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Each day countless stories unfold. Take a real life experience of your own and tell it in a way that only you can. Craft your story with words, photos or video. Make the ordinary magical, or the exotic familiar. Shock us, amaze us or make us pause to reflect. The only rule is that it’s real.

In this age of email and text messages, every once in awhile you need a stamp! Why not choose one that is pretty, historical and a celebration of black movies?
Ms Josephine Baker’s 1935 movie, “Princess Tam-Tam”, is one of only 4 films she made. It is included in 5 presented on a sheet of 42 [...]

“The Persistence of Memory” (1931), will return to MoMA as part of an event featuring the art of Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) as both painter and filmmaker - especially with Spanish director Luis Bunuel , (1900 - 1983).
Dali’s paintings, drawings, movie scripts will all be used to [...]

“Chihuly at the de Young” * Thru 9/28/08

The de Young Museum in San Francisco, CA presents Dale Chihuly – American glass artist. You will see beautiful shapes, daring configurations, all in glorious color. Very dramatic.
His explanation of why people like his work, “People like to look at glass; it’s like looking at light”.
Born in Tacoma, [...]

Turks & Caicos International Film Festival (TCIFF)
October 15 – October 18, 2008
Film watching in the Caribbean - a perfect mix. (I know, its probably hot where you are now, but come October, a bit of sun, a few tropical drinks will look pretty good!)
By using international, independent cinema, the festival’s mission is [...]

Recently I visited the Heard Museum in Phoenix Arizona and saw the exhibit:

“Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience”

It’s an exhibit that pulls at your heart.
This is a righteous part of American History that exemplifies the belief that we could decide what is best for others.
I located a NY Times Article, ironically dated [...]

Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) * American artist who painted New York City life.

I love the “movement” of his paintings. You can feel the wind, hear the music…terrific.
Some of Marsh’s paintings are not quite so colorful as you see here, he gravitated toward regular people in the streets, at the burlesque, on [...]

“Those that stop their questioning at 75, 60, even 30, cut short their explorations and end up with permanently unfinished lives.” (From “Life Beyond Measure: Letter to My Great-Granddaughter”)

Wise octogenarian Sydney Poitier has been a national treasure for quite awhile. He’s won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a [...]

All of the many ways one can shape the public perception of a culture through film were alive and well this month. From a visionary film maker and producer, marketing professional, events producer, to actors. If you weren’t in AZ for the Black Film Showcase, you should have been.
I interviewed Director Lee Daniels (Shadowboxer, [...]

Of course we are talking about the “Wire” and many fans are unhappy. Unhappy because there is only one episode left and that its ending will not live up to our expectation. Differently then Sex in the City or the Soprano’s, this series seemed to be about real people. When Omar is killed there are [...]