Kenya Vaughn

1 day ago | stlamerican.com | Kenya Vaughn

As part of its tradition, there was a single word theme that spoke to the six women being honored for their service to the St. Louis arts community by the Saint Louis Visionary Awards Monday night at the Sun Theatre: Homage. “Every time you hear that word this evening, I invite you to envision roses and confetti,” said Gwen Mizell, co-host of the 2025 Saint Louis Visionary Awards.

4 days ago | stlamerican.com | Kenya Vaughn

When one of the main characters of Ryan Coogler’s genre-defying film “Sinners” burst into a Clarksville, Mississippi church and interrupted their Sunday service, he looked exactly like the literal hell he had been through the night before. Coogler’s gifts as a multisensory storyteller meant that even when the film lagged, viewers were too stimulated to fully resign to boredom. He stood there at a crossroads.

6 days ago | stlamerican.com | Kenya Vaughn

As a bestselling author, producer and entertainment industry renaissance woman, Lyah Beth LeFlore certainly has her own level of cultural influence. But she has made part of her life’s work making sure the light provided to this region by her mother – St. Louis Poet Laureate Emeritus Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore – is an eternal flame. “I’m just trying to plant the seeds so that St. Louis can know that I’ve got to keep this woman’s legacy alive,” said LeFlore.

2 weeks ago | indianapolisrecorder.com | Kenya Vaughn |Mandi Patterson

This story was originally published in The St. Louis American. More than 4000 members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated will be in the city where their sisterhood all began this weekend when the 91st Central Regional Conference gets underway at America’s Center. “Howard University gets to claim the founding of AKA,” said Kiahna W. Davis, Alpha Kappa Alpha Central Regional Director.

2 weeks ago | stlamerican.com | Kenya Vaughn

If only Cartoon Network parent company Warner Bros. Discovery could have been a fly on the wall at City Academy Friday afternoon. There would be no need to wait for ratings to declare the highly anticipated Lion Forge produced animated series “Iyanu: Child of Wonder” a success. The school’s gymnasium became an exclusive first-look screening room as the students were given a sneak preview – and behind the scenes access – for the show one day ahead of its global premiere.