by Sandy | May 25, 2011 | Art, Blogroll, Books, Culture, Exhibits, Learning
Over 200 exhibit booths will be featured at the 2011 edition of this annual free event including music stages, panel discussions and children’s activities. 
“The vision of the Harlem Book Fair is to partner with local
and national leadership organizations under the banner of literacy
awareness, affirming HBF as the nation’s largest African American
literary event celebrating family literacy, community empowerment,
and community cooperation. “
Annual Harlem Book Fair * Saturday July 23, 2011
11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on West 135th Street, NYC
(Betw. Malcolm X Blvd. /Lenox Ave and Fredrick Douglas Blvd. 8th Ave)
by Bob Martin | Nov 30, 2010 | Art, Creativity, Education, Learning, Writers
Great observation and wisdom by Walter Mosley for the creative mind, especially for us as we get older. We recall our personal and generational history in glowing terms and on occasions dismiss the talents of a younger generation. We remember SNL with Dan, John and Chevy as always hilarious, which was far from the truth. The old SNL had as many weaknesses if not more then the current version.
I feel that Mosley’s point of view can also be applied towards education, social relationship and personal aspirations. What there was to learn that we saw as being relevant 50 years ago may not serve the same purpose today.
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by Sandy | Jul 19, 2010 | Blogroll, Books, Culture, Education, Events, Learning
Los Angeles will host its popular Black Book Expo again this year on Saturday 8/21 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel. This one day event will offer “authors, storytellers, spoken word and poetry performances, musicians, exhibitors, children’s book authors, emerging writers, publishers, booksellers, panel discussions, editors, book reviewers…”
The Los Angeles Black Book Expo (LABBX) * August 21st * 11:00- 5:00
by Bob Martin | Nov 24, 2009 | Art, Creativity, Culture, Learning
What seems like a life time ago, I can remember going to the library as a kid with my school and the librarian
J. C. Leyendecker
reading to us an exciting tale of adventure. After reading a paragraph or two she would would turn the book towards us so that we could see the wonderful illustrations painted by N.C. Wyeth. As a kid Wyeth’s paintings along with J.C. Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell and others
The Death of Robin Hood-N.C. Wyeth
helped open up the world for me with visual representation pirates, celebrities and families. It was possibly my first introduction to paintings as well a visual look of what life might have been like outside of my own neighborhood. It hard to believe in this period of FB, Twitter and Google, that there was a time when a kid looked forward to those weekly visit to the library to learn about history, culture and art.
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by Bob Martin | Oct 25, 2009 | Art, Culture, Education, Exhibits, Learning, Museums, Photograhy
The Brooklyn Museum is not on the tip of the tongue when talking about great museums, but it should be.
Egypt Collection
The Museum is a “community Museum” that attracts other communities. There are important works on view all the time . If you are in Manhattan you have to make a conscience decision that you are going to Brooklyn and it is always worth the trip.
Artist Kiki Smith
They have a diverse collection of works from around the world housed in a facility that is not overblown in scope, yet it may be the largest museum of its kind in the United States. The space is designed for visitors to see the art.
On view from October 23rd – January 17th 2010 “The Life of Christ” an exhibitions of water colors by James Tissot . Beginning this coming Friday October 30th is the opening of a Photo Exhibit “Who Shot Rock & Roll” .
November, Kiki Smith is being honored at the Women in the Arts Luncheon, a Museum fundraiser
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by Sandy | Jul 12, 2009 | Blogroll, Events, Exhibits, Learning, Museums
“The Journey to Flight” – Until November 1, 2009
Long lost photographs and artifacts of these World War II pilots are on display at California African American Museum (CAAM). There will be airplane making workshops for kids, question/answer sessions with some of the Tuskegee Airmen and many other activities surrounding this event.
“Tuskegee Airmen fought on many battlefields, foreign and domestic yet were under acknowledged and under appreciated. As the surviving Tuskegee Airmen were saluted by their newest Commander-in-Chief, President Barack Obama, riding past his Inaugural reviewing stand on January 20, 2009, they were smiling and rose up as proudly as if their now frailer bodies had slipped off the bonds of time. It’s time to recall for a new generation the regard we have for these ageless warriors and all those who sent them aloft –to see them as the young gallant men and women who proudly went to war for us all and became our heroes of WWII.”
“Tuskegee Airmen: The Journey to Flight” – thru 11/1/ 2009
California African American Museum (CAAM)
600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA
http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/
