"Issues Through Art"Presented By Circle of Voices, Inc.An Evening of Social ExpressionismCommunity Artists Addressing Community Issues

CIRCLE OF VOICES INC.

presents

"Issues Through Art"

An evening of Social Expressionism

Poetry, Singing, Book Readings, & more....

Community Artist Addressing Community Issues

Saturday, November 21st, 2009
7PM -10PM
@
The Center
208 West 13th Street
(Between 7th & 8th Avenues)
NYC, NY 10003

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Advance admission: $10
On-line $11 w/Service fees
$15 at the door


*Group ticket special available
(Buy 10 & get one free! Offer not available on-line-must send e-mail)
(Until Nov 10th 2009 12am )

ONLINE TICKETING



A Pre-Holiday Benefit & Market Place & Gallery (with Silent Auction)

Featuring: G Winston James -Author of Shaming the Devil, Renair- Spoken Word Diva, “Mildred” Artist formally know as “Dred”, Devin Christy – Vocalist,

Stefon Royce, Impersonator & more........

Gallery Artist Charly Dominguez & John Hanning

Vendors & Exhibitors wanted now ($40 special) Early Bird Rate

(Offer will increase Nov 10th 2009 After12am) (Limited time offer)

Info call: 718-975-0141 or email info[at]covinc.org
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www.circleofvoicesinc.org

UPDATE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, 2009:

The Issues Through Art event was pretty decent. Not a bad show, but for some reason I was under the impression (assumption) of seeing a lot of African Diasporic drawn art. Instead the "art" manifested itself through a myriad of spoken word, dance performances, singing and drumming. It was good and I liked the event, but I was expecting paintings of art. MY stuff. But perhaps because I knew about this event through my friend Charly who posted this on Facebook and is an artist who draws, I probably drew my parallels from that.

Strangely, as my friend Charly Dominguez, whose art work was on display at this event,pointed out to me, the "issues" were kind of missing from most of the art since this was called "ISSUES THROUGH ART". The most prolific part of the event was one spoken word artist who spoke on some serious issues concerning the Black SGL (same gender loving) community and the lack of LOVE we receive from the larger Black community. I think I've seen and heard this sistah before at another African event at The Center (KWANZAA perhaps).

Below are a bunch of pics from the event of different things going on. Have FUN looking...

MilDRED Performing One Of Many Characters





Hmmmmm...?





MilDRED's Revelation! LOL! ;-)





MilDRED Performing Another Alter Ego Character

G. Winston James Doing A Live Reading
From His Latest Novel

Author G. Winston James Selling and Signing His Books

An Entertainment Performer

Another An Entertainment Performer

Featured "Issues Through Art" Artist Charly Dominguez
(Table 1)

Charly's Alter Ego.
Charly Is Not Only A INCREDIBLY Talented Artist,
But A HOTTIE/CUTIE As Well! LOL! ;-)

Charly's Work on Exhibition (Table 2)





Charly's Work on Exhibition (Table 3)

Close-up Of Charly's Art

More Close-ups Of The Art

Brutha Jawamza Was The Raffle Winner
Of This Particular Art Piece Drawn By Charly Dominguez!
I Was So Envious (I Didn't Win With My Raffle Ticket)
Because It's A Really Nice Art Piece With Embossed 3D Parts.

Also, This Beautiful Art Piece Reminds Me
Of An Acquaintance By The Name of Adam.




Jawamza (An Artist Himself, left) &
Artist Charly Dominguez (right)
Taking A Picture Together

Art Piece Name: "Bluez of a 'B' Boi"





Jawamza's African Egyptian Staff
Is Forged From Mahogany. INCREDIBLE!
(Not A Part OF The Art Show)
Jawamza's Website:
www.goddessherstory.org




Jawamza With His Won Art Piece
And His Hand Forged Mahogany African Egyptian Staff.





This Pics And The Next Pic Below Are Merchandising
That Vendors Were Selling

T-Shirts For Sale

The Middle Passage: White Ships | Black CargoArt by Tom Feelings Introduction by Dr. John Henrik Clarke80 Pages

I received my copy of the book in the mail today and Tom Feelings' ART is nothing short of incredible, yet viscerally disturbing at the same time; a dichotomy. I had to share some of the images though. Y'all should out up the book whether it be Hue Man's Bookstore in Harlem, NYC or Amazon.com - Worth every penny!


Look on...

