PEACE: Get organized!

Our minds are eased when we get organized. With children returning to their studies after a long and hot summer, emotional refuge can be found in the back-to-school routine. Solid time frames for meals, sleeping on a schedule and alone time with your mate can keep the chaos at bay.

Music exec out to raise awareness

J.R. Perry has been in Las Vegas for three years, making a name for himself as CEO of Pro-Per Records. However, his biggest contribution to the world may not come out of a recording studio: Perry is on a crusade to raise more public awareness of sickle cell disease — also known as sickle cell anemia — through his organization, Cure Every Cell.

Fifth annual Las Vegas CultureFest celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

The Harrah’s Fifth Annual Las Vegas CultureFest will take place Oct. 3, from noon-6 p.m. at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve. Harrah’s is lead sponsor for the event, which celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, as part of its effort to support cultural diversity throughout the world.

RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON: The Moulin Rouge goes Hollywood!

When the telephone rings for my scheduled interview with Ruben Santiago-Hudson, the voice on the other end is out of breath. Coming from a man as busy as the actor/writer/producer, the breathlessness is not entirely unexpected. For the moment, however, the cause is purely and immediately physiological: He has just alighted a New York City […]

Love Them Cinnamon Rolls

I have been a sweets junkie my entire life — from the cookies that I dipped in chocolate milk as a child, to my insatiable addiction to cinnamon rolls today. These soft little sweet rolls are a great breakfast pastry,  perfect afternoon snack with milk for the kiddies or late night munchies. Don’t forget to […]

Revolutionizing the African-American image

As the founder and former chief executive officer of Burrell Communications, Advertising Hall of Fame inductee Tom Burrell is widely credited with revolutionizing the image of African-Americans on television and changing the face of marketing in America.

Hospital exec shares the facts about STROKES

About 800,000 Americans suffer from strokes each year. African-Americans are about 1 1/2 times more likely to suffer from strokes than whites. Still, strokes do not discriminate by race, gender or age.

Peace

“Do I like me?”  This question echoes endlessly through our minds, yet we seldom address it head-on. Instead, we live inside the nuances, hiding behind such fashionable declarations as “I love me some me!” But should this question be answered verbally, or is the answer found in our day-to-day movement? Is it how we see […]

SARANN KNIGHT PREDDY: Activist puts her mark on Nevada

As a businesswoman and activist, Sarann Knight Preddy has made her mark on Nevada in a variety of ways.

Shelly Berkley: Congresswoman makes her impact felt

In Las Vegas, like all other communities, there is a running dialogue on those who “do” and others who “don’t.”

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