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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 with Cornelius Jones Jr.
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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
Monday, May 16, 2011
CNN's Don Lemon talks about race, homosexuality and abuse in his new book "Transparent"
CNN weekend anchor Don Lemon is gay, the journalist announced in his memoir "Transparent."
"I abhor hypocrisy," Lemon told the New York Times. "I think if you're going to be in the business of news, and telling people the truth, of trying to shed light in dark places, then you've got to be honest. You've got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else."
The 45-year-old anchor's book chronicles his personal life -- growing up without a father and being molested as a child -- and his career as he worked at local stations in Philadelphia, Chicago and New York before starting at CNN. He was cautious about detailing his personal life in the book, a project that was just supposed to be an inspirational pamphlet.
"I'm talking about something that people might shun me for, ostracize me for," Lemon said about being scared to come out.
Lemon made no secret of his sexual orientation: co-workers and managers knew he was gay and the network had assured him of support, he said. But the book was his first public announcement.
"It's quite different for an African American male. It's about the worst thing you can be in black culture. You're taught you have to be a man; you have to be masculine," he said. "In the black community they think you can pray the gay away. ... You're afraid that black women will say the same things they do about how black men should be dating black women..."
"I guess this makes me a double minority now."
Lemon appeared as a guest Monday on "CNN Newsroom" and will appear on "The Joy Behar Show" on CNN's sister channel HLN.
"Transparent" lands in stores June 16.
WATCH THE INTERVIEW ON CNN: Don Lemon talks personal struggles
Courtesy of CNN
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Arts.Advocacy+Wellness: "New work by Yolo Akili"
Yolo Akili
"Are We The Kind Of Boys We Want?"
Food for thought this A.A+Wsome Wednesday.
Emerging Poet/Spoken Word Artist Yolo Akili shares his new work:
Are We The Kind of Boys We Want?
This is a must see!
To follo Yolo Akili and to support his work, Log on to: www.yoloakili.com.
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Arts.Advocacy+Wellness with Cornelius Jones Jr.
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