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MEMO The Arts Today Ezine team would like to Thank You for your continued support, even now as many of us are being affected by the Covid 19 pandemic. Our hearts go out to those who have lost friends, family, jobs and other opportunities since the beginning. It is a situation none of us could have predicted or expected. But being a resilient peoole we believe that this too will pass. Until that time, we encourage you to continue being vigilant in your hand washing, maintaining safe distance and wearing face coverings. Remember to check out the local mandates for your area. We will do our best to keep you up-to-date on this and other situations that affect our community. With that in mind, we at Arts Today, attempt to provide information on resources and access to events that can be appreciated in a safe manner. Our magazine is offered online for virtual viewing, with the option to order paperback copies if you choose. Please note, if you order physical copies of our magazine, there might be a delay in receipt due to Covid 19. We thank you in advance for you patience and understanding as we all navigate these new ways of living. Take Care of Yourselves and Those You Love,

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Curating the END of the World PART 1 PART 2 ART FROM INTERNATIONAL BLACK ARTISTS THAT RESPONDS TO COVID 19, ANTI-BLACK VIOLENCE, CLIMATE CHANGE, POOR GOVERNANCE, TRANS-HUMANISM, AND AN ACCELERATING, TECHNOLOGICALLY DRIVEN ECONOMIC SYSTEM ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE. LIVE IDEAS 2020- ALTER-WORLDS: BLACK UTOPIA AND THE AGE OF ACCELERATION HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO THE 2020/2021 NEW YORK LIVE ARTS SEASON.

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Watching the February 2122 Turner Classic Movies showing of Native Son (1951) produced an unusual sensation . As my eyes recorded the black and

The absence of a disinterested investigator and scanning technologies during my watching ensures that my comments about what occurred during my watching of the film are anecdotal. Nothing more and nothing less. Anecdotes evade testing. I think they are best dealt with in narrative psychology, where empirical aesthetics is a subfield. Nevertheless, anecdotes are quite real for me and valuable as preludes for critical cultural work in a future. I have no qualms about re- constructing my, imperfect narrative psyche, which was constructed by readings of Wright’s novel and his essay “How ‘Bigger’ Was Born.”.

white frames, visual memories flowed through my mind. Images stored from previous viewing of all three film adaptations of Wright’s novel became intrusively active. Moreover, dimmer images of the sites (contexts) of my multiple viewings thickened the flow.. The experience was not pleasant ; synesthesia is never pleasant.

I repeat. I have seen the 1951, 1986, and 2019 film versions of Richard Wright’s 1940 novel many times. The accumulated body of visual memory gets activated with each viewing of any of the three primary film versions. As a “restored” (pun intended) instance of the 1951 film is shown, watching and listening sponsor devastating awareness of how visual memory functions for individual viewers, how unique they seem to be. In my case, I am left with unresolved feelings, or to be precise, remembered feelings which defy resolution. This is the bane of celebrating Black History in February rather than pondering the her/his story 365 days each year.

I have watched the 1951, 1986, and 2019 film adaptations (or “translations” as I prefer to call them ) of Richard Wright’s 1940 novel many times. The viewings have created prejudicial filters. These intrude whenever I am watching the cinematic adaptation of Native Son. It is not operative in my watching of other adaptations ---for example “Long Black Song.” When I recall that “Native Son” is a major item in African American cultural literacy, the sense of strangeness becomes almost normal. In fact, it is normal, because “Native Son” is a major phenomenon in African American cultural experiences. Thus, viewing what TCM touted as the “restored” cinematic version provided a sensation of seeing what was on the screen through temporal filters, including those associated with BLACK LIVES MATTER. My experience was troubling, because I had so little agency to control the flow of visual memory. Richard Wright’s acting in the 1951 film increased a sense of his original contract in the novel being violated. And the limited agency I have only led to questions that give birth to more questions which have no certain answers. Acrobatic theorizing in the field of empirical aesthetics might give me provisional answers. That is cool but insufficient. On the other hand, the methods (qualitative and quantitative ) used in empirical aesthetics to measure perceptions are not standardized. The information we receive is contingent and provisional. The methods might explain what chemical and neurological changes occurred in my mind and body as I watched the television screen, but the data is contingent on choices made by individual researchers. Replication is not possible when you deal with an individual’s flow of visual memory, because the individual’s responses are in flux like a river, determined by visual hydrolics.

One result of my viewing was reassessment of the tentative conclusions I reached in my chapter for the MLA Approaches to Teaching Wright’s Native Son (1997), edited by James A. Miller. There I suggested · Bessie is not a domestic worker but a waitress on the verge of having a career as a nightclub singer. Ernie’s is not a “kitchen shack” (restaurant) but a nightspot that features boxing exhibitions, a band and “the king of Bebop “ a parody of Dizzy Gillespie. · Bigger is not twenty but twenty-five, and attention is shifted from adolescent behaviors to those of prolonged adolescent behaviors among adult males. · After he is employed as a chauffeur by the Daltons, Bigger takes the expensive car on a trial run into the Chicago Black Belt, which turns into a romantic interlude with Bessie. Pride in his new status rurns the winter of the novel into the summer of the film---Riverside Amusement Park and Bessie’s swimming in Lake Michigan. · Perhaps the most devastating scene in the film is Bigger’s nightmare sequence, which opens a psychological/autobiographical door ---Bessie’s ghost directs Bigger to hide Mary Dalton’ s body in a cotton field of whiteness. Bigger run toward the ghost of his lynched father , but the ghost proves to be /Britten (an obese, cigar-smoking Southern sheriff) who has discovered Mary Dalton’s decapitated head and who laughs www.the-arts-today.com www.the-today.com

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grotesquely at Bigger. These instances of violation in translation are powerful and very disturbing in the flow of visual memory. My distaste for the third adaptation ----I hasten to note that the screenwriter and director are entitled to innovative license and I am entitled have disdain for their insulting ( and quite dangerous ) castration of Richard Wright’s intentions---has a strong impact on my criticism of the original 1951 film and the violations Richard Wright chose to make. A major factor in reassessment was how TCM framed the “restored” Native Son as a pioneering example of African American/international film noir. In their low-keyed comments on the film, Jacqueline Stewart and Eddie Muller draw necessary attention to the Richard Wright/Pierre Chenal collaboration as film noir. My most recent viewing was dominated by my feeling about film noir as post-WWiI creations that foreground the words “nigger” and “white” and how Wright’s ill-chosen portrayal of Bigger Thomas is an exceptional problem in an effort to refashion his novel as film. Wright took great liberties, obviously encouraged by the director Pierre Chenal, to make his novel a commercial success as film. For viewers who are familiar with how the consequences of systemic racism are depicted in the novel, the 1951 film delivers a less powerful shock of recognition. Wright’s good intentions went astray. The shift from the winter setting of novel to the summer setting of the film is equal highlighting comic moments in a serious tragedy. The desire for commercial success can destroy artistic integrity, as is the case with the 2019 version of Native Son. Visual memory allows me to confuse what is present in the 1986 version of Native Son with what is absent in the 1951 original. The powerful presence of Richard Wright giving visual interpretation in the film is disturbing, because in my most recent viewing I attend perhaps overmuch to the interpretive motions of Wright’s face and understated voice. Watching Victor Love’s interpretive body language in the 1986 version does not provoke excessive/obsessive curiosity. My visual memory was trying to tell me something as I navigated between 1951 and 1986. I am still uncertain about the message. Yet, engaging combat zone criticism in an endless war to understand Richard Wright rightly is the right thing to do in the 21st century. Let us commend Turner Classic Movies for bringing a large audience to the brink of a TRUTH. We are in flowing motion as we stand on the brink of TRUTH. ~Jerry W. Ward, Jr.

