Comedian Kevin Hart is coming to Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday July 19th.
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 19th at 10am at www.ticketmaster.com
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The Price Is Right Live is coming to Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater on Sunday, September 22nd!
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am at www.livenation.com
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The Marley Brothers are coming to Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater on Wednesday September 25th.
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 19th at 10am at www.livenation.com
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With Mother’s Day just around the corner, 94.3 WYBC is looking for the “Mom of the Year!”
Does your mom (or a mom you know) go above-and-beyond, works hard and makes sacrifices for her children? If so, nominate them to win our fourth annual “Mom of the Year” Award!
One deserving mom will receive a framed certificate, flowers, a spa gift card and dinner for 2 at Kool Breeze Jamerican Cuisine on Whalley Avenue in New Haven! Plus 2 concert tickets to see The Queens of R&B Tour featuring XSCAPE, SWV, Total and 702 at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater this summer!
Email your nomination to [email protected]
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The last day to make your nomination is Thursday May 9th.
The winning mom will be announced on Friday May 10th during DeDe In The Morning.
PAST WINNERS
2023 Mom of the Year Winner – Barri Bolden
2022 Mom of the Year Winner – Mary Reddick
2021 Mom of the Year Winner – Crystal Lopes
It’s Time presents Girls Night Out featuring Kierra Sheard, Koryn Hawthorne, Naomi Raine and Wande at Toyota Oakdale Theatre on Saturday, July 20th. Tickets are on sale at www.livenation.com.
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Contest open to Connecticut residents only. Must be at least 18 years of age or older to enter. One entry per person. Duplicate entries will be discarded. Tickets are digital so winner must have a smartphone and a valid email address to receive tickets.
It’s Time presents Girls Night Out featuring Kierra Sheard, Koryn Hawthorne, Naomi Raine and Wande at Toyota Oakdale Theatre on Saturday, July 20th.
Tickets are on sale at www.livenation.com
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Sisters’ Journey Survivor of the Month – Traci Frasier
Read her story (thanks www.sistersjourney.org)
I told myself a lot of things. I had known there was a lump in my right breast for a couple years, but I didn’t think much of it. I thought that before I get checked out, I must finish school to make enough money to send my son to college.
At the time I felt the lump, it was just me and my son living towns away from my family. So, I pushed to the side going to the doctors. It was not about me. I have always put the needs of my son before mine. I have also put the needs of my family before my own. But here I was in my gynecologist’s office, getting my annual physical. She of course discovered the lump in my right breast. I know now I was in denial or the fear of hearing the word “cancer.”
My doctor referred me to Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale for a mammogram around February 2020. I put it off twice and rescheduled the appointment because at the time, going to work was more important to me. At least that’s what I told myself. Then the Yale Breast Cancer Center called and convinced me to come in for the mammogram. I remember that day. I do not know if I was angry, in denial, or simply scared.
Once they completed the mammogram, they wanted to do an ultrasound so they could get a more in-depth image of the tumor in my breast. The doctor came in and said that they also wanted to do a biopsy. I refused it for that day and asked to come back another time. This was March 2020. They told me I must come back before the end of the week.
I went back on Friday so they could take a biopsy of the tumor. I remember being so scared. I began to cry because I already knew what the result would be. The nurse with me held my hand, and it was then that I felt like I would not be fighting this battle alone. I was still more than terrified of what was to come. All I know is that I had to get through this no matter what and that I was not going to give up at all.
On April 3, 2020, I received the call confirming my worst fears. The biopsy was positive for breast cancer. I remember because I was talking with my sister, who had recently put her husband to rest. I was only 33 years old and would turn 34 on April 29. A lot was going on in my life.
When I met with my medical oncologist, my only concern was what the plan was to get rid of this awful disease. All I knew was that I had to fight this. I was not going to allow this cancer to get the best of me in any way. I knew without a doubt that it was not going to stop me from accomplishing everything I wanted to do in life. My son needed me, my family needed me, and most of all I needed me. So, with all the strength I had, I made sure that I attended every appointment so that I could move on with my life.
After 16 chemo treatments, multiple hospital stays, 25 radiation treatments, and a mastectomy in November 2020, I am still here! I see this as taking time to realize what I want from life.
From this experience, I tell everyone, no matter what is happening in their lives, never give up! See yourself through it and know that everything will be okay.
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The Ungroup Society presents the 8th Annual Prom Gown Giveaway on April 27th and April 28th at North End Rec Center, 268 North Main Street in Waterbury.
Hours:
Saturday, April 27th from 9am-5pm
Sunday, April 28th from 1pm-4pm
Transportation is provided from the Q House in New Haven both days!
Use the QR Code in the flyer above to sign up and get more information.
Jhyllian from Hamden is our WYBC R&B Trivia Challenge Grand Prize Winner of a brand new 50 inch TV courtesy of Art’s Television & Appliance, 92 State Street in North Haven!
Here she claimed her prize from Andy at Art’s and Darryl Huckaby from DeDe In The Morning!
Congratulations, Jhyllian!
WYBC celebrates Black History EVERYDAY!
Facts from www.blackfacts.com
April 1
1989 – Bill White, former St. Louis Cadinal first baseman, is named president of the National Baseball League.
1966 – Through the 24th, First world festival of Black art held in Dakar, Senegal.
April 2
1984 – John Thompson became the first Black coach to win the NCAA basketball tournament.
