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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-07-0020 submittal Pan African Art & Book Expo 04-30-075 Pt le 1D45 o-1-00639 elk otlof a(iani Office of Protocol 2007 Pan African Art and Book Expo: The Sacred Presence In African World Religion, Orature and Arts Honoring The 70'h Anniversary Celebration of the College Language Association April 12 -22 Miami, Florida Table of Contents Page 1. Title Page 2, Table of Contents 3. Welcome Letter — College Language Association 4 Welcome Letter — Barry University / City of Miami 5 College Language Association History 10 Schedule of Events 11-14 Miami Herald — News Coverage 15-16 Films — Miami -Dade Wolfson 17- 19 Moses — Florida Memorial University — Program 20-21 The Public Workshop on The Black Spiritual 22 Heritage Tour 23-25 Hush Harbor Art Exhibit 26 Expenses for Art and Book Expo April 21 and 22 27 Invitation to Gala Opening — Dr. Marta Vega's Film and Reception 28 Poster — Art and Book Expo — April 22 29 News Article — Art and Book Expo — April 22 30 Poster — Children's Village 31 — 33 Pictures of Events at Children's Village 34 Poster -Authors' Panels and Readings 35 — 43 Pictures of Authors' Panels and Readings 44 Poster — Outside Stage 45 Expo -goers 46 Musicians 47 Kinad, Inc. — African American Traveling Museum 48 Poster - Films Organizing Black: America An Encyclopedia of African American Associations Edited by Nina Mjagkij Said State University Published in 2001 by Garland Publishing, Inc. 29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001 E185.5.074 2001 305.8961073'06--lc21 pyright ©-200.1-by Garland Publishing, Inc. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York d London Advisory Board Michel Fabre Debra Newman Ham The Sorbonne Morgan State University ames R. Grossman The Newberry Library Kenneth L. Kusmer Temple University Beverly Guy-Sheftall Richard J. M. Blackett Spelman College University of Houston Organizing Black America: an encyclopedia of African American associations/edited by Nina Mjagkij. P•an. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8153-2309-3 (acid -free paper) 1. Afro -Americans —Societies, etc. —Encyclopedias. I. Mjagkij, Nina, 1961- 00-061779 College Language Association 159 College Language Association On April 23, 1937, ten college teachers of English founded the College Language Association (CLA) as the Association of Teachers of English in Negro Colleges (ATENC) at LeMoyne College in Memphis, Tennessee. The ten schol- ars, nine black and one white, founded the CLA in re- sponse to the exclusion of blacks from membership in the Modern Language Association (MLA), the largest learned society in the humanities. Tire goal of the CLA was to fur- ther English proficiency among African American stu- dents, to serve the academic and professional interests of its members, and to help showcase the work of black scholars. 160 College Language Association 57th CLA Convention, April 17-19, 1999, Atlanta. Left to right Dr. Herman Bostick, CLA president 1975-1977; Dr. Hugh M. Gloster, CLA founder and president 1937 and 1948-1950; Yvonne Gloster, Esq. Archives and Special Collections, Atlanta University Center, Robert W Woodruff Library Hugh Morris Gloster, a professor of English at LeMoyne College, organized the CLA's founding meeting. Gloster, who served as the CIA's first and fifth president, was joined by Stella B. Brooks (Clark College, Georgia), J. L. Cary (Knoxville College, Tennessee), Gladstone Lewis Chan- dler (Morehouse College, Georgia), V. C. Clinch (Morris Brown College, Georgia), Lydia Edgerly, the only white member (LeMoyne College), J. Randolph Fisher (Rust College, Mississippi), Valorie O. Justis and Carrie Pem- broke (Lane College, Tennessee), and Elizabeth Pinkney (Philander Smith College, Arkansas). A year after its found- ing, the ATENC launched its first newsletter, the News - Bulletin. The newsletter ceased publication in 1941, per- haps due to the impact of the national emergency created by World War II, which also forced the organization to cancel its national meetings. Following the war, the ATENC started to attract a growing number of scholars from historically black col- leges and universities, including foreign language teach- ers. In 1949, in response to the groundswell of interest among foreign language teachers, the ATENC changed its name to CLA to reflect its broadening membership and scope. Many of the foreign language teachers made invaluable contributions to the CIA, including John F. Matheus of West Virginia State College, who served as treasurer between 1943 and 1975; Mercer Cook of Howard University, who spearheaded the recruitment of foreign language teachers in the 1940s; and Billie Geter Thomas of Spelman College, who served as the CLAs first female president in 1956. In 1949, the organization, now renamed the CLA, re- vived its publishing efforts when it launched the CLA College Language Association 161 Bulletin, which included digests of papers presented at the annual convention and, beginning in 1951, carried presidential addresses. In the 1970s, the CLA Bulletin was supplanted by the sporadic publication of the CLA Notes. In 1957, the organization launched The College Language Association Journal which publishes scholarly articles on a variety of subjects and provides information about the CLA Job Placement Bureau. The CLA's publications pro- vided many aspiring and seasoned authors with an oppor- tunity to present their writings to a broad audience and helped to define black literary scholarship. The CLA Journal has been edited by Therman B. O'Daniel of Mor- gan State University (1957-1977), Edward A. Jones of Morehouse College (1978-1979), and Cason L. Hill of Morehouse College (1979—). In addition to the CLA's newsletters and journal, the publications of association members have played a crucial fine in establishing anti defining J1acK lltt', ar ! SG.• ' _ iiPp In 1938, for example, CLA member Yelaurez Spratlin published Juan Latino, Slave and Humanist, a ground- breaking work exploring the role of Africans in European culture. In 1941, the publication of the monumental The Negro Caravan, edited by association members Sterling A. Brown, Arthur P. Davis, and Ulysses Lee, ushered in a new era in American literary scholarship when it estab- lished the canon of African American literature. Three years later, the publication of Mercer Cook and Dantes Bellegarde's The Haitian American Anthology prompted American scholars to investigate critically the compara- tive aspects of black literatures of the Americas. Furthermore, the CLA has played an influential role in the creation of numerous scholarly organizations. With few exceptions, those who have founded other black American literary organizations and/or publications have been members of the CLA. In addition, CLA members provided much of the energy and muscle that led to the founding of black interest sections in the major profes- sional organizations, including the National. Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) (1970) and the MLA Divi- sion on Black American Literature and Culture (1981). The CLA was also a charter member of the influential English Coalition (1987), a consortium of eight profes- sional associations that meets annually to discuss issues of mutual concern. In addition, CLA members have taught thousands of students from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe, in- cluding the civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.; the historian Lerone Bennett; King Kgosi Lebone Boikanyo MolotLegi II of the Royal Bafokeng Nation in Phokeng, South Africa; the Nobel Prize—winning author Toni Morrison; the entrepreneur Earl Graves; the athlete Wilma Rudolph; the West Indian activist and political theorist Kwame Toure; the astronaut Ron McNair; the politician Kweisi Mfurne; the television host and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey; the acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee; and the scholars irudier Harris, R. Baxter Miller, Emmanuel Nelson of India, and Houston A. Baker Jr., who became the MLA's first African American president in 1992. The CLA traditionally holds its annual convention on the third weekend in April. The conference serves as a forum for the presentation of scholarly research and pro- vides attendees with an opportunity to engage in profes- sional networking. Moreover, the meetings have played an important role in the recruitment and training of black graduate students. CLA affiliates, including the Charles Chesnutt Society. the Langston Hughes Society, i's_e Mid- dle..tlaut.. :,/rit-rr '", satiation; the Richard Wright (.ir cle, and the Zora Neale Hurston Society, are entitled to sponsor one program session at the annual convention. In addition to hosting its own convention, the CLA is an af- filiated member of the MLA, entitling it to sponsor two sessions at the MLNs annual conference. The CLA has never had official headquarters or an in- stitutional sponsor. The longevity and continued success of the CLA is largely due to the invaluable support of historically black colleges and universities, which pro- vided meeting spaces, occasional staff support, and in -kind services, as well as the assistance of predominantly white institutions such as Brooklyn College, University of Georgia, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, LaGuardia Community College, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Ohio State University, Rutgers University at Camden, University of South Carolina at Spartanburg, University of Tennessee, and New York City Technical College. In 1988, the CLA, under the leadership of Dr. Eleanor Q. Tignor of Long Island's LaGuardia Community Col- lege, designated the Robert W. Woodruff Library in the Atlanta University Center as irs official archival repository. The CLA annually recognizes the service and achievements of its members with a Distinguished Service Award, a Book/Creative Project Award, and the Margaret A. Walker Creative Writing Prize. The CLA Study Abroad Scholar- ship, initiated in 1995, seeks to encourage future genera- tions of teachers to study foreign languages and cultures. Since its 1937 formation, the CLA has become the nation's preeminent organization of African American scholars of languages and literature. For more than sixty 162 Colorado Anti -Discrimination Commission years, the CLA has played a crucial role in establishing and defining black literary scholarship, laying the foundations for the emergence of new generations of black intellectu- als and training black leaders. Its nearly 1,000 members continue to work as a unified intellectual community to break the chains of white cultural hegemony, to desegre- gate the academy, and to advocate the democratization of knowledge. FURTHER READINGS Brooks, A. Russell. "The CLA Journal as a Mirror of Changing Ethnic and Academic Perspectives." CIA Journal 26, 3 (March 1983): 265-276. Fowler, Carolyn. The College Association: A Social History. Ann Arbor: University Microfilm Inc., 1988. H:Lbbard, D idan- "Slipping into Da_Imes. CT:A and U;._i. intellectual Formation." 