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“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.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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.

guidance. Our foremothers 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 – 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

PERSPECTIVE:

Right now it might do us some good to call upon our ancestors for wisdom, strength and

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.

PRAYER:

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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Black Angel of HISTORY The

and the Age of Necrocapitalism

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Reaffirming the relevancy of Afrofuturism’s legacy and vision in the present, Reynaldo Anderson and Tiffany E. Barber suggest technology as a tool, albeit born of White Supremacy, to be “hacked” by global anti-racist movements in order to fight the agonizing hydra of Necrocapitalism.

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The Black Angel of History has been speaking to the souls of Black Folk since the beginning of time. The Angel has known rivers. The Angel was with us at the battle of Tondibi, Cape Coast castle, Jamestown, and Adwa. The Angel whispered to Denmark Vesey, [1] Nat Turner,[2] and Nanny,[3] and carried them to heaven. The Black Angel has a message for us now. The Black Angel of History is the messenger of an African worldview in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and mass death within a post-U.S. world order, marked by twenty-first century Necrocapitalism. [4] Necrocapitalism is a reflection of the historic formation of racialized capital in relation to settler-states, imperialism, colonialism, and post-colonialism. Extending the work of Achille Mbembé (2003), Necrocapitalism and its forerunner Necroeconomics animate what Marx (1990) refers to as the originary accumulation of enslaved Africans as a foundational feature of capitalism.[5] The Angel too, heard, and bore witness to the cries of the people as they were carried across the ocean and deserts like Black gold to sing their songs of sorrow as strangers in strange lands. The accumulation of their Black DNA has contributed to the racialized distribution of twenty-first-century life, death, dispossession, and subjugation.[6] In our current moment, within the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic collapse, information capitalism and its accumulation now function as an openly Necrocapitalist system. Under and against the racialized hierarchies of the Western economy, the Black Angel of History tells us peoples of African and indigenous descent are faced with pg.

health disparities and unsafe labor conditions within our current Necrocapitalist system, an extension of slavery. These workers’ former white masters and conqueror-settlers require them to labor in plants, participate in the food industry with little to no benefit, and toil in the Prison-Industrial complex until death, like their ancestors. The BlackAngel of History reminds God’s sable children of the legacy of medical apartheid and enslaved African women screaming under the scalpel of western science. COVID-19 has exposed the incompetence of Donald Tr*mp, B*ris Johns*n, Jair Bols*naro, and other elected officials. It has also revealed the limits of Neoliberalism as an oppositional force to global fascism and w h i t e

The Angel has traveled across beyond time and space to prepare us for a future African Zion beyond this place of wrath and tears. The Angel whispered and sowed secret Afrofuturist visions of Saturn in Sun Ra’s ear to accelerate to the stars beyond the gravity of White supremacy.

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supremacy, as well as the failure of populism as a governing philosophy. These interlocking phenomena are the background for the ideas explored in this essay, which began as a series of conferences and salons organized around the topic of Afrofuturism’s second wave in academic spaces like UNESCO Paris (France), Loyola Marymount University, Emory University, Duke University, Jackson State University (United States), and others over the last several years. The Black Angel of History has seen Africandescended peoples of the continent and the diaspora through the rise and fall of kingdoms, the East and West African slave trades, and other formative struggles. In the early twenty-first century, it manifests as an Afrofuturist harbinger of things to come. The Black Angel of History now resurfaces to instruct its people to go back and fetch tools they have forgotten and use these tools to weather the struggles to come.

Drawing together second-wave Afrofuturism and its Black Speculative Arts Movement progeny, this essay centers the Black Angel of History as a response to what Sunny Singh and Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee call Necrocapitalism. The term Afrofuturism emerged as an explanatory concept for the African American imagination’s engagement with science fiction, music, art, and technology following the end of the Cold War and the emergence of the World Wide Web. Since this time, a new wave of Black speculative art and design aimed at re-imagining both the past and the hotly contested present in order to catalyze the future has come to the fore, a movement unto itself. Afrofuturism 2.0, the Black Speculative Arts Movement (BSAM), and Necrocapitalism all concern the ways in which structures of containment circumscribe everyday Black life. These shared concerns produce tension, calling forth the Black Angel of History that arises at the intersection of forward-thinking, extreme economic and environmental collapse, mass death, and destruction. The Angel has traveled across beyond time and space to prepare us for a future African Zion beyond this place of wrath and tears. The Angel whispered and sowed secret Afrofuturist visions of Saturn in Sun Ra’s ear to accelerate to the stars beyond the gravity of White supremacy. Afrofuturism 2.0 is a transnational, trans-contextual, diasporic, and cultural worldview that interrogates linear constructions of the past, present, and future in the humanities and sciences in order to overturn Eurocentric motifs of identity, technology, time, space, and religion. It expands early Afrofuturist ideas into the areas of theoretical and applied science, metaphysics, social sciences, aesthetics, and programmatic spaces. It acknowledges the increasing necessity to challenge a trenchant and growing wave of fascism and anti-Black sentiment. These shifts have all contributed to establishing Afrofuturism 2.0’s transdisciplinary, Pan-African reach. Although Afrofuturism conceptually originated in the North American African diaspora, practitioners in Africa and its larger diaspora, as well as nonAfrican adherents, have embraced and begun revising it in relation to their own geopolitical contexts and

Quentin VerCetty, A Bust of Angel of Sankofa on the Horizon, 2020. Ilustración digital. Imagen cortesía de lxs autores. Más sobre el trabajo del artistama

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conditions. Furthermore, contemporary Afrofuturism is maturing in metaphysical areas such as cosmogony (origin of the universe), cosmology (structure of the universe), speculative philosophy (underlying pattern of history) and philosophy of science (the impact of theoretical and applied science on society, culture, and individuals).[7]This 2.0 version extends the reach of radical Black visual art, literature, theater, social and applied sciences, and critical theory of the long twentieth century in the U.S., and is currently experiencing a generative and historic moment in the era of Necrocapitalism.

In the face of international fascism, the mass death stemming from Necrocapitalism, climate change, and other crises to come, the Black Angel of History reorients and reconceives praxis for Pan-African liberation and survival.

