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12/18/2025

Along with awarding $1,000 to this year’s CNS Loren Martin Hintz Travel Writing Scholarship winner, we invited the past recipients to honor and celebrate them too. All recipients from 2022-2025 received a plaque with their name on it.

Meet the recipients
2025: Alivia Allen
2024: Adjua Nsoroma (Not pictured)
2023: Sean Horton
2022: Morgan Coleman

📸: Voss Media Visuals /Carvd N Stone

12/16/2025

Alivia Allen is the fourth annual winner of the CNS Loren Martin Hintz Travel Writing Scholarship, but she's also more than that. She's a writer, a college student at Marquette University, and a 19-year-old teenager who's figuring her way out in this world. Find out more about Allen, her winning essay, and what she plans to do with her $1,000 winnings below.

📸: Liyah Sumner/Carvd N Stone

Alivia Allen is the 2025 CNS Loren Martin Hintz Travel Writing Scholarship winner.

12/14/2025

We were approached in 2022 by Steve Hintz to honor his late father, Loren Martin Hintz, so together we created the CNS Loren Martin Hintz Travel Writing Scholarship.

What started as a way to honor Loren has become a $1,000 annual scholarship supporting Milwaukee writers who are committed to telling meaningful stories.

Loren was a writer himself, a photographer, and an avid traveler. To give you a fuller understanding of the importance of this scholarship, we created this video.

This testimonial features Loren’s family sharing who he was, what he stood for, and why continuing this scholarship matters so much. Enjoy!

🎤: Nyesha Stone
🎥: Nyesha Stone

12/14/2025

We’re incredibly proud to announce Alivia Allen as the 2025 CNS Loren Martin Hintz Travel Writing Scholarship winner, who received $1,000 to support her continued growth as a writer and storyteller.

Alivia was selected for her thoughtful travel essay that reflects curiosity, intention, and cultural awareness, the very qualities this scholarship was created to honor in memory of the late, award-winning journalist and photographer Loren Martin Hintz. Her work stood out not only for its craft but for the heart behind the story.

This year’s announcement is especially meaningful, as it took place during our first-ever Loren Martin Hintz Travel Writing Scholarship Ceremony & Gala, where over 100 community members gathered to celebrate legacy, storytelling, and the future of journalism. Being able to recognize Alivia in this space, surrounded by supporters, past scholarship recipients, and community leaders, made the moment even more powerful.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing photos and videos highlighting Alivia, moments from the ceremony and gala, and the inaugural Carvd N Stone Award recipients.

There’s so much positivity to come. The next few weeks are going to be fun y’all, so stay tuned!

📸: Liyah Sumner/Carvd N Stone

12/11/2025

See y’all TONIGHT! ✨

The 2025 CNS Loren Martin Hintz Travel Writing Scholarship Ceremony & Gala is TONIGHT! ✨

Doors open at 5:45 PM and the open bar starts at 6 for 45 mins. We’re announcing the 2025 travel scholarship winner and debuting the Carvd N Stone Awards.

This event is SOLD OUT, so only ticket holders and those on the guest list will be admitted.

12/05/2025

Many of us deal with scalp issues, and Garrick Wade decided to do something about it by creating Bëhold Natural Essentials. Bëhold Natural Essentials is a Black and male-owned natural hair care brand based in Atlanta that uses natural ingredients to keep the scalp hydrated and healthy. The brand currently has seven products, including a daily Rosemary + Mint Scalp and Hair Spray. Read more below.

📸: Keilan Scott

Bëhold Natural Essentials is a Black and male-owned natural hair care brand based in Atlanta.

11/25/2025

Langston Hughes’ “Black Nativity” has been a major success since its first production in 1961. It has been played across the country, including Milwaukee. 2025 marks Black Arts MKE's 10th Anniversary Production of Black Nativity in Milwaukee, and it will be presented under the new directorial leadership of Sheri Williams Pannell.

This year also marks a new collaboration. Local Divine Nine chapters donated authentic African garments and textiles that inspired and shaped this year’s costume design. Their contributions will be celebrated during Divine Nine Night on Opening Night, Friday, December 12, 2025.

SPONSORED CONTENT

📸: Black Arts MKE

Black Arts MKE will showcase its 10th production of Black Nativity in Milwaukee, Dec. 11-14, 2025.

11/23/2025

The 2025 CNS Loren Martin Hintz Travel Writing Scholarship Ceremony & Gala is officially SOLD OUT! We’re beyond grateful for the support. See you December 11.

11/19/2025

The Quintessential Gentleman is a Black-owned media company solely focused on Black men. It spotlights Black men in a positive light while also exploring the issues that impact them, including politics. Eric Keith founded The Quintessential Gentleman, and he credits Atlanta for helping inspire him to move forward with his idea.

Now, The Quintessential Gentleman is partnering with MCM to host an exclusive event tailored to celebrating men at the Lenox Mall in Atlanta on November 20, 2025, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. EST. Read more below.

📸: J. Monroe of Monroe Media

The Quintessential Gentleman is partnering with MCM to host an exclusive event celebrating men at Lenox Mall on November 20, 2025.

11/18/2025

Restaurateur Gocha Hawkins and a past hairstylist, who's serviced celebrities like Beyoncé, is giving away 100 Thanksgiving dinners to Atlanta families on November 19, 2025, at her restaurant Gocha’s Tapas Bar. The dinners will include traditional Thanksgiving items like turkey, collard greens, and more.

This event is happening through Gocha's Illumination Foundation in partnership with Gocha's Breakfast Bar and Gocha's Tapas Bar.

📸: Provided by Gocha Hawkins

Restaurateur Gocha Hawkins is giving away 100 Thanksgiving dinners to Atlanta families.

11/14/2025

Jammin With Juice has officially returned as Milwaukee's newest Black-owned media brand. Co-hosts Carrie "Noni Juice" Mahone and Benjamin "Ben Jammin" Hooks are new business owners as they embark on their independent journey. Jammin With Juice was originally a local radio segment; now episodes are livestreamed on YouTube, all under Mahone's and Hooks' leadership. Read more below.

📸: Jammin With Juice

Jammin With Juice is a new independent Black-owned media brand in Milwaukee.

11/12/2025

The Booth MKE is a high-tech and high-touch customizable and interactive photobooth engineered and built by Milwaukee software engineer Benjamin Biddle. Biddle developed the software for his photobooth over the years with the help of his family. His eldest son, Aden, is now a software engineer too, who's been helping with the business since the beginning. Read more below.

📸: The Booth MKE

The Booth MKE is a Black and family-owned tech business.