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FEATURED ILLUSTRATOR AHMAD SALAM ...Listen people... Life is a giant, invisible scale with two sides; Good and bad You and your beliefs Are the weights The things you do each day Determine the balance Your conscience is a flawless Judge and jury; It only questions you when you're wrong...

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Export Opportunities in the Americas: Brazil, Canada & Mexico TIME | DATE | PLACE 8:00 am registration 8:30-10:00 am program Thursday, December 7, 2017 Please note NEW ADDRESS: World Trade Center St. Louis 120 South Central Ave. Suite 1200 St. Louis, MO 63105 REGISTRATION $20 REGISTRATION One-on-one appointments available following the program.

Learn about export opportunities in three major markets in the Americas region. Brazil is recovering from recent political and economic upheaval and reforms have seen growth in the energy and agricultural sectors in particular. Canada's economy has enjoyed greater than expected growth, outpacing all other members of the G7. Mexico continues to offer a wide range of opportunities for US exporters from industrial equipment and inputs to agricultural products. Speakers: Mr. Fabio Yukio Yamada Director, Missouri International Trade & Investment Office - Brazil Mr. Ludovic Ortuno Director, Missouri International Trade & Investment Office - Canada Ms. Gloria Garcia Director, Missouri International Trade & Investment Office - Mexico Click here to view speaker bios and learn more.

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This past summer, I worked with two different summer programs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one for college students and another one for high school students. In both programs, I took some time to cover African American poetry. What made the activities particularly new and engaging for the students was the use of digital technology, which created special opportunities for covering poetry. In our efforts to expose students to literature, we spend considerable time talking about major artists and canonical literature. We make sure, for instance, that young people are aware of various poets like Phillis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Margaret Walker, and Rita Dove. We make them aware of prominent poems and other essential literary works. Attention to various widely read authors and their works is no doubt crucial. Indeed, black content matters. At the same time, modes of delivery are also vital. The mediums through which students consume reading materials can shape their thinking as well. In the classes I taught this summer, one activity I coordinated involved sharing black poetry with students through the use of mp3 devices. Rather than have

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students only read words on the page, I made it possible for them to hear the voices of poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clifton, and Amiri Baraka. Listening to black poets through headphones was similar to how they might listen to their favorite rappers and R & B artists. Students have considerable experiences using mp3 devices to listen to rap music and R & B. But the experience of listening to poets on such devices in the context of the classroom was unfamiliar to them. In some cases, I presented students with the sounds of poets reading prior to sharing the printed words on the page. Students also had the freedom to listen to poems at their own pace and in whatever order they chose on the devices. In this way, technology created greater freedoms for how students might decide to engage the materials during class time. In other instances this summer, I used digital tablets to allow students to view and listen to poets presenting their works. In most cases in literature classes, the look of the poets presenting their works remains distant and unavailable to students . The tablets allowed me to change that. We had a chance to watch a variety of really talented poets performing their works. Seeing poets read from memory and present in front of large audiences enhanced our view of the poems and the production of a live reading. The students got the chance to think more about different

performance styles, which included ways of reading as well as body language. My uses of mp3 players and tablets this summer were extensions of practices that I have been experimenting and developing for years now working with students. The projects this summer were especially fulfilling because I got the chance to work with such a broad range of students from 9th graders to college seniors. I was put in the position of considering what exposure to black poetry via two technological devices might mean for students at different stages of their academic careers. My experiences confirmed my commitment to finding and implementing creative ways of presenting content to students, especially black students who somehow routinely get left out of cuttingedge extracurricular learning activities. As we continue discussing approaches to exposing students to arts and humanities, we might devote more time to presenting African American literary art through the use of digital technologies. ------------------~ Howard Rambsy II is a professor of literature at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

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Moline Acres Police Department College Scholarship Program in partnership with Infinite Scholars Program

The Moline Acres Police Department College Scholarship Program wishes to acknowledge some of the students in our city that have accepted the promise of a college scholarship for accomplishing the following criteria: 1. 2. 3. 4.

95 percent school attendance 3.3 or better cumulative grade average 22 or better composite ACT score No major discipline problems

Through our mentorship program with Infinite Scholars, the Moline Acres Police Department wishes to help fulfill the hopes and dreams of families in our community wishing to send their children to college. The Infinite Scholars program uses it extensive nationwide network of 500+ colleges and universities to find a college scholarship for students who achieve the criteria above. The Moline Acres Police Department is committed to helping our students accomplish these criteria. The motto for this program is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Badges Create Scholars.â&#x20AC;? Moline Acres is located in North St. Louis County, Missouri. To learn more, contact the Moline Acres Police Department at 314-868-2433 or Infinite Scholars at 314-499-6997.

Pictured are Moline Acres Chief of Police Colonel Ware, Police Officer Donaldson, and students Charmaine and Charles.

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Editorial Rebeccah Bennett TRUTH: This is not the first time that this country has been run by a bigot. It is not the first time that we have experienced political isolation and social rejection. Founder and principal of Emerging Wisdom LLC.

nd it is not the first time that we have had to figure out how to metabolize our grief and fear in ways that did not immobilize us, but caused us to actualize our power to change the world.