The Black Speculative Arts Movement (BSAM) is situated here. As an act of resistance to racialized capitalism, the Black Speculative Arts Movement institutes new foundations for global liberatory systems. BSAM is an international network of creatives, intellectuals, and artists representing different positions and bases of inquiry that include: Afrofuturism, Astro Blackness, Afro-Surrealism, Ethno Gothic, Black Digital Humanities, Afro-future female or African-centered Science Fiction, The Black Fantastic, Magical Realism, and The Esoteric. Frequently these positions may overlap around the terms speculative and design, and even appear to be incompatible, yet they often interact at the nexus of technology and ethics.[8] The movement emerged following the opening of the Unveiling Visions: Alchemy of The Black Imagination exhibition curated by John Jennings and Reynaldo Anderson and held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City in 2015. There in New York City, the Metadata Thief awakened to the call Copyright © 2017 - All rights reserved.

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of the Black Speculative Arts Movement. BSAM has since become a global entity with semi-annual events regularly taking place on three different continents. The summer 2020 virtual exhibition Curating the End of the World, the latest large-scale BSAM event, reconfigures how we perceive historical process through speculative design and data mining, concepts first introduced in the didactic materials for Unveiling Visions. The twopart, online exhibit locates the Black Angel of History and Afrofuturism 2.0 within the unique sociopolitical and geographic contexts that comprise the Pan-African sphere to critique Necrocapitalism and the acceleration of social life for Black and African people.[9] Aesthetically, this conceptual move bridges Frankfurt School theorist Walter Benjamin’s angel of history with the data thief to form the Metadata Thief, or the Black Angel of History—a figure whose roots originated in the experimental documentary, The Last Angel of History (1996). Directed by John Akomfrah and written and researched by Edward George of the UK-based Black Audio Film Collective, the film outlines the origins and significance of Afrofuturism vis-à-vis the journey of a time-traveling data thief. The Data Thief explores Black music, speculative thought, technology, Black transatlantic culture, and neoliberalism across time and space. This figurative creation echoes Benjamin’s Theses on the Philosophy of History and its relation to Angelus Novus (New Angel), Paul Klee’s monoprint of 1920. The abstract print shows a bird-like stick figure staring at something out of frame. With mouth open and wings spread, the figure appears to be frozen at the moment, contemplative, yet perched to move. This look is how Benjamin pictures the angel of history: a view of the historical process as an unceasing cycle of suspension and melancholia wherein the figure faces the past with its back to the future. Benjamin’s important work, influenced by Jewish metaphysics within the kabbalah tradition and was written during the era of monopoly capitalism. Although Benjamin misses the opportunity to address Rassenhygiene (race purity) and the plight of the Afro-German population, his essay provocatively critiques historical materialism and vulgar Marxism in the wake of the failure of the 1919 German Revolution and the betrayal of Stalinism. The Black Angel of History goes beyond the work of Benjamin and the Black Audio Film Collective, parsing the available metadata of global oppression and injustice. In the face of international fascism, the mass death stemming from Necrocapitalism, climate change, and other crises to come, the Black Angel of History reorients and reconceives praxis for Pan-African liberation and survival.

sometimes modulated by varying APIs (application program interfaces) throughout the African continent and the Pan-African diaspora, thinking and doing Afrofuturism in this way could potentially impact education, crisis, and risk assessment, economic development, public policy, and the political economy of the Black technosphere. [12] Significantly, the Black Angel of History redresses

Pan-Africanism has been primarily defined as a cultural and political construct that over-relied on colonial records for data.[10] The Black Angel of History amends this outmoded framework. The Black Angel of History travels and navigates via Black Software, a coded technocultural neural network of algorithms and database aggregations— archival and real-time—held together by the compression of time and space, that has resulted from information capitalism and its attendant technological structures, such as the hardware of cables that re-draw the colonial sea routes.[11] Because of the different geographic locales,

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previous assertions concerning Afrofuturism and its underdevelopment in relation to accelerated global flows, contemporary and future forces of production, and social reality.[13] For example, the theory of Accelerationism holds the idea that capitalism should be accelerated in order to generate radical social change. Accelerationism is a reflection of the desire of Silicon Valley Capitalists to create and control vectors of life and return to a Eurocentric, Eden-like vision of society with its ability to consume and rule, undisturbed by the presence of Black and Brown bodies. Contemporary theories of Acceleration fall within two distinct camps. On the right is an anti-humanist (crypto-fascist) impulse, usually associated with British philosopher and short-story writer Nick Land. Amid the current global revolt, police and state actors as well as white nationalist organizations have appropriated the anti-humanist impulse in rightwing accelerationism to provoke a race war. On the left is a post-Marxist perspective and aesthetic tendency that moves back and forth between poles of capitalist alienation spurred by technology and hyper-commodified art objects that drive their own markets within the logic and desire of late capitalism.[14]Correspondingly, its adherents believe this will hasten its self-destructive tendencies and lead to its collapse.[15] The global economic collapse of 2008 ignited contemporary articulations of Acceleration as a technological-social direction toward a post-capitalist order. However, recent scholarship asserts, like a portmanteau, that Acceleration already existed in formulations of Blackness and Afrofuturism recoded as Blacceleration. Significantly, the current left versus right conflict in Accelerationism ignores the role slavery played in capitalist accumulation and the role of agency put forth by Black Radical Tradition scholars like Cedric Robinson, C.L.R. James, Claudia Jones, and others.[16]The Black Angel of History has come forth sounding the call to African people to resist the postmodern Babylonian Empire and its right-wing settler utopianism of Make America Great Again as well as giving the warning to be aware of Asian Tigers from the East while reminding them of other suns. Thus, in the context of racialized capitalism and the corresponding destruction of Black life, the Black Angel of History seeks to break apart the human-capital binary that Accelerationism advances and reposition itself as a beacon of radical change.

Notes “Denmark Vesey (also Telemaque) (c.1767 — July 2, 1822) was a literate, skilled carpenter and leader of African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina. In June 1822 he was accused and convicted of being the leader of “the rising,” a potentially major slave revolt which was scheduled to take place in the city on July 14. He was executed on July 2.” More information “Nat Turner’s rebellion was one of the largest slave rebellions ever to take place in the United States, and it played an important role in the development of antebellum slave society. The images from Nat Turner’s Rebellion — of armed black men roaming the country side slaying white men, women, and children — haunted white southerners and showed slave owners how vulnerable they were.” More information “Nanny, known as Granny Nanny, Grandy Nanny, and Queen Nanny was a Maroon leader and Obeah woman in Jamaica during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Maroons were slaves in the Americas who escaped and formed independent settlements. Nanny herself was an escaped slave who had been shipped from Western Africa. It has been widely accepted that she came from the Ashanti tribe of present-day Ghana.” More information Generally, Necrocapitalism names a form of capitalism where a country’s trade and industry are founded on, linked to, and dependent on death and the profits accruing from it. It provides a framework for understanding how different forms of institutional, material, and discursive power operate in the global political economy and the violence and dispossession that result from this paradigmatic shift. See Achille Mbembé and Libby Meintjes. “Necropolitics,” Public Culture 15, 1 (2003), 11-40. See also Karl Marx, Trans. Ben Fowkes and David Fernbach, Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1 (New York: Penguin Books Limited, 1990). See Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee’s “Necrocapitalism,” Organization Studies 29, 12 (2008), 1541-1563. See also Sunny Singh’s “The end of necro-capitalism (but not necessarily capitalism),” Media Diversified (2017), and Anna More’s “Necroeconomics, Originary Accumulation, and Racial Capitalism in the Early Iberian Slave Trade,” Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies 19, 2 (Spring 2019), 75-100. See Reynaldo Anderson and Charles E. Jones, eds. Afrofuturism 2.0: The Rise of Astro-Blackness (Latham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015). See Reynaldo Anderson, “Afrofuturism 2.0 & the Black Speculative Arts Movement: Notes on a Manifesto,” Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora 42, 1-2 (2016), 230-238. For the exhibition, Curating the End of the World, see and

