Please please check them out listen, sing and share. Click on the link below. Kudos to our Young People… They are “Keeping it Moving”.. Thanks Velma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeGrgewqEXw&feature=player_embedded
This is worth watching . Please take time to visit the site. Then pass it on.
Comedy Central is presenting a new sketch series. Check out the sneak preview this Tuesday January 31 at 10:30 pm.
Samples of the series are available at Comedy Central online:
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=406088&title=new-sketch-series
ABOUT KEY & PEELE
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele present “Key & Peele,” an original sketch-comedy show coming to Comedy Central in 2012. In this new series these fresh, relevant comedic actor-writers, used to being on the outside looking in, will examine life in a provocative and irreverent way, through a combination of filmed sketches and live stage segments.
Whether it’s satirizing the President, spoofing Nazis, or ordering up some soul food, “Key & Peele” will showcase their chemistry, camaraderie and unique point of view, born from their shared background and experiences growing up biracial in a not quite post-racial world.
Interview of Key & Peele on National Public Radio:
“Because words fail, I choose paint, ink, canvas, paper, film, pen, charcoal and/or a squeegee to five a voice to thoughts, feelings and emotions in me.”
Carl Richardson has been a professional artist and educator for 15 years. He received his Master in Fine Arts from Washington State University in 1994.
While there, he won a prestigious Rockefeller Foundation protege grant. He has participated in group and solo shows in Florida, Nevada, and Spokane. A favorite with studetns at Spokane Falls Community college, Carl is well-known for the energy and creativity he brings to his artwork. He is constantly combining media and images to find new ways of presenting the visual world. His work is characterized by expert use of vivid color, striking composition and haunting imagery.
The urban ballerinas are a clever juxtaposition of classic dance form with gritty urban forms. His previous series, Tisa, presented Maasai dance and tribal costume through ingenious screen printing techniques. Carl is always pushing the two-dimensional world to give up three-dimensional imagery.
The Boondocks : Return of the King
In “Return of the King,” McGruder offers a “what if?” episode which theorizes that Martin Luther King, Jr. didn’t die but, rather, has been in a coma all this time; when he awakens, he ends up going from being a hero to all those seeking equality of the races to being accused of a terrorist sympathizer. When he attempts to hold a rally to inspire his brethren, it’s so overtaken by attempts to make it into a party . . . . . . . . Will Harris wharris@bullz-eye.com https://www.bullz-eye.com/television_reviews/2005/the_boondocks_1.htm
The 99% Act is the best bill we’ve seen in Washington in a long time. But it can be hard to remember the details or explain them to friends and family. This infographic spells out exactly how the 99% Act will help turn our economy around.
If you think bills like this in Congress are a good thing, please share this infographic on your Facebook wall, Twitter account, and e-mail it to your friends!
Cover of Adila Barnes' autobiography
Adilah Barnes performance in the one woman show I Am That I Am: Woman, Black at Whitworth University on October 26 was an evening of inspiring theater. The choice of women portrayed (from Sojourner Truth forward to Angela Davis and May Angelou), the interesting and meaningful selection of their words woven together with song in a dark theater was moving. As the excellent questions from students, faculty and community members revealed something of Ms. Barnes life and spirit and because some of her life path seemed to parallel my own I decided to buy her book so I could find out more. We talked a little as she signed the book and indeed we had both been college students in the San Francisco Bay area in the late 60’s and early 70’s – that great time of change. . . . . .
But as I opened her book and read about her origins I realized we had even more in common – we are both from Oroville, California. . . . . (more)
Thanks to Adilah Barnes for sharing her life journey so unreservedly. It was heart warming to read the story of someone who set goals and didn’t let anything stop her from reaching them. More information about her, including where you can buy her book, may be found at her website.
http://www.adilahbarnes.com/
IMDB (The Internet Movie Database) pulls up some full episodes of TV series she was in if you search her name:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055481/videogallery
Seen Around Town Exhibits – by ichoosethesun
As a resident of the DMV (DC, Maryland and Virginia), it’s easy to take all that the city has to offer for granted. Seen Around Town will be a series of posts where I will share information about various events in the DMV area.
Saturday was a beautiful day in DC so I decided to head downtown to catch a couple of exhibits that have been on my to-do list. The first was:
The Black List exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery.
From the website:
Historically, “blacklist” denotes a group of people marginalized and denied work or social approval. In an effort to redefine the term, these portraits of 50 African Americans reclaim the term “blacklist” to be affirming, influential and powerful.
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell worked together to develop a list of people whom they thought would represent the African-American experience in the 20th century. Greenfield-Sanders created large-format fine-art photographs, and Mitchell interviewed the subjects on film; the portrayals provide insight on the struggles, triumphs and joys of black life in the United States.
This exhibit is visually stunning and there were several people on the “list” that I had no prior knowledge of. The interviews are funny, candid and inspiring. The Black List reminds us of the infinite number of contributions African-Americans have made to the world beyond the “usual suspects”. This is a FREE exhibit and family-friendly. The Black List will be at NPG through April 22, 2012. For more information including hours and directions, visit the website here: http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/exhblacklist.html .
The second exhibit was 30 Americans at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. ………. More
We in the Spokane area have contacts and connections that reach beyond our borders. We welcome input from your relatives, friends and associates wherever they are, that can share experiences relevant to African American interests and issues. Send it to us at the Spokane African American Voice at info@4comculture.com.