Decisions on MLK memorial raise debate
Decisions on MLK memorial raise debate By Linda Conleylinda.conley@shj.com Published: Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 1:06 a.m. ( page 1 of …
Collard Greens Museum explores black history
BY KATHLEEN PURVIS – The Charlotte Observer Charlotte — It’s called the Latibah Collard Green Museum. But the small museum on Cullman Avenue isn’t about greens or cooking. It’s about …
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Marina The Poet
Marina The PoetAuthor/Poet/Playwright/Workshop Facilitator/Visionary Marina has never been one to follow the crowd. Even as a young child, when most girls her age played with dolls, she begged her parents …
JORDAN E. BROOKS
JORDAN E. BROOKS“I’m so attracted to different ends of art, that some what influence my not yet defined style of art. Just so much is out there that people have …
Leimert Park Village Book Fair
Leimert Park Village Book Fair Announces 2010 Lineup Of Authors The Leimert Park Village Book Fair will feature booksignings, writing workshops, panel discussions, poetry readings, stage performances, musical entertainment and …
Introducing Collector Hub, A New Name For A Trusted Online Community
Introducing Collector Hub, A New Name For A Trusted Online Community Formerly known as BlackshearOnline, Collector Hub continues the same great service of offering collectors and enthusiasts the latest and …
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October Gallery’s Premium Collectors Art Auction Series
Sunday, August 1, 2010 12:30 to 5:30 PM6353 Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144267-297-0188 View Art Up for Bid This is a premiere collectors art AUCTION series featuring some of the …
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Is Black Art Still Relevant?
Black Art will always be relevant to me. As a Baby Boomer I saw Jim Crow and racial troubles and Black Art helps me to connect with my roots. I …
The Art of the Steal
If a major American city wants to be taken seriously as a cultural center, it needs a world-class art museum. Such institutions are a ubiquitous presence everywhere from New York …
Staging the African American Experience
By Kola TubosunMarch 6, 2010 03:27PM Theatre seems always justified by catharsis, as there is nothing as innately fulfilling as the wonderful sense of exhilaration that comes from seeing a …
A year of (possible) firsts at the Oscars
By Mark BermanSunday,March 7, 2010 Sunday’s 82nd annual Academy Awards should offer a dazzling combination of excitement (look, a famous person!) and sheer boredom (the front-runners in all the major …
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Met Guards Are True Artists
A fair number of the guards at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are artists themselves, yearning for a little exposure. Now they are stepping into the spotlight with a new …
DNA clues hunted in ’90 art theft
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the theft of masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the FBI is resubmitting evidence taken from the crime scene for DNA …
Art, care centers offer promise for black community
Two institutions, several miles apart – one newly formed and the other 70 years old – held celebrations last week, and both offer greater promise for African-Americans and the broad …
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Upcoming Washington area museum, gallery exhibits and closing shows
The following exhibitions open next week. “In the Realm of the Buddha,” opening March 13 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, celebrates the sacred arts of Tibetan Buddhism with two …
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