Delores Shante

On ’rona restriction. It’s no secret that we are living in a moment you couldn’t have ever told me I would live to see, but here we are. As the city, county, state, country and world live on lockdown as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, coronavirus or “The Rona,” among us, I will be following […]

A night of life for and by L.I.F.E. I really didn’t get to the bottom of why Chrisette Michele wasn’t at the Pageant for a benefit concert, mainly because I was so glad that because of her absence, I was able to catch another one that I would have been even more disgusted than I […]

RIP Quinton Jackson. Man, I really don’t have the words to express how much I hate kicking off Partyline with an in memoriam. And to make matters worse, it always seems like I’m saying goodbye to folks who are so young, impactful and with so much to give that are gone too soon. Such is […]

RIP to Terrell (Finger) Muhammad. I really hate starting off Partyline on such a somber note but paying my respects to Terrell Muhammad – previously known as Terrell Finger – must be done. Some knew him as a local boxing legend. Others knew him as the kind spirit who worked the Lucas-Hunt and West Florissant […]

Now before you assume that this is good news, let me tell you right out the gate that when I say, “did it again,” I’m speaking of recycled jokes. But let me start with the good news. It was so packed up in that late show for DL Hughley, I thought I was going to […]

Because I figured the Doug E. Fresh set would end first, I made my way there instead of stopping by the July edition of Hey Luv, the monthly set presented by Shadzilla, DJ JMo and DJ Reminisce. They outgrew Lucha a few months back. This time they held it at the Bronson House over near […]

Since I already mentioned the word mature, I might as well let y’all know that for the second Saturday in two weeks, a grown woman of a certain age in bite-sized heels brought my heart to a state of bliss. Last week it was Auntie Anita Baker. And this week it was “The Mother of […]

I made it my business to see if the second installment of Café Soul’s Trap Soul Paint would live up to its triumphant debut. I know you already know from the headline that it did, just indulge me anyway. After having The Gallery by Troy look more like Gallery By Trap for its June debut, […]

Am I the only one who feels like they are still caught up in that wonky mid-week holiday? It was a mess logistically, but y’all started that turn-up on Tuesday without hesitation. I scooted over to the Pepper Lounge for Fireworks, the sexy set powered by Shift58/Ono Celebrations/Story. I was thrilled to see BFree on […]

On Sunday, I made my way to the pop-up day party at Bar Italia. It wasn’t packed, but the tastemakers came through to make it look super cute. Niddy and Cornell Boone were just a couple. Boone’s lovely wife Jamila needs to sell her post-baby bounce back secrets in a bottle, because she has been […]