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See P. Olisanwuche Esedebe’s Pan-Africanism: The Idea and Movement, 1776-1991 (Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1994). Editor’s note: From our archives, we recommend reading: Cláudio Bueno, “Amerelo-Ouro” en Vibrán imágenes en la oscuridad,

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See Charlton D. McIlwain, Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019); Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism (Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2017); and Cécile Wendling, Jack Radisch, and Stephane Jacobzone, “The Use of Social Media in Risk and Crisis Communication,” OECD Working Papers on Public Governance 24 (Paris: OECD Publishing, 2013), See Mark Bould’s “The Ships Landed Long Ago: Afrofuturism and Black SF,” Science Fiction Studies 34, 2, Special Issue Afrofuturism (July 2007), 177-186. See Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams’ Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work (London/New York: Verso Books, 2015/2016). See Jason M. Adams’ Occupy Time: Technoculture, Immediacy, and Resistance after Occupy Wall Street (New York: Palgrave, 2013). See Aria Dean’s “Notes on Blacceleration,” e-flux journal 87 (December 2017), < https://www.e-flux.com/journal/87/169402/ notes-on-blacceleration/>

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AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL

MARCH 26–28, 2021 Visit africanfilm.wustl.edu

FRIDAY, MARCH 26 7 PM

SUNDAY, MARCH 28 7 PM

In Arabic with English subtitles Amel Guellaty, Tunisia, 2017, 20 minutes

In Arabic with English subtitles Yves Piat, Tunisia, 2018, 17 minutes

BLACK MAMBA

NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB

For Sarra, a middle-class girl from Tunis, everything seems to be going as her mother planned: she is taking sewing lessons, and she is soon to be married to a good boy. But Sarra is hiding a dangerous plan that she hopes will help her escape her current life.

In a Tunisian village, children are playing football on a wasteland. Meanwhile, Abdallah and Mohammed come across a donkey with headphones on his ears and bags full of a white powder on his back. The two young brothers decide to bring those bags back to their village.

Best Short, FESPACO, 2019

YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY

SUBIRA

In Arabic with English subtitles Amjad Abu Alala, Sudan, 2019, 104 minutes

A free-spirited young girl on the island of Lamu struggles to live out her dream of swimming in the ocean, which is against local customs. Does Subira have the courage to take her dream on, against all odds?

When Muzamil was born, a prophecy by the holy man of the village predicts that he will die when he is 20 years old. Muzamil’s father cannot stand the doom and travels away from home. Growing up under the constant loom of death, Muzamil becomes increasingly curious about what it means to live beyond his mother’s confines. One day, Muzamil turns 19.

In Swahili with English subtitles Ravneet Sippy Chadha, Kenya, 2018, 99 minutes

Best Picture, Kalasha International Film and TV Awards, 2018 Q & A with award-winning filmmaker with Ekwa Msangi

SATURDAY, MARCH 27 7 PM A FOOL GOD

In Amharic with English subtitles Hiwot Getaneh, Ethiopia, 2018, 18 minutes When young Mesi steps in for her squeamish brother to perform a traditional — male-only — ritual, she faces blame for the negative outcome. Instead, she defiantly questions the wisdom of her elders’ beliefs.

BAAMUM NAFI/NAFI’S FATHER

In Fulani with English subtitles Mamadou Dia, Senegal, 2019, 107 minutes A fight between an Imam and his powerful brother over their children’s marriage leads to a debate about tradition, progress, and the true nature of Islam in a small town in northeastern Senegal. Best First Feature, Locarno International Film Festival, 2019 Young Adults Jury Award, Black Movie Film Festival, 2020

Grand prize, Amiens International Film Festival, 2019 Luigi De Laurentiis Award, Venice Film Festival, 2019 SPONSORED BY African & African-American Studies and Film & Media Studies in Arts & Sciences and African Students Association. It is funded in part by a grant from the Women’s Society of Washington University. Financial assistance for this project also has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency, and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. The event is also supported by the Saint Louis Art Museum. Saturday’s films are co-presented with the St. Louis Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

TO ATTEND THIS FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: Visit africanfilm.wustl.edu For more information: (314)935-7879 or toliver-diallo@wustl.edu

Followed by Q & A with the filmmaker. Co-presented by the Senegalese Association of Saint Louis.

EYE ON YOUTH WATCH PARTY SATURDAY, MARCH 27 10 AM BELLY FLOP

In English Jeremy Collins and Kelly Dillon, South Africa, 2018, 5 minutes Persistence pays off when an unashamed young girl learning to dive is unperturbed by a talented diver who steals the spotlight. Winner, Giffoni Film Festival, 2018

THE SHADOW OF CAIRO

In Arabic with English subtitles Tara Shehata, Egypt, 2019, 15 minutes After her mother’s death, Maya, an ordinary Egyptian girl, sets out to become a Superhero vigilante.

OS PESTINHAS E O LADRAO DE BRINQUEDOS In Portuguese with English subtitles Nildo Essa, Mozambique, 2014, 13 minutes

When one of the “children” of the Brats is stolen by the local bully, it’s up to them to retrieve it at all costs. At some point they discover that there are more toys that were stolen from other kids and that this bully plans to sell them.

UM PRESENTE ESPECIAL

In Portuguese with English subtitles Nildo Essa, Mozambique, 2019, 6 minutes Lili, Stretch, and Zegordo decide to surprise their friend Rosita by decorating her school for the neighborhood’s annual Christmas dinner. However, they didn’t expect to deal with Stinky, who is a jealous kid and is willing to spoil the decorations and the event altogether.

LA GITA/SCHOOL TRIP

In Italian with English subtitles Salvatore Allocca, Senegal/Italy, 2018, 13 minutes At the age of 14, Megalie, daughter of an immigrant family from Senegal but born and brought up in Italy, is faced with the difficult task of finding a place for herself in the world she is living in. When she is denied the opportunity of taking part in a school trip abroad, that place in the world will seem unattainable to her. Best Director , Best Cinematography, 75 Venice Film Festival (“MIGRARTI” competition), 2019

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Eye on Youth Watch Party at 10 am followed by a panel with African illustrators and animators Kwame Nyong’o and Comfort Arthur. Watch the film with other viewers.