1 rcbitients Address Delivered at the Fifty-sixth Annual CLA Convention. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, April 11, 1996. CIA Journal40, 1 (September 1996): 120. O'Daniel, Therman B. A Twenty -Five -Year Author -Title Cumulative Index to the CIA Journal (1957-1982). Baltimore: J. H. Furst, 1985. Parker, John W. "The Origin and Development of the College Language Association." The Quarterly Review of Higher Education Among Negroes 27 (1959): 35-37. James J. Davis and Dolan Hubbard The Sacred Presence: Religion & Spirituality in African World Literature, Orature and Arts April 12 - 22, 2007 Schedule of Events Date Time Event Venue Host/sponsor Thursday April 12, 2007 6:00 pm - 9:00 Free & Open to Public Gerdes Fleurant presents Maya Deren's film, Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti Miami -Dade College Miami -Dade Saturday April 14, 2007 P 6:00pm -- 9:00 Free & Open to Public Opening Reception__[ Art Exhibit -by Rofand oods, Gene Tinnie & Robert Peppers Deluxe Arts Gallery w offson City of Miami Kuumba Artists Monday April 1fi, 2007 ti:Cl m - 9:00 Free Open to Public **Gerdes Fleurantpresents Religion in Brazil -Film Scxeenrn s: ,a/ombo Country- bra liaiT/tlla es in the 2 st Cent a�nd 1�e Aye (House oflafe) Miami Dade College Miami -Dade Wolfson d 1i^: iQ- 21- 2u07 - :""r .•• - r.l �� t .1it_ z. La"1F i ✓p Yr'.• i15SOCLat?^_' a� Convention Registration *34.art Downtown 1vftanu Barg L133V�_:1?7 - , Wednesda�y April 18, 2007 6:00 m 9:00 P orPnbliepen Reception / Art Exhibit by Robert Peppers Hush Harbor Poetry Performance by Amirx Baraka Deluxe Arts Gallery City of Miami. Thursday April 19, 2007 8:00pm - 9:00 Free & Open to Public Theater: Moses- Harriet Tubman - Feyettewi/ls State University PerformingArts Lou Rawls Theater Florida Memorial Univeersittyy City of Miami Friday April 20, 2007 12:00pm - 2:00 Students Only Luncheon with the author Elizabeth Nunez Miami -Dade College tatty of Mhamt Wolfson Wolfson April 21, 2007 8:00am - 12:OOpm Open to the. Public a1lWorkshop Open to Underrtanrinp African Amencan J nt a t�+ ar/hv .16 CGGG���burcbdes y n Yi B Av c•n 4rchjtegrSaturday, gdchar. ■ozrer The Spirituals Project.• Dr. Arthur C.lones Oe Orr ' ns of he Rin Shout ProressoI vonnL ones ouston Hyatt Downtown i�iiami City of Miami 12:30pm - 5:00pm (By Reservation Only) n � e ee U a a enta on o are o ouu D rang. aid scusstop storm au ra, Ips m. Vugurta ey tS�ac ram. Historical Museum of South Florida Lumnrus Park Calle Ocho Nr g ma Key Beach Historical Museum of South Florida. Little Havana to Go Virginia Key Beach Park Truest 98Frnrn - Reception. City of Miami V8rm- be c o the Gerdes ur t,pr�ese4t$ en teee ruts Dance sc vion othdpnr ucer r. Marta ,ti"foreiiaVega onaatx�s lub City of Miami Sunday, April 22, 2007 - PAN AFRICAN BOOK AND ART EXPO-- 11:00 — 5:00 P.M. *Quilombo Country - Afrobra;ilian Villages in the 21 st Century — Rare footage of Macumba and Paje ceremonies, Tambor de Crioula and Boi Bumba drum and dance celebrations and Festivals of the Mast A film by Leonard Abrams w discussion with ethnomusicologist, Gerdes Fleurant, Ph.D., professor emeritus, Wellesley College MIAMI-DADE Events will explore African spiritual ■ A national conference on spirituality In literature Is at the center of activities exploring religion In the lives of people throughout the African dlaspora. • Miami Herald Staff Report A series of public programs slated for Thursday through April 22 will explore the theme "The Sacred Presence. Religion and Spirituality in African World Literature, Ora- ture and Arta" Events include a national conference, a film series, a public workshop, two art exhibitions, a play and an art and book expo. The events, to be held throughout the county, are timed to coincide with the national conference and 70th anniversary of the College Language Association, an organization of college English and foreign language teachers founded by black scholars and educators. The conference, focused on "Religion and Spirituality in Literature," is slated for the Hyatt Regency Hotel in down- town Miami April 18-22, and will be hosted by the city. The week-long "Sacred Presence" activities will pro- vide a forum for learning and experiencing African world culture and especially the role of spirituality. The programs include: • Film screenings, which will include When the Spirits Dance Mambo (Cuba), The Divine Horsemen (Haiti) and Quilombo Country (Brazil). • Public lectures on topics ranging from architecture to dance and local history. • Art exhibitions featuring Roland Woods (Rivers of Liv- ing Waters) and Robert Pep- pers (Hush Harbor). • • A dramatic production of Carole Weatherfard's book, Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, by the Fayetteville State Univer- sity Choral Theater. • Live poetry perfor- mances with Antiri Barak& The activities will culmi- nate in a day -long Pan African Art and Book Expo at Marga- ret Pace Park on April 22, with art, books and author panels. The events will also be a venue for publicizing and sharing information about available resources, educa- tional and otherwise, for those who wish to continue deepen- ing their knowledge The events are free and open to the public and are sponsored by the CLA and the city of Miami, with the sup- port of the Miami -Dade County Department of Cul- tural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council and the mayor and County Commission. For more information, call Wallis Tinnie, J05-250-5315. MIAMI Bookfest focuses on culture • Book festival will feature works by Afro -Latin wrlers as part of a 10-day focus on black spirituality. Miami Herald Staff Report The Pan African Bookfest of Miami and the College Lan- guage Association will present a unique cultural, literary and community festival marking the culmination of 10 days of literary and arts activities. The Pan African Art and Book Expo, slated for ll a.m. to 5 p.m. April 22 at Margaret Pace Park, 1745 N. Bayshore Drive, will feature interna- tional speakers, poets, art works and live music and dance. A special two-hour presen- tation of books, panels, poetry and song will -be made in trib- ute to the theme of the expo, "The Sacred Presence: Reli- gion and Spirituality in Afri- can World Literature, Orature and Arts." Marta Moreno Vega will read from her books When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio and The Altar of My Soul: the Liv- ing Traditions of Santeria. She is a Yoruba priestess, founder and president of the Caribbean Cultural Center and a research associate in the Latin Ameri- can and Caribbean Studies Program of Hunter College in New York City. Members of the CLA, who will be meeting in their annual conference in Miami, will pre- sent a panel discussion on the topic "Religious Manifesta- tions in Afro -Latin and Carib - Mart SOLEY bean Literature." The discussions will center on works by Afro -Latin writ- ers from Uruguay, Colombia and Haiti: Gouverneurs de la rosde (Masters of the Dew), the masterpiece of Haitian novelist Jacques Roumain; the image of Father Divine por- trayed by Manuel Zapata-Oli- vella, the important Afro -Co- lombian writer; and the presence of Orishas in the poetry of Afro -Uruguayan Christina Rodriguez -Cabral. Miami Dade College's Phyl- lis Baker will read from her work African Spirituality, Thought and Culture. Ifa Priest Adrian Castro, a Cuban/Dominican, will read from his bilingual works: Wise Fish and Cantos to Blood and Honey: Taste Joy. MDC Professor Preston Allen will be the transition reader, sharing his short story collection, Churchboys and PINNSTO# ALIEN FREEMAN Other Stories. Local writer E. Claudette Freeman will follow with her new work, Sheltered Deliverance Whittington Johnson will read from his new work, Post - Emancipation Race Relations in the Bahamas. Cynthia Davis will share insights on Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West, reading from Where the Wild Grape Grows, Selected Writings. Poet Donna Weir Soley will read from her 2006 collection Fist Rain. Other events will include a Children's Village with ACA- PAI Playhouse, storytelling by Madafo, poetry by Philip St. Hill of Barbados and Haitian kite making by local artist Marc Jean-Louis. The entertainment line-up will be headlined by the Jesse Jones Jr. Jazz Quartet and also feature the Mantra World Music Ensemble, the Carl Fer- rari & Friends jazz band, the Body Mind Soul Drummers and Dancers, and Leo Casino. Performance poets will include Nzingah Oniwosan and Maeva Renaud. The event is being spon- sored by the city of Miami and is free and open to the public. Call 305-250-5315 or e-mail wtinnie@miamigov.com. MIAMI Films reveal Vodun, Candomble, Santeria ■ Films exploring religion In Brazil. Cuba and Haiti will be shown as part of the Pan African Art and Book Expo. Miami Herald Staff Report