KNIGHT MOVES | Summer is here, not a moment too June
June 7, 2025 by agutting@reviewjournal.com
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By Craig Knight Summer is officially here! It’s already June, and 2025 is moving at a fast pace! Kicking off June is Black Music Month, created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 to celebrate and honor the roots of Black music — which includes genres like spirituals, gospel, folk, blues, jazz, country, R&B, rock and […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERS: The Daddy Issue
June 7, 2025 by agutting@reviewjournal.com
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This special edition of Las Vegas Black Image celebrates fathers and their extraordinary contribution to family, community, and legacy. The centerpiece of this issue: a spotlight on some wonderful fathers in our community, seen through heartfelt words of love and admiration shared by their children. And the celebration doesn’t end there. You can turn the […]
KNIGHT MOVES | May we welcome you to an amazing month
May 19, 2025 by agutting@reviewjournal.com
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By Craig Knight Wow, it’s May already! Mayday, mayday — 2025 is moving very fast and turning out to be very hectic! Kicking it off is Cinco de Mayo, a yearly celebration held on May 5 to celebrate Mexico’s victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Mother’s Day, on May […]
Journey to Mother Land
May 19, 2025 by agutting@reviewjournal.com
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Each and every month, for seventeen wonderful years, Las Vegas Black Image has been designed to take you on a journey made possible by our outstanding roster of contributors, amazing advertisers, and loyal readers. This May issue is centered on the one who makes us want to return home: Mom. Our special edition of Community […]
KNIGHT MOVES | April towers with a wealth of history
April 20, 2025 by agutting@reviewjournal.com
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By Craig Knight It’s April already — and what a hectic month it is turning out to be! Springtime brings tax season, the start of the second quarter, April showers (hopefully; we can use it!), allergy season (ah-choo … gesundheit!), the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament, and more. Thrilling! Sadly, we begin the month by […]
KNIGHT MOVES | Marching confidently, and joyfully, into the new year
April 20, 2025 by agutting@reviewjournal.com
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By Craig Knight March is here! Women’s History Month is underway — and during this time we honor, recognize, and celebrate the amazing women in our lives, as well as those who have made contributions to the world both historically and currently! In my opinion, Women’s History Month is best celebrated by first honoring the […]
FREEDOM FANTASY
April 20, 2025 by agutting@reviewjournal.com
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POEM | ANGELA M. BRITT … “And before I’d be a slave, I’ll be buried in my grave, and go home to my Lord and be free.” (Negro Spiritual) White shirts, absorbed the bloodline and Bandaged the wounds inflicted by lashing whips for singing about Freedom. Same white bloodstained shirts later flew through moonlit forests […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERS: Spurred on, never holding our horses
April 14, 2025 by agutting@reviewjournal.com
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Las Vegas Black Image always celebrates the urge to break out of the box — to accept the challenge of exploring and excelling at the unexpected. That’s what Beyoncé did with “Cowboy Carter,” a country music album that got the international icon her first Grammy for Album of the Year, and is now the creative […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERS: Women, and their achievements, are foundational in our community
March 16, 2025 by agutting@reviewjournal.com
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Las Vegas Black Image would like to begin Women’s History Month with a note of deep respect and gratitude for all of the women, through the ages, who have paved the way for humanity to achieve so many great things. And one of the most rewarding elements of women’s history? It’s still being made. Just […]
Under the Glittering Lights
February 5, 2025 by agutting@reviewjournal.com
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Isley Brothers perform at Palms Casino Resort A cascade of beloved songs flowed off the stage of the Pearl Theater inside Palms Casino Resort on a recent evening, as The Isley Brothers performed a series of their outstanding songs from “Between the Sheets” and “Voyage to Atlantis” to “For the Love of You” and many […]