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Part cookbook. Part manifesto. Created with big Bronx energy, Black Power Kitchen combines 75 mostly plant-based, layered-with-flavor recipes with immersive storytelling, diverse voices, and striking images and photographs that celebrate Black food and Black culture, and inspire larger conversations about race, history, food inequality, and how eating well can be a pathway to personal freedom and self-empowerment.
Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen is the first book from the Bronx-based culinary collective, and it does for the cookbook what Ghetto Gastro has been doing for the food world in general—disrupt, expand, reinvent, and stamp it with their unique point of view. Ghetto Gastro sits at the intersection of food, music, fashion, visual arts, and social activism. They’ve partnered with Nike and Beats by Dre, designed cookware sold through Williams-Sonoma and won a Future of Gastronomy award from the World’s 50 Best.
Creative AF is our monthly nod to the culture-shapers, boundary-pushers, and vision-bearers whose work makes us pause, move, and think.
Atlanta: Where Style Is Forever
There are fashion legends and then there is André Leon Talley. Towering in presence, intellect, and influence, Talley forever changed the way Black brilliance moved through the world of style. Now, in an exhibition as bold and elegant as the man himself, SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film invites us to step into his world.
André Leon Talley: Style Is Forever is a love letter to legacy. Featuring nearly 70 looks from Talley’s personal collection, the show spans ready-to-wear, couture, and bespoke garments from legendary designers including Tom Ford, Manolo Blahnik, Ralph Rucci, and Dapper Dan. These are the pieces that defined iconic moments, from Met Gala entrances to front-row flourishes and private celebrations.
The exhibition also includes personal mementos, original artworks, and heartfelt tributes from fashion luminaries like Diane von Furstenberg and Karl Lagerfeld, offering an intimate portrait of Talley’s relationships and refined eye. Made possible through his extraordinary bequest to the SCAD Permanent Collection, Style Is Forever is both a cultural archive and a radiant gift to future generations of artists, designers, and visionaries. For anyone tracing the lineage of Black excellence in fashion, this exhibition is essential.
📍SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
1600 Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30309
On view through March 1, 2026
www.scadfash.org
Born from London’s vibrant music scene, Steam Down is a British Afro-Punk collective founded by multi-instrumentalist Ahnansé in 2017. Blending live instrumentation with raw improvisation, they create spontaneous sonic landscapes that reflect city life, resistance, and liberation.
They are a creative force, twice awarded by Jazz FM, and known for electrifying performances at venues like Jazz Café and global stages from Glastonbury to Montreux. Their breakout single “Free My Skin” garnered over 3 million streams and featured in Adidas’s FIFA World Cup campaign, followed by a Blue Note release featured on the FIFA21 soundtrack.
With collaborations spanning artists around the globe, the group continues to chart a bold path—exploring self-discovery, healing, and the power to break free. Enjoy their debut album, I Realised It Was You.
