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Louie Palu : The Fighting Season
DC:ART:JAZZ:Thinking About Jazz – Nina Simone & Civil Rights, 10/29, 1-3pm
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Nadine Cohodas, author of Princess Noire, The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone, joins us again for an in-depth look at Nina Simone’s impact on the Civil Rights movement. Nadine will share more vintage footage of Nina and pertinent excerpts from her wonderful biography of this powerful figure in jazz history. Nina’s powerful presence, bold lyrics and eloquent music made her a figure many sought out as a leader of the jazz community in defining the essence of race and power relations during this important time in our nation’s history. As always, Thinking About Jazz is a free event with a warm welcome, stimulating conversation, refreshments and door prizes. Please join us!
Eyeminded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art
Please join Busboys and Poets, Teaching for Change and Provisions Library for an evening with author Kellie Jones, who will read and discuss her book, Eyeminded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art on Saturday, October 15th, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Busboys and Poets (5331 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, MD 20781).
A daughter of the poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka, Jones grew up immersed in a world of artists, musicians, and writers, absorbed in Black nationalist ideas about art, politics, and social justice across the river in Newark. The activist vision of art and culture that she learned in those two communities, and especially from her family, has shaped her life and work as an art critic and curator. Featuring selections of her writings from the past twenty years, Eyeminded reveals Jones’s role in bringing attention to the work of African-American, African, Latin-American, and women artists who have challenged established art practices.
This event is free and open to the public.
10.15.2011, 6-7:30pm Eyeminded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art by Kellie Jones
Please join Busboys and Poets, Teaching for Change and Provisions Library for an evening with author Kellie Jones, who will read and discuss her book, Eyeminded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art on Saturday, October 15th, from 6-7:30p.m. at Busboys and Poets (5331 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, MD 20781).
A daughter of the poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka, Jones grew up immersed in a world of artists, musicians, and writers, absorbed in Black nationalist ideas about art, politics, and social justice across the river in Newark. The activist vision of art and culture that she learned in those two communities, and especially from her family, has shaped her life and work as an art critic and curator. Featuring selections of her writings from the past twenty years, Eyeminded reveals Jones’s role in bringing attention to the work of African-American, African, Latin-American, and women artists who have challenged established art practices.
This event is free and open to the public.
Clic k here for more info –>Kellie Jones Flier 10-15-11
DC:ART: Around M Way: 10.8.11 GoGo Poetry Reading this Saturday & 10.15.11 TedxWDC in Anacostia!
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* * * * *TEDxWDC – October 15th
