bieber post up an Instagram vid of his mom
singing?
Why is Hulk Hogan returning to wrestling?
Why was newscaster Brian Williams caught rapping Rappers
Delight on one of his newscasts?
Why is Juicy J the breakout rapper and producer these days?
Why do people on the news say “spoiler” when they about to
talk about a tv show or movie review?
The Black Rep, the nation’s premiere professional African-American theatre company, announces the extended run of
the third play of its 37th Season, For
Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf. The Tony award-winning show, which was scheduled
to close on February 9, will now run from February 20 through March 2 at
the E. Desmond Lee Auditorium at the Missouri History Museum .
For more information or to purchase tickets, call (314) 534-3810, visit theblackrep.org, or stop by the box office at 4709 Delmar, 63108.
RIPPING THE RUNWAY FOR DOORWAYS FASHION SHOW
THURSDAY, FEB 27
This event will showcase 5 talented DESIGNERS: Caroline Willard, Shukuru Couture, Ola Hawatmeh,
Live ENTERTAINMENT by: Charlotte Sum Times, DJ Karma,
Get tickets: https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/ ripping-the-runway-for-door ways-tickets-10081932331
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