Gerdes Fleurant, ethno- musicologist and professor - emeritus at Wellesley Col- lege, will examine the char- acteristics of Haitian Vodun, BrazIlian Candomble and Cuban Santeria through the screening of four films being presented as part of the Pan African Art and Book Expo in downtown Miami Thursday through April 2L The film series will serve to further highlight the expo's theme, "The Sacred Presence: African World Religion, Orature and Arts," and is being held in collabo- ration with the College Lan• guage Association's 70th anniversary conference in Miami. Maya Deren's Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti will be shown at Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus at 6:30 p.m. Thurs- day. David Byrne's Ile Aiye (House of Life) and Leonard Abrams' Quilombo Country: Afrobrazilian Villages in the 21st Century will be shown at the Wolfson Campus at 6:30 p.m. April 16. The Vodun religious tra- dition in Haiti and Can- domble in Brazil derive from West African ethnic groups brought to the Americas via the Middle Passage trans -At- lantic -slave trade: Vodun grew largely out of the spiritual practices of the. Pon of Dahomey, from the present day Benin and Toga, and of the Yoruba frorNige rice Deren was a Vodun initi- ate known for her work in independent cinema. Her Divine Horsemen has a stir- ring sound track of ritual drumming and singing recorded during Vodun rite- als in Haiti between1947 and 195L The film is in black -and - white, a feature that seems to elevate its authenticity. Candomble > derives mostly from Yoruba reli- gions of West Africa Byrne calls it "a way of life that instructs without dogma, [for] there are rio written texts, sutras, torahs. or bibles" In both Vodun and Can- domble, dance is a method of. communication between the. people and the spirit world.: Also, Marta. Morenot , s Vega's film, When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Afro Cuban Religions in the Civil Society of Cuba, will have its encosaa< LL performance at the Woman's Club In Miami at 7 p.m. Aprii.2 production. by Yoga' Robert Sheppard: hark; called "a spiritu:lf MIAMI Explore black spirituality through multimedia ■ Workshop will make a multimedia exploration of black spirituality and the role of musk as the voice of the disenfranchised. Miami Herald Staff Report A workshop exploring black spirituality is slated for 8 a.m. to noon April 21 in the Monroe Room of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Miami The multimedia event, "The Sacred Presence in Lyr- ics, Rhythm and 4rchitsc- ture," will feature sn explora- tion of church hymns black American architects and archi- tecture and the "Hush Harbor" as a secret venue for worship employed by bondsmen dur- ing the period of black OOZIER enslavement in the Americas. It is being sponsored by the city of Miami and the College Language Association which will be meeting in Miami. Arthur C. Jones, author of Wade in the Water. The Wis- dom of the Spirituals, will examine the modern interpre- tations of music that origi- nated as the voice of the disen- franchised. He suggests the continuing relevance of the MARTA MORENO VEGA documents the integral role of West African/Central African sacred thought and practice rooted in the cul- tural life of Cuban society, and is a tribute to the spiri- tual energy that traveled from the continent to Cuba to the mambo explosion in the fifties in New York City. The four films will be introduced by Fleurant, who authored a book on the ele- ments of Vodun: Dancing Spirits, Rhythms and Rituals of Haitian Vodun, the Rada Rite. The book explores knowledge systems and wis- dom from long -neglected or misunderstood cosmologies of the African world, to cre- ate a greater awareness of the cultural contributions of Africa to the shaping of the Americas. Michelle Riley, an assis- tant professor of reading at Miami Dade College, who is coordinating the series, says the focus on the sacred tradi- tions of African world cul- HOUSTON spirituals as a partner of social action. Jones laces his presenta- tions with impassioned vocal arrangements that promise to make this an unforgettable learning experience as he seeks to show these songs as an aid in tnrkling difficult con- temporary social problems. Richard Dozier of Florida A&M University's Depart- ment of Architecture will speak on "Sacred Bricks and Places: Southern Black Churches." He will provide a brief background of primary black American denomina- tions, with photographs and materials documenting his- toric church structures as well as those now lost. Yvonne Houston, a Barry University professor, will dis- cuss the "Origins of the Ring Shout," a sacred dance. secretly performed in the early "Hush Harbors" by bondsmen and women in the Gullah communities of South Carolina before the Civil War. Houston will make a con- nection between the Gullah dialed and the Caribbean patois, choreography, move- ment, principles, and songs/spirituals. Alfred Pinkson, who has done in-depth work on the spirituals of the rural South, will make a presentation deal- lyst for a truly rewarding, community -wide experi- ence. "The series can enlighten, build bridges and lay foun- dations for the future," Riley said The film series is spon- sored by the Black History Committee of MDC's Col- lege Wolfson Campus, the Florida Center for the Liter- ary Arts, the College Lan- guage Association and the city of Miami, with the sup- port of the Miami -Dade County Department of Cul- tural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami - Dade Mayor and County Commission. The schedule: • Fleurant will present Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, at the MDC Wolf- son Campus, Room 7128.300 NE Second Ave. • Fleurant will present Quilombo Country: Afro Bra- zilian Villages in the 21st Century and no Aiye (House of Life) at 6:30 p.m. April 16, at the MDC Wolfson Cam- pus, Room 7128. • Fleurant and Vega will present When the Spirits Dance Mamba: Afro Cuban Religion in the Civil Society of Cuba at 7 p.m. April 21, at the Miami Woman's Club, 1737 N. Bayshore Drive in downtown Miami. For more information on the film series, call Wallis Tinnie, 305-250-5307, or e-mail wtinnie@miami WYNWOOD ing with line hymns, spirituals and the associated lifestyles of rural people in the United States. The workshop is being held in conjunction with the Pan African Art and Book Expo, titled, "The Sacred Presence in African World Religion, Ora- ture and Art," and is also part of a week-long conference on "Religion and Spirituality in Literature," the theme of the 70th anniversary conference and 67th annual convention of the College Language Associa- tion. It is being sponsored by the city of Miami and the CLA and is free and open to the public. To reserve space, call Maritza Arroyo, 305-250-5315 or e-mail marroyo@miamigov.com. Spirit finds form at art exhibit ■ Three artists will showcase their groundbreaking works as part eta 1O-day spotlight on black spirituality. Miami Herald Staff Report Three African -American artists will explore the theme of''Sacred Presence" in visual art in a two -weekend showing of different, yet related, works at Deluxe Arts, 2051 NW Sec- ond Ave., April 14-28. Robert Peppers, an associ- ate professor of Art at Ohio University, will bring his evoc- ative Hush Harbor series of large, free-standing crosses, while Miami -based artists Din- izulu Gene Tinnie and Roland Woods Jr. will present Spirits of Amerik and Living Water, respectively. Tinnie's work comprises a small, eclectic group of paint- ings, drawings and sculpture suggesting universal spiritual- ity. Woods offers an extensive collection of striking black - and -white drawings and prints with inspirational and historic themes. Peppers' Hush Harbor crosses have a haunting spiri- tual origin of their own. The crosses are painted and con- tain other materials such as soot, paint chips and broken glass. They were inspired by a journey Peppers made to South Carolina to help restore had been nearly destroyed by fire in a wave of church turn- ings in 1996. The very emotional experi- ence, which led to Peppers' gathering of burnt wood and other materials to use in his art, was also uplifting, as it confirmed the resilience and strength of the faith of the People. A second incident — sur- viving what could have have been a fatal car accident — was another kind of reawaken- ing of Peppers' faith. Exploring modern every- day reality and the social con- ditions that prevail in the world today. He often focuses on the consequences of the Middle Passage of the Atlantic slave trade, the uprooting of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas and other similar acts — but also on the positive contributions of the human spirit. The title of Tmnie's exhibi- tion, Spirits of Amerik, sug- gests that more than just phys- ical bodies and physical force are involved in the making of who one is, the wide diversity of sources and "Spirits" that have been part pf the process and the fact that America is still an unfinished work -in - progress. Woods' exhibition, Living Water, represents something of a grand return to the art has an iconic place in South Florida's history as the father of the black visual art move- ment and founder of the Miami Black Arts Workshop in Coconut Grove, which had become something of a local legend during its existence from 1969 to 1985. Though -he has had impres- sive formal training and boasts degrees in the fine arts, Woods did not lose contact with his roots and he set out to rede- fine the role of art by bringing it closer to the community in which he lived and worked. In the process, he also developed a powerfulbody of works that were inspired by his deep Christian faith, After a long absence from showing his works, due to the demands of teaching, Woods is making a return with old and new works, seasoned by insights gained over the inter- vening years..' Sacred Presence is partof the "Sacred Presence: Religion • and Spirituality in