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Solange Goes On An Exploration Of Origin With 'When I Get Home'

Two-and-a-half years after the release of A Seat At The Table , Solange shares her surprise CQ visual album When I Get Home. On Solange's fourth full-length album since her 2002 debut, Solo Star, the artist takes listeners on an "exploration of origin" across 19 tracks and a film meshing together static R&B, funk, Zydeco and blues. To accompany the release, Solange announced nine "album events" in her hometown of Houston, all taking place on March 3. The release was preceded by a takeover of...

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Women’s Week at Alabama A&M University

Beyond Normal Lecture Series “Tea on The Hill" with guest speaker, Kandi Burruss. March 28, 201912:30 p.m. Knight CenterYOU MUST R.S.V.P. to attend attend. Click here to reserve your seat. 

19th Annual Black Tie Scholarship Gala

Alabama A&M University is excited to announce its 19th Annual Black Tie Scholarship Gala on Friday, April 26, 2019, at the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

The Black Tie Scholarship Gala is Alabama A&M University’s premiere fundraising event and is designed to support talented students who demonstrate a financial need. Of our 6,108 students, roughly 90 percent are in need of financial aid. Your support of this event will grant students an education and a future filled with possibilities.

2019 Scholarship Recognition & Promotional Tour

The President, along with the First Lady, students, alumni, and community members, returned to campus at 3 p.m. Friday after a week-long tour across the state. The group traveled a total of 1,193 miles!

The February 2019 Edition of the "Presidential Community News From The Hill" is here!

Alabama A&M University President, Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr. is interviewed by WJAB 90.9 Program Manager, Erica Fox Washington. They discuss several topics related to Alabama A&M, including 50th Anniversary of the designation of Alabama A&M gaining university status and the establishment of The Foundation, Electric Buses, Presidential Scholarship and Promotional Bus Tour, Chase Road and Meridian Street intersection and a new crosswalk.

In response to the fire in Foster Complex on Monday night, Alabama A&M University officials have re-opened the building and started an incremental move-in approach.  All students have been scheduled to return to Foster Complex or have been reassigned to other residence halls.  The University has and will continue to provide toiletries, blankets, and hygiene items to students that were displaced.  Those items are now available for displaced students at Foster Complex on campus. 

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Beautiful—The Carole King Musical, Comes to Broadway Theatre League in Huntsville March 5-10, 2019.

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Music

Before her music career, Ximena Sariñana was a child actress in Mexican movies and telenovelas. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, she appeared in projects by her father, a director, and her mother, a screenwriter. Music was then just a hobby. But when she turned to it full time, the world noticed.

Arthur Dubois isn't your typical grandfather. That's because at 72 years old, the Chicago resident is a newly discovered hip-hop artist.

This week, Dubois walked into Haven Studios, a music mentoring program on the South Side of Chicago that supports young aspiring artists.

The owner of Haven Studios, Andre "Add-2" Daniels, said Dubois claimed he was "young at heart." So, Daniels decided to listen to Dubois' music. He was quickly floored.

Stella Donnelly is not afraid to ruffle feathers or disrupt the status quo. At 26, the Australian singer-songwriter has already made that clear with songs like her breakout singles, "Boys Will Be Boys," and "Mechanical Bull" off of her 2017 debut EP, Trush Metal. Both songs attack the folkways of misogyny and rape culture.

Beats By Arthur Dubois

Mar 9, 2019

Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

Let's meet Arthur Dubois. He's 72 years old, a grandfather, a resident of the great city of Chicago and a hip-hop artist.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARTHUR DUBOIS SONG)

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