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and forefathers lived through horrors that were generational in scope and scale. They persisted through times when there was little chance of a better tomorrow, much less a better life â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not even for their kids. Yet they responded to their lot in life by creating resistance movements, aid societies, educational and religious institutions, banks and co-ops, art forms, innovations and spiritual practices that continue to make our lives

better today. Remember that their blood is our blood. Their strength is our strength. They are the ROOTS and we are their FRUITS.

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We call upon our ancestors, those upon whom the sky fell. We call upon our ancestors who experienced all manner of degradation, humiliation, violation and death. We call upon our ancestors, people who swung from trees and were forced to live on their knees. We call upon our ancestors, many of whom persisted, survived and endured without destroying themselves or others. May whatever it is that nourished and sustained them come more fully alive in us. Ashe.

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I hope that you are doing well. August is one of my favorite months of the year, it is my birthday month, and also the month where we first get a glimpse of fall. It is also host to one of my top three festivals in St. Louis, The Festival of Nations! My goal was to have something for you to do every day of the month in August. I did it, but fortunately, helping our clients achieve their real estate goals caused me to not get this out in time for you to take advantage of the first couple of days events in St. Louis. There is plenty of month left to enjoy, and I have an eclectic blend of events for you to enjoy and make it a great month, I hope to see you at some of them. Also, I started posting a weekly update on facebook, which highlights a few things going on over the weekend. Some are in this letter, and some are not. If you happen to see it, I hope that you enjoy it. Have a great month!

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Start off the month of August with the mustsee Ghost Town Blues Band, who have been gaining notoriety among blues festivals nationwide. The show starts on Wednesday at 7:30 pm at The Stage at KDHX. On Wednesday, the Missouri Botanical Gardens premiere their Flora Borealisexperience beginning at dusk. Take the journey through the gardens as they are transformed with lights, sounds, and images for a truly stunning experience. Check out the biergarten while you are there for snacks and drinks! The Missouri Botanical Garden will be hosting this event until the 26th, so plan your trip now. If you love the feeling of going to the register with a great deal, check out theExtreme Couponing event at the Maryland Heights Centre on Wednesday at 6:00 pm. You will be able to learn helpful hints to saving money while shopping using coupons from the newspaper. TLC Extreme Couponing All-Star Jen Morris will be hosting and sharing her advice, so it is sure to be a great time! If you are looking for a showstopper, head down to the Muny on Thursday to see the musical, Gypsy. Momma Rose has ambition and will do whatever she has to for her daughters’ triumph on the stage, but she can’t fight back her own desire for success. This musical is revered by many, so don’t miss your chance to see the show! If adventure is calling you, try out Big Muddy

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Local Events AUGUST

Adventures on Monday at the St. Louis Riverfront to venture down the Mississippi on a canoe with experts guiding you along the way. Begin your journey at the Port of St. Louis, continue under bridges with a stop on Mosenthein Island for an exploring session, and you will finish at the Arch! No experience is required for the endeavour and all gear is provided.

exhibit on Thursday about America’s favorite sport, baseball. At Let’s Play Ball: Games of America’s Favorite Pastime, you will get to see different card games, board games, and more from all generations. It is an event the whole family can enjoy and will leaving you with a home-run feeling.

Mamma Mia, here we go again! The popmusic extravaganza, Momma Mia, returns to St. Louis on Tuesday at the Robert G. Reim Theatre for laughs, love, and dance parties! If you are a dancing queen you will want to take a chance on this fun show. If the week is dragging and you need a little relaxation to make it to Friday, take a break at Olivia on the Hill with their Wine Down Wednesdays. From 5:00pm to 10:00pm you can enjoy a drink on the pergola-covered courtyard with food provided by Catering St. Louis Events. The Field House Museum is hosting an

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Calling all St. Louisans! The St. Louis World’s Fare Heritage Festival is at Forest Park starting Friday for festivities that celebrate the St. Louis community via music, art, history, and more! The event includes live music, famous St. Louis eats, art displays, and much more! Backyard Games will bring fan favorites like cornhole and giant jenga. There is Kid’s Island where little ones can hula hoop and get their face painted. There will also be the Paint Louis Graffiti Wall! There is something for everyone here, so plan to stop by! Great for a fun friday night with the family, stop by Grant’s Farm for their Food Trucks at the Farm summer event. You will find live music and great food from St. Louis’ best food trucks. During their extended hours, you can still enjoy the favorites at Grant’s Farm such as their goat feedings and camel rides.

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Support the ALS by participating in the 8th Annual Kimmswick 5k Run on Saturday, where you will journey through historic Kimmswick by the Mississippi. Hosted by the Blue Owl Restaurant and Bakery, this run will take you through the Anheuser Estate and Windsor Harbor Bridge. Stick around to enjoy music, shopping, prizes and more. On Saturday, the Fabulous Fox theater will host the Soul Funk Fest event where you can see artists such as Cameo, Doug E. Fresh, Love Jones and is hosted by comedian Darius Bradford. Catch the Martin L Mathews Awards Program, named in honor of the organization’s Co-Founder Martin Luther Mathews, before the benefit concert for the Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club. Hit up Milo’s on the Hill on Saturday for their 6th Annual Summerfest hosted by the Young Friends of the St. Louis Arc for a bocce tournament, delicious food, raffles, and prizes. All of the proceeds from this event will benefit the St. Louis Arc’s mission to provide help to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Rod Stewart will be performing at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre on Sunday with special guest, Cyndi Lauper. Grab your tickets so you don’t miss out on the show!

