L30: Art, Media, Pop Culture – Theatre: from RollingOut.com, Halle Berry to Play Mysterious Visitor to Dr. King To read the full story from RollingOut.com, click the link below: http://blackbirdhome.com/alpha/news/?www.rollingout.com/insideentertainment/the-pulse/10078-halle-berry-to-play-mysterious-visitor-to-martin-luther-kings-hotel-room-in-broadway-play.html
July 11, 2010
L30: Is Poetry Dead? Not Quite, Thanks to Poets House I love this article from NYTimes.com (Arts). As a poet myself, I never think that poetry is dead. Has it evolved? Yes, definitely, but it’s still relevant and we hear it everyday in music, hip hop, and in my opinion, jazz is poetry. But thanks to [...]
July 8, 2010
L30: Black Literature News North Country Institute and Retreat for Writers of Color to Hold Public Book Reading and Signing. PLATTSBURGH, NY (07/06/2010)(readMedia)– The North Country Institute and Retreat for Writers of Color will sponsor a public reading and book signing from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 9, in Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall on the [...]
June 23, 2010
L30: Book News from Huffington Post.com: Book Publishing Websites: The Best And Worst (PHOTOS, POLL). Everyone in book publishing has a website. We know Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound and Borders among others sell books on the web. Authors have web sites that tell you about their writing. But what do book publisher websites do? We wanted to [...]
May 10, 2010
Lena Horne has passed away at the age of 92, still beautiful. Here are some photos of her over the years.
March 22, 2010
L30: news Obama Health Care Reform Makes History. To read the full article from BlackAmericaWeb.com, click the link below: http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/17261 Commentary: The Obama Administration is doing work for the people. No one said it would be easy, but it’s got to be done and we have to start somewhere. Photo from BlackAmericaWeb.com (President Obama and Speaker of the House, Nancy [...]
March 22, 2010
L30: news African Nations To Meet To Discuss Water Supply | News One. Click the link below to read the full article from News One.com: http://newsone.com/world/associated-press/african-nations-to-meet-to-discuss-water-supply/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blackplanet%2Fnewsone+(NewsOne) Commentary: This article really makes you think about what we take for granted here in the U.S. doesn’t it? My challenge to you is, how can you help?
March 16, 2010
L30: Renaissance44 – Politics If you haven’t viewed President Obama’s latest weekly address, he speaks to us about the future of America’s Education System. We have got to get behind him. We have a very antiquated system right now, in comparison to other countries, and we need to treat the education of our students as the [...]
February 15, 2010
YouTube – We Are The World 25 For Haiti – Official Video. This just brings tears to my eyes to see popular artists in 2010, put down the bling for a few minutes to come together in the same spirit that Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie did in 1985. This video features: Mylie Cyrus, Barbara Streisand, [...]
February 15, 2010
L30: Renaissance44: YouTube – ‘We Are the World’ Class of 2010. This is definitely a Renaissance44 worthy piece of pop culture news. If you grew up in the 80’s, then you definitely remember the original “We Are The World” song and seeing your favorite and popular recording artists and actors coming together for a very worthy [...]
July 12, 2010
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