Premiere Virtual Screening of Some Old Black Man

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I choose to reflect the times and the situations in which I find myself. How can you be an artist and not reflect the times? (Nina Simone)

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Proud to support the Arts & Cultural Scene in St. Louis. Click Here Good Afternoon, I hope that you are staying safe and healthy. As the winter season comes to a close, I’m reminded of Pablo Neruda who said “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” The weather is warming up, and the trees will be full of blossoming flowers soon. Like nature outside of our windows, let’s use this month to grow and flourish. As usual, I’ve got a few virtual suggestions for us to enjoy. Take a look, I hope that you find value in it. Let’s keep up the work towards emerging from these challenges stronger than ever! All the best. –Nate

Local Events March

If you are looking for something to do tonight, you can check out Gen Z’er Tiffany Day, who leveraged her youtube videos into a record deal. She’ll be streaming a live show at 7pm.

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If you are looking for something to do tonight, you can check out Gen Z’er Tiffany Day, who leveraged her youtube videos into a record deal. She’ll be streaming a live show at 7pm.

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On Saturday, the 6th, the Bridgeton Recreation Center invites girls 3-10 to bring a special woman in their lives (mother, sister, aunt, etc.) for the She and Me Tea Party. The girls and women will spend a magical afternoon sipping tea and working on a craft together to take home.

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Also on Saturday is the long-running but now virtual party/fundraiser, Wall Ball from Artscope! Over 40 local artists are featured via livestream as they create original works from a blank canvas. Bid in the silent auction and then join the virtual dance party with DJ 18andCounting! If you haven’t been yet, don’t miss the Saint Louis Science Center’s newest attraction, Mummies of the World: The Exhibition, the largest collection of mummies and artifacts ever assembled! See 40 real human AND animal mummies from across the globe! Rise out of your crypt quickly though, this event is only offered through next Monday, March 8. Another installment of Kranzberg Arts Foundation’s socially distanced Open Air concerts will be held on Sunday at The Grandel theater-or, more specifically, a heated tent outside of the venue. The Kranzberg Arts Foundation features some of St. Louis’ most talented musicians; this week’s performance will be featuring Richie Kihlken’s modern soul music. If you still haven’t had enough exercise, choose one of the many Winter Warmer Hiking Challenge locations (including the beautiful Castlewood State Park in West County) and take a hike to support St. Louis Open Space Council in their conservation efforts.

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If you’re in the mood for classical music between March 11 and April 10, check out the virtual Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky concert from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. If blues, R&B, and soul music are more your style, check out local artist Gene Jackson at 1860 Saloon Saturday night for live tunes and local beer. We’re all missing the many live events that would normally be going on this year, so Keep Live Alive was created to provide financial support for the performers and crew who are unable to work due to the pandemic. Join local and global celebrities like Sammy Hagar, Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon), and many others for this live 90-minute special on the Keep Live Alive website or via your favorite STL radio station. The free event, held on Friday at 7pm will include musical performances and interviews to explore the rich history of live events in St. Louis.

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Check out the Saint Louis Art Museum website this weekend (or any day before the end of the month!) to experience this year’s virtual version of the annual Art in Bloom festival, a celebration of art and flowers. The festival will include a Museum curator’s presentation, nature-inspired programs for children, a demonstration on floral arranging from local florists, and a behindthe-scenes look at an urban flower farm in St. Louis. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the kids this Saturday at the Lucky Lamboree by HealthWorks! Race for the Pot of Gold, Dance Party, and the Shamrock Hunt are just some of the events to be featured. Unfortunately, the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held virtually this year, but you can still participate in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Run! Although the limited capacity live run will be held on Saturday, virtual run participants may run anywhere, any time between March 13 and March 31. With so many options, I’ll need to come up with a new excuse not to run the 5 miles this year. If you’ve got the St. Paddy’s spirit, register here! Swing by the Daily Bread on Manchester for an amazing scone or perhaps grab a burger to-go from the Circle 7 Ranch. While in the neighborhood, you are a short walk from this Crystal Lake Park Gem that will be on the market and available this weekend in Ladue School District for $430K!

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March 19th-21st If you or your kids love science, you may enjoy St. Louis County Library’s Fire and Ice program; the virtual show features displays of extraordinary science experiments from piling bubbles to dry ice storms. Join the fiery fun on Friday via Zoom! Before the season ends, be sure to browse the new Tower Grove Farmer’s Market: Winter Market this Saturday. With all vendors wearing gloves and all shoppers wearing masks, you can buy local and stay safe! My favorite thing to buy at the market is authentic baklava from Sedara Sweets & Ice Cream in South County-yum!

MARCH

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MARCH

Easter is almost upon us, and what could be more egg-cellent than an egg hunt? From March 12 to March 28, do just that at The Magic House in quaint downtown Kirkwood! The Egg Hunt will be held in the front garden. On Saturday, hop on over to Breakfast with the Easter Bunny at the Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Complex. Take home a light breakfast and craft after snapping pictures with the Easter Bunny and playing in the petting zoo. Last year, around this time, Nylah and I attended the Holi Festival. We didn’t know that it would be our 1st and last festival in 2020. Saturday is the first day of Spring, let’s make the most of it! Perhaps you’ll enjoy the Family Workshop event at Laumier Sculpture Park where kids and adults will be instructed on how to construct upcycled bird feeders and learn about native birds and their habitats while enjoying the beautiful nature and artworks of the park. For even more family fun at The Magic House, check out the limited time Kenya’s Kids exhibit. Travel through five immersive environments with your family and compare the similarities and differences between your lives and those of children in the East African country. For more adult fare, head to Maplewood and check out the Schlafy Stout & Oyster Festival on Friday and Saturday for all the beer and oysters you could ever want. Also this weekend is the Saint Louis Stamp Expo at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel; view vendor displays of sports memorabilia, antique stamps, autograph cards, anime, games, and more!

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Encounter a new world with Laumier Sculpture Park’s exhibit, Van McElwee: Time Fork. Download the app and dive into the augmented reality experience of Time Fork, an alternate reality set against the beautiful nature and artistry of the park. Jump back into our reality with the indoor installation, The Future is Present: Art and Global Change, which seeks to explore some of the globe’s most important issues, from deforestation to tech waste, through video, sound, virtual reality, and upcycled materials. This is your last chance to check out Jacked!, Idris Goodwin’s twisted take on the classic Jack and the Bean Stalk for ages 5 to 11. Don’t miss the energetic hip-hop from Jackie “Jackpot” Sharp and performances from St. Louis hip-hop duo The Knuckles as well as Jarris L. Williams. The virtual performance will be available until March 31. On Friday, head to Hammerstone’s in Soulard for Honky Tonk Happy Hour and enjoy live music, good eats, beer from the tap, and ghost stories from the bar’s roots during Prohibition.

