Politics

Experience the stunning “Numbers and Trees” exhibition by Charles Gaines, now at Phoenix Art Museum! This captivating exhibition debuts the complete series of the most recent body of work by renowned conceptual artist Charles Gaines. The monumental gridworks, each...

The Phoenix Film Festival returns March 27 – April 6 to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Over the past two decades, the Phoenix Film Festival has been a stage for thousands of aspiring filmmakers, debuting over 150 films annually. This year, the festival is continuing to spotlight...

The Arizona Jazz Festival which was originally scheduled to take place on March 21-23 at the West Valley Events Complex in Glendale is being rescheduled to November 7-9, 2025! According to the organizers of the Arizona Jazz Festival, many of the artists who were scheduled to...

Project Humanities presents Pre-Premiere Screening of WE WANT THE FUNK! April 3 at 2 p.m. Mirabella at ASU Lifelong Learning Auditorium 65 E University Dr Tempe Arizona 85281 Stanley Nelson’s syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s...

Shakespeare in Jazz is a unique, interactive journey into the heart of Shakespeare’s genius, offering a fun and fresh twist on his timeless works. Perfect for first-time explorers and Shakespeare fans alike, this dynamic concert invites you to become part of the action....

Saguaro & Skate This event is in partnership with Zoni Girls DATE: April 5, 6, 12 TIME: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. & 6-9 p.m. Desert Botanical Garden 1201 N. Galvin Parkway Phoenix, AZ 85008 Daytime 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. $32.95 per adult, $16.95 per child, $94.95 Family 4 pack,...

Maricopa County Branch NAACP – 2025 Freedom Fund Dinner and Community Awards Dinner Friday, April 11 5:30 PM Reception 7:00 Dinner Scottsdale Stadium Event Center 7408 East Osborne, Scottsdale, AZ Event Cost/Ticket Price: $200.00 per person The Maricopa County Branch NAACP...

Arizona Realtist Group presents W.I.R.E (Women Investing in Real Estate) Virtual Workshop April 11 at 6pm-8pm Join AirBnB Super Host Ambassador Dolly Duran, Real Estate Entrepreneur & Mentor Tari Thomas and Fix & Flip Investor Sheri Mitchell This workshop is designed to...

Join Birthing the Magic Collaborative for A Night of Style & Maternal Wellness, an extraordinary virtual fundraiser marking its 2nd anniversary. Experience the breathtaking artistry of jewelry designer Dorian Webb and the beautiful fashions by Cedric Brown as they blend...

Arizona Realtist Group presents NAREB ARIZONA 2nd Annual Building Black Wealth Day April 12 10am to 3pm First Institutional Baptist Church 1141 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ 85034 The NAREB State of housing in Black America shows that there are over 2 million mortgage-ready Blacks...

Celebrating over 60 years of unparalleled artistry, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater never fails to remind us of the power of dance to bring people together. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Mesa Arts Center on April 18-19 with new and classic works! These dancers...

Gamma Mu Educational Services, Inc. will be hosting the 13th Annual Pathways to Excellence Golf Fundraising Tournament and 19th Hole Par-Tee Experience on Saturday, April 19 at Papago Golf Club, 5595 E. Karsten Way, Phoenix. Your sponsorships and support will directly enable...

El Dorado’s Gold: A Stage Play! Get ready to embark on a thrilling journey filled with drama, dance, and adventure. Join us on Sat, April 19 at 7:00 PM at the Phoenix Center for the Arts for an unforgettable experience. Tickets are $35.00. Witness talented actors bring to...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Mark your calendars for an unforgettable evening of music, culture and community as the Scottsdale Jazz Festival returns on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Scottsdale Civic Center. Now in its 14th year, the Scottsdale Jazz Festival aligns with UNESCO’s...

Glendale-Peoria Alumni Chapter (GPAC) of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. presents 2nd Annual Maskuerade Casino Night Extravaganza May 3 6-10 PM Rio Vista Recreation Center 8866 W Thunderbird Rd. Peoria, AZ 85381 Event Cost/Ticket Price: $100 per Person Join the Glendale-Peoria...

Rooted & Restored: Black Women Reclaiming Embodiment, Nature, and Matrilineal Healing Friday, May 9, 2025 Time: 5:00 p.m. Desert Botanical Garden 1201 N Galvin Pkwy Phoenix, AZ 85008 This gathering will center Black women in deep connection with nature, embodiment, and the...