1939 – Marvin Gaye was born today in Washington D.C.
April 3
1961 – Comedian Eddie Murphy was born on this day in Brooklyn, NY.
1968 – Dr. Martin Luther King delievered his final address, entitled “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” at Bishop Charles Mason Temple.
April 4
1928 – Poet Maya Angelou was born on this day in St. Louis Missouri.
1967 – Dr. Martin Luther King declares his opposition to the Vietnam War.
April 5
1956 – Constance Rise, nonprofit chief executive and civil rights lawyer, was born today in Washington, D.C.
1951 – Segregation in Washington, D.C. restaurants outlawed segregated restaurants today.
April 6
1927 – Surgeon Dr. Mildred Jefferson was born today in Pittsburgh, Texas.
1947 – Journalist and editor Monroe Anderson was born today in Gary, Indiana.
April 7
1915 – Jazz singer Billie Holiday (aka Eleanor Fagan) was born today.
1940 – Booker T. Washington appears on postage stamps. This is the first stamp to honor an African American.
April 8
1974 – Hank Aaron sets home run record by hitting his 715th home run at Atlanta Stadium. He broke Babe Ruth’s record. His record of 755 career home runs still constitutes the most in Major League Baseball.
1946 – BET founder Robert Johnson was born today.
April 9
1939 – Marian Anderson performs for an audience of 65,000 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. This is after she is refused admission for the Daughters of American Revolution’s Constitutional Hall.
1933 – Psychologist and African American studies professor Nathan Hare was born today in Slick, Oklahoma.
April 10
1916 – Richard Allen made Bishop of the AME Church.
1954 – Newspaper columnist, radio personality and television commentator Juan Williams was born today in Santa Marta, Colombia.
April 11
1966 – Emmett Ashford became this first African American major league umpire.
1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 on this date in Washington D.C. It is also known as the Housing Rights Act of1968.
April 12
1975 – Opera singer Leotyne Price was awarded the Order of Merit in the Italian Republic.
1983 – Harold Washington was elected Mayor of Chicago after a racially tense campaign.
April 13
1946 – Grammy-winning soul, pop and Gospel singer Al Green was born today in Forest City, Arkansas.
1669 – An African American man named Emmanuel was baptized today in a Lutheran congregation in New York.
April 14
1938 – College president Gloria Scott was born today in Houston.
1873 – U.S. Supreme Decision in Slaughterhouse cases began the process of diluting the 14th amendment.
April 15
1915 – Attorney and politician Walter Edward Washington was born today in Dawson, Georgia.
1974 – U.S. Departments of Labor and Justice and the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission announce that nine major steel manufactures have agreed to a five-year plan to redress discriminatory practices against minorities and women.
April 16
1947 – Basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born today in New York.
1973 – Lelia Smith Foley becomes the first African American to be elected mayor of a U.S. City.
April 17
1941 – Mathematician James Donaldson was born today in Madison County, Florida.
1990 – Playwright August Wilson wins his second Pulitzer Prize for the play, “The Piano Lesson.”
April 18
1919 – University president and education advisor Samuel Myers was born today in Baltimore, Maryland.
1944 – Newspaper reporter Karen DeWitt was born today in Washington, Pennsylvania.
April 19
1866 – The African American citizens of Washington D.C. celebrated the abolition of slavery.
1972 – Major General Frederic E. Davidson became the first African American to assume command of an Army Division today.
April 20
1944 – Film hairstylist Robert Louis Stevenson was born today.
1990 – The first Bay Area “Black Filmworks Festival” was held today in Oakland, California.
April 21
1947 – Magazine editor and author Audrey Edwards was born today in Tacoma, Washington.
1966 – Milton Olive Jr. was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in Vietnam.
April 22
1964 – James Baldwin’s Blues for Mister Charlie opened on Broadway on this day.
1947 – Broadcast chief executive Cathy Hughes was born today in Omaha, Nebraska.
April 23
1872 – Charlotte E. Ray became the first African American lawyer. She graduated from Howard Law School.
1913 – The National Urban League was found today.
April 24
1950 – The United Negro College Fund was founded today.
1947 – Television sports host Glenn Harris was born today in New York.
April 25
1960 – The federal court finally ended restrictions against black voting in Fayette County, Tennessee.
1950 – Charles “Chuck” Copper became the first African American ever drafted by an NBA team. He was drafted by the Boston Celtics.
1917 – Singer Ella Fitzgerald was born today.
April 26
1970 – Publisher Donna Byrd was born today in Norfolk, Virginia.
1949 – Newspaper columnist Joe Davidson was born today.
April 27
1903 – W.E.B. DuBois’ highly influential collection of essays, The Souls of Black Folk, was published today.
1929 – Television reporter Barbara Boyd was born today.
April 28
1967 – Robert Claytor was elected president of the YWCA – the first African American president of the organization.
1941 – The Supreme Court declares that ‘separate but equal” requires equality.
April 29
1899 – Edward Kennedy – known as Duke Ellington – was born today in Washington D.C.
1922 – Municipal court chief justice, the Honorable Harry Elam was born today in Boston.
April 30
1961 – NBA All-Star Isiah Thomas was born today in Chicago, Illinois.
1863 – Sarah Thompson Garnet becomes the first African American female principal in the New York City Public School system.
Facts from www.blackfacts.com