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Another area in the new Bungalow restaurant with a private dining space. Photo by Michael Anthony.

Black-Owned Bungalow Dining Moves Into Houston’s Historic Rice Building

BLAC Brief | Houston Bungalow Dining is getting a new home in downtown Houston. The Black-owned restaurant is relocating to 909 Texas Avenue inside the historic Rice building, bringing an updated menu, expanded private dining spaces and a new chapter for the hospitality brand. Co-owner JR Martins says the move is about building on what […]

BLAC Central Florida

Lawrence Hunt: A Life Still Being Well Lived

By the time Lawrence “Big Daddy” Hunt stepped onto the field at Jack Trice Stadium, Iowa State had already spent a weekend telling him what his younger self had meant to the university. The school had placed him in its Athletics Hall of Fame, the highest honor awarded by the department. Former teammates had come […]

Five fall cocktails arranged with pumpkins, flowers and autumn leaves at The Spot Lounge & Bar

BLAC Houston

Pumpkin, Peach and a Little Fire: The Spot’s Fall Cocktails Are Here

The Spot Lounge & Bar has added five limited-time fall cocktails built around pumpkin, peach, apple, bourbon, tequila and rum.

Three colorful seasonal cocktails arranged on a dark bar at Winsome Prime

BLAC Houston

Three Espresso Martinis, One Flight: Winsome Prime Leans Into Fall

Winsome Prime is introducing a fall cocktail collection with an Espresso Martini Flight and several seasonal drinks.

The exterior of a Southern Jerks restaurant with its Crispy Fried Wings sign above the entrance

BLAC Houston

Southern Jerks Started in a Gas Station. Now It’s Growing Across Houston.

Southern Jerks HTX is expanding its Houston footprint with two larger, family-friendly restaurant locations.

Four colorful Halloween cocktails arranged on a table at Paradise HTX

BLAC Houston

Paradise HTX Is Putting $1,000 on Houston’s Best Halloween Look

Paradise HTX is planning a Halloween weekend costume contest with $1,000 in prizes and a seasonal cocktail menu.

Speakers stand onstage during a previous Autism Speaks Chef Gala Houston program

BLAC Houston

Houston’s Chef Gala Puts Young Culinary Champions Beside the Pros

Autism Speaks will hold its seventh annual Chef Gala Houston at Bayou Music Center on Oct. 17.

A decorated Houston courtyard at dusk with pumpkins, string lights and a trunk-or-treat setup

BLAC Houston

Savoy Plans a Family Trunk-or-Treat in Houston’s Third Ward

The Savoy plans a free family Trunk-or-Treat in Houston’s Third Ward on Oct. 30 with candy, inflatables and a kid-friendly haunted house.

BLAC America

The Question After the Question

Watching Who Killed Garrett Phillips? raised a larger question: What happens when authorities settle on an answer and no one keeps asking whether it is true?

Black golfers gather on a course wearing We Black We Golf apparel

BLAC America

We Black. We Golf. And We Built Our Own Community.

We Black We Golf is a Milwaukee-area nonprofit using golf instruction, mentorship, outings and social connection to build community around the game.

BLAC Detroit

What We Carry From Our Mothers

What happens when hurt between mothers and daughters travels from one generation to the next? Detroit therapist Nneka Owens says healing starts with naming what families often leave unsaid.

BLAC Central Florida

Who Is Byron Donalds?

Byron Donalds could become Florida’s first Black governor. His path there is more complicated than the headline. BLAC Magazine · August 2026 He won by a lot, and he won early. The Associated Press called the Republican primary for governor of Florida as soon as the polls closed Tuesday night. Byron Donalds took nearly 48 […]

BLAC Detroit

Building Community Through Housing and Leadership

Black Legacy Advancement Coalition a Detroit nonprofit that has positioned housing, leadership, and community engagement as interconnected parts of the same mission.