Block Your Calendars & Add To Your Group Chats Now Booking – The 17th Annual Memorial Day Getaway A HBCU & Black Alumni Weekend May 22-27, 2025 Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic 6 Days and 5 Nights All Inclusive Vacation Experience @ The Mega All Inclusive Lifestyle...

Living Legends Event – Presented by the NCNW Metropolitan Sun of Arizona Section Get your tickets for an unforgettable Living Legends Event, hosted by the Metropolitan Sun of Arizona Section, National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). This special occasion will honor trailblazers...

Phoenix, don’t miss Coco Jones’ “Why Not More” World Tour at The Van Buren in downtown Phoenix with Lady London on June 11! Tickets on sale now – get yours today! Click here for more details: http://concerts.livenation.com/event/190062510ED036FA Event subject to...

Good Energy Productions presents Nothing But The Sax June 21 at 6:30pm Shrine Auditorium 552 N 40th Street Phoenix, AZ 85008 Event Cost/Ticket Price: Tickets – $40 and above Enjoy an evening with three national recording smooth jazz saxophonists jamming on the same night,...

Multi-platinum, multi-diamond-selling, 3x Grammy-winning music superstar, entertainer, and entrepreneur Nelly is set to hit the road in 2025 with his highly anticipated Where The Party At Tour, celebrating the 25th anniversary of his debut studio album, Country Grammar. The tour...

PhxSoul.com™ Takes Home One of the Inaugural Honors Submitted by Ready Set Go Foundation and the East Valley Black Elected Officials The city of Mesa was alive with a spirit of unity and celebration as thousands gathered for the East Valley MLK Celebration, a day dedicated to...

The Fall 2024 Arizona Jazz Festival on October 25-27 at the West Valley Event Complex in Glendale was an overall success! The Arizona Jazz Festival featured the following artists: October 25 – Erykah Badu, KEM, Stokley, Gerald Albright, Tony Toni Tone, Mike Phillips, Julian...

What a 15-year-old taught me about resilience and transformation When I became a mentor at New Pathways for Youth, I knew I wanted to make a difference, but I never imagined how much it would change my own life. My mentee, was 15 when we first met. She had big dreams of becoming...

By Dr. Signa Oliver for United for Democracy By the time I was in fifth grade, I was convinced that I would one day be a U.S. Supreme Court justice — no one could tell me otherwise. That same audacity has since led me into rooms, into roles, and onto national stages that often...

By Rev. Dr. Cathy Clardy Patterson for United for Democracy As African Americans, we live in the balance of this country’s promises: ‘government of, by, and for the people’ and ‘equal justice under law.’ We live in the precarious present, straddled between our history of absolute...

The third-annual HBCU All-Star Game on April 7 in Phoenix started out as an an elite college basketball showcase featuring the nation’s most dynamic and talented basketball players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. However, it ended up being one of the greatest...

Hundreds of Arizona residents showed up and showed out for the Grand Opening of Lush Cafe and Lounge in Tempe on Saturday, March 9!  The evening featured LIVE performances by R&B star Bobby Valentino and Alexis Janae and her band!  Tables were completely sold out at the...

The Black Rodeo USA Association and The Arizona Informant newspaper hosted an exciting weekend of bull riding, tie down roping, steer wrestling, steer undecorating and barrel racing on September 1-2 at WestWorld of Scottsdale! The atmosphere was electric at the Arizona Black...

On March 14, 2023, HISTORY was made in the City of Phoenix during Women’s HERstory Month! Kesha Hodge Washington became the first African American City Councilwoman in Phoenix after receiving 56 percent of the vote in the District 8 Runoff Election. As of March 17, the...

Submitted by Cynde Cerf, Chandler Center for the Arts When artist Ashli St. Armant created North: The Musical it was in response to her sons lacking knowledge about the Underground Railroad. Surprisingly, the topic was included in discussions at school during Black History Month....

In an effort to raise awareness about the many contributions that Black inventors, scientists, activists, athletes, artists and musicians have made throughout the world, Gizette Knight, founded the Black History Mural project in Phoenix in February 2021. This year in 2022, Knight...

Jean and Marcus Baylor aim to create an uplifting concert experience Submitted by Cynde Cerf, Chandler Center for the Arts When first meeting Jean and Marcus Baylor, the husband-wife duo of The Baylor Project, you are struck by their easy, comfortable demeanor. They finish each...

