B.A.R.S Brunch

"Live your best life personally and professionally."

You can still party yet be professional within the process.

The Beautiful, Ambitious Real Sisters also known as "B.A.R.S" portrays the sisterhood amongst three entrepreneurs BellaRae, Alexandria "AJ" and Robin G. These three ladies came together to create an event called Bishes Love Brunch.

Their mission is to create dope events to help empower, uplift and inspire others. On

Sunday afternoon at Club Nirvana the place was mainly filled with ladies yet men were welcome too. A 21 and over brunch event with food catered by Superchefs. On the menu was french toast, eggs, hash brown potatoes, fried chicken, cheesy rice, fried fish and fruit. Everything was delicious...can't forget the bottomless mimosa's!

B.A.R.S Brunch

B.A.R.S Brunch

Business card raffle and opportunities to network amongst one another along with checking out some local vendors as well. The vendors present were Kipani's Kloset, VOA FIT and the S.T.E.A.M. Chemist Jerald Nice Cream.

Surprisingly, the event turned into a premiere for the first episode of the B.A.R.S new podcast. Throughout the entire afternoon footage was being taken for the first series of the podcast titled "Don't Ask Me Where My Kids Are." A topic conversation to address the double standards that women often have when they are out handling business and get questioned about where their kids may be. As if they're just not out working and trying to have a good time at events that are not kid-friendly.

Shortly after recording all business cards, buffet table put away and lights turned down low for the real turn up to begin with DJ K Karm on the 1's and 2's.

If you missed this brunch no worries be sure to check out the next one on Sunday, October 13th.

Tickets ranged from $10, $20 and $30 yet you can always gather up your peoples' and take part in the V.I.P Squad Package which covers 6 guest.

Stay tuned for more events from B.A.R.S!

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T.H.U.G✊🏿

Where a teenage girl is constantly switching between two worlds... Speaking on the act of code-switching, which is when you're turning 'it' on and turning it 'off'... referring to one's blackness.

It is a film inspired by the book 'The Hate U Give' written by Angie Thomas. She happens to be a huge fan of rapper, Tupac as well. While writing this book Thomas was able to find a connection with the term "THUG LIFE" and events taking place in today's society such as: gang violence, black on black crime, white crime, police brutality and a 'corrupt' system.

When attending #NABJ18 in Detroit, #MelodicallyInTune sat in on the Arts and Entertainment Taskforce, 20th Century Fox Presents a Clips & Conversation Reception where director of the film, George Tillman Jr. spoke with moderator Roland Martin and fellow journalists and other professionals about the movie schedule to hit all theaters on October 19.

The main character, Starr Carter played by Amandla Stenberg is constantly reassured that her father Maverick Carter (Russell Hornsby) did not name her Starr for no reason and that not everyone was giving the same superpowers.

The Carter's (Regina Hall, wife/mother), growing up in Garden Heights only wants a better life for their family. Starr and her siblings Seven (Starr's half brother) and Sekani were all given unique names with a special meaning. None of them attended their "neighborhood school" because the only thing people do there is either get jumped, high or pregnant. Starr's parents sent them off to a predominantly white private school called Williamson.

"Our live is here [Garden Heights] because our people are here."

Garden Heights was one world but the school they actually attended was another. For instance, talking slang makes white people seem cool but for Starr it would only make her hood.

"We have not been trained to be unapologetically black"

-Roland Martin, NABJ18 Convention

The director Tillman Jr. faces these same experiences until this very day.

In the movie he wanted to display that Starr could have a white boyfriend, black best friend and still live the best of both worlds. He continues on to say "be who you are, don't be afraid of being who you are!"

We must have conversations about black and white people so that things can keep getting better and we can keep moving forward.

It's a movie displaying that "where you live does not define who you are." At one point within the movie, Starr feels as if she has to be quiet so she don't seem like a poor girl from the hood who just now saw her friend get killed.

At a point within the movie, Starr's uncle Carlos (Common) plays the role of a cop and states how the views of police officers are different and that we live in a complicated world. After being given two different scenarios, most people as in white people when dealing with blacks being pulled versus dealing with someone else white they "don't see it as a crime but another traffic stop gone wrong."

One of the incidents Tillman used as motivation amongst completing this film was the Philando Castile, who was a 32 year old man at the time who got pulled over in Falcon Heights, Minnesota and shot to death by a cop.

Within the movie it shows how it's "Just US for justice." Us meaning black people... Starr has to deal with the fact that her second life of people doesn't understand the seriousness of what happened to her best friend Khalil (Algee Smith) and being black in America.

"Violence brutality, it's the same story just a different name."

"Division is how they win unity is how they crumble."

The concept of acting black but still keeping the same white privilege isn't an option for black people.

Director Tillman Jr. presented this film to 20th Century Fox Pictures by telling them it's not only about the things that are happening right now today in society geared towards police brutality but also displays personal growth, love, respect, relationships amongst others and yourself...

Watch the official trailer of The Hate U Give.

The entire movie is heartfelt and had us in tears drowning in our feeling with a remarkable ending.

CBS Fall series 'God Friended Me' premiere Sunday, September 30.

A humorous, uplifting drama about an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on Facebook from “God."

Miles Finer (Brandon Micheal Hall) is intelligent, hopeful and optimistic, but he doesn’t believe in God. He unwittingly becomes an agent of change in the lives and destinies of others around him.

Miles is at odds with his father, Reverend Arthur Finer (Joe Morton), a beloved preacher at Harlem’s Trinity Church for 25 years who is stung by his son’s strong rejection of his faith. Miles feels he’s found his purpose in life by hosting a podcast where he’s free to speak his mind, but that changes when he receives the ultimate friend request.

After repeated pokes by “God,” Miles’ curiosity takes over, and he accepts the request and follows the signs to various people.

Tune in to CBS on Sunday, September 30 for the premiere of 'God Friended Me' at 8:30PM.

You can stream now a early premiere of the show prior to it airing on CBS.

#MelodicallyInTune received an extra early viewing of the show and we will be sure to soon discuss what we've learned behind the creation of the show. In addition, to an open discussion of what you thought about the first episode.