Don’t miss the final days of the 40th Annual YMCA Book Fair held at Greensfelder Recreation Center in Queeny Park on Monday. The Book Fair will support the Gateway Region YMCA’s mission to strengthen communities. Kids can stop in and spend time with some very good pups! On Tuesday, between 6:30 and 7:30 at the Six Mile Regional Library District in the Niedringhaus Building, kids K-8 can practice their reading skills by reading to a dog from C.H.A.M.P. Assistance Dogs. The dogs get to practice their good behavior and kids can gain their confidence in reading in a fun environment. It will definitely a pawsome time. Learn some sweet moves at Tin Roof for Shake and Shout Wednesdays where you can enjoy free swing dancing lessons, followed by a vibrant swing dance party with live music by The Ambassadors of Swing! They sound pretty official, so stop by and shake it out. Hosting its 15th Annual Golf Tournament, the Kwame Foundation invites you to take part at the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course at Forest Park on Thursday. Proceeds from this tournament will go towards funding college scholarships for students who may not attend college due to financial burden.

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Stop by the Outdoor Summer Movie Series and Food Truck Frolic on Friday, hosted by St. Charles Community College, to watch the Incredibles movie on the big screen while enjoying the summer air and food from 15 of the best food trucks in St. Louis! On Saturday, one of my favorite festivals of the year, the Festival of Nations is coming to Tower Grove Park to create a celebration of cultures from all around the world. You will have the opportunity to taste treats from over 40 ethnic food booths, learn dances from different regions of the world, learn about and create arts and crafts, and visit the international bazaar where you will find special gifts from across the world.

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Grab your favorite four-legged friend and stop by Petapalooza this Sunday at the Purina Event Center at Purina Farms in Gray Summit. Owner and pup can participate in fun activities and obstacles, there will be demonstrations and contests, and for owners, you can enjoy the family area where you will find food trucks and bounce houses. Don’t forget to grab your pet a delicious treat from the marketplace. If you don’t have a pet and need one for all the fun, there will be over 20 local adoption agencies onsite to help you find your furry friend. The Soulard Blues Band will be lighting up the stage on Monday at theBroadway Oyster Bar starting at 9:00 pm. This award winning band will bring their superbly balanced songs that will have you fading into the city’s rich blues history. Acoustik Element will be performing at theJefferson County Library - Northwest on Tuesday. The band is a latin-inspired guitar duo who are locals of High Ridge and they are best known for reinventing popular songs by artists such as The Beatles, Santana, The Eagles, and more while also staying true to Latin and Jazz standards. Your Wednesday must-stop event should be to see Expressions of the Blues, Portraits on Tin Tile by Carol Boss which is exhibiting at theNational Blues Museum. Carol Boss shares her portraits of blues, R&B, soul, and gospel artists whose music and stories inspire. Her goal is to give the viewer an understanding of the artist portrayed through the brush strokes, color, and expression. On Thursday, We Banjo 3 will be performing at the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill and will delight you with innovative Americana blended with traditional sounds that they call “Celtgrass”. The fusion of styles from this Galway group features banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin that will certainly make for an outstanding show. Start off your Labor Day weekend with a stop at the 101st Annual St. Louis Greek Festival on Friday at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in the Central West End. Experience Greece through food, live music by Christos Sarantakis, folk dances by the St. Nicholas Greek Dancers, and a visit to the gift shop where you can find unique items imported from Athens. Yes, another great month in St. Louis! Please don’t hesitate to let me know if there is anything that I can do for you. All the best. –Nate

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P.S. Here is the latest Housing Report for your review. Median sales prices are up 6.7% from May of last year. Inventory continues to be low, which is good for our clients who are selling homes, but a bit more of a task for our clients who are buying homes. However, we are up for the challenge! Let me know if you have any questions. Nate K. Johnson ABR,CIPS,CRS,GRI,SRES Real Estate Solutions Group Redkey Realty Leaders 314-575-7352 Direct 314-514-9600 Office nate@livingstl.com www.livingstl.com

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FOR Lest WeGET Spike Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Black K Klansman

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By Mariah L. Richardson

he long-awaited film, by Spike Lee, Black K Klansman, opened last night, here in St. Louis. I arrived early to the Moolah theater to make sure I had one of the comfy oversized couches to take in this new film. I was anxious to see John David Washington, son of Denzel Washington. How would he compare to his famous father? I wondered. Also, having been a fan of Dave Chappell and his comedy bit of the blind black man who believed himself to be white who joined the Ku Klux Klan, I wanted to see how this film would play for laughs at the idea of a black man infiltrating the KKK. But this film is no laughing matter.