African World Literature, Orature and Arts" series taking place at various venues Thursday through April 22. A formal opening is set for 6 p.m. April 18 headlined by Amiri Baraka and is free and open to the public. The gallery is open on weekends and by appoint- ment Call 305-858-7735 or e-mail 8 '(O Q MiamiHerald.com Posted on Thu, Apr. 12, 2007 Northeast Miami Events will explore African spirituality A series of public programs beginning today and running through April 22 will explore the theme, "The Sacred Presence: Religion and Spirituality in African World Literature, Orature and Arts." Events include a national conference, a film series, a public workshop, two art exhibitions, a play and an art and book expo. The events, to be he county, are timed to coincide with the national conference and 70th anniversary of the College Language Association. an organization of college English and foreign language teachers founded by black scholars and educators. The conference, focused on "Religion and Spirituality in Literature," is slated for the Hyatt. Regency Hotel in downtown Miami April 18-22, and will be hosted by the city of Miami. Among the featured events: • Film screenings will include Maya Deren's Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (6:30 tonight, room 7128, Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave.);. and David Byrne's Ile Aiye (House of Life) and Leonard Abrams' Quilornho Country: Afrobra2ilian Villages in the 21st Century (6:30 p.m. Monday, also at the MDC Wolfson campus). Marta Moreno Vega's film, When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Afro Cuban Religions in the Civil Society of Cuba, will be screened at 7 p.m. April 21 at the Miami Woman's Club, 1737 N. Bayshore Dr. For information, call Wallis Tinnie at the city of Miami, 305-250-5307, or e-mail wtinnie r'miami•ov.com. • An art exhibit at Deluxe Arts, 2051 NW Second Ave., featuring the works of Robert Peppers, an associate professor of Art at Ohio University, and Miami -based artists Dinizulu Gene Tinnie and Roland Woods Jr. The exhibit runs Saturday through April 28, and a formal opening is set for 6 p.rn. Wednesday, to be headlined by Amiri Baraka. The opening and exhibit is free; the gallery is open on weekends and by appointment. Call 305-858-7735 or e-mail deluxearts belisouth.net. lir • A workshop on "The Sacred Presence in Lyrics, Rhythm and Architecture," takes place frorn 8 a.m. to noon April 21 in the Monroe Room of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 400 SE Second Ave. The event will feature an exploration of church hymns, black American architects and architecture and the "Hush. Harbor" as a secret venue for worship employed by bondsmen during the period of black enslavement in the Americas. Featured presenters are Arthur C. Jones, author of Wade in the Water: The Wisdom of the Spirituals; Richard Dozier of Florida A&M University's Department of Architecture; Barry University professor Yvonne Houston; and Alfred Pinkson, who has researched the spirituals of the rural South. workshop is sponsored by the city of Miami and the College Language Association, To reserve space, call Maritza Arroyo at 305-250-5315 or e-mail rnarrovo c miamjov.com. • The activities will culminate with the Pan African Art and Book Expo, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 22 at Margaret Pace Park, 1745 N. Bayshore Dr. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature speakers, poets, art works and live music and dance. Call Wallis Tinnie at the city of Miami, 305-250-5315, for information about the expo or any of the programs, Miami uric ccl l eee Warw." Campus Hack HistoryMornth Ccrnmittee !Presents 1 'eIig A S1lrltlta'lit'f 'in Akita i U tiId Literature aria.. tits Thursday, April 12, 2007 6-9pm room 7128 Monday, April 16, 2007 6-9pm room 7128 f riday, April 20, 2007 12noon-2pm room 3208 FILM Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti Dr. Gerdes Fleurant, renowned ethno- musicologist, presents Maya Deren's film. FILMS--oullombo Country: Afrobrazi/icon Villages in the 2 1 st Century and Ile Aye (House of Life) Dr. Gerdes Fleurant discusses religion in Brazil. Luncheon with novelist Elizabeth Nuiiez, author of Prospero's Daughter (MDCJFC 4 One Book, One Community selection) *For information, contact Michelle Riley at 305-237-7705 These euewts are hosted by MDC Wolfson Campus Blacb Hittory Month Committee in conjunction with the College Language Associations the Florida Center for the Literary Arts, and The City of Miami. MIAMI Films reveal Vodun, Candomble, Santeria • Films exploring religion In Brazil, Cuba and Haiti will be shown as part of the Pan African Art and Book Expo. Miami Herald Staff Report Gerdes Fleurant, ethno- musicologist and professor - emeritus at Wellesley Col- lege, will examine the char- acteristics of Haitian Vodun, Brazilian Candombl6 and Cuban Santeria through the screening o4 :our filais being presented as part of the Pan African Art and Book Expo in downtown Miami Thursday through April 21. The film series will serve to further highlight the expo's theme, "The Sacred Presenck-:: African World Religion, Orature and Arts," and is being held in collabo- ration with the College Lan- guage Association's 70th anniversary conference in MiamL Maya Deren's Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti will be shown at Miami Dade College's Wolfscn Campus at 6:30 p.m. Thurs- day. David Byrne's Ile Aiye (House of Life) dad Leonard Abrams' Quilombo Country: Afrobrazilian Villages in the 21st Century will be shown at the Wolfson Campus at 6:30 p.m. April 16. The Vodun religious tra- dition in Haiti and Can- domble in Brazil derive from NC West African ethnic groups brought to the Americas via the Middle Passage trans -At- lantic slave trade. Vodun grew largely out of the spiritual practices of the Fon of Dahomey, from the present day Benin and Togo, and of the Yoruba from, Nige- 11.1. Deren was a Vodun initi- ate known for her work in independent cinema. Her Divine Horsemen I.Las a stir- ring sound track ot ritual drumming and singing recorded during Vodun ritu- als in Haiti between 1947 and 1951. The film is in black -and - white, a feature that seems to elevate its authenticity. Candomble derives mostly from Yoruba reli- gions of West Africa. Byrne calls it "a way of life that instructs without dogma, [for] there are no written texts, sutras, torahs, or bibles." In both Vodun and Can - doable, dance is a method of communication between the people and the spirit world. Also, Marta- Moreno Vega's film, When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Afro Cuban Religions in the Civil Society of Cuba, will have its encore performance at the Miami Woman's Club in downtown Miami at 7 p.m. April 2L The production, by Vega and Robert Sheppard, has been called "a spiritual feast." It , MARTA MORENO VEGA ctimentr. tt%. intf•gral role of Vvezf African/Central African sacred thought and practice rooted in the cul- tural life of Cuban society, and is a tribute to the spiri- tual energy that traveled irom the continent to Cuba to the mambo explosion in the fifties in New York City. The four films will be introduced by Fleurant, who authored a book on the ele- ments of Vodun: Dancing Spirits, Rhythms and Rituals of Haitian Vodun, the Rada Rite. The book explores knowledge systems and wis- dom from long -neglected or misunderstood cosmologies of the African world, to cre- ate a greater awareness of the cultural contributions of Africa to the shaping of the Americas. Michelle Riley, an assis- tant professor of reading at Miami Dade College, who is coordinating the series, says the focus on the sacred tradi- tions of African world cul- tures will provide the cata- lyst for a truly rewarding, Community -wide experi- ence. "The series can enlighten, build bridges and lay foun- dations for the future," Riley said. The film series is spon- sored by the Black History Committee of MDC's Col- lege Wolfson Campus, the Florida Center for the Liter- ary Arts, the College Lan- guage Association and the city of Miami, with the sup- port of the Miami -Dade County Department of Cul- tural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami - Dade Mayor and County Commission. The schedule: • Fleurant will present Divine :mien: The Living Gods of T-raiti at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, at the MDC Wolf- son Campus, Room 7128, 300 NE Second Ave. • Fleurant will present Quilombo Country: Afro Bra= zilian Villages in the 21st Century and ne Aiye (House of Life) at 6:30 p.m. Apri116, at the MDC Wolfson Cam- pus, Room 7128. • Fleurant and Vega will present When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Afro Cuban Religion in the Civil Society of Cuba at 7 p.m. April 21, at the Miami Woman's Club, 1737 N. Bayshore Drive in downtown Miami. For more information on the film series, call Wallis Tinnie, 305-250-5307, or e-mail wtinnie@miami gov.com. IGNIMINAr MiamiHerald.com t 1HE MIAMI HERALD SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2007 I Fayetteville State University' Department of Performing and Fine Arts College of Humanities and Social Sciences Presents `Witco Hut{t'r Ti!•,lll jfj C' Nc; Pcotic to Frey,•lLai,, Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford Directed by Phoebe Hall Voice of God — Ramelle Brooks Harriet Tubman — Melanie Harrison Narrator — Jerrell Nelson Harriet Tubman in Movement — Maceo Smith The Fayetteville University State Concert Choir, Dance Ensemble, and Theater Company 70'h College Language Society National Conference —Miami, Florida Florida Memorial University -Lou Rawls Theater —April 19, 2007 African American Research and Cultural Center Broward County Library April 20, 2007 Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), a Baltimore native, has roots in the same Maryland County where Harriet Tubman was born. She earned a Master of Arts in publications design from the University of Baltimore and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina -Greensboro. She has authored well over a dozen children's books, including The Sound That Jazz Makes, (2000) that won the Carter G. Woodson Award from National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and an NAACP Image Award nomination. Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit -Ins (2005) and Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People (2002) both won the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award. Freedom on the Menu was a finalist for the North Carolina Children's Book Award. And Remember the Bridge was short-listed among the NCSS Notables, International Reading Association Teachers' Choices and Voices of Youth Advocates Poetry Picks. Moses: When Harriet Led Her People to Freedom has won numerous awards including the American Library Association's Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration, and the NAACP Image Award. The book was named a Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal, Horn Book Fanfare, Kirkus Reviews, Nick Jr. Family Magazine, Miami Herald, Chicago Public Library and the New York Public Library. It was a New York Times Bestseller Finalist. She is Associate Professor of English at Fayetteville State University. Dr. Marvin V. Curtis is Assistant Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Science and Choral Director at Fayetteville State University. He has led the Concert Choir on three international tours (Paris, Belgium, and Vancouver), and directs the University's Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concerts, and coordinates The FSU Fine Arts Series. He served as music director for Fayetteville State University's productions ofAmahl and the Night Visitors, Godspell, The Magic Flute, and SmokeyJoe's Cafe. He was the 2003-2004 Teacher of the Year at Fayetteville State University and the 2004-05 of the Board of Governors Awards for Excellence in Teaching by the University of North Carolina recipient. A graduate of North Park University (B.M.), The Presbyterian School of Christian Education (M.A.) and The University of the Pacific (Ed.D) he did additional studies at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey and The Juilliard School of Music in New York. He was a I993 Ford Foundation Fellow to the National Council for Black Studies Conference in Accra, Ghana, studying at the University of Ghana at Lagon. Dr. Curtis is the first African -American composer commissioned to write a choral work for a Presidential Inauguration. His work, The City on the Hill, was premiered at President Clinton's 1993 Inauguration performed by The Philander Smith Collegiate Choir of Little Rock, Arkansas and The United States Marine Band. This work is housed in the Smithsonian Institute's National African American Project Archives and The Clinton Library. Phoebe Hall (Director) is Director of Theater at Fayetteville State University and received her BFA from Western Carolina University and her MFA from the University of Louisville, Kentucky. A professional actress for over 26 years, Ms. Hall has a love of theater arts and a dedication to quality performances. She has performed in over 125 roles on stage, directed more than 40 shows, has performance sin regional television commercials, and more than 14 years of teaching experience in speech, theater, acting, directing, stage movement, creative dramatics, and voice and diction. Her directing credits include: Godspell. SmokeyJoe's Cafe, Charlotte's Web, Home, Count Dracula, For Colored Girls Who have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf and Romeo and Juliet. Acting credits include Nunsense, Twelfth Night, To Kill A Mockingbird, Chicago, and The Foreigner. She has worked in opera in the production of Candide and the world premier of the musicals Radio Gals and Lunch at the Picadilly. She has worked in theaters across the United States including the Cape Fear Regional Theater, Flat Rock Playhouse, Temple Theater, Missouri Summer Rep, Carbondale Playhouse, Kentucky Opera, and Southern Appalachian Repertory Theater. Maceo Smith (Choreographer) With a BS from NCA&T University and an MFA in Dance from UNC-G, she has more than 28 years experience teaching in the Detroit public schools and at Fayetteville State University. Retuming home to FSU, she brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and dedication to both theatre and dance. Currently an Assistant Professor, she divides her time and talents between Health & Physical Education and the Performing and Fine Arts Department. She has choreographed Godspell and Smokey Joe's Cafe at Fayetteville State University and Once on this Island, Dreamgirls, and Raisin at the Cape Fear Regional Theatre. Recently, she was seen in the Cape Fear Regional Theater production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. This production was made possible by support from Dr. T.J. Bryan Chancellor of Fayetteville State University The Office of Student Affairs of Fayetteville State University Mrs. Olivia Chavis, Vice Chancellor Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Rev. Dr. John Fuller, Sr. - Pastor The following individuals provided addition support for this endeavor and we wish to thank them. Sarah and James Baker Ora Bell Burns Sharon W. Cooper, M.D. H.E. Darby Dr. Roderick George Jerome W. Harp, Jr. Gwen Henderson Helen B. Johnson Stephen J. Karakashian Dr. James E. Laws, Jr. Mrs. Sterling T. McCormick Robert Redmond Evelyn Shaw Montrose A. Streeter Kevin M. Tolbert Luigi Troiani Evelyn Watson Carole Boston Weatherford Mr. Derwin Young Mr. Robert Young Valerie A. Wynne -Hall, DDS. MPH, PH Cross Creek Lincoln Mercury — Sam Johnson, Jr. Club International — Joseph N. Mason, Manager Need Speech, Inc. - Sonja E. Oates, Manager Cheryl Burns Maxine Carter Mr. and Mrs. Nebraska Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Evans Dr. Sandra Y. Govan Nancy Harris Fred and Beatrice Jackson Percy and Gardenea Jones Lionel Kato Rita Lee Alberta Moore Katie M. Robinson Mr. William A. Smith Pamela Suggs Story Mrs. Shirley D. Townsend Rev. Dr. Vernon Tyson Stanley Waldon, Ed. D Michael Wilkerson This event is sponsored by the College Language Association, The City of Miami Gardens and Mayor Shirley Gibson, the City of Miami, Florida Memorial University with the support of the Miami -Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, and the Miami -Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. Special thanks to Florida Memorial University - Dr. William Perry, Humanities Chair, Mr. Vernon Martin, Student Activities, Ms. Patricia Warren, Director of the Lou Rawls Theater and Ms. Dawn Baston of the Music Department. Additional thanks to Dr. Wallis Tinnie, Protocol Officer and Ms. Tanya Simons-Oparah of the Broward County Library. The reception is hosted by The Honorable Shirley Gibson, Mayor of Miami Gardens. Support is provided by the Mayor of Miami, The Honorable Manuel A. Diaz and Commissioner Michelle Spence -Jones. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom Musical Selections I am a Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow I've Been `Buked I Wanna be Ready Lavorah McClain - Soloist Written Down My Name Ramelle Brooks - Soloist Swing Lo, All Night Crystal Pugh — Soloist I Hear a Voice a Prayin' Rockin' Jerusalem Jamonica Watson & Michael Jones - Soloists Fare Ye Well Quentin Sidney — Soloist Ain't Got Time To Die Quentin Sidney - Soloist Marcus Martin Destiny Young Sparkle Fuller Brandon Barnes Ramelle Brooks Suquana Jackson Amber Lindsay Chilisa Morgan Leonte' Parker Victoria Ruffin Cherine Stone Jamonica Watson arr. Marvin V. Curtis arr. Hall Johnson arr. James Miller Lean McLin arr. Marvin V. Curtis Houston Bright arr. William Henry Smith arr. Jester Hairston Hall Johnson Student participants FSU Dance Ensemble — Maceo Smith, Director Sheron Johnson Andrea Donaldson Andrea Wooten FSU Concert Choir — Marvin Curtis, Aldric Boyce DeAnna Crawford Alicia Jones Lavorah McClain Angelica Moses Paul Pegues Quentin Sidney Jarrelle Thomas Sirrom Williams JoVonne Mason Africa Moore Jennifer Pickett Director Daryl Brooks Erica Gibbs Michael Jones Aaron McCray Danielle Page Crystal Pugh Amos Smith Chantal Tyson FSU Theater Company —Phoebe Hall, Director Narrator — Jerre]] Nelson Voice of Harriet — Melanie Harrison Voice of God — Ramelle Brooks Projection — Brigette Bonner -Lindsay MIAMI GARDENS Musical will honor runaway slave's journey ■ An encore production of a show based on Harriet Tubman will be staged as part of a conference of language educators. Miami Herald Staff Report Carole Boston Weather- ford's book Moses: When Har- riet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom will come to life in a special presentation at Florida Memorial University's Lou Rawls Performing Arts The- ater on April 19. This special encore perfor- mance by the Department of Performing and Fine Arts of Fayetteville State University in North Carolina will honor the College Language Associa- tion's 70th anniversary cele- bration and its 2007 theme, "Religion and Spirituality in Literature." The association is an orga- nization with an international membership of college and university educators of Eng- lish and foreign languages founded in 1937 by black schol- ars and educators. SPIRITUAL JOURNEY: Cast members perform in a Florida State production of 'Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom.' The 2007 conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Miami, with col- laborating artistic and book events scheduled in conjunc- tion with South Florida's 21st annual Pan African Art and Book Expo, titled The Sacred Presence: Religion and Spiritu- ality in African World Religion, Orature and Arts, which will be held in venues around Miami -Dade April 12-22. The script for Moses is a collaboration between Weath- erford, a Fayetteville State University English professor, and Phoebe Hall, an FSU the- ater professor, with music by the FSU Concert Choir, dance by Maceo Smith and the FSU Dance Ensemble and voices provided by members of the Fayetteville State University Theater Company. