Afton Okwu

With his quick pace and confidence in commanding a crowd, Aminé reserved pauses between the bouncy beats to push his main points — self-love and uninhibited fun.

As a lawyer and former ACLU deputy director, Jeffery Robinson has dedicated his life to righting wrongs — the pressing and the cataclysmic.

“It's really important to us to keep the love in the air at our shows,” Guldemond said. “To look these people in the eye and take the space between songs to say things that bring us together.”

Taking classic holiday cheer and elevating its bravado, "Holiday Gaiety" was an unapologetic celebration of queer culture and talent, ensuring that the love of the holiday season meant love for all.

With a timbre delving into the waters of the psychedelic and funky, Black Pumas have fast-tracked a steady residence in the soundscape of tomorrow.

Through Sneed's musicality and showmanship, members of the hall were transported back and forth in era, or held in the present as a 25-minute rendition of a fluttery “Joy to the World” flew by in a joyous blur.

Over the course of a nearly two-decade-long career, Sawaya’s work is cemented in a world of contemporary art, turning one of the world’s most popular toys into masterpieces.

When the story falls flat — and it often does, following the tradition of highly saturated, confectionary holiday films — it covers itself in the warm winter coat of Christmas cheer.

Despite what the sporty premise suggests, above all, “King Richard” explores the strength of familial love.

“I fell in love with Richard,” Will Smith said in a roundtable interview with The Daily Californian, reflecting on a touching interview of Venus and Richard he came across in 1995.