Based on the real-life Ron Stallworth who left his home in El Paso, Texas at 19 and became a police cadet in Colorado Springs in the 1970’s. He was the first black man to do so. He quickly made his way to detective at age 22 and finally moved to undercover detective. In 1979 he ran across an article seeking new members of a newly formed Ku Klux Klan chapter. So, he did the unthinkable; he wrote a letter seeking to join the group. According to Stallworth he wrote the letter and forgot all about it until he was invited to join But, he had a problem. As a black man how was he going to attend the meeting? So, he asked his superiors to send a white officer in his place and for that officer to pretend to be Stallworth. The amazing part; it worked.

beautiful afros, lessons in the history of brutality at the hands of white people, the deep hatred of Blacks and Jews by those aforementioned white people who truly believe that they made this country what it is and not the free and forced labor of black bodies enslaved for 400 years. John David Washington, like his father, is the consummate actor. He plays this part to the hilt. Though, I must confess, if I were to have closed my eyes and just listen to his voice I would not be able to tell his from his father’s. Although they don’t look alike they do sound a lot alike. Washington embodied the Stallworth character and he played it like a black man with agency. As the character, he wasn’t sitting around waiting for the white man to give him anything. He asked for what he wanted, and, within the constraints of white supremacy, he stood his ground. Washington is funny and powerful and made great choices as an actor. I am looking forward to seeing him in many more films to come. This film will make you laugh, and teach you things, and break your heart. Break your heart because Lee presents the shameful past from as far back as D.W. Griffith’s, Birth of A Nation, to Harry Belafonte teaching on the history of lynching, to Klan recruitment in Colorado in the 70s, and then on to Charlottesville and its terror in 2017. Watching the swollen face of Trump legitimize white supremacy and the tiki torch carrying white men in khakis and white polo shirts reminds us that this cancer is still with us and we have so far to eradicate it and heal our nation. This film is definitely one that all Black folks and Jews and any other marginalized peoples who have struggled and, dare I say triumphed under the oppressive state of white patriarchal capitalism, must see and allow it to reinvigorate you to continue the fight, rekindle the desire for revolution and evolution. Like the Holocaust, we must ever be vigilant, lest we forget.

Spike Lee has written and directed for over 3 decades now and as an auteur has a style of filmmaking that fluctuates between the natural and the sublime. Lee captures the beauty of Blackness of that era and makes me wish that films like SuperFly had never entered our consciousness. Though I truly love the soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield, I loathe the fact that the original Superfly movie wreaked havoc on the Black psyche that we still have not been able to get from under. But, I digress. With a backdrop of big,

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Media and Education

ow that the Missouri primary elections are over and if you voted, I hope your candidate was successful and other ballot issues were resolved to your approval. But what part did the media play in your decision making? Are you still wondering if you selected the right candidates? Did you research the other ballot subjects? Could you have been misled by the manner in which the contenders were portrayed and characterized in the media? Again, I must quote Dr. Carter G. Woodson from his book ‘The mis-education of the Negro’ when he wrote: ‘The thought of the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies. As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless, is the worst sort of lynching.’ At one time, a few years ago, I was once very proud of the information that filled the airways, which gave the populace a sense of genuine and realistic issues, and presented candidates with a forum that allowed voters to makes decisions on responses from the campaigners. Now, the focus seems to be on swaying your votes and sometimes even lying to you. Without more local ownership or control of regional airways, and reading other media such as this magazine and the Black press, it is easy to be fooled, misinformed and deceived. There are no Black owned radio stations in the city of St. Louis. The black owned stations that program to the African American community are located in St. Louis County.

of public service, but how much can you get on a Saturday or Sunday morning? Their job is to keep you entertained. They keep your mind off of current events, by sending you to parties, shows and shopping for goods from their sponsors. Your best

interest is not their goal. Education is not their aim. Their objective is not to make you any smarter or independent. They want you to spend money and boogie all night long.

When was the last time you heard ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’, or heard a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King or Malcolm X on their airways except in January or February? How much discussion do you hear about women’s issues, or a real discussion about what is happening on the continent of Africa? I think it is unspeakable that some white owned cable, television and radio stations provide more useful information to African-Americans than stations licensed to serve them. How can you make an intelligent decision when you do not understand the issues? How can you stop changes when you are not informed of the plans? How can you expect to be included on the proposals to your village when you don’t have a grasp of what is about to take place? I will close with another Dr. Carter G. Woodson quote: “History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning.” ~Bernie Hayes

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Working In America

Working in America takes an intimate look at how we feel about work. Through powerful photographs and honest stories, the exhibit explores the relationships between social, cultural, physical and psychological realities of work that shape everyday life.

Free Summer Meals

St. Louis Public Library and Operation Food Search are partnering together this summer to provide free meals to area children, 18 years old and under at six different SLPL locations, Monday through Friday, through August.

2018 Summer Reading Club @ SLPL

Libraries Rock! Join SLPL's Summer Reading Club before August 4, track your reading and claim your prizes. Register online or in person at an SLPL location.

Food For Fines Helps Feed Area Residents

St. Louis Public Library’s annual Food for Fines program returns July 131 at all SLPL locations. Throughout the month, the Library will remove $1 in overdue fines from an adult cardholder’s Library account for each nonperishable food item donated, up to $25 per account. Copyright © 2017 - All rights reserved.

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New Music Circle is beyond excited to celebrate our

season of concerts in St. Louis. FULL LINEUP AND INFORMATION:

NEWMUSICCIRCLE.ORG Information on our upcoming year is below, as well as tickets for our first five events St. Louis Jazz Notes blog has previewed our season here.

