JSM CULTURE
Features
Original interviews, profiles, essays, long-form reporting and deeper cultural analysis from JSM CULTURE.
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The Schomburg Center Is Mapping the Next Century of Black Studies
A free three-day conference in Harlem asks how archives, Black intellectual traditions and global scholarship can shape the field’s next century.
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Brooklyn Expo of Comics Is Building a Free Two-Day Home for Indie Cartoonists
The inaugural Brooklyn Expo of Comics brings more than 100 creators, free panels, live performance and a new indie-comics award to Williamsburg on November 14 and 15.
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CultureCon 2026 Was a Living Museum: Inside the Star Power and Culture Builders Shaping What’s Next
Inside CultureCon 2026 in Brooklyn, from Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Michael B. Jordan to Black Menswear, fashion, chess and brand activations.
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Heather Alicia Simms Is Having a Broadway Moment, and the Press Is Taking Notice
Heather Alicia Simms’s Broadway press run expands with NBC New York, a second Fashion Bomb Daily feature and new critical attention for School Girls.
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JSM CULTURE Founder Jahmela Smith Named a 2026 Woman of Resilience Awardee
JSM CULTURE founder Jahmela Smith will be recognized as a 2026 Woman of Resilience Awardee at the What’s Next 4 Her Women’s Summit in Brooklyn on October 3.
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Chaka Khan Brought ‘Chakzilla’ to Aman New York, and the Album Came Ready to Move
Chaka Khan welcomed her first album in seven years with a listening party at Aman Jazz Club, connecting Chakzilla to New York’s living Black-music network.
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Heather Alicia Simms Steps Into a New Broadway Chapter With ‘School Girls’
As Jocelyn Bioh’s celebrated comedy arrives on Broadway, Obie winner Heather Alicia Simms takes on Headmistress Francis in a production already drawing strong preview-period audience response.
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Harlem’s Black & African Literature Festival Opens Today With Toni Morrison, Poetry and a Global Black World
The New York Black & African Literature Festival opens September 18 at Harlem Stage with Namwali Serpell on Toni Morrison, an opening-night poetry performance and three days of Black literary conversation.
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Bed-Stuy Is Putting Ntozake Shange’s Name on the Block Saturday
Brooklyn will honor Ntozake Shange on September 19 with a street co-naming and historic landmark reveal featuring Carl Hancock Rux, Lynn Nottage, Trazana Beverley and more.
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Jalen Brunson Is Bringing His Off-Court Business In-House With Thirty Third Management
Fresh off a title run, Jalen Brunson and his family launched Thirty Third Management Group, a New York firm led by his mother and sister with an early focus on women’s pro sports.