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson, Moses imagines Tubman's faith journey, from her har- IF YOU GO • What: Dramatic perfor- mance of the book Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom • When: 8 p.m. April 19 • Where: Lou Rawls Per- forming Arts Theater, Florida Memorial Univer- sity,15800 NW 42nd Ave., Miami Gardens • For more Information: The event is free and open to the public. Interested persons should call Mar- itza Arroyo, 305-250-5315, by April 16 to reserve seats. rowing first escape to her risky return south to free oth- ers. The legendary Under- ground Railroad conductor led countless slaves to freedom and never lost any, relying on her faith to overcome doubts and fears. In powerful paintings and a poetic text that echoes African American spirituals, the story of Moses unfolds through con- versations with God that are based on Tubman's narratives. "Harriet Tubman was a devout woman who spoke to God as a friend and believed that He spoke to her," said Weatherford: "That dialogue was Tubman's moral com- pass." The presentation will include African American spiritual musica, slides, dance and narration. The production was first performed at FSU's loth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert in January. The local performance is being sponsored by the City of Miami Office of the Mayor and Commissioner Michelle Spence -Jones, the City of Miami Gardens and Mayor Shirley Gibson and Florida Memorial University, with the support of the Miami -Dade County Department of Cul- tural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council and the Miami -Dade County Mayor and County Commission. Art and Book Expo Looks at Religion in Literature and the Arts Events of the 2007 Pan Afiiran..art and Book Expo --The Sacred Presence: Aer. ion and Spirituuky hr African World Literature, Orature andArts--are timed to coincide with the national conference and 70th Anniversary of the College Language - suciation, an organization of college teachers of English and foreign languages founded by Black scholars and educators. This Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Miami, with simultaneous artistic events scheduled at many venues throughout the City. Please call Manua Arroyo at (305) 250-5315 fora detailed schedule of the events of the Art and Book Expo, April 12 — 22. The Black Spiritual --Free and Open to the Public Saturday Morning, April 21, 2007 8:00 — 12:00 Noon — The T-1_ ay _tt Regerev —Brickell Room Title: The Sacred Presence in Hymns, Rhythm and Architecture Scholars take an in-depth look at the lyrics and development of Black spirituals and the structures of Black religious thought in the Americas. Dr. Arthur C. Jones, The Lyrics of the Spirituals, The Spirituals Project at the University of Denver Dr. Richard Dozier, Sacred Bricks and Places: Southern Black Churches, Florida A. and M. University Prof. Yvonne Houston, The "Ring Shout" and the Caribbean Dance Connection, Barry University Dr. Alfred Pinkston, Hymns of the Brush Harbor and the Rural Southern Church, Atlanta, Georgia To reserve a space : marroyo@rniamigov.com or (305) 250-5315 The Public Workshop is free and open to the public and is sponsored by The College Language Association and the City of Miami with the support of the Miami -Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miarni-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. -30- DU Psychology Department Faculty: Arthur Jones Page 1 of 1 ARTHUR JONES CHILD CLINICAL Over the course of my career, I have focused much of my teaching and writing in the area of multicultural issues, with a particular emphasis on African American mental health. I also have an interest in Jungian psychology. In recent years I have developed a focused interest in African American music culture, with particular attention to the spirituals, which are the sacred songs created and first sung by enslaved Africans in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries. I've approached this work as both a professional singer and as a multidisciplinary scholar and teacher. I am the founder of The Spirituals Project, which is a non-profit community agency based at the University of Denver that is concerned with the cultural preservation and revitalization of the spirituals tradition. Various initiatives of The Spirituals Project include a 70-voice multi- ethnic community choir, a multimedia educational website project (http://ctl.du.edu/spirituals), school and community programs, an oral history project, and a series of solo lecture and concert programs that I have performed around the country. The most recent initiative is a comprehensive research project aimed at evaluating the impact of the work of The Spirituals Project both within the organization and in the community at large. This research is in preparation for the launching of a national network program with planned consultations to other organizations around the country who are involved in kindred preservation and revitalization efforts. Representative Publications: Jones, A.C. (2004). Black spirituals, physical sensuality, and sexuality: Notes on a neglected field of inquiry. In A.B. Pinn & D. Hopkins (Ed.), Loving the Black Body: Black Religious Studies and the Erotic. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Jones, F. & Jones, A.C. (Eds), (2001). The triumph of the soul: Cultural and psychological aspects of African American music. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. Jones, A.C. (1993, 1999). Wade in the water: The wisdom of the spirituals. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books. Jones, A.C. (1998). Upwardly mobile African American Adults: Reflections on rootedness, psychotherapy and identity. In R.L. Jones (Ed.), African American Mental Health. Hampton, VA: Cobb & Henry. Jones, A.C. (1992). Self-esteem and identity in psychotherapy with adolescents from upwardly mobile middle-class African American families. In L.A. Vargas & J.D. Koss-Chioino (Eds.), Working with culture: Psychotherapeutic interventions with ethnic minority children. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Jones, A.C. (1989). Psychological functioning in African American adults: Some elaborations on a model, with clinical applications. In R.L. Jones (Ed.), Black American adult development. Berkeley, CA: Cobb & Henry. Arthur Jones Ph.D. 1974, Univ( of Iowa Senior Clinical Prc office: Frontier Rm. 155 phone: 303.871 e-mail: ajonesOnova.ps file://C:\Documents and Settings\wtinnie\Desktop\CLA\jones.htm 4/1/2007 College Language Association HERITAGE TOUR & BEACH BARBECUE PARTY Saturday - April 21, 2007 1:00 p.m. Venue :- Historical Museum of Southern Florida Exhibit: Port Royal, Jamaica — Experience a once -in -a -lifetime opportunity to see rare artifacts recovered under the sea from Port Royalruins left after a massive earthquake in 1692 sank Port Royal, the:, known as "the wickedest city 0; +earth. Sacred Vodoun Dancing w/ ethnomusicologist Gerdes Fleurant, Ph.D. Lectuie- demonstration 2:00 p.m. Venue - Lummus Park — Tour site of two historic buildings: the William English Plantation Slave House/Ft. Dallas; and The William and Eveline Wagner Homestead, the circa 1859 residence of an interracial husband and wife who moved to Miarni in 1858 because their marriage in South Carolina in 1849 was prohibited by law. Built on Miami's Wagner Creek, it is the oldest known house still standing in Miami. 2:30 p.m. Venue - Calle Ocho --- Visit the site of Old South Miami where early Black settlers arrived in Miami from Eleuthera in the Bahamas in the 19th Century, and set up a community between 1908 and 1928, in the 600 Block of S.W. Ninth Street in what is now Miami's Little Havana. Venue — Havana to Go — Buy souvenirs at Shop on Calle Ocho owned and operated by an African American entrepreneur.. 3:30 — 5:00 p.m. Venue - Historic Virginia Key Beach Park —Enjoy "Beach Barbecue Party' at orrner site of Segregated Beach, "For Colored Only," now being restored for the general public - Tour and Party!!!! Name Address Reserve by April 1. Space is Limited!: Wallis Tinnie/ Office of Protocol Historic Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 Number of persons - Adults email Children Phone WYNWOOD Spirit finds form at art exhibit Three artists will showcase their groundbreaking works as part of a 10-day spotlight on black spirituality. Miami Herald Staff Report Three African -American artists will explore the theme of "Sacred Presence" in visual art in a two -weekend showing of different, yet related, works at Deluxe Arts, 2051 NW Sec- ond Ave., April 14-28. sob_ t P--:ppers, an assoc.i- -4.- ir'a.:C: �': ,f Art at Ohio University, will bring his evoc- ative Hush Harbor series of large, free-standing crosses, while Miami -based artists Din- izulu Gene Tinnie and Roland Woods Jr. will present Spirits of Amerik and Living Water, respectively. Tinnie's work comprises a small, eclectic group of paint- ings, drawings and sculpture suggesting universal spiritual- ity. Woods offers an extensive collection of striking black - and -white drawings and prints with inspirational and historic themes. Peppers' Hush Harbor crosses have a haunting spiri- tual origin of their own. The crosses are painted and con- tain other materials such as soot, paint chips and broken glass. They were inspired by a journey Peppers made to South Carolina to help restore one of the black churches that had been nearly destroyed by fire in a wave of church burn- ings in 1996. The Vei.y 1iuLiuilciieAliv i- ence, which led to Peppers' gathering of burnt wood and other materials to use in his art, was also uplifting, as it confirmed the resilience and strength of the faith of the people. A second incident — sur- viving what could have have been a fatal car accident -- • L-Inci of real. -,r:.