We kick off the season with TWO back-to-back nights featuring different collaborative sets by Joe McPhee, Chris Corsano, Okkyung Lee, and Bill Orcutt (night one at Joe's Cafe, night two at Off Broadway) - and

we continue into the fall with first-time performances in St. Louis by the distinguished and influential pioneer Anthony Braxton, sound artist Ellen Fullman, and the visionary & singular songcraft of Lonnie Holley. 2019 will see a dual presentation of Canadian electronicmusiciancomposer Sarah Davachi + NYC saxophonist/ electronic-musician Lea Bertucci, a trio led by the emerging trumpeter Jamie Branch, a return visit by flutist Nicole Mitchell (featuring poet Haki Madhubuti), and a curated program of experimental films from the 1950's to present day by Andrew Lampert.

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A hardcover collection of art and essays showcasing the best African American artists in today's vibrant comic book culture.

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GODDESS...A goddess is a female deity. Goddesses have been linked with virtues such as BEAUTY, LOVE, MOTHERHOOD and FERTILITY, WAR, DEATH and the beauty of FASHION. Fashions that’s link with today’s modern woman and Super models. Goddess a term of honor, a term of royality, a term of presence when a woman of statue enters a room, all Hail a Queen, respect will be given. The Queen Goddess is a force of superior powers. Her beauty alone can cause even the most powerful to become weak onsite. The most confident to question his, or her ability and the wise to become feeble and easily sway. POWERFUL and created to rule over mortals and crowds. Built to look her enemies directly into their eyes and consume your soul. She had the ability to rule great cities , while sitting on her throne. She is a GODDESS.. Those before her are Queen Ranavalona, Queen Nefertiti, Aphrodite, Celopatra and Athena. All beautiful all powerful and envied. Draped in fine silks, linens. Extensive color of Magenta and Lilac. African Gold and Sliver. Jewels created only for her. Cultured pearls from the Orient, beaded around their elongated neck. Perfumed scented hair made with the fines exotic oils from around the globe. Only the best will do. All hail the GODDESS and all her power and beauty. Today’s GODDESSES are Naomi Campbell, Tara Banks, Beyonce, Rihanna and Heidi Klum. Kim Kardashian, Lupita Nyong’o, These are the owners of the FASHION world today. The RUNWAY...THE CATWALK, THE CAMERA, THE PHOTOGRAPHER, THE MAGAZINE. Past and present Goddesses will rule what fashion is now. This is dedicated to the all Powerful GODDESS.... Welcome to the Goddess Swim wear Looks, here you will see a time of royality, beauty behold, Gods gift to mankind.

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Join us for a special Howlin' Friday on April 13th as the National Blues Museum honors Kim Massie & Jim McClaren with the "Keeping The Blues Alive" award. Musical guest Marsha Evans and the Coalition. Happy Hour is from 5-7 PM, Live Music from 7-10 PM in the LumiĂ¨re Place Legends room

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When writers speak with one another, ideas come into being. In a conversation I had with C. Liegh McInnis a few months ago, he mentioned William Henry Holtzclaw and Booker T. Washington. His comments triggered a bit of memory about Holtzclaw and Edward Smyth Jones( 1881-1968), about Holtzclaw’s extending aid to Jones in his time of need. Giving a helping hand to someone is not a literary act. But in this instance, it is a small act of compassion that gives birth to a certain literary brightness and radical commenting on the black writing we understand African American literature to be. We may refer to a few of us who swim with deliberate purpose against the tides of literary and cultural studies. Sterling A. Brown swam with the tides of his time, noting in Negro Poetry and Drama (1937) ---

“Edward Smythe Jones’ The Sylvan Cabin is pompously literary, none of his verses being a poetic as his biography. Looking upon education at Harvard as the greatest thing in the world, he tramped to Harvard Square and there was arrested as a vagrant. The poem making use of this experience is so sentimental that the reader is not shocked at his being jailed. “O God Wilt Thou Help Me In School” expresses a commendable prayer in uncommendable rhyme.” Eugene B. Redmond elaborated on this very passage in Drumvoices: The Mission of Afro-American Poetry: A Critical History (1976) --Jones wrote “Harvard Square” while he was in jail. The poem brought him immediate attention and helped speed up his release. It is a hodgepodge of imitations of various European models. He recites the names of Dante, Byron, Keats, Shelley, Burns, and the like in a bombast of stanzas. “A Song of Thanks,” however, shows more sensitivity and deeper feeling. While it leaves a lot to be desired, one can certainly feel the power growing through the repetition (in several dozen lines) of the phrase “For the,” which precedes sun, flowers, rippling streams, and other facets of nature. (128)

