Kenya Allmond (me)

I was looking for a birthday trip destination. I shopped all the deal sites and ALL the deals were for two. I was discouraged but kept looking. I then saw a deal from LivingSocial Escapes for the British Virgin Islands. I had never been to the British Virgin Islands nor even heard of anyone going [...]

Chaka Khan brought it to the Howard Theatre.  She sounded and looked good.  I was secretly wondering if in a few months my mid section would allow me to rock this dress (but that’s neither here nor there).

  On May 1, 1972, Marvin Gaye made history performing his album What’s Going On at the Kennedy Center. For the 40th anniversary of that legendary concert, John Legend and the NSO Pops echoed Marvin’s performance. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings accompanied. This was an excellent concert!  It not only featured song but also moving [...]

I don’t know how it happened. Really it seemed like I just turned 30. I mean, I still feel (and sometimes act) like a teenager. This can’t be happening. I was just sitting here minding my own business. How am I 40? I am a bit freaked out that I’m old enough to be a [...]

I was fortunate to attend “Steppin’ Out of the Negro Caravan” at Howard University’s Ira Aldridge Theater.  A dramatization of the landmark anthology of African American literature, The Negro Caravan, edited by Howard University professors Sterling A. Brown and Arthur P. Davis and Morgan State University professor Ulysses G. Lee.  Howard University drama students were [...]