- ing of Peppers' faith. Exploring modern every- day reality and the social con- ditions that prevail in the world today. He often focuses on the consequences of the. Middle Passage of the Atlantic slave trade, the uprooting of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas and other similar acts — but also on the positive contributions of the human spirit. The title of Tinnie's exhibi- tion, Spirits of Amerik, sug- gests that more than just phys- ical bodies and physical force are involved in the making of who one is, the wide diversity of sources and "Spirits" that have been part of the process and the fact that America is still an unfinished work -in - progress. Woods' exhibition, Living Water, represents something of a grand return to the art scene for the art teacher who has an iconic place in South Florida's history as the father of the black visual art move- ment and founder of the Miami Black Arts Workshop in Coconut Grove, which had become something of a local legend during its existence. from 1969 to 1985, Though he has had impres- sive formal training and boasts degrees in the fine arts, Woods did not lose contact with his roots and he set out to rede- it closer to the co, .. _ lA • • which he lived and worked. In the process, he also developed a powerful body of works that were inspired by his deep Christian faith. After a long absence from showing his works, due to the demands of teaching, Woods is making a return with old and new works, seasoned by insights gained over the inter- vening years. Sacred Presence is part of the "Sacred Presence: Religion and Spirituality in African World Literature, Orature and Arts" series taking place at various venues Thursday through April 22. A formal opening is set for 6 p.m. April 18 headlined by Amiri Baraka and is free and open to the public. The gallery is open on weekends and by appoint- ment. Ca11 305-858-7735 or e-mail deluxearts@bellsouth.net. NC MlamiHerald.com I THEMI HERALD I SUNDAY, APRIL 8. 2007 1 ?fit,/firj ROLAND WOC DINIZULU GEls pening Receptlan Saturday April DELUXE ARIS GAL 2051 NW SEC¢ND The ELOI. dimtRa of ddierent srnchm pac>xe Cioastrarit' deseerdanls mere, ROLAND WO DINIZULU GE Opening Receptic Sa[urday April ' DELUXE ARTS GALII 7051 NW SE013f11U A' The Wile -.Noss Nut of OM mho': practice Chummy ., desrerdaats corprEg;' ROLAND WO( Saturday TifIDE ARTS GALlF 2051 fiYbSET(1IiD:,. The Web!, Nose Ito* of di fermi saoctuar! ream C1xclsanity c desceodan% contlacp ROLAND WO1 Salu;day Aprtl 1 DELUXE ARTS ['ARE 2C51 NV! 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Hikko n the forest. essLared Alrtrana Wier then *minis raagregaled ann practrs iber fdrlh 1 BISCAYNE CORRIDOR MIAMI SHORES I OVERTOWN I NORTH MIAMI I NORTH MIAMI BEACH I NORTHEAST MIAMI-DADE SUNDAY, APRIL 22i, 2007 I EDITOR: JIM MURPHY 1305-376-2036 I MiaraiHeraid.com ARTISTIC REFLECTIO The 24th annual Barry University Auxiliary Crazy Hat Luncheon raises more than 52,000 For the group's scholarship fund, 3 NE11 N1 _, Derek Cole peers at a reflection of himself in Dinizulu Gene Tinnie's `Spirits of Amerik' et the `Sacred Presence' exhibition at the Deluxe Arts Gallery in Wynwood on Wednesday. anti 'Hind NORTH MIAMI BEACh As the May 1 council elections approach, fliers start to circulate and candidates are reaching out to get votes, 4 JAMES FORBE UPPER EASTS1D. FOR THE MIAMI HERALD Farmers market has growing interest, 8 REAL ESTATE, 20 Pan African Art and Book Expo - Expenses — April 2I-22, 2007 The All -Day Festival (a, Marjaret Pace Park -- (April 22) Mantra Sounds, Inc. ----(All-day music, poets, dancers, entertainment) $4,050.00 Diamonette (Tents, chairs, Tables) --- $4,752.25 ACAPAI (The Children's Village)---- $3,000.00 Denise Washington (Gospel Singer) 200.00 Kinad African America Mobile Museum 400.00 The Gala Opening w/ Marta Vega Film Screening ) Miami Woman's Club (April 21) David R. Hopper $2,355.00 Miami Woman's Club 560.00 Michaels (Reimbursement) 169.75 Oscar Foliage 315.00 Taste Rite, Inc.- Caterers $ 950.00 Printing On the Mark 419.00 TOTAL - $17,221.00 1 The pleasure of \ our cOnlpan\ is requested at a Gala Reception and film screening of iliirla 0/llvriwo eta ja s Ill/Cr/ the /lirils rrrrrer+ ��'1'frrrrf n: /i f)rr_.a-'rr1?frrr e/i(/inrr irr 11/C an awe-inspiring tribute to the spiritual energy that tn.-ix clod from West/Central Africa to Cuba to the mambo explosion in the fifties roduccd by renowned ethnomusicologist Gerdes F leurant, Ph.D. On Saturday, the twenty-first of April. seven o'clock '1'hc \\'oman's Club r;� 3� I. Ba�shore Drive Omni Area by the Bav (East of Biscayne Blvd. on N .1.1. t ; r1 Street) R.S.V.P. Marirza Aril)) o 305- 250-53I=1 or nlarrnlo(d mianiigov.cnm ettl of When n the Spirits Dance Mambo —a film screening presented in conjunction with The Pan African Art and Book Expo, The Sacred Presence: Religion and Spirituality in African Literature, Orature and Arts-- rs the 7llth Anniversary of the College Language Association. a national organization holding its, annual conference in Miami. April 18 -21. The Art and Book Expo is sponsored by the City o .' ni with the support of the Miatni-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the C . :firs Council. the Miami -Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners 0 Margaret Pace Park 1745 North Bayshore Drive Miami, Florida FREE EVENT! '4111.111/Am .or 21 la I a I I 1 1 I Wilk 'Val /TPA 44 kir 11am•5pm Authors, Artwork Books Booths and Fo erk' * card; .Po P._eadirkgs Par.eis Children's Villa �1 with ACAPAI Children's Theater $ Haitian Kite Making Joni r. an Saxophonist) Body Mina Soul Drummers Cad rerari (coal 6 Jau GAtQ Mara World Music Ensemble Leo Casino (SouUR&B) Macaridie With the support of the MiamiDade County Department of Cuttu ral Kffai i, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami - Dade County Bo , of County Conuuissia ter.. 05)250431' (305)576-6882 Bookfest focuses on culture 1111 Book festival will feature works by Afro -Latin writers as part of a 10-day focus on black spirituality. Miami Herald Staff Report The Pan African Bookfest of Miami and the College Lan- guage Association will present a unique cultural, literary and community festival marking the culmination of 10 days of literary and arts activities. The Pan African Art and Book Expo, slated for 11 a.m.. to 5 p.m. April 22 at Margai et Pace Park, 1745 N. Bayshore Drive, will feature interna- tional speakers, poets, art works and live music and dance. A special two-hour presen- tation of books, panels? poetry and song will be made in trib- ute to the theme of the expo, "The Sacred Presence: Reli- gion and Spirituality in Afri- can World Literature, Orature and Arts." Marta Moreno Vega will read from her books When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio and The Altar of My Soul: the Liv- ing Traditions of Santeria. She is a Yoruba priestess, founder and president of the Caribbean Cultural Center and a research associate in the Latin Ameri- can and Caribbean Studies Program of Hunter College in New York. City. Members of the CLA, who will be meeting in their annual conference in Miami, will pre- sent a panel discussion on the topic "Religious Manifesta- tions in Afro -Latin and Carib - BAKER SMMi" EY. CASTRO PINKSTON bean Literature." The discussions will center on works by Afro -Latin writ- ers from Uruguay, Colombia and Haiti: Gouverneurs de la rosee (Masters of the Dew), the masterpiece of Haitian novelist Jacques Roumain; the imi ge of Father Divine por- trayed by Manuel Zapata-Oli- velia, the important Afro -Co- lombian writer; and the presence of Orishas in the poetry of Afro -Uruguayan Christina Rodriguez -Cabral. Miami Dade College's Phyl- lis Baker will read from her work African Spirituality, Thought and Culture. lfa Priest Adrian Castro, a Cuban/Dominican, will read from his bilingual works: Wise Fish and Cantos to Blood and Honey: Taste Joy. Ii1DC Professor Preston Alen will be the transition rek.::.err, sharing his short story collection, Churchboys and ALLEN FREEMAN Other Stories. Local writer E. Claudette Freeman will follow with her new work, Sheltered .)el iverunce. Whittington Johnson: will read from his new work, Post - Emancipation Race Relations in the Bahamas. Cynthia Davis will share insights on Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West, "reading from Where the Wild Grape Grows, Selected Writings. Poet Donna Weir Soley will read from her 2006 collection First Rain. Other events will include a Children's Village with ACA- PAI Playhouse, storytelling by Madafo, poetry by Philip St. Hill of Barbados and Haitian kite making by local artist Marc Jean-Louis. The entertainment line-up will be headlined by the Jesse Jones Jr. Jazz Quartet and also feature the Mantra World Music Ensemble, the Carl Fer- rari & Friends jazz band, the Body Mind Soul Drummers and Dancers, and Leo Casino. Performance poets will include Nzingah Oniwosan and Maeva Renaud. The event is being spon- sored by the city of Miami and is free and open to the public. Call 305-250-5315 or e-mail wtinnie@miamigov.com. Pan AfrEcan Art & Book Expo Ckiloieet•N/rLiar 1:00-1:30pm Iron Barr Group 1:30-2:00 Philip H. St. Hill Island Vibes children's poetry 2:00-2:30 Madafo, GRIOT storyteller 2:30-3:00 Philip H. St. Hill performance poet 3:00-3:30 Haitian Kite -Making, Marc Jean-Louis 3:30-4:00 Kite Flying 4:00-4:30 Naana Horne Storyteller ACAPAI events 11 30 am to3 00 pm Pets artd Graff 12 noon to 2 pm E� t Bella the C o+ » face PaiMtir y 12 noon to 4pm Gamer The Art and Book Expo is sponsored by the City of Miami with the support of the Miami -Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami -Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. can Art ook Expo StCr / RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN AFRICAN WORLD LITERATURE, ORATURE & ARTS PROGRAM MODERATOR: FERGUSON ROWAN WELL WRITTEN WORDS, LLC The Art and Book Expo is sponsored by the City of Miami with the support of the Miami -Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Af- fairs Council, the Miami -Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commis- sioners. 