If you’re looking for an intimate lounge with great vibes and some of the best libations in the Valley of the Sun, look no further than The Boom Boom Room in Phoenix! The Boom Boom Room is Black-owned! The Boom Boom Room is located at 1544 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix and is...

“Rehearsals are like putting on a bunch of coats,” said Black Theatre Troupe actor Kwane Vedrene in a recent phone conversation. “You are putting coats on because you are too cold, layering them on, then you get too hot, so you take some off. Hopefully by the time of the first...

The story of the missing Arizona man Daniel Robinson has touched the hearts of many people around the world. Recently, PhxSoul.com talked with David Robinson II, Daniel’s father, about his son’s mysterious disappearance. “As a father, I have the duty to find out...

The former pastor’s kid has found success on Broadway, the R&B charts, and beyond Submitted by Cynde Cerf, Marketing and Communications Coordinator Mykal Kilgore has always had music in his life. As a pastor’s kid, singing was a part of who he was, and then, later, there was...

Soulful sax man Jermaine Lockhart recently sat down with PhxSoul.com multimedia journalist Jonathan Tease to discuss his highly successful, international jazz music career! Lockhart performed LIVE with singer/songwriter Kim Weston at The Nash in Phoenix on July 23. The night...

World Vibe Radio One (WVRO) is a professional Internet-based radio station created by Gerald Anthony Kelly. Originally launched in Chicago, Illinois on June 1st, 2005, World Vibe Radio One moved to the Phoenix, Arizona area in September of 2010 hoping to bring a new form of soul...

Watch Video Interview with City Councilman-Elect OD Harris The City of Chandler made history in early August 2020 when residents elected a Black man and woman to fill two of the three open City Council seats. With nearly 25,000 votes, Christine Ellis became the first Black woman...

CNBC Make It Also Features PhxSoul.com in Follow-Up Article PhxSoul.com is absolutely honored to be recognized by The Arizona Informant and Roc Nation as a Recommended Black-Owned Business! See the ad below from the July 1, 2020 issue of The Arizona Informant newspaper. CNBC Make...

PhxSoul.com really enjoyed having the opportunity to speak on the panel for @arizonasfamily’s #CriticalConversations Town Hall on June 16. The Town Hall hosted by Arizona’s Family provided many local politicians, officials and people with the opportunity to...

It’s been more than a week after the shooting death of 28-year-old Dion Johnson by an Arizona Department of Public Safety Trooper on a highway in Phoenix and the community is left with more questions than answers. Just to recap (based on law enforcement statements) what...

The anger and frustration in America over racism, police brutality, injustice and unfair politics has reached a boiling point. The murder of a Black man, George Floyd, by four Minnesota police officers on May 25 tipped off a wave of protests in American cities and towns. The...

Submitted by Serah Blain, Spectrum Experience Four years ago, when Arizona’s only Black legislator, State Senator Leah Landrum Taylor, announced she was leaving the legislature, the Arizona Republic lamented: “Arizona could be one of only a handful of states with no Black state...

PhxSoul.com has created an Online Business Directory that showcases Black-owned companies, organizations, restaurants, and churches located in the state of Arizona. Our goal is to increase awareness among Arizona residents (and visitors to the Grand Canyon State) about...

The Phoenix Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. will proudly celebrate the achievements of African American young men through its 24th Anniversary Biennial Beautillion in 2027 (exact date TBD)! This inspiring event honors outstanding individuals, ages 16 to 19, from the...

The Southern University Alumni Federation – Arizona Chapter (SUAF-AC) is proud to announce our Excel Scholarship for the 2025-2026 academic year. In light of current federal funding uncertainties affecting HBCUs nationwide, securing additional financial support has never...

Poetic Soul returns from its hiatus on Wednesday, April 2 at The Archwood at EastLake, 1401 E. Van Buren St., Phoenix. Poetic Soul welcomes ALL Poets; Singers; Emcees; Comedians, etc. Doors open at 6pm – the performance list will be made available for Sign-Ups at 7pm, until...

The Fabulous DeAnna DuPree presents The S.C.A.L.E. Up Symposium April 3 at 8-5pm Found:RE Phoenix Hotel 1100 N Central Ave Phoenix 85004 Event Cost/Ticket Price: $147 SCALE Up for Women is a one-day transformative conference designed to help women elevate their personal and...