KINGSTON, N.Y. — A Kwanzaa celebration dinner will be held at People’s Place Community Café on Wednesday, Dec. 27. The free dinner will be held at the 777 Broadway café between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

My memories of Kwanzaa are all of my grandmother's dinner table. She had thick red glassware with matching plates, cups, and bowls. She always spent weeks hunting for black candles that sat in the ...

For many Black Americans, Kwanzaa is a time to celebrate history, culture and heritage with food and family traditions. Kwanzaa celebrations began in the 1960s following the American Civil Rights ...

The annual observance, which began on Dec. 26, grants people the room and reflection to consider the holiday, its meaning, and those important principles, which include the time-honored tenets of ...

Jessica B. Harris wrote the original version of 'A Kwanzaa Keepsake' in 1995. The author of “A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook,” which honors the African American holiday, has released a new edition for ...

From setting the table to chopping the veggies to slicing your festive main course, these products will help you pull off a ...

Kwanzaa, which kicks off today, is traditionally celebrated with candles, dinner parties, and growing one’s awareness of the collective. The week-long celebration honors African heritage, culture, and ...

Above, Dan Kimbrough, visiting assistant professor of communications at Misericordia University, adjusts the seven Mishunaa Saba candles that represent the seven principles of Kwanzaa. At left, Erica ...

You don't have to be Black to understand how Kwanzaa works. All it takes is a kind heart and an open mind willing to learn the history of the holiday that celebrates African-American culture. The name ...

Bright Side Opportunities Center and the Crispus Attucks Community Center again partnered for an annual community Kwanzaa celebration Saturday, this time at Crispus Attucks, at 407 Howard Ave. in ...

As a general rule, we’re big fans of the holidays. Why? Because they involve eating gut-busting quantities of homemade food, scoring paid time off from work and drinking what would generally be ...