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Progeny: Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas
The distinction we make about race must be some primal system that forgot to grow up. We’ve all heard ourselves at one time or another claim to be color blind and mean it and be both surprised and ashamed of our private thoughts about people who are not like us. In the last two years we’ve...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Books, Cable, Creativity, Events, Writers on 08 5th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Black Book Expo * LA August 21, 2010
Los Angeles will host its popular Black Book Expo again this year on Saturday 8/21 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel. This one day event will offer “authors, storytellers, spoken word and poetry performances, musicians, exhibitors, children’s book authors, emerging writers, publishers, booksellers,...
Movies-Catching Up
(500) days of Summer
Two movies that I did not see when they first were released, “(500) days of Summer” and “Rachel Getting Married“,
Rachel Getting Married
I got to see them this past week. I can remember there being a buzz about both movies and I had no expectations. I enjoyed...
Posted by Bob Martin in Actors, Art, Creativity, Live Performance, Movies, Theater, Writers on 12 15th, 2009 | No Comments
“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels”
This quote, attributed to Tennessee Williams is said differently in the 2008 film Transsiberian (“Kill off my demons and My angels might die too”) can be said about all of us. The heroine Jessie, played by Emily Mortimer who’s beauty is hidden by the innocent gangling lumber of her...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Books, Writers on 10 14th, 2009 | No Comments
Book Corner: “Easy Rawlins’ Mysteries”
Blonde Faith, is the final book of the popular series, written by Walter Mosley.
We were introduced to Easy Rawlins in Devil in a Blue Dress, 1990. (This was also made into a great 1995 movie with Denzel as “Easy” and Don Cheadle as his explosively, lethal buddy “Mouse”.)
“Easy” becomes...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Books, Theater, Writers on 10 10th, 2009 | No Comments
August Wilson Century Cycle
The ambitious intentions of a playwright resulted in the impressive, and enjoyable, “August Wilson Century Cycle” box set. It consists of a play for every decade of the 20th century that would chronicle some part of the black experience in America.
Now all 10 of his plays are together in one...
Book Corner: Joel’s Poems
“There and Back…” is a book of lovely, powerful and very personal poems from Dr. Joel Martin, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, daughter, sister, mother, wife.
Although a slim volume, it is weighty in content. Yes, there are admissions of discomfort and pain that accompanies illness, but...
Toni Morrison
A local book reviewer described the latest Toni Morrison novel, “A Mercy”, as “ferociously beautiful”. (Actually, you can describe many of her books this way.)
Ms Morrison has such a fantastical, spiritual approach to her characters and plot, but she’s also got “edge”. She can set...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Books, Culture, Writers on 07 30th, 2009 | No Comments
August Wilson*Playwright
The ambitious intentions of a playwright resulted in the impressive, and enjoyable, “August Wilson Century Cycle”. It consists of a play for every decade of the 20th century that would chronicle some part of the black experience in America.
Through the use of his great ear for dialogue, Wilson...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Events, Live Performance, Poem, Theater, music on 07 25th, 2009 | No Comments
“for colored girls…” * in Atlanta!
“for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf” at Southwest Arts Center until August 9.
Long title for a great play – saw it on Broadway in the late 70’s and recently saw a 1982 televised version on DVD. Perhaps not as shocking or controversial as it...
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"Alyson Stanfield's book I'd Rather Be in the Studio! The Artist's No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion is the most comprehensive self-promotion advice out there for artists. And not only is it packed with information, she also shows artists of all kinds how to implement each action step.People I Know
