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Event Recap: Taste of Black Harrisburg Draws Crowds, Showcases Black-Owned Food, Art, And Small Business

BE'N ORIGINALJune 20, 2026June 20, 202606 mins

The Taste of Black Harrisburg event held yesterday in downtown Harrisburg delivered a community-centered experience built around Black-owned food businesses, cultural expression, and small business visibility tied to Juneteenth programming. The event was organized by Jasmine White and DuJuan Dixon, who helped structure the gathering under the JuneteenthHBG framework as both a cultural showcase and…

Juneteenth in Harrisburg: Tennesee Rep. Justin J. Pearson Talks Politics, Community, and the Future of Black America

BE'N ORIGINALJune 18, 2026June 18, 2026014 mins

As preparations for Juneteenth begin across the country, here in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the capital of the first state to officially begin to abolish slavery, the holiday celebrating the end of America’s greatest crime against humanity carries a tremendous magnitude. While for most of the nation, it begins and ends on the nineteenth of June, this…

Lipton Hard Iced Tea’s ‘Can Daddy’ Brings a New Twist to Groundhog Day Festivities

Urban MagazineJanuary 30, 2025January 30, 202503 mins

Lipton Hard Iced Tea is putting a fresh spin on Groundhog Day with its towering 9-foot-tall “Can Daddy” groundhog, made from 6,000 Lipton Hard Iced Tea cans. The massive installation will travel across Pennsylvania, making stops in Punxsutawney and beyond, bringing festive energy to the holiday—regardless of the weather prediction. To kick off the celebration,…