This story set in a hair salon allows us to meet a wide variety of characters, all well-cast here on Navy Pier.

Taraji P. Henson recalled an incident on a magazine shoot where a stylist who didn't know how to do Black hair damaged hers with a root booster. Henson considered asking for a new stylist but was ...

Jocelyn Bioh's “Jaja's African Hair Braiding” delivers more than it promises. At first, the 90-minute portrait of a day in ...

It was all fun. It was all something new that the kids have been able to pick up,” said Jim Luzze a tour leader for the Children African’s Choir. There are about 84 stops in the African ...

Rejection, in its many forms, can either break a person or propel them towards new heights.For the chief executive officer and founder of Livara Cosmetics, Maxima Nsimenta, it was the latter.Her ...

While Jocelyn Bioh’s “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” takes place within a span of one day confined completely inside the walls of the titular character’s salon, the play is larger than life, ...

Her journey is one of resilience, evolution, and purpose. With the upcoming premiere of her highly anticipated documentary, Our African Hairitage, she is once again poised to inspire many. This visual ...

The comedy now on stage spotlights its characters’ individuality but also celebrates the rich diversity of American culture. Entertainment reporter Vince Gerasole sat with its director, Chicago native ...

Children of Blood and Bone has locked a release date plus a star-studded cast at Paramount. The epic fantasy novel adaptation ...

T Charles Erickson Share For about 75 minutes of its 90-minute running time, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” comes across as a vivaciously amusing workplace comedy and a tribute to ...

Forecasts suggest that by 2100, a majority of the world’s babies will be African, leading to predictions of an African ...