WCIA Jack Krumm talks with alks with BLACKMAU, MTD, and Champaign County, African American Heritage Trail.

Passengers in Champaign-Urbana will have an opportunity to learn about Juneteenth and local Black history. It's all through a new bus design that MTD unveiled at 2024 Boneyard Arts Festival.

WAND News reporter Daja Clayton talks with BLACKMAU, MTD, and Champaign County, African American Heritage Trail

URBANA, Ill. (WAND) - The Mass Transit District in Champaign unveiled their 2024 Juneteenth bus to the public.

Organizers were announced to kick-off Juneteenth celebrations while shedding light on local talent during this years Boneyard Arts Festival.

Intersecting Futures and Afro-Asian Connections in a Multipolar World

Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY Old Westbury

Turning to the East is a bold exploration of Afrofuturism and Afro-Asian connections in a world becoming increasingly interconnected. This multimedia exhibition challenges the traditional boundaries of art, politics, music, anime, and film, inviting visitors into a metamodern dialogue that transcends geographical and cultural barriers.

Curated by Reynaldo Anderson and The Black Speculative Arts Movement

This visual exhibition explores the intellectual, social, and cultural impact of the Weimar Republic on the African diaspora; how people of African descent engaged and responded to the era; and the lessons to be learned in dealing with present-day threats to democratic values.

This exhibition is in partnership with Carnegie Hall's 2024 Festival: Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice and is available on Google Arts & Culture.

The Alternative History of an Afrofuturist Icon

Culver Center of the Arts

February 10 – August 18, 2024

Dyno-Woman was introduced in television series Good Times (1974-1979) by Jimmie Walker’s James “J.J.” Evans character. Creating the character gave “J.J.” enough means to move out of the notorious Cabrini Green housing project in the series finale “End of The Rainbow”. Black Kirby use this fantastic premise to invent a superhero narrative for Dyno-Woman throughout the various eras of mainstream comics.