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Posted Thursday, June 18th 2009 at 2:05PM
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A boomtown like this and Atlanta doesn't have one iconic piece of public art —- the stuff of postcards, snapshots and shore-to-shore recognition. Maybe it never will.
But for a handful of the city's neighborhoods, the story may be about to change. ...
Posted Thursday, June 18th 2009 at 1:55PM
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A COLLECTION OF WORK BY AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN BIPOLAR WOMAN" ISBN 13 978-0-975461204 available TODAY on www.amazon.com. Check out my photos as well and join the growing number of people investing in their own mental wellness!
"You thought of everyt ...
Posted Tuesday, June 16th 2009 at 4:06PM
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A colored-pencil drawing by Brent Malskeit, 9, is the local winner of the 2009 RAGBRAI Kids Art Contest.
The artwork by the fourth grader at Lewis Central Titan Hill will be on display in the Council Bluffs Public Library until mid-July, along wit ...
Posted Tuesday, June 16th 2009 at 3:23PM
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Today I am giving thanks to each of my subscribers and customers who purchased a copyof my book, "Cooling Well Water: A Collection of Work By An African-American Bipolar Woman" ISBN 13 978-9754612-0-4
"Thank YOU!"
When I decided to publish th ...
Posted Tuesday, June 16th 2009 at 3:22PM
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Life in America is very different today than it was back on June 19, 1865, the day Maj.Gen. Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and the enslaved were now free.
Proving the American dream is very real, ...
Posted Tuesday, June 16th 2009 at 2:21PM
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Penny-pinching doesn’t have to be dull. No matter your fancy, there’s plenty to do in metro Atlanta —- without spending a dime. This is just a sampling of a free week of entertainment:
Mondays: Check out Acoustic Mondays at The Five Spot in Little ...
Posted Tuesday, June 16th 2009 at 2:18PM
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"1600" was created for a faculty show in March at the Art Institute of Charlotte. I needed to create something new, because just a month ago, The Black Male Image- Reworked series was displayed. So of course I could not show something that everyone h ...
Posted Monday, June 15th 2009 at 11:08PM
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African American artist skewered stereotypes with wit and explosive style
Robert Colescott in 1997, shortly before the Venice Biennale. The painting is “Ode to Joy (European Anthem).”
Best known for reworking masterpieces of European and American ...
Posted Monday, June 15th 2009 at 10:53PM
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Since the 1960s, the Rastafarian way of life has provided the cultural
depth that makes reggae unlike any other popular music. Rastafarians
have expressed their adherence to a disciplined diet, allegiance to an
African homeland and especially ...
Posted Monday, June 15th 2009 at 3:52PM
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I love a book where you come away with new knowledge of someone or something you had absolutely no idea existed. In I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer, I learned about Matthew Henson who, together with Robert Peary, became the first men to reach the N ...
Posted Monday, June 15th 2009 at 3:22PM
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Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, also known as Pablo Picasso, is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He was a Spanish painter, draught ...
Posted Monday, June 15th 2009 at 2:46PM
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Ladies, can we talk?
Order your copy of "Cooling Well Water: A Collection of Work By An
African-American Bipolar Woman" ISBN 13 978-0-9754612-0-4 today at www.amazon.com
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Posted Saturday, June 13th 2009 at 8:45PM
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Mental illness affects the WHOLE family!!!
Order your copy of "Cooling Well Water: A Collection of Work By An
African-American Bipolar Woman" ISBN 13 978-0-9754612-0-4 today at www.amazon.com
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Posted Saturday, June 13th 2009 at 8:41PM
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I enjoyed chatting with these men about mental health and its side affects in our family and community! We can do this if we try....
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Posted Saturday, June 13th 2009 at 8:37PM
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I continue to thank God and each of you for your support as I continue to develop my ministry on mental illness. I have to honestly say I was scared about going downtown to promote my book and my message to prevent mental illness and break the mentall illness cycle. I must truly say that I wa ...
Posted Saturday, June 13th 2009 at 8:09PM
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As a member of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), Elyn Zimmerman is seeking to promote a strong relationship between Washington and Africa through contemporary art.Zimmerman played a pivotal role during the construction of the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania afte ...
Posted Friday, June 12th 2009 at 3:42PM
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You may already have a number of reasons for choosing contemporary African art. But if youre unfamiliar with this type of work and want to know more, you will want to recognize several different techniques, colors, and styles that set this art apart ...
Posted Friday, June 12th 2009 at 3:32PM
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Our program in June will be an afternoon of "Super Show & Tell". Bring your work -- what you're working now on or something you've recently completed. We'll take time to ooooh and ahhhh and hear some of the details about the materials you used and wh ...
Posted Friday, June 12th 2009 at 3:25PM
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As you may have heard, on June 25th, thousands of people from
across the country will be traveling to DC to lobby Congress for
President Obama's plan for quality, affordable health care for all. To
make this day of action a success, we will ...
Posted Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 8:41PM
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Louisiana's Henry Turner Jr. & Flavor are amongst the featured acts at next weekend's Jazz Festival.
Next weekend, Arcosanti will host the Prescott Jazz Society’s 11th annual Juneteenth Jazz Festival, commemorating the end of slavery in the United S ...
Posted Thursday, June 11th 2009 at 5:24PM
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