I. CANT. WAIT. Let’s Ride!!! 💜💜💜 Repost from @kreweofmuses • Ⓜ️ We are pleased to announce that award-winning actress Rutina Wesley will serve as our 2025 Honorary Muse. Known for her dynamic performances across television, film, and theater—including “Last of Us”, “Queen Sugar” and “True Blood”—Wesley will lead the parade in our iconic shoe float on Muses tHERsday for our 25th anniversary. “I’m so honored to be receiving this big hug from Muses,” said Wesley. “My time in New Orleans meant so much to me…to say it is my favorite city in America is an understatement.” Please join us in welcoming Rutina Wesley to our silver anniversary parade. Hail Muses! #kreweofmuses #musesthersday #musesparade
I. CANT. WAIT. Let’s Ride!!! 💜💜💜 Repost from @kreweofmuses • Ⓜ️ We are pleased to announce that award-winning actress Rutina Wesley will serve as our 2025 Honorary Muse. Known for her dynamic performances across television, film, and theater—including “Last of Us”, “Queen Sugar” and “True Blood”—Wesley will lead the parade in our iconic shoe float on Muses tHERsday for our 25th anniversary. “I’m so honored to be receiving this big hug from Muses,” said Wesley. “My time in New Orleans meant so much to me…to say it is my favorite city in America is an understatement.” Please join us in welcoming Rutina Wesley to our silver anniversary parade. Hail Muses! #kreweofmuses #musesthersday #musesparade
Dad and I off to celebrate the birthday girl! Surprise mommy! Can’t wait to watch my mom and dad shake a tail feather together.
Shot out to Foxy C (aka my momma)! It brought me so much joy to see the biggest smile on your face. I love you and I’m so thankful to have been blessed with 65 glorious years of YOU. You’re my rock, my biggest fan, you lift me up and you keep me on my toes. You don’t look a DAY OVER 21! Happy birthday to the finest Vegas showgirl I know. 💜💜💜💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿
Excited to release this amazing work to the world. @redforrevolution premieres 2/4 on Radiotopia and anywhere you listen to podcasts. Congratulations to everyone who showed up and put in the work to tell this beautiful story. Hope you enjoy!!!
Excited to release this amazing work to the world. @redforrevolution premieres 2/4 on Radiotopia and anywhere you listen to podcasts. Congratulations to everyone who showed up and put in the work to tell this beautiful story. Hope you enjoy!!!
Excited to release this amazing work to the world. @redforrevolution premieres 2/4 on Radiotopia and anywhere you listen to podcasts. Congratulations to everyone who showed up and put in the work to tell this beautiful story. Hope you enjoy!!!
Excited to release this amazing work to the world. @redforrevolution premieres 2/4 on Radiotopia and anywhere you listen to podcasts. Congratulations to everyone who showed up and put in the work to tell this beautiful story. Hope you enjoy!!!
#HoliFestivalOfColours2025 Love is in the air…🌈🌈🌈
#HoliFestivalOfColours2025 Love is in the air…🌈🌈🌈
#HoliFestivalOfColours2025 Love is in the air…🌈🌈🌈
#HoliFestivalOfColours2025 Love is in the air…🌈🌈🌈
April. #TheLastOfUs
No matter who you are everyone remembers the calm of getting your hair done in your mama’s kitchen 📺 S1E6 #TheLastofUs on Max
Repost from @lyriklondon • You So Black ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽! Happy Black History Month! May this piece live on forever🤎. 🧠: @lyriklondon 🕺🏾: @lyriklondon @ponderthewonder @heisjavon 🎶: @thasongbird
Repost from @streamonmax • The countdown begins. #TheLastOfUs returns in one month.
Repost from @streamonmax • You can’t stop this. #TheLastOfUs returns April 13 on Max.
This piece spoke me…Love #RP @justicemoore_ some little takeaways from the piece i created on social anxiety. ✨ the holidays can sometimes mean we’re around people a lot more and that can be very overwhelming 🙃 if you have the social capacity, use this time to connect. and if you don’t, that’s cool too. look, we all just out here doing our best. written/choreographed/music composed by me 🖤
Grateful to be a part of this inspiring conversation as we celebrate @tinalifford newest book #TheInnerFitnessRevolution Tina, I am in awe of all that you are….Repost from @tinalifford • In celebration of my newest book, #TheInnerFitnessRevolution, I sat down with some of my beautiful @QueenSugarOWN family to discuss what inner wellbeing means to them. No scripts. No characters. Just real people navigating life with courage, compassion, and curiosity. Join us for a soul-nourishing conversation next Thursday, March 20— exclusively on YouTube!
