Form and Purpose: An Interview with Dancer and Educator, Laila Abdullah
As a dancer and educator, Laila Abdullah brings her whole self to her art, her stages and her students. When COVID hit in 2020, she quickly pivoted to distance learning with Zoom — upskilling on the spot, to continue teaching her physical ed/dance students at LAUSD’s James A. Foshay Learning Center. Abdullah further embraced the […]
Oxnard’s Very Own: An Interview with MC Marlon D
From 2005 to the present, Marlon Daito, aka Marlon D has made music consistently. In 2020 alone, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Marlon D independently released four mixtapes and a digital album. He is one of the hardest working Hip Hop artists you may have never heard of from Oxnard, CA. And with the launch of […]
Broadway Playbills & Paper Goods: The Show Must Go On with Mary Page Nance
“Since starting a page of mary, I’ve found a huge community of book makers and artists online, which has been very inspiring. I love how tactile it is. For me, it’s a meditation. I zen out, get in the zone, and before I know it I’ve created something!” – Mary Page Nance Broadway’s shutdown sparked […]
Pink Paint Power: An Interview with Artist, LaJon Miller
Along Broadway Avenue, between Cedar and Pacific, you can’t miss the strikingly bold and beautiful paintings of crayons, stacked books and brown-skinned girls reading them. What’s more, you certainly can’t miss the pink afro puffs – LaJon Miller’s artistic signature. And what about those books? Popular titles written by various black and brown authors, are […]
SolShock Media Interviews Bea Dixon on IG Live May 14th
On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 12 pm PT/3 pm ET, SolShock Media will interview Beatrice Dixon, CEO & Founder at The Honey Pot Company on Instagram Live. The wildly popular plant-based feminine-care products, by The Honey Pot Co., have been out of stock consistently, ever since a Target commercial that featured Ms. Dixon and […]
Erykah Badu vs. Jill Scott “Verzuz”: Watching Sisterhood Live
On Saturday, May 9th, over 700,000 people watched the Erykah Badu vs. Jill Scott “Verzuz” live, for two hours on Instagram. Although the actual event was intended to be a metaphoric music battle of hit songs, created by producers, Swizz Beats and Timbaland, the event showcased the sisterhood between Grammy-award winning singer-songwriters, Erykah Badu and […]