Painter Norman Rockwell was famous for his narrative paintings depicting the essence of American life in the mid-20th century ...

For more than three decades, ESSENCE Magazine and the Essence Festival of Culture have been a beacon of Black excellence, a cultural celebration of who we are, where we’ve been, and where we’re going.

The Essence Festival of Culture has a bright future — in New Orleans, Louisiana. It might not seem that way with some of the sharp criticism, menacing vitriol and painful ugliness in recent days. I've ...

The organizers of Essence Fest don’t want you to be miseducated about Lauryn Hill. The singer closed out the first night of the festival with a performance that began around 2:30 a.m. Though Hill has ...

The founder and director of the Latitude Festival said its essence had remained the same for two decades. Melvin Benn was ...

I was an Essence Festival fan for decades. Along with my beloved pack of girlfriends, I first attended in the early 2000s and we all fell in love with the annual event. That’s why I’m so disillusioned ...