Redmond does not swim. He navigates a boat through troubled waters of poetics and transports us to a strange country of recognitions. His wording “a hodgepodge of imitations of various European models” applies equally to Jones’s poem and to some contemporary practices in American social, political and cultural life. “Fuck civility and civilization, “ says the Tribe of Trump, “for our Bitch God has spoken through its prophet the POTUSA. Heil, Hag. We violently worship thee , ensuring our nation shall be great and pure again in the finality of death.” In less than two years, the POTUSA, placing himself outside the rule of law and order, has opened the founding wound of the nation’s birth; he has used toxic populism to naturalize distrust and hate, used democracy to quicken descent into fascism with the anti-patriotic and cowardly approval of the Republican and the Democratic keepers of government. For the moment his mockery and fuckery prevail. The damage produced by his canonizing of truthdismissive rhetoric is permanent. It cancels the promises of Walt Whitman’s corpus and affirms the dread and death-directedness often proclaimed in African American poetries. His “imitation of various European models” of imperial greed has restored the efficacy of the nation’s racial contract and has minimized faith in cosmic justice and strengthened belief in cosmic absurdity. Indeed, one can say with confidence that the POTUSA has translated the allegory of Pasolini’s “Salo” into dystopian reality. Hodgepodge has become the alabaster sublime in 2018. . What might we do with what we recognize? We might seek to use poetry as one tool of analysis and resistive critical thinking, although mere thinking is not sufficient. Thinking must be done in tandem with resistive critical actions. That is the subject matter of a different blog. We have the option of pondering the function of repetition in a history of black writing. We can swerve to a critical question about Paul Laurence Dunbar, Edward Smyth(e) Jones, and Clint Smith and how the three of them establish intimacy with bars. Why do “bars” matter in the interpretation of poetry? In “Sympathy,” Dunbar begins his mediation on incarceration with “I know what the caged bird feels, alas!” and draws attention to the fact the bird’s “blood is red on the cruel bars” and reminds us the persona knows why the bird sings “When he beats his bars and he would be free;/It is not a carol of joy or glee,/But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core,/ But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings----” and ends with the line “I know why the caged bird sings.” www.the-arts-today.com

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Set each immortal spirit free Behind these prison bars!

BEHIND THE BARS I am a pilgrim far from home, A wanderer like Mars, And thought my wanderings ne’er should come, So fixed behind the bars!

Edward Smyth Jones, The Sylvan Cabin (1911) Victorian literary pomposity notwithstanding, power emerges from the sequential repetition ---So fixed behind the bars/ Not seeking prison bars/ For me behind the bars/ But not behind the bars/Behind the prison bars/ For me behind the bars/ To us behind the bars/Behind these prison bars. This is not hodgepodge but hammering that can transfix emotions. The interpreting mind sees and feels and assigns significance to bars in the Age of Trump, to the primal images of bar and cage that torment reflection on what precisely is mass incarceration in the long black songs of the new Jim Crow.

I left my sunny Southern home Beneath the silver stars; A northward path began to roam, Not seeking prison bars. I sought a higher, holier life, Which never virtue mars; But Fate had spun a net of strife For me behind the bars!

Take a quantum leap from Dunbar and Jones to Clint Smith’s Counting Descent: Poems (2016) and read his prose poem “Beyond This Place” (41), marking the placement of the words “bars” and “cage” in the second stanza. The magnetism of Smith’s anti-romantic directness in his sympathetic, compassionate poem about the place of imprisonment-----

My mother’s lowly thatched-roofed cot My nobler senses jars; And so I seek to aid her lot, But not behind the bars!

It is a classroom of men who refuse to forget themselves, each word provides the sort of freedom a parole board can never grant. slams us back to Dunbar and Jones. Perhaps we also are moved to re-experience poems by Etheridge Knight, a major twentiethcentury wordsmith in the prison house of poetry. And let us not ignore the accidental irony of Clint Smith’s being a doctoral candidate at Harvard University.

‘Tis said, forsooth, the poet learns Through sufferings and wars To sing the song which deepest burns Behind the prison bars!

So now you have it. What Dunbar, Jones, and Smith have in common emerged from an ordinary conversation with C. Liegh McInnis. It is a single step in the long journey toward a liberating future, the journey of another one thousand years.

Thus I resign myself to Fate, Regardless of her scars; For soon she’ll open wide the gate For me behind the bars.

~Jerry W. Ward, Jr.

I plead to you, my fellow man, For all who wear the tars; To lend what little help you can To us behind the bars. O God, I breathe my prayer to Thee, Who never sinner bars:

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.â&#x20AC;? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Happenings at the Museum

The traveling exhibit on display in the Scott and Dianne McCuaig Family Gallery is “Expressions of the Blues", by curator Carol Boss. The exhibit is on display June 2nd – September 29, 2018

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“Acting White”

Share your Story Dear friends: I have been asked to write a chapter in a book that will address colorism in education. My chapter will focus on “acting white.” Specifically, when I was growing up, I was a “smart” student. My top performance in school, doing homework, raising my hand to answer questions, etc. often drew the accusation from my African American classmates and friends that I was “acting white.” Now, I know there are psychologists out there who say this is not true and does not exist. But alas, it was absolutely true for me. I have written about this in past works. I will do so again for this new book. I do know that many young folks today who continue to have such allegations hurled at them so feel free to share this email with whoever and have folks email me directly. I did a survey on this very question about 7 years ago and the results were consistent with my experiences decades ago. I’d like to update my earlier survey. I would love to hear from anyone out there who has a similar/related story either involving yourself or someone you know. I would like to include your story in the chapter. I will conceal your identity if you request. Do you have a story to share? If so, please email to me at: norwood@wulaw.wustl.edu. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead Kimberly Norwood , Professor of Law | Washington University School of Law pg.