11:00 a.m, 11:10 a.m. Welcome and Occasion — Dr. Wallis Tinnie Opening Presentation — Dr. Phyllis Baker BOOK READINGS: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS 11:33.: 7V; :vi;_ i.V""; 11...,3 11:45 a.m. Dr. Donna Weir-Soley ` 12:00 p.m. Ms. Carol Holzweiss BOOK READINGS: HISTORY & SCHOLARSHIP 12:15 p.m. 12:35 p.m. Dr. Whittington Johnson Dr. Cynthia Davis 12:55 p.m. AUTHOR BOOK SIGNINGS & RECEPTION 1:30 p.m. FEATURED PRESENTATION: Dr. Marta Vega CLA PAPERS:"RELIG1ouS MANIFESTATIONS IN AFRO-LATIN, AMERICAN, AND CARIBBEAN LITERATURE" 2:00 p.m. Dr. Kersuze Simeon -Jones 2:10 p.m. Dr. Antonio D. Tillis 2:20 p.m. Dr. Ana Beatriz Gongalves 2:30 p.m. CAA 2:45 p.m. FEATURED PRESENTATION: Mr. Adrian Castro BOOK READINGS: PROSE FICTION 3:05 p.m. 3:20 p.m. 3:35 p.m. Mrs. Viria Barry Mr. Preston Allen Ms. E. Claudette Freeman BOOK READINGS: SPIRITUAL EMPOWERMENT PRACTICES 3:50 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 4:20 p.m. 4:35 p.m. Mrs. Latasha Hines Ms. Jeanette Stephens -El Ms. Lorna Owens AUTHOR BOOK SIGNINGS & RECEPTION (30 MINUTES) Image: Churchboys & Other Sinners: Preston L. Allen Page 1 of 1 amazon came Churchboys & Other Sinners Close window CHUPCHBOYS OTHER 4.INNERS Short Stories by Preston L Alien Close Window http://www.amazon.com/gp/productlimages/0932112447/sr=8-1/qid=1177950032/ref=dp ... 4/30/2007 Random House I Books I When the Spirits Dance Mambo by Marta Moreno Vega Page 1 of 1 RANI )OM HOUSE, INC. !±r in,g:r you he test I:: f:ctL3n. no::ficl:c:: b ctulcren's Locks_ Whenthe Spirits Dance Mambo Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio Written by Marta Moreno Vega Category: Biography & Autobiography Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages On Sale: November 16, 2004 Price: $13.95 ISBN: 978-1-4000-4924-0 (1-4000-4924-5) Imprint: Three Rivers Press about this book When rock and roll was transforming American culture in the 1950s and '60s, East Harlem pulsed with the sounds of mambo and merengue. Instead of Elvis and the Beatles, Marta Moreno Vega grew up worshipping Celia Cruz, Mario Bauza, and Arsenio Rodriguez. Their music could be heard on every radio in El Barrio and from the main stage at the legendary Palladium, where every weekend working- class kids dressed in their sharpest suits and highest heels and became mambo kings and queens. Spanish Harlem was a vibrant and dynamic world, but it was also a place of constant change, where the traditions of Puerto Rican parents clashed with their children's American ideals. .0 • 0,11 A precocious little girl with wildly curly hair, Marta was the baby of the family and the favorite of her elderly abuela, who lived in the apartment down the hall. Abuela Luisa was the spiritual center of the family, an espiritista who smoked cigars and honored the Afro -Caribbean deities who had always protected their family. But it was Marta's brother, Chachito, who taught her the latest dance steps and called her from the pay phone at the Palladium at night so she could listen, huddled beneath the bedcovers, to the seductive rhythms of Tito Puente and his orchestra. In this luminous and lively memoir, Marta Moreno Vega calls forth the spirit of Puerto Rican New York and the music, mysticism, and traditions of a remarkable and quintessentially American childhood. "Viva Marta Moreno Vega! With honesty, humor, and love, she relives her coming -of -age in Spanish Harlem — the highs and the lows —eloquently documenting how deeply rooted West African cultural traditions are in her rich Puerto Rican heritage. Marta Vega's memoir makes me want to mambo." —Susan Taylor, editorial director of Essence and author of Lessons in Living Copyright © 1995-2007 Random House, Inc. All rights reserved nttp://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400049240&view=print 4/1/2007 Coffee House Press: Books Page 1 of 1 Coffee Ouse cress REVIEWS AUTHOR BIO Nal Wise Fish: Tales in 6/8 Time Adrian Castro 1-56689-172-8 $14.00 6x9 84 pages Paperback Poems Quantity Order TITLES EVENTS ABOUT US DONATE ONLINE NEWSLETTER PURCHASING INFORMATION SUBMISSIONS CHECK OUT HOME Wise Fish: Tales in 6/8 Time Author Biography Adrian Castro, a Cuban -Dominican poet and Ifa priest from Miami, writes as if "Chano Pozo were hitting the keys of a typewriter instead of the skin of a drum." His debut collection of poems, Cantos to Blood & Honey, was an Academy of American Poets Eric Mathieu King winner and his poems have appeared in numerous anthologies including Renaming Ecstacy: Latino Writers on the Sacred and Step Into a World: A Global Anthology of New Black Literature. Also Available by this Author: Photo by Pedro Portal • Cantos to Blood & Honer; WHERE GOOD BOOKS ARE BREWING coffeehousepresaTm and coffeehousepress.orgv arc Trademarks of Coffee House Press. All rights reserved. © 1999-2007, Coffee House Press Web Site Development and Hosting by _ ha3 \1c71i>v Inc. file://C:\Documents and Settings\wtinnie\Desktop\CLA\adrian castro.htm 4/30/2007 Manuel Zapata Olivella and the darkening of latin american literature by antonio tillis Page 1 of 2 A UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PR r Home -I Complete Catalc LOrder Ita format lois Search 1 MI iS Press Title] Classroom Aclopt ions Afro -Romance Writers Series Manuel Zapata Olivella and the "Darkening" of Latin American Literature Antonio D. Tillis ISBN 0-8262-1578-5 168 pages 6x9 index, bibliography, 2005 $24.95s paper ADD TO CART Manuel Zapata Olivella inr • o LILtI rn. iC "Tillis's book represents an important continuation to the very vital scholarship of critics who have pr and substantiated the perennial place of Zapata Olivella in Colombian, Latin American, and world lettt James J. Davis Manuel Zapata Olivella and the `Darkening" of Latin American Literature is an examination of the fictional Latin America's most prolific, yet overlooked, writers. Born in Colombia to parents of mixed ancestry, Zapal his novels to explore the plight of the downtrodden in his nation and by extension the experience of blacks i. the Americas. Author Antonio D. Tillis offers a critical examination of Zapata Olivella's major works of ficti 1940s to the present, including Tierra mojada (1947); Pasion vagabunda (1949); He visto la noche (1953); La Calle 1 Chinni nace un santo (1963); Las claves magicas de America (1989); and Hemingway, el cazador de la muerte (1993). Tillis focuses on the development of the "black aesthetic" in Zapata Olivella's stories, in which the ci the people of African heritage are centered in the narrative discourse. Tillis also traces Zapata Olivella's nove incorporate the Africa -descended subject- into the literature of Latin America. A critical look at the placemen American protagonists reveals the sociopolitical and historical challenges of citizenship and community. In a4 study explores tenets of postcolonial and postmodern thought such as place, displacement, marginalization, 1 metafiction, and chronological disjuncture in relation to Zapata Olivella's fiction. Tillis concludes that the no trajectory of this Afro -Colombian writer is one that brings into literary history an often overlooked subject t http://www.umsystem.edu/upress/spring2005/tillis.htm 4/2/2007 Pan African Art & Book Expo V6CitifettUn Mantra Sounds Records !'e The Art and Book Expo is sponsored by the City of Miami with the support of the Miami - Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami -Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commis- sioners. cheda 11am Festival begins (Opening Ceremony)- Thanks, Prayers Drumming performance 11:20 am Announcements & Opening Remarks 11:30 am Recognition of G�vz:rnment Officials, Dinnitaries Remarks by Public Officials 11:30 am Poets #1 12 pm-12:45 Carl Ferrari Band performs 12:45-1:15 1:15-1:30 1:30-2:15 2:15-2:45 2:45-3:30 3:30-3:45 3:45-4:00 4:00-4:45 4:45-5:00 5 pm Poets #2 MANTRA World Music Ensemble performs with and Presents Leo Casino MANTRA World Music Ensemble performs Poets #3 and Announcements Macarldie performs with Band (Caribbean Jazz Fusion) Poets #4 SHEMELE JENKINS Drumming Ensemble Jesse Jones Jr. Jazz Quartet performs Closing Announcements, Thank you to Sponsors, Officials, Government, Vendors, Exhibitors, Speakers, Panelists Festival ends • • i - no rir in nit ,a1w+wow •� ow ids WI MEN as IN Wilt ■l NOW aggro MfM fir !/fRs ■tr :W WW1 CIO la ar ■Mr, NS BOWES n _ law Irv., •.WW■ 1D I rut or 4 11 101 31 IN !_al 11. } ?ts.` - - — Y w+.. _ i !E>_, w�. �r----�a1.. _-__ ti -`^ ,-l�Ml--- - .^ate--, - ___ ww , : 11t4. __-�--tom z,'�w;_ws iE, 1.1 _ — �__.�'w_. EEEErr.- ....", w...-.--__ !,=sell. itrw Nome >!__. —.. . T! __,Tt.'1M..,[ 1. .J9.l_ • ■ ■ ■ R ✓ • — r NI rEr • sr r 1 A r ▪ !■e !� - Mi r ▪ • IF a II ne Pan African Art & Book Expo ►� FTILMS FILMS Movie #1 , HALLELUJkH Movie. # . OREFEU NEBRO (BLk IIIPEDS) Movie. #3 PORGY & BEST A cinematic milestone, the first all Black feature produced by a major Hollywood studio, directed by King Vidor. Star - Daniel L. Haynes. and Nina Mae McKinney. Features with_a scored by Irving Berlin. BLACK and WHITE 100 mins. INTERMISSION : 15 MINUTES Portuguese with English subtitles. Original cast. Filmed in Brazil starring Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. Music score by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Produced by Vinicius de Moraes, Luiz Bonfa and Antonio Maria. Color 100 mins. INTERMISSION : 15 MINUTES ImESIENEMk By George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin DuBose and Dorothy Hayward. Produced in 1993 by the BBC. Starring Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Gregg Baker, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, and Damon Evans. Directed by Trevor Nunn. London Philharmonic Orchestra. 100 mins. Color. The Art and Book Expo is sponsored by the City of Miami with the support of the Miami -Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami -Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.