ALL ARTWORK FROM THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
© TOM FEELINGS

The Paths To Which Africans Were Brought To The Americas

Click The Picture To Enlarge

CLICK HERE FOR MORE PICTURES FROM
THE MIDDLE PASSAGE BOOK
AT THE JUNETEENTH WEBSITE HERE

I downloaded the following pictures a couple of years ago. They are floating around on the 'Net on various message boards, blogs and such. Various sources (apparently copying each other like I'm doing here) say:

The four photographs below were taken in 1868 of African aboard a Dutch ship HMS Daphne, intercepted and taken from Arab slaving dhow in the Indian Ocean; source not yet known

Children of Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage 1
Royal Naval Ship 1868

Children of Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage 2
Royal Naval Ship 1868

Children of Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage 3
Royal Naval Ship 1868

Children of Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage 4

Royal Naval Ship 1868

CNN Coverage of Our Rally for Heather EllisBy Your Black World Today

To join the Your Black World Coalition,
please visit www.YourBlackWorld.com

Dr. Boyce Watkins

Hello to my friends,

I wanted to email you during my trip to Kennett, Missouri on behalf of Heather Eliis, the 24-year old college student now facing up to 15 years in prison for cutting in line at Walmart (for more information, please visit TheHeatherEllisCase.com). The rally occurred yesterday and thankfully, it was peaceful. I was concerned about going into this area, since there were quite a few white supremacists groups standing along the march route (they were holding up confederate flags and flags with swastikas on them). I respect their rights to freedom of speech, but my concern was that things might get out of control.

There were snipers on the rooftops and even the former prosecutor of Heather's case, Stephen Sokoloff, stood on the balcony of the courthouse and watched the speeches from above. I'd visited the Lorraine Hotel, where Dr. King was assassinated, just the day before, and that provided courage and inspiration as we marched forward.

There was a standoff with police and the city attorney's office over whether or not our permit was valid. This led to some yelling back and forth between Heather's father and the officers, but I simply sat quietly during the entire process, since we'd won the battle before it even began. After the yelling stopped, our outstanding legal team simply informed the officers that we had legal grounds to hold our march with the specified permit. The officers (joined by the city attorney) had a three minute meeting and then came back to inform us that we would be allowed to march as we'd specified. This is a reminder that education is one of the greatest weapons you can have when defending your civil rights - it is best to just walk softly and make sure you carry the bigger intellectual stick.

CNN, Michael Baisden, Rev. Al Sharpton and tons of others were calling in to get updates on the march, and I will have as much footage as possible posted on the website as soon as we can. However, the real battle begins on Wednesday, when Heather's trial starts - so this is just the beginning. Personally, I don't intend on seeing this young woman go to prison, and I ask all my friends to bring the fire of heaven and hell down on those who choose to destroy this young woman's life over a minor incident such as this. Please visit the website and get involved - you can send letters to Walmart or the Attorney General's Office or donate to the family's legal expenses (there are forms on the website and donation links on the side).

There will be pictures and video footage from the rally on the main website if you'd like to see it. Also, if you can please sign our petition for the Attorney General (on the right hand side of the website, near the top), we would be grateful. There are some at Syracuse University who don't want me to get involved in issues like this (you'd be amazed at what has happened behind the scenes), but the truth is that when it comes to fighting for my people, there is no room for negotiation.

God bless,

Dr Boyce
www.BoyceWatkins.com

"Ode to an AIDS Survivor" by Victor Pond(A Guest Nubian Knight)

Ode to an AIDS Survivor
by Victor Pond

(A Guest Nubian Knight)






Even when the darkness bends
extruding the light
leaving behind an intangible night
.......

there you will be
silently defiant
unmindful of the void before you
knowing that tomorrow
the sun will rise
to swallow up the shadow.
.........

With the confidence
of Griots….the ones who taste stories
before sharing them.....You will walk
leaving behind carved memories
so strangers behind you
will burn with the desire
to live one more day.

BMX-NY Presents A Movie Screening: RAG TAG (A Black SGL Film)Friday, November 6th, 2009 @ 8PMHarlem, NYC

Presents

A Movie Screening of
RAG TAG

Hey Bruthaz,

The Black Men's Xchange-New York (BMX-NY) will be screening the Black same gender loving (SGL) film RAG TAG (2006) this Friday, November 6th, 2009 @ 8PM.

We hope you can come out and see a phenomenal film about the SGL experience from a British perspective.

This film ranks as one of my top favorite three Black SGL films of all-time!! Yes! I LOVE the film that much!

BMX's address and film info is listed below.

Be qool y'all!