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out with coconut yogurt, gluten free vanilla wafers and even vegan whipped cream. Another one of my favorites that I’ve stopped eating unless I make it from scratch myself…Rice Krispie treats. I finally got my hands on some vegan marshmallows & I haven’t looked back since. All of these alternative ingredients can be found at your local Whole Foods or neighboring health food store. So let’s get to it and remember, make the recipes your own. put together. You'll even be impressed with yourself when you're done. ~Léna O. A. Jackson www.facebook.com/gspDore www.instagram.com/gspDore

Although I have not cut all chocolate out of my life temporarily, it has been a rough transition and a struggle in the beginning. Late night cravings and sweet tooth moments have gotten extremely creative over the last couple months. I can say that I have successfully not had the smooth peanut buttery & milk chocolate perfection in two and a half months…the countdown to my birthday has begun. That one glorious bite just HAS to be worth it, cause I’m going right back to not having any or maybe I’ll really take a stab at moderation. Juice, water, fruit, my homemade sorbets, Jim’s Chocolate Silk and good ol’ sleep have been the satisfiers in the transition.

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*If you want a stronger banana flavor you can opt to add 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon of banana extract to the yogurt. These puddings are also are best if you allow them to sit in the refrigerator for a few hours so that the cookies soften and all of the ingredients come together!

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Measure 9 cups of rice cereal and add to a large mixing bowl; set aside. Line a 13x9 baking pan with aluminum foil then spray lightly with cooking spray; set aside. Melt butter over low heat in a large pot. Once butter is melted, add all but 2 cups of marshmallows, vanilla and salt. Cook and stir over low heat until marshmallows are completely melted. Once mixture is smooth, add remaining 2 cups of marshmallows and stir to incorporate. “Marshmallows will

mostly melt but those little lumps that are left are going to add little pockets of marshmallow awesomeness to the treats.” Immediately pour marshmallow mixture over rice cereal and gently stir until cereal is evenly coated. Spread mixture into prepared pan. Using a spatula or the bottom of a second pan, press the mixture FIRMLY into the pan. (Do not skip this step & really pack everything down tightly or the treats may not stick together properly). Let treats cool to room temperature uncovered. Once set, remove from pan by lifting up on the aluminum foil then cut into 24-30 squares. Store in an air-tight container.

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CALL FOR ART “All Colors” OVERVIEW: “All Colors” is an invitational and juried arts exhibit featuring the art of approximately 100 artists and 200 pieces of art. The show takes place January 13 through February 28, 2018 at the St. Louis Artist Guild, 12 Jackson Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105. We expect strong attendance, as the “All Colors” exhibit is a fund raiser with art and related funds to benefit artist of all disciplines, small not for profit 501C3 organizations and community/neighborhood organizations. Clayton, and the surrounding region have long been supporters of the arts and Portfolio Gallery and the “All Colors” sponsors are committed to make this exhibit a successful fund raiser and to introduce the St. Louis Metropolitan region to artist that mainstream publications have overlooked. HOW TO APPLY: Online applications may be completed though Portfolio’s website at www.portfoliogallerystl.org Click the Call for Art link that will take you to the sign-up, upload and payment. Each application must include the requested uploaded images and an artist’s statement of 100 words or less explaining the artist’s creative process including specific information about technique and materials.

Submit your art now!

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Walking the Blue Line: A Police Officer Turned Community Activist Provides Solutions for the Racial Divide By Terrell Carter Bettie Youngs Book Publishers

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“As I recall my experiences, I find it incredulous that people in law enforcement honestly believe and say that a racial divide and racial profiling don’t exist. An officer’s mind is divided: first, between the police and the general public and second, between the police and minorities.”~ Terrell Carter Walking the Blue Line follows the author’s experiences growing up as a black child in St. Louis, MO, a racially charged city still trying to overcome its divided past, and his five year journey as a law enforcement officer which led him to reevaluate his views on citizens and police alike. Readers are taken on a compelling journey as he details personal stories of the challenges of navigating this new world, including how he had to testify against a former partner for falsifying a major drug arrest. Terrell details the thoughts and tactics of police officers based on their training in the police academy and lessons they learn on the streets and how this information can help citizens better understand why officers do what they do while still holding them accountable for protecting and serving their communities. Walking the Blue Line can be ordered from www.terrellcarter.net, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and traditional booksellers.

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Hello, I would love it if you took a moment to check out my GoFundMe campaign: CLICK GOFUNDME LINK BELOW TO DONATE https://www.gofundme.com/black-archaeologist-season-4

Your support would mean a lot to me. Thank you so much!

