Grant Program Gives Berkshire Organizations Shot in the Arm
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation announced in a press release Monday (Jan. 25) the distribution of over $48,000 through its Bridging Divides, Healing Communities grant program, a new initiative to support community-building activities aimed at strengthening relationships and trust at the local level, especially among people who hold different points of view or come from different backgrounds. Twenty-one organizations in four counties received grants of up to $2,500 for projects that seek to bring people together for the purposes of exploring shared interests, addressing a problem through dialogue and action, or considering an issue through a range of perspectives.
In 2020, Blxst rocketed to success when fans unwrapped his eight-track project
No Love Lost. The Cali polymath doesn t shy away from messy topics, working through heartbreak and relationship woes with elastic ease. Fortunately, Blxst doesn t allow his losses to define him, as he proves to be a slithery Casanova on Wrong or Right, Overrated and Be Alone. His skill for hitmaking shines on the project s deluxe edition, as he recruits West Coast all-stars Dom Kennedy ( Got It All”) and Ty Dolla $ign and Tyga ( Chosen ) for his daily escapades.
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Pooh Shiesty
If you didn t know Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty before he locked in with Lil Durk on Back in Blood, you certainly do now: The King Von-tributing video for the chillingly menacing team-up exploded on YouTube, and the song is now creeping its way up the Billboard Hot 100. But that s just one of many captivating one-off records the Gucci Mane protégé has dropped since signing to Guwop s 1017 Records most
NATPE Miami: Streaming Steals the Show
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2021’s totally online NATPE Virtual Miami is just but half over. Some inkling of how it might shape out, however, is fast falling into place.
Basically, streaming stole the show. Yes, Fox did announce during NATPE that the Jay Leno-hosted “You Bet Your Life” reboot, bowing this fall, has sold in 85% of the U.S. Yet a once annual launchpad for shows seeking U.S. syndication was dominated this time round by the seismic pivot of Hollywood’s majors and other players into global VOD platforms, and the impact of this tectonic shunt on the industry at large.
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