I am happy to share that “The Grant Green Story,” the documentary about the late jazz guitarist Grant Green, will be shown at 4:10 pm, Sunday, September 18, in MIST Harlem, Theatre C, 46 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10026 (just east of Malcolm X Boulevard). Please call 646.738.3043 or email Mistbar@mistharlem.com for details… Continue reading Grant Green documentary premieres Sept. 18 in Harlem
Last night’s event at Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center was wonderful even with all of the technology hiccups in the digital art installation. The highlight was sharing the playlist mix curated by students enrolled in my “Bebop to Hip Hop: Young America and Music” class. The actual mix, which narrates their own hypothetical road trip… Continue reading puttin’ it all in our rearview
In a little under an hour, I head to the second meeting for my “Bebop to Hip Hop: Young America and Music” class. This year, it’s a lecture. That means the performance part of teaching had better be thoughtfully presented. Or maybe I just want to survive the moment. We’re discussing technology in the postwar… Continue reading interview about Bebop to Hip Hop course
Yesterday was the first day of class for the 2016-17 school year and I am already pleased. The students enrolled in the “American Civilization to 1865” survey showed up ready to learn and contribute. So did the students enrolled in “Bebop to Hip Hop: Young America and Music,” an upper level course. In fact, the… Continue reading Students make amazing playlist
On August 19, 1870, or roughly about 146 years ago this coming week, Carrie Leonteen Townsend, an African American college student, sat down to write a letter to her uncle Thomas Townsend. Carrie lived in Brookhaven, Mississippi. She was returning to school in New Orleans. She shared that and news about a visiting cousin. Before… Continue reading Edited collection sheds light on Alabama women and girls
Yesterday I received the coolest email. The Harlem International Film Festival accepted “The Grant Green Story,” a documentary about the late jazz guitarist Grant Green, into its 11th annual event. Green is my former late father-in-law. He is best known for his work with Blue Note Records, America’s first independent jazz label, during the company’s heyday,… Continue reading documentary accepted into film festival
While visiting the V & A, I met a wonderful sister-artist who encouraged me to visit the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton in South London. I am glad I did. Upon my arrival to that community, light bulbs went off in my head regarding my ongoing interest in racial and spatial politics. Put plainly, I am interested in… Continue reading on brixton, archives and sharing space
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