It’s been a week since our finale aired, & while we wish we had more episodes to share, we’re thrilled to have you continue the journey. Watch our incredible cast members, @rutina_wesley (Ella Ali, 1970s) and @reneemwilson (Lorraine Giovanni, 1970s), as they share what inspired them to join the project and how they brought your favorite characters to life. What’s been your most memorable Ella and Lorraine moment thus far? Tell us in the comments! Don’t forget to stream episodes 1–6 NOW wherever you get your podcasts 🎧🎵🎙️❤️ @redforrevolution is a Tribeca Festival-winning audio drama. This timely tale of queer Black love is brought to life by a powerhouse cast including Jordan Hull, S. Epatha Merkerson, Loretta Devine, Rutina Wesley, Renée Wilson, Danny Glover, Jennifer Beals, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vanessa E. Williams, Alimi Ballard, Caro Guzmán, adrienne maree brown, & many more. Fall in love with these revolutionary characters and their multigenerational narrative of love and liberation, by heading to the links in our bio! Presented by @radiotopia, Red for Revolution is created, written, & directed by Jana Naomi Smith with music direction by Tammy L. Hall, sound design by Collin Gerald Thomas, and cover art design by Shefon N. Taylor. The series is executive-produced by Renée Wilson, Jana Naomi Smith, and Meta Mana Media and associate-produced by Jordan Hull, Adrian Snegg, and Vanessa E. Williams. Liz McBee produced all episodes. #redforrevolution #audiodramas #womenshistorymonth #blackhistory #queerlove #love #liberation #justice #jazz #loveatfirstsight #blackgirlmagic #activism
This might just be my favorite scene of the whole series. The beginning of an incredible journey. All my love to Queen Sugar… #BlackHistoryMonth Repost from @arraynow • Our beauty can’t be denied, just like our contributions can’t be erased. In ARRAY’s groundbreaking series, QUEEN SUGAR, Nova bends the world to her will, channeling the strength of the ancestors and fighting for her community with strength and grace. What a beautiful thing to see. Stream all seven seasons of QUEEN SUGAR on @Hulu this Black History Month. Continue learning with our QUEEN SUGAR learning companion at ARRAY101.org.
🌟 It was an absolute pleasure being part of this beautiful event, especially since it was for my family. A huge thank you to my aunt, @foxyctime Cassandra Wesley, for letting me celebrate this incredible milestone with you, and to my cousin, @rutina_wesley , for booking me—I truly appreciate it. You could have chosen anyone in the world, but you chose me, and that means everything. 🙏 This event was filled with so much love, laughter, and smiles. Turning 65 is a blessing—it means you’ve overcome challenges, gained so much wisdom, and truly made it. Congratulations, Aunt Cassandra, on this amazing milestone. Here’s to many more years of happiness and joy! 🥂🎉 #FamilyLove #65YearsStrong #GratefulMoments
Sumptuous.. HYSTERICAL.. Healing.. IMPECCABLY PRODUCED.. and AVAILABLE TODAY!!!!! @RedForRevolution, our @TRIBECA Festival-winning audio drama — is available TODAY!!! You can listen via @radiotopia, @spotifypodcasts @applepodcasts or anywhere you find podcasts. Cast: Jordan Hull, Loretta Devine, S. Epatha Merkerson, Rutina Wesley, Renée Wilson, Danny Glover, Jennifer Beals, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vanessa E. Williams, Alimi ( Young Guapo ) Ballard and many more… ✨Created, written, directed & edited by @jns.jana ✨Executive produced by yours truly @reneemwilson ✨The podcast was produced by @lizmcbee
Thanks to @Shadow_Act & @blavity the news is out! Red for Revolution, our @tribeca Festival-winning audio drama is coming on February 4th and you can listen via Radiotopia, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you find podcasts! Told through the eyes of 18-year-old Jazmine, this story centers on the passionate love affair between a jazz singer and an activist in the 1970s. Red for Revolution is an oral ode to the queer, Black women who have learned to love themselves and each other no matter what society says. This timely tale is brought to life by a powerhouse cast including Jordan Hull, S. Epatha Merkerson, Loretta Devine, Rutina Wesley, Renée Wilson, Danny Glover, Jennifer Beals, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vanessa E. Williams, Alimi Ballard, adrienne maree brown, Caro Guzmán, and many more. The personal is political and, in this series, things get very personal. Fall in love with these revolutionary characters and their multigenerational narrative of love and liberation, by heading to the links in our bio & tuning in on Tuesday, Feb. 4th, powered by @radiotopia Red Revolution is created, written, and directed by @jns.jana, with music direction by @tammylynnehall, sound design by @colly_tommy, and cover art design by @shefontaylor ✨ The series is executive produced by @reneemwilson, Jana Naomi Smith, and Meta Mana Media and associate produced by Jordan Hull, Adrian Snegg, and @imvanessawilliams. All episodes were produced by @lizmcbee
