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Showing posts with label Cornelius Jones Jr.. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Arts.Advocacy+Wellness: "Tim'm T. West: Ready, Set, Grow""
Tim'm T. West's
Ready, Set, Grow
premiering at
Austin's BAM Festival
If you are in the Austin, TX area this Thursday make sure you check out my dear friend Tim'm T. West's debut of his one-man show Ready, Set, Grow (which is co-directed by me!)
"Ready, Set, Grow" is a one-man show by critically acclaimed rapper and Spoken Word Artist Tim'm T. West that speaks to the question: What becomes of little black boys who've considered suicide robbed of any rites of passage? Inspired by the works of James Baldwin and his mentors Ntozake Shange and Carl Hancock Rux, Tim'm offers a coming of age story, through spoken word, rap, and song, that suggests an inalienable right to these rites. Moving through the complex maze of American poverty, racism, sexism, and sexuality, "Ready, Set, Grow" suggests that "waiting for superman" may not be as sensible as becoming a super man. How do we save ourselves? How do we respect the diversity and complexity of black male experience when so many young men, objectified and stigmatized at birth, are sucked into a system recycling defeatist and hopeless futures. One man, through his own transparent, vulnerable, experiences offers one way he strives in spite of racism, poverty, homophobia, HIV/AIDS... so surely there are other ways. Ready. Set. Let's Grow.
Thursday June 16, 8PM
Salvage Vanguard Theater
2803 Manor Road
Austin, TX 78722
For tickets go to:
If you are not in the Austin area, no worries, Ready, Set, Grow will be playing a city near you soon (NYC'ers keep your eyes and ears open!). For updates and info just check out Tim's's website: www.reddirt.biz
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Arts.Advocacy+Wellness: "Brave Soul Collective at 2011 DC Black Theater Festival"
Brave Soul Collective
presents
Smoke Screens:
The Lies We Tell Ourselves (& Everyone Else)
Saturday June 18th, 2011 at 8pmThe Ossie Davis Stage at Warehouse Theater
645 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
Smoke Screens:
Following a successful performance during last year's Inaugural DC Black Theatre Festival with "Aesthetics", Brave Soul Collective (BSC) returns with "Smoke Screens: The Lies We Tell Ourselves (& Everyone Else)"
On Saturday June 18th , BSC will present an evening of theatre, & spoken word performances that examine the many complexities of life & how we as human beings deal with, avoid, & manipulate the elements of TRUTH & HONESTY.
The theatrical pieces performed as part of "Smoke Screens" will touch on a variety of topics & hot button issues such as love, sex, relationships, sexuality, HIV/AIDS, gender, & identity.
BSC, which celebrates its 5 year anniversary this month is honored to be one of the few LGBTQ performing arts organizations participating in the second annual DC Black Theatre Festival.
"Smoke Screens" will feature original works written by playwrights Dyron Holmes, Rashad Moody, Jared Shamberger as well as the premiere of a new piece written by DC Black Theatre Festival Executive Director Glenn Alan which is directed by Alan Sharpe (ACT).
For Tickets log on to: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1492834107
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Arts.Advocacy+Wellness: "Lee Hayes: THE BAD SEED"
NOW AVAILABLE:
The Bad Seed
Hello Future Fans,
So I just received some great news about a book release from my dear friend Lee Hayes. I would like to share Lee's note with you all today:
Dear Friends,
At long last, The Bad Seed is here! I want you to share my excitement. This novel is a hot, sticky and fast-paced summer read that is sure to get your pulse racing!
Help me send this book to the top of the NY Times Bestseller's list by purchasing a copy and forwarding this email to everyone you know and encouraging them purchase a copy or two!
Click the link below to purchase your autographed copy from me!
Sincerely,
Lee Hayes
"Lee Hayes has done a remarkable job, once again, of bringing vivid, powerful characters to life in The Bad Seed."
- ZANE, NY Times bestselling author
click here
"A dangerously vivid story of love, lust, sex and lies. I was so shocked by the boldness of the characters; had me looking behind closed doors and uttering to myself. Wow!"
- Tina Brooks McKinney, author of Snapped and
Deep Deception
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Arts.Advocacy+Wellness: "I am LIVING My Truth"
Cornelius's
HIV PSA Feature - I AM LIVING MY TRUTH
on LOGO TV
Hello A.A+W fans! I've finally been able to secure on online stream of the campaign I AM LIVING MY TRUTH, which has been airing on Logo TV. The outpour of support I received has been overwhelmingly positive and I am grateful for the many people who have contacted me personally. This campaign was important for me and my walk in living my truth on a day to day basis. I hope it continues to inspire those still living and braving this fight (those that are HIV positive and those that are HIV negative). Let's continue to brave this journey together and erase the stigma associated with this condition. Embracing you all. And now enjoy the PSA:
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Arts.Advocacy+Wellness: "Still Swimming"
The Writer's Place Poetry Review:
features Cornelius Jones Jr.'s
Still Swimming
Hello A.A+W and Future Fans.
So I shared the new good news last week and would like to share it again this week. My poem Still Swimming (..I Remember...) has been selected as 3rd Place Recipient for The Writer's Place Poetry Review 2011-2012 edition. In celebration of this great honor I would like to share the piece with you. Interested in reading other winner's work, log on to: www.thewritersplace.org.
“Still swimming (…I remember…)”
I remember going with you to Chesapeake Bay and I saw my first farm raised fishpond. I think there was salmon swimming in there. I remember when the boat came in and you, your fishermen friends, and Uncle John unloaded the wild caught fish: lake trout, shad, bass, and even live crabs. I remember a group of black men and white men laughing together knowing that this was a good catch and you all would be racking in the dollars. I remember this in Virginia.
I remember when I made momma cry ‘cause she looked at the calendar we always kept in the kitchen to remind us of important appointments and I think momma was checking the calendar for her dentist appointment and saw that I marked: June 21st, Dad comes home. I remember this was the day you came home from being hospitalized with pneumonia for over a month. I remember. I remember. I remember when you starred on the 6’oclock news…Something you tuned into daily, in our living room, but this day you were not home, you were in jail and you headlined the news that entire evening…In handcuffs they had you and tucked your head into the police car ‘cause you sold illegal dear meat. I remember being so sad...so angry…so confused. You saying, “I’m just doing what I need to do, ‘cause I ain’t gon’ be here for too much longer.” I remember.
I remember loving Kraft American cheese. The individual wrappers…going through 5-7 slices a day for 2 weeks straight, and you warned, “That cheese is gonna bind you up,” and I remember thinking you didn’t know what you were talking about and I kept eating my American cheese, and two weeks later, I learned my lesson. My bowels couldn’t pass through, and you had to buy me prune juice, which was so gross. I couldn’t stomach it, so you mixed it in with coca-cola and a day later you stood by my side as I screamed in the bathroom like a pregnant woman giving birth (as I would imagine momma giving birth to my hard-headed self). It finally passed through. You grinned and I said, “Yeah, I learned my lesson.” I remember.
I remember you trying to get your strength back, testing what life had left. I remember you trying so hard. I remember. I remember you lying in bed. I remember communicating through raised and lowered hands and blinks of the eye and movements of the lip. I remember your last nod…your last smile. The look of joy that you were completing your last lap…finally you could float with no support. I remember….as I’m still swimming.
©2010 Cornelius Jones Jr.
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