“Barber Shop Chronicles” takes place in a series of barbershops, where men of African heritage gather for fellowship along with a trim in African countries still traumatized by colonialism or in ...

There’s an insular world inside a black barbershop. Private and public merge with the intimacy of personal grooming taking place in view of the world. There is sanctity in the equality. Each person ...

After deceptions and betrayals, truth and brief-but-intense moments of reconciliation, a character in “Barber Shop Chronicles” asks, “How do we move forward? And what’s next?” Many people have been ...

NIGERIAN-born writer Inua Ellams’ stage show, Barber Shop Chronicles, feels like a party before it even starts. Hip hop blasts out from the stage as a dozen black African actors coax audience members ...

Masculinity. Vulnerability. Belonging. These are some of the themes London-based poet, playwright, graphic artist and performer Inua Ellams explores in his cross-cultural, cross-continental creative ...

The black barbershop is confession booth and dance floor, safe space and boxing ring. It’s as public as a sports bar or the stage for a pissing contest; it’s as intimate as a living room or a guidance ...

Ray Conner traces his ambition to be a barber back to when he was a kid in Detroit. Growing up, he was abused. He watched his mother battle drug and alcohol addictions. He often went to bed hungry.

LAKE CITY, S.C. (WMBF) – Lake City officials hosted a ‘Barber Shop Talk’ community event on Tuesday night where they discussed policing from the perspective of the African-American community.

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Ray Connor traces his ambition to be a barber back to when he was a kid in Detroit. Growing up, he was abused. He watched his mother battle drug and alcohol addictions. He often went to bed hungry.