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Delve into your past this Saturday with St. Louis County Library’s virtual class, Library Skills for Genealogical Research. Learn how to utilize online databases and library resources to uncover the mysteries of your ancestry. Later on in the afternoon, the library is offering a virtual Spring Painting Party. Learn how to use watercolor paints to evoke the soft, bright colors of this beautiful season. Running until May 1, 2021 is the It’s Eclectic exhibition from Green Door Art Gallery. Showcasing multiple different mediums and styles of art including mandala paintings, wooden sculptures, benches, frames, and mixed media paintings, this exhibit is sure to feature something that will catch your eye. It is free and open to the public, so come browse the artworks and perhaps find something special to take home! Let’s all stay safe & support local! I look forward to seeing you soon. All the best. -Nate P.S. Here is the latest housing report for your review. Let me know if there is anything that I can do for you. -Nate Nate K. Johnson ABR,AHWD,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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When the order came to shelter in place at the start of Covid-19, Papa’s work was cancelled, like most performing artists. To keep his creative juices flowing, Papa decided to create a monthly percussion piece in his home studio using various percussion instruments. He posts a new composition to Facebook every 15th of the month. This is his way to help him get through the coronavirus pandemic. He is also composing new material for his new group, the Evolution Ensemble. View the next concert on Facebook by clicking this link: https://m.facebook.com/jacquelyn.wright.35 The “Wright” Entertainment- Puppetry, Storytelling, and Percussion Glen “Papa” Wright, Jr., Puppeteer and Percussionist Jackie Wright, Storyteller and National Storytelling Network’s MO State Liaison (314) 997-2376

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provides financial resources to support the League’s programs and is also a time to recognize individuals and corporations committed to the vision and mission of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. Each year in celebration of its anniversary, the Urban League of

Metropolitan St. Louis hosts an Annual Gala Meeting, reporting its

accomplishments to the community. This fundraising celebration

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Many say that college gives young adults the chance to reinvent themselves. However, I feel as though it provides the opportunity to grow further into the person you have always been. With a much more broad and, typically, accepting community it allows young adults to explore activities and take on positions that challenge them to evolve. Joining clubs and organizations are a great way for students to discover new areas of growth and find themselves, whether it be student government where they represent tens of thousands of their peers or partaking in a hobby based club, such as photography. Out of the hundreds of involvements offered, there are few whose membership continues beyond crossing the stage; fraternities and sororities, or Greek life, is one of them. There are numerous Greek councils comprised of various organizations, each with their own missions and values; however, there is only one that is historically African-American. Founded on May 10th, 1930 at Howard University, the National Pan-Hellenic Council, also known as the Divine 9, is comprised of nine historically Black fraternities and sororities. The council has a total of seven objectives, some of which includes establishing and facilitating local councils on college and university campuses, conducting national conventions and undergraduate leadership conferences, and working cooperatively with community groups such as the NAACP, UNCF, and NCNW

At the collegiate level, Black Greek Lettered Organizations (BGLOs) serve as avenues for young adults to develop into community leaders. It is an everlasting process as membership continues beyond graduation. There

are some outside spectators that view Greek life as purely social, seeing movies such as Stomp the Yard as indicative of the nature of such organizations. However, it fails to capture the entirety of the experience. Each organization requires a certain grade point average of potential members to join and for current members to maintain active status. This leads to study sessions and a dedication to scholarship, a main pillar for each organization. Additionally, networking and mentorship at all levels creates the strong brotherly or sisterly bond most often seen between members. Graduate members oversee undergraduate chapters, helping to facilitate new member intake, fundraising, and event planning. Undergraduate members often mentor middle and high school kids, often inducting them into their auxiliary groups aimed at developing young leaders. The social aspect that is often highlighted, stepping and strolling,

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are also rooted in tradition. Stepping is a type of percussive dance in which the performer uses their entire body as an instrument to produce rhythms and sounds. Its origins can be traced back to the Zulu people in South Africa where during the times of the apartheid, mine workers would wear gumboots to protect themselves from injury and sickness. Since it was so dark in the mines, they would stomp their boots and clap their hands in creative patterns to communicate with each other. Today gumboot BGLOs pay homage to their roots by performing their own stepping routines. Strolling is subgenre of stepping that is typically done to the accompaniment of music. Greek members perform these synchronized dances, with certain moves unique to the organization, in a line or circle as a form of unity. It also has African roots tracing back to South African and Ghanaian dance forms, most notably the “rain shout”. This was a religious dance created by slaves in which they would shuffle single-file and counterclockwise to music. There are also influences from the Black American church in which hand clapping, foot stomping, singing, and dancing became central components in religious worshipping. Since the early 1900s, the National Pan-Hellenic Council has continued to produce prominent members of society in all areas. From Martin Luther King Jr. and Thurgood Marshall, members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., to Lena Horn of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., to Maya Angelou of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., to Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. In today’s times each of the 9 organizations continue to uplift the community and work towards social justice for all. With not even all of the organizations within the council reaching their centennial year yet, NPHC is relatively young with leaps and bounds of impact to still create in the future.

~Phylicia Kirk B.S. Biological Sciences, Florida International University

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Move By Pierre Blaine

Regardless of whether you admit it or not, we are in Movement in America right now. The institutionalization

of racism is front and center for all to see whether you want to recognize or not.

The institutionalization of racism is the systemic denial of human, social, legal and economic rights of a people based on race. We cannot allow the racial politics of racial resentment propel the nation into a Pre-Civil War neurosis. In my book I predicted that America is re-fighting the Civil War. When we lack the historical context, we do not understand the present and when you do not understand the present, how can you create the solutions we need to correct the injustices in the future? Can you imagine if we change one variable in the Impeachment of the recent weeks and instead of Trump it was Obama who instigated an insurrection and attempted coup on the Capitol – can you guess what the outrage and vote coming out of the Senate would have been? If you are having trouble understanding the Republicans – here is your crip note to help you- whatever the Republicans are blaming, you of that is what they are guilty. What Trump was saying to Republicans is that – I know for a fact we cheated how did we lose this election? Republicans have been purging the voting rolls, moving polling places, telling you if you vote you will go to jail, taking mailboxes off the street so you could not do mail-in ballots. This is nothing new, Conservatives have been stealing elections and power since the beginning of the Republic and in case the Republicans did not understand it, he called Georgia’s Secretary of State and told him to find 11,780 votes – or in the words of the great philosopher Nike – Just Do It!

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He told Mike Pence, the Vice-President to overturn the election for him which the Constitution does not give him the power or authority to do. And when Republicans stood up to the “Don” and implemented what their oath of office demanded they do in certifying the election – he is throwing all of them under the bus even though they supported him up until the November 4, 2020 election. This is no longer about ideology and differences of political philosophy between Republicans and Democrats – Republicans are corrupt and they are trying to destroy our democracy. I do not care whether you are a Republican or Democrat – we are all Americans and that means we believe in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.

