Parents and adults who came to drop off and support the community’s students ended up being a part of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater tutorial program held Saturday morning at the Asbury Park High School on Sunset Avenue. Among them were school district’s Bibi Bennett and Genise Hughes, as well as Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton. […]

Saturday’s Universal African Heritage Festival marked the return of a cultural celebration that left the city close to 20 years ago, said founder BiBi Bennett, a special needs educator in the Asbury Park School District. “This was something I felt needed to come back to the community, especially for the children,” Bennett said. “I find […]

A new festival celebrating African and African-American cultural heritage will make its debut Aug. 5 at Springwood Avenue Park. The inaugural Universal African Heritage Festival is being held to encourage cross-cultural communication among communities, artists, youth and all others interested in various forms of culture and art from Africa and its Diaspora, organizers said in […]