ROD (aka BIG ROD)


BMX-NY
730 Riverside Drive (@ the corner of 150th Street)
(Entrance is on the 150th Street side of the building)
Suite 9E (9th floor)
Harlem, New York
8PM - 11PM
Google Map
TRAVEL: Take the A, C, D (front of any of those trains) or the #1 train to 145th Street






Rag Tag (2006)
Running Time: 98 minutes / Genre: Drama/Romance
Starring Danny Parson (as Raymond/Rag) and Adedamola Adelaja (as Tagbo/Tag). Produced, written and directed by Adaora Nwandu.

Synopsis:
Despite their radically different backgrounds, young Black British boys Rag and Tag share a close bond - perhaps too close. Rag is from a single-parent West Indian home and Tag is the pride of middle-class Nigerian parents. The two are inseparable until Social Services discovers Rag's mother isn't around and he's taken far from his
London home to Birmingham.

10 years later they discover later as young men that their once
innocent desires have definitively shifted into an urgent need to be together.

Propelled by a fantastic hip-hop score, Rag Tag is an intricate,
lyrical film about love and friendship set against a cultural backdrop that has never before been seen in a same gender loving film.

Filmed in the United Kingdom and Nigeria.
Genre: Drama/Romance.












DVD Purchase: http://www.mukaflicks.co.uk/shop.html

RAG TAG DVD

10 GBP + Postage and Packaging (Roughly $23.00 U.S. Dollars)

PAL DVD, Multizone - will play on computers and newer DVD players
all over the world

Bonus Extras include: 'Making Of' documentary and shots from Deleted Scenes

8 - 10 days delivery from England

CAFE 2009 Cultural Arts Festival & ExpoColumbia, South Carolina

qmocha.com

Cafe 2009 Events

Friday, November 13th

Cabaret at Cafe
Cafe 2009 Official Kick-Off
Drag Queen & King Show
The Cabaret
1101 Harden Street
Columbia, SC 29205
Doors open at 11 p.m.
Show starts at 11:30 p.m.



Saturday November 14th

The following events will take place at
SC State Museum - 301 Gervais Street Columbia, SC 29201
Vendor Expo: Noon - 5pm
(Stop by the SC Pride/Harriet Hancock Center Table)
Our Stories, Our Voices
Literary Forum, Reading, & Book Signing
Vista Room
Doors open at 9:30 a.m.
Forum begins at 10 a.m.

Bodies in Motion
Ball to Ballet Dance Exposition
Auditorium
Doors Open at 12:30 p.m.
Shows start at 1 p.m.

Spit Fire Poetry Showcase
Vista Room
Doors Open at 3:30 p.m.
Show starts at 4 p.m.

For the Love of Harlem
The Highly Acclaimed Stage Play
Auditorium
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Show starts at 8:00 p.m.

Dr. Joy DeGruy | Be The Healing Upcoming Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome Presentations (New York and New Jersey)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday, November 5th @ 6:00-7:00PM
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS) and Healing Presentation
Lighthouse Community Center
719 Bellevue Avenue Trenton, NJ 08618

Friday, November 6th @ 4:00–5:30PM
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Overview and Q & A Session
Bethany Baptist Church
460 Marcus Garvey Boulevard, Brooklyn, New York 11216

Saturday, November 7th @ 2:00–2:45PM
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Overview and Q & A Session
CEMOTAP
13505 Rockaway Blvd, S. Ozone Park, NY 11420

Saturday, November 7th @ 7:00PM
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Presentation
Newark, NJ (TBD)

Sunday, November 8th @ 2:00-2:45PM
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Overview and Q & A Session
Board for the Education of People African Ancestry
286 Convent Ave. Harlem, NY 10031

Dr. Joy DeGruy is a nationally and internationally renowned researcher, educator, author and presenter. Dr. Joy, as most know her, is a tell-it-like-it-is ambassador for healing and a voice for those who've struggled in search of the past, and continue to struggle through the present. A highly skilled and educated activist for social justice, Dr.Joy reaches people on the community level and has a captivating way of persuading others to search for a deeper understanding of themselves.

Dr. Joy is the acclaimed author of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome—America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, and the newly released, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: The Study Guide. In P.T.S.S.: The Study Guide, Dr.Joy revisits the topics she covers in P.T.S.S. and provides a detailed mapping of how you can begin the change process in your personal life, employment, family and in your community. She illustrates how—with thoughtful self–exploration—each of us can evaluate our behaviors and replace negative and damaging behaviors with those that will promote, ensure and sustain the healing and advancement of African Americans.