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Katherine Dunham Fellowship aims to diversify arts leadership

The Arts and Education Council (A&E) recently opened applications for the eighth annual Katherine Dunham Fellowship, which will be offered in the spring semester of 2018. This will be A&E’s first year offering the fellowship after seven successful and transformative years with the Regional Arts Commission. The Katherine Dunham Fellowship was created by Sara and Jack Burke to give AfricanAmerican men and women an opportunity to explore, gain experience and be mentored in arts administration, creating a more diverse pipeline of arts leaders. The fellowship is named in honor of legendary dancer, choreographer, educator and social activist, Katherine Dunham. Dunham, who was considered one of the most successful dancers of the 20th century, founded the Performing Arts Training Center (PATC) at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (an A&E grantee). Dunham taught dance, along with foreign language, cultural history and anthropology at the PATC. The fellowship was created and is funded by Sara Burke, who was the first white dancer to study under Katherine Dunham at the PATC. The Katherine Dunham Fellowship is open to African-American undergraduate and graduate students or recent graduates. The man or woman selected receives a $3,000 stipend, experience in all the critical skills needed to manage an arts organization – including fundraising, corporate relations, database management, fiscal and board management – and mentorship from current arts administrators and leaders. “It’s important that people in power are willing to share it and provide access and advocate for those wanting to get into the arts who are underrepresented,” explained Sara. “Until we share that power, we are never going to change the complexion of this city, much less the arts.” One goal of the Fellowship is to see a representation in the city’s arts institutions — large and small alike — of AfricanAmerican and other minority leadership at all levels.

Applications for the Katherine Dunham Fellowship are open through October 20. For more information and to apply, click here.

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Interview with Lewis DIUGUID: Award-Winning Journalist Uses Example of Father to Encourage Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Men

There is much discussion today about ways to stem the downward spiral of young African American men. Veteran journalist, Lewis DIUGUID, mines the past to offer hope for the future. TheVillageCelebrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vickie Newton talks with Diuguid about his book, Our Fathers: Making Black Men.

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“Baseball in St. Lou: From Brownie Bits to Incredible Cardinals” Book Signing and Lecture With Ed Wheatley

Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 11:30am Book Signing and Lunch 1pm Lecture and Q/A

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Lunch and Lecture with Ed Wheatley, author of “The Browns” and his newest book “Incredible Cardinals”. If Ed Wheatley has anything to do with it, St. Louis’ greatest baseball legends won’t soon be forgotten. His new Reedy Press children’s book, Incredible Cardinals, just hit the stands. Alongside Ed Koehler’s vibrant illustrations, Wheatley’s story introduces children to the Cardinals greats immortalized on the left field wall at Busch Stadium and invites them to partake in the decades-long tradition of St. Louis Cardinals fandom. 11:30 am - Arrival/Book Signing 12:00 Noon - Lunch 12:15 pm - Lecture 12:45 pm - Q and A 1:00 pm - Book Signing *$25 Members of IPHF/$35 Non Members

Books for Purchase at IPHF The lecture is $25 IPHF Members/$35 Non-Members Enroll by phone 314-535-1999 or email info@iphf.org

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Museum Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 11 am - 5pm First Friday 11am - 9pm

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Kevin Powell Autobiography Greetings! I pray you are well. A heads up that Simon & Schuster, my publisher, has passed along to me about 1800 HARD COVER copies of my autobiography, The Education of Kevin Powell, that are left in stock. I am looking for organizations/

institutions/schools/groups of all kinds to sell these books to immediately. As you know, generally hard cover copies of books disappear fast, and then it is just the paperback for the rest of that book’s life. I will PERSONALLY SIGN each and every book and ship them to folks, and also be willing to do something around the book with your young people, VIA SKYPE, after they have read and studied it, and with them also using this FREE study guide/curriculum created by a couple of education experts, which is for all age and education levels: http://www.kevinpowell.net/education.php

If interested in ordering 25 or 50 or 100 copies or more of the book please email my assistant, Katerina Nunez, and I as soon as you can, as we expect these PERSONALLY SIGNED HARDCOVER BOOKS to go fast: kevin@kevinpowell.net and katerina@kevinpowell.net

Finally, the autobiography deals with: •

race

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gender

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diversity and multiculturalism

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leadership

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activism

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violence

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domestic violence

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self-esteem

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manhood

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parenting

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history

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hip-hop and pop culture

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healing from trauma, both family and community

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the transitions from youth to adulthood

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forgiveness

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self-love and love

And we are working very hard to have The Education of Kevin Powell adapted for the screen, so it remains very important to me that the autobiography is in the hands of as many young people as possible, of all backgrounds, all across America, and globally too.

Sincerely, Kevin Powell

Thank you so much for reading this, and certainly feel free to share with other educators as well in your networks.

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June 26, 2017 PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Robert A. Powell 314-265-0432 Portfoliogallery@att.net,

Portfolio Gallery today issues its call for art, and invites visual artist of all disciplines to enter at:www.portfoliogallerystl.org The “All Colors” Fine Art Show will feature 100 artist and 200 pieces of art, both local and nationally known artists, collectors and educators to the St. Louis Region.

The “All Colors” exhibition will feature the art of invited artist Dean Mitchell, Charles Bibbs, Manuelita Brown, Ed Johnetta Miller, Lonnie Powell, Robert Hale, Sandra Smith, Cbabi Bayoc, Thomas Sleet, Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, Ronald Johnson and others. Our goal is to create an exciting art event that attracts a national audience. Sells income will support general operations of Portfolio, Inc. a not-for-profit 501C3 arts organization and further be used to provide grants to St. Louis artists, small notfor-profits and community based organizations. Please join the award winning Portfolio Gallery as it presents its 1st Annual “All Colors” Visual Arts Invitational & Juried Exhibition to be held January 13th through February 28, 2018, at the St. Louis Artist Guild, 12 Jackson Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105.

Portfolio Gallery is a member of The Alliance of Black Galleries

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