Many of you reading this article have heard Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ 14 trillion times, now I am going to ask you to go back and listen to it again… In it he quotes Thomas Jefferson – the Declaration of Independence – ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, yes black men as well as white men.’ On that day, Dr. King became

a Founding Father of the United States because he was saying that is what the words truly mean to be American. The Declaration of Independence is the mission statement for the United States of America and it is our job as Americans to make real the promise of this country. You have no doubt heard the story of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers who was asked after leaving the Constitutional Convention, ‘ Well, Doctor Franklin what have we got a republic or a monarchy? And Doctor Franklin responded, ‘A

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republic if you can keep it.’ No doubt, this was on the mind of the former president Barack Obama when he received the President-Elect Donald Trump in 2016, as is customary tradition of the outgoing President he left a letter on the Resolute Desk:

Michelle and I wish you and Melania the very best as you embark on this great adventure, and know that we stand ready to help in any ways which we can. Good luck and Godspeed, BO

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Congratulations on a remarkable run. Millions have placed their hopes in you, and all of us, regardless of party, should hope for expanded prosperity and security during your tenure. This is a unique office, without a clear blueprint for success, so I don’t know that any advice from me will be particularly helpful. Still, let me offer a few reflections from the past 8 years. First, we’ve both been blessed, in different ways, with great good fortune. Not everyone is so lucky. It’s up to us to do everything we can (to) build more ladders of success for every child and family that’s willing to work hard. Second, American leadership in this world really is indispensable. It’s up to us, through action and example, to sustain the international order that’s expanded steadily since the end of the Cold War, and upon which our own wealth and safety depend. Third, we are just temporary occupants of this office. That makes us guardians of those democratic institutions and traditions -- like rule of law, separation of powers, equal protection and civil liberties -- that our forebears fought and bled for. Regardless of the push and pull of daily politics, it’s up to us to leave those instruments of our democracy at least as strong as we found them. And finally, take time, in the rush of events and responsibilities, for friends and family. They’ll get you through the inevitable rough patches. pg.

We the People, we have got work to do to make sure we can keep our republic-democracy.

Pierre Blaine is the author of Movement: Race, Power and Culture in America available on Amazon. com

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Where is the OUTRAGE over the January 6 Failed Coup? Where is the Outrage over the January 6 Failed Coup? “A donkey kicks the hardest, when it’s dying.”

The aforementioned is a pithy saying, but it’s true though.

Despite the GOP trying

to project strength, they’re kicking the hardest to survive and touchstone moments are signaling more voters shifting toward progressive policies and causes. As one commentator on a TV news show so poignantly put it: hell.”

“Trump put us through

The year 2020 in particular was a nightmare and the American public was fed-up

with an unpredictable rogue government.

Disastrous events were like a reign of terror,

with the pandemic taking center stage, followed by business closings, job losses as well as close to 500,000 heartbreaking deaths.

It was so bad, that people were pinching

themselves to make sure they weren’t dreaming a Trump nightmare. Many conservatives are also vexed by these colossal snafus (aka, situation f----d up beyond all recognition), except its deranged core.

Most know that they’re in political

purgatory, because for four years they looked the other way as the 45th U.S. president made a mockery of the highest office in the land, grifting his way through the cradle of democracy. … For the beleaguered public, the attempt to overthrow the government was too much to bear. This is the first time in American history where the peaceful transition of power was violently challenged. Armed to the teeth, scores of angry mostly White males stormed the Capitol on January 6, objecting to the Electoral College certification of Joe Biden as the 46th U.S. president. With Senator Kamala Harris as vice president, the first woman, first Black, first South Asian descent, it apparently drove them over the edge. For the beleaguered public, the attempt to overthrow the government was too much to bear.

This is the first time in American

history where the peaceful transition of power was violently challenged.

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The Capitol was desecrated, such as stealing, trashing, breaking windows, defecating and smearing it on whatever they could find which racked up $30 million in damage thus far. A police officer was killed, five protesters died and two officers later committed suicide. Hundreds of police were injured, some severely. A woman protester was trampled to death as she carried a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag.

A male protester captured on tape wearing

“blue lives matter” insignia was beating an officer with his “blue lives matter” flag. The avenging, teeth clenching mob was not just low- to moderate-income either, there were also businessowners, veterans and even police officers, current and former.

Many

were tied to extremist groups or fringe ideas. Millions watched on TV in real-time cooped up in their homes for almost a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was surreal, not only for those caught up in the melee, but for viewers who by many accounts, were filled with horror, shock and disgust. As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, it’s “a date which will live on in infamy.”

The insurrection likewise should be a

“date that will live on in infamy.” Hordes climbed the outer walls of the Capitol reminiscent of the movie World War Z. Once inside, they were either milling around or rampaging the hallow halls, braying “Stop the Steal,” furiously searching to hang Vice President Mike Pence.

To show they meant

business, makeshift gallows -- like for stringing someone up -- was erected on the Capitol grounds with a noose to perform their dastardly act. Pence sparked their murderous rage for presiding over the certification, bucking Trump’s directives.

Among them were White

nationalist groups such as the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys as well as neo-Nazis and neo-Confederates. One even unfurling a Confederate flag in the Capitol. They were also egged on to nullify it by senators Josh Hawley (R-MO), Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) along with henchman, Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

Of course,

Trump was the main instigator and showed no concern or loyalty to Pence, his most loyal compatriot.

Nor did he show remorse for the atrocity.

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And let’s not get started talking about the venomous hatred spewed against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, in which one Tweet threatened to put a bullet in her head. Another insurrectionist, Richard Barnett, recently made the news when the judge gave him a continuance and sent him back to jail until his next court date in May. At the Zoom proceedings, after only being in jail for a month, “he lost it.”

He had had enough and

wanted out as he yelled that everyone else was getting out. Barnett has a point, many of these rioters with their crazy conspiracy theories engaged in a deadly failed coup and then released on bond going safely back to their hometowns. But Barrett had it coming; he’s the one who invaded Pelosi’s office.

Photographed with

cocksure confidence with his crossed legs prominently propped up on her desk.

But no,

he couldn’t leave it at that, he also scrawled a nasty note which included (of course) the B-word.

The word which originally meant a female dog yet catnip for misogynists.

Lack

of respect and regard for rule of law and human rights, shocked the public’s and the world’s conscience. It was humiliating and embarrassing as political elites ran for their lives in the country known as “the leader of the free world.” Officer Eugene Goodman, African American, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his “calmness under pressure” and “bravery.”

Demonstrating what profiles in

courage look like, viewers witnessed on TV this Army veteran single-handedly steering rioters away from nearby congresspeople as they crouched down in fear.

His heroism

was caught on camera again when he encountered Senator Romney and his aide, seemingly oblivious, sauntering toward a huge throng, Goodman, sprinting at breakneck speed in the opposite direction, quickly alerted them to danger ahead and the two made a frantic about-face, running behind Goodman. Only White male privilege could create such bizarreness with their brazen bravado.

After this horror of depravity, barbarity and debasement, Republicans are now doing the moonwalk, from blaming it on members of Antifa and Black Lives Matter who they claimed

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dressed up to look like Trump supporters to just flat out lying, saying they weren’t Republicans. To unpack how the violent uprising is being handled, a central question is: Why aren’t more people outraged by this act of domestic terrorism? Is it because they’re White males? As any Black person will tell you and a growing number of others, if they had been Black Lives Matter protesters, they’d be shot down dead by a battalion before you could say the words: Black Lives Matter. Only White male privilege could create such bizarreness with their brazen bravado. the attack was brought under control, only about 50 were arrested that day.

After

The rest

boarded their planes for flights back home or jumped into their vehicles for a leisurely road trip to their next destination. About 270 more were later arrested.

But law

enforcement has a job on its hands, thousands attended the attack as the FBI attempts to track them down and critics saying they’ve been glacially slow with rare public updates. Luckily, they have plenty of video footage and cell phone tracking as well as other evidence to go by. Furthermore, will the Congress at least censure those elected officials for their complicity? To begin to unpack how the violent uprising is being handled, a central question is: Why aren’t more people outraged by this act of domestic terrorism? White males?

