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Monday, January 30th, 2012
You are invited to celebrate Black History Month by joining and hosting a Read-In as part of the twenty-third national African American Read-In. Originally sponsored by the NCTE Black Caucus and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), it also has been endorsed by the International Reading Association. From Wednesday, February 1-Wednesday, February 29, [...]
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
God’s Little Soldiers International Boys Choir releases its arousing rendition of the National Black Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. It chronicles the names of many of the greatest figures in African American History. It celebrates the men and women on whose shoulders Americans but particularly African Americans so proudly stand. This rendition will be [...]
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Monday, November 21st, 2011
The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, Debbie Allen’s updated take on the perennial holiday classic, returns to Royce Hall after a highly successful debut in 2010. Following the idea of the original Nutcracker,it’s Christmas Eve and the Johnson family,friends and neighbors are having a grand party.The gifts are shared and young Kara receives a Nutcracker filled with [...]
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
The BronzeLens Film Festival of Atlanta, Georgia is a non-profit organization, founded in 2009, that is dedicated to bringing national and worldwide attention to Atlanta as a center for film and film production for people of color. The mission of the BronzeLens Film Festival of Atlanta, Georgia is two fold: to promote Atlanta as the [...]
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
We Give Books, the digital reading initiative from the Pearson Foundation and the Penguin Group, announced new support for Jumpstart’s Read for the Record, a national campaign that raises awareness about the importance of early literacy by annually engaging adults and children in setting a new world reading record. Today, We Give Books is offering [...]
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Monday, September 12th, 2011
On September 16, 2011, in Houston, Texas, the Postal Service will issue a Barbara Jordan commemorative stamp (Forever priced at 44 cents), in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 466200). The U.S. Postal Service honors Barbara Jordan, one of the most respected and influential politicians of the 20th century, [...]
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Monday, September 12th, 2011
The dedication ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial has been rescheduled for Oct. 16 on the National Mall., Executive Architect Ed Jackson Jr. stated. The dedication had been planned for Aug. 28, the 48th anniversary of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. But it was delayed by Hurricane Irene, which swept through Washington [...]
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Thursday, August 25th, 2011
It’s amazing what a little creativity can do for the human spirit. Find out what happened when the master minds of Improv Everywhere placed a megaphone in the middle of a busy New York city street with a sign that says “say something nice.” Improv Everywhere is a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and [...]
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Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Baltimore youth are fed up with the negative images and lack of action from society, so they are taking a stand with the new movie “Intimidation: A Short Film on Bullying”. This short film will take a hard, but real look at the root and outcomes of bullying from the youth’s perspective. The film premier [...]
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Monday, June 20th, 2011
The 1st annual Martha’s Vineyard Jazz Festival is set to take place August 6-13 in Martha’s Vineyard. Presenting literature,art food & music the MVJF will celebrate jazz favorites and introduce the new faces of jazz to the world. Artist set to perform include Antonio Hart, Elan Trotman,Michele Holland, Warren Wolf, Made in the Shade, Ben Wolfe and From Berklee the Mario Castro Quintet. [...]