Balle Balle Radio™ Entertainment Desk Mark Marshall has published "The One- The Conclusion," the third and final book in his Finding the One Trilogy, according to a publishing announcement. The novel brings together Liam, Jake, Austin, Tracy, and Sebastian, years after the summer romance that first connected them. The story turns on a medical crisis: […]

Balle Balle Radio™ Entertainment Desk Anthony C. Knotts, a pastor and musician who has served as a church planter, youth pastor, worship pastor and lead pastor, has released "The Broken Worship Leader: Leading God’s People During Times Of Personal Trial," a book aimed at ministry leaders who feel pressure to appear strong even while struggling […]

Balle Balle Radio™ Entertainment Desk Timothy E. Robinson has released "The Encyclopedia of College Football: A Yearly History Volume 4, 1976 to 1992," the latest installment in a multivolume reference project documenting the sport season by season since the 19th century, according to the publisher’s announcement. The new volume is the fourth in a series […]

Balle Balle Radio™ Entertainment Desk Shonta Henderson has released "Shonta vs. Lawless," a memoir recounting her upbringing at 79th and Essex on Chicago’s South Side, an area she and others from the neighborhood call Terror Town. The book, published through Newman Springs Publishing, went on sale August 15 in paperback for $25.95. The memoir follows […]

Balle Balle Radio™ Entertainment Desk Thomas Corey Lucas has released "detour," a novel built from an unconventional writing experiment he began in 1975, around the same time he was starting a career as a recording artist. According to the author, he set aside plot and theme altogether and let the book take shape from his […]

Balle Balle Radio™ Entertainment Desk Wayne Clarke has released "The Knicks 4:1: You Can Overcome Your ‘Giants’," a 102-page paperback that uses basketball as a framework for a faith-centered message about perseverance through hardship. The book came out in July 2026 and is available on Amazon. Clarke, who has also been identified in other public […]

Balle Balle Radio™ Entertainment Desk Nohemi Castorena, a clinical social worker and mental health clinician, has released a new devotional book, "God, I’m Tired. God, I’m Sad. God, I’m Broken.: A Journey of Healing, Hope, Faith, and Many Coffee Cups," published through Christian Faith Publishing. The book is aimed at readers moving through grief, exhaustion, […]

Balle Balle Radio™ Entertainment Desk David Raine has published "Space Junker," the first novel in a new science-fiction series, and launched an accompanying experiment in which an AI system writes its own stories set inside the same fictional world. The novel, released October 2 in paperback and Kindle formats, opens in a drought-stricken farming town […]

Conch Shell International Film Festival returns to Queens October 9-11 with six Best Film nominees exploring Caribbean and diaspora filmmaking.

AFI Movie Club spotlights Tod Browning's 1931 'Dracula' starring Bela Lugosi, the film that launched Universal's Monster franchise and defined screen horror.