Is it because they’re

As any Black person will tell you and a growing number of others, if they

had been Black Lives Matter protesters, they’d be shot down dead by a battalion before you could say the words:

Black Lives Matter.

“Quarantinewhile,” as Stephen Colbert loudly proclaims on his late-night talk show, or Trevor Noah’s The Daily Social Distancing Show, is just a small sampling of how popular cultural influencers have treated #45’s mishandling of the pandemic and everything else. It can’t be denied that he left things in shambles. In addition, too many Americans have been confined to their homes sandwiched between taking care of children, helping manage their online learning coupled while caring for older relatives. Whether they are essential workers or working from home, women in particular,

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have been dealt a raw deal as they have to shoulder the burden of the double-shift (meeting demands of jobs and families). it all.”

Women’s shoulders: “They square off and bear

But many are exhausted and demoralized. Many analysts and internet commentators were surprised that he didn’t lose even bigger because his presidential skillsets were so abysmal. He is the only president in U.S. history impeached twice and to boot in only one term.

Immigrant children separated from their parents, rapidly rising unemployment, domestic violence, drug addiction, alcoholism, suicides (among other maladies) have reared their ugly heads as a result of the haze of 2020. And just as we were about to stagger across the finished line into 2021, just waiting to exhale, unbeknownst to many, a White supremacist rebellion was being fomented.

They breached the People’s House because

Trump said the election had been stolen. Democrats and never-Trumpers are now calling it the “Big Lie.”

Like in a reality TV show, while in office #45 was shamelessly plotting

a come-back if he lost, which he did by large margins. Furthermore, 60 courts would not confirm his victory. Many analysts and internet commentators were surprised that he didn’t lose even bigger because his presidential skillsets were so abysmal. He is the only president in U.S. history impeached twice and to boot in only one term. The first impeachment (which always starts in the House) came when the Senate failed to convict him for holding back aid to the Ukraine as pressure to dig up dirt on Joe Biden’s son.

He knew Biden would be a formidable candidate and to defeat an opponent his

political style is to do a “shakedown.” The second impeachment charged him with “incitement of insurrection” which House managers showed compelling evidence, yet an overwhelming majority of Republicans refused to convict and so the “Teflon Don” beat that case too.

In the first trial only Senator Mitt Romney voted to impeach.

While no diagnosis by a psychologist or psychiatrist has been publicly made available, symptoms of sociopathy and narcissism manifest in his behavior. For example, he lied more than 30 thousand times while in office, according to the publication, Mother Jones.

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The past is past, as they say. But they also say the past is prologue; it foretells of other rogue opportunists seeking to grab the presidency’s golden ring.

That is to say, by not

properly vetting Trump, the American people were put in a precarious and dangerous situation, weakened our democracy and credibility on the world

stage.

This can never

happen again, or our now realized fragile democracy is dead. While Congressmen are used to partisan gamesmanship and viewed as rarely shying away from dirty tricks, the demagogue and trickster in-chief, the “evil genius” as Michael Moore calls him, was a new sheriff in town and career politicians didn’t know what they were dealing with. The rest is history, Trump romped and stumped all over them – big time.

Hence, be on the lookout for the game-plan coming from candidates or those holding public office, typically marked by shrewd and deviant behavior where they’re singularly focused on themselves. Projecting an air of respectability, authenticity and charm, all the while lacking a conscience or moral compass; doubling down on voters’ fears and prejudices to keep them uniformed and misdirected. These qualities show that these types are irredeemable moral idiots. Some have even compared the disgrace POTUS to a mob boss, even Michael Cohen, his fixer, jailed for doing his dirty work, said he was like one. That might be the reason Republicans in Congress seem so petrified and mortally afraid of him because Trump will knee-cap them with a vengeance and they are fearful of losing office and power. While Congressmen are used to partisan gamesmanship and rarely shy away from dirty tricks, the demagogue and trickster in-chief, the “evil genius” as Michael Moore calls him, was a new sheriff in town and career politicians didn’t know what they were dealing with. The rest is history, Trump romped and stumped all over them – big time. So, when Republicans start braying and saber rattling, threatening to obstruct Democrat’s legislations, just know it’s a game of narcissistic bullying, trying to get inside voters’ and elected official’s heads to manipulate their frustrations and anxieties.

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Remember the Democrats now control the Congress (albeit by slim margins) and the Executive branches.

Biden and Harris have only been in office since January 20 and have multiple

cleanups on virtually every aisle of the federal government. There is still a raging pandemic, seemingly subsiding, there is raging joblessness, seemingly subsiding. Also. at the same time, new leadership is attempting to assuage the collective traumas and angst of 2020, still hanging over the nation like a pall.

Our mission is to not be deluded by right-wing media and other

extremist social media platforms. and postings -- on all sides.

We need truth, fairness and balance in our news reporting

So, the public must be very discerning in consuming media

content. People of goodwill must stay the course, remaining ever vigilant.

The $1.9 trillion Stimulus

Bill (The American Rescue Plan Act) has passed the Senate with no Republican support. Yet, seventy percent of voters including 60 percent of Republicans supported it.

To rescue the

economy from a free fall and to provide needed support to families, it includes $1,400 to qualifying Americans and a $300 boost to unemployment benefits, Obamacare expansion, a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures have been extended and child poverty will be cut in half.

In Biden’s first two days in office, he signed a dizzying array of executive orders,

many reversing the former president’s policies. Yes, that adorable mammal of the horse family, the donkey, is indeed the symbol of the Democratic Party, yet it’s the Republicans who are kicking and screaming, trying to survive the worst president in the history of the United States. They’re the dying ones and they’re kicking the hardest.

Plus, Trump has been hit with a bevy of lawsuits.

The progressive elements of the country are starting to win. Barring a dramatic and unforeseen reversal and with Democrats aggressively pushing forward, more good fortune is on the way. So, stay strong and be on the look-out for Trumpism.

Malaika Horne, PhD, is a cultural & political writer

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Metro Theater Company releases cast album for JACKED! on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, and numerous digital music stores and platforms St. Louis, MO (March 4, 2021) – Metro Theater Company (MTC), St. Louis’s premiere professional theater for youth and families, has released the cast album for its latest production – Idris Goodwin’s Jacked! – on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, Pandora, TikTok/Resso, and other digital music stores and streaming services. The 17-track album was created by St. Louis-based music producer, sound designer, and percussionist Jackie “Jackpot” Sharp and recorded at Doorway Studios. It features a wide range of hip hop and break beat music, including vocals and rap by the popular St. Louis punk pop duo, The Knuckles, and the vocals of actor Jarris L. Williams in the role of Jack. Jacked! is written by award-winning playwright Idris Goodwin (Ghost, And In This Corner: Cassius Clay) and inspired by the fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk. Developed for children ages 5-11, Jacked! is an allegory that uses the familiar story of Jack and the Beanstalk as a launching point to explore the impact of substance abuse for very young audiences, encouraging a gentle dialogