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Movie Alert: “Black Panther”

By Lyle Foster, Unite Contributing Writer Hahaha!…..Maybe you can feel the giddiness or the excitement but let me tell you the buzz is in the streets for the first black superhero……and you have to love the fact that black is in the name of the hero! I am sure many of

Springfield Symphony plans concert to celebrate African American experience

Springfield, MO— Kyle Wiley Pickett, his wife Alice, along with their two sons moved to Springfield, MO in 2013, where Pickett was named the eighth conductor of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Contributing writer, Lyle Foster  interviews Kyle Pickett. LF: How did you get interested in the symphony and when did

Movie Review: “I Am Not Your Negro”

Springfield, MO—I had the honor to see this at the True/False film festival in Columbia and again at the Moxie in good old Springfield.  The simplest way that I can describe it is to share that after the Springfield screening a white woman approached me and said “We have made

Movie Review-Double header…..Fences and Hidden Figures

by Lyle Foster, Unite Contributing Writer Well the new year is starting off with a great gift for movie fans and for those who just want to see a film every now and then these are two films to see.  So if this is a sign of what the new

Movie Review: “Almost Christmas”

By Lyle Foster Unite Contributing Writer Well this movie is more testimony to the old adage that if it isn’t broke don’t fix it. I can’t be mad or jealous because Wil Packer is delivering money at the box office and laughs in the seats of movie theaters across the

The Pointer Sisters In Concert

Springfield, MO—Missouri State Homecoming 2016 will feature The Pointer Sisters In Concert, Friday, October 14, 2016, 8:00 pm at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. Opening act will be the Missouri State University’s very own BEARTONES and A CUB BELLA! Tickets are available at www.hammonshall.com charge by phone

21st Annual Japanese Fall Festival Sept. 9-11

The Springfield Sister Cities Association, with support from the Springfield-Greene County Park Board, hosts the 21st Annual Japanese Fall Festival Friday, Sept. 9, through Sunday, Sept. 11, in the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden at Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park, 2400 S. Scenic Ave., Springfield. The annual festival celebrates Japanese culture and

Movie Review: “StarTrek Beyond”

By Lyle Foster Unite Contributing Writer   Star Trek Beyond-We made it to the future…… I wanted to see this installment of the Star Trek franchise because the villain is a black man…..yes I said it…..I was just curious to see what a space villain that is an African-American would

Movie Alert: “Black Panther”

By Lyle Foster, Unite Contributing Writer Hahaha!…..Maybe you can feel the giddiness or the excitement but let me tell you the buzz is in the streets for the first black superhero……and you have to love the fact that black is in the name of the hero! I am sure many of

Springfield Symphony plans concert to celebrate African American experience

Springfield, MO— Kyle Wiley Pickett, his wife Alice, along with their two sons moved to Springfield, MO in 2013, where Pickett was named the eighth conductor of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Contributing writer, Lyle Foster  interviews Kyle Pickett. LF: How did you get interested in the symphony and when did

Movie Review: “I Am Not Your Negro”

Springfield, MO—I had the honor to see this at the True/False film festival in Columbia and again at the Moxie in good old Springfield.  The simplest way that I can describe it is to share that after the Springfield screening a white woman approached me and said “We have made

Movie Review-Double header…..Fences and Hidden Figures

by Lyle Foster, Unite Contributing Writer Well the new year is starting off with a great gift for movie fans and for those who just want to see a film every now and then these are two films to see.  So if this is a sign of what the new

Movie Review: “Almost Christmas”

By Lyle Foster Unite Contributing Writer Well this movie is more testimony to the old adage that if it isn’t broke don’t fix it. I can’t be mad or jealous because Wil Packer is delivering money at the box office and laughs in the seats of movie theaters across the

The Pointer Sisters In Concert

Springfield, MO—Missouri State Homecoming 2016 will feature The Pointer Sisters In Concert, Friday, October 14, 2016, 8:00 pm at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. Opening act will be the Missouri State University’s very own BEARTONES and A CUB BELLA! Tickets are available at www.hammonshall.com charge by phone

21st Annual Japanese Fall Festival Sept. 9-11

The Springfield Sister Cities Association, with support from the Springfield-Greene County Park Board, hosts the 21st Annual Japanese Fall Festival Friday, Sept. 9, through Sunday, Sept. 11, in the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden at Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park, 2400 S. Scenic Ave., Springfield. The annual festival celebrates Japanese culture and

Movie Review: “StarTrek Beyond”

By Lyle Foster Unite Contributing Writer   Star Trek Beyond-We made it to the future…… I wanted to see this installment of the Star Trek franchise because the villain is a black man…..yes I said it…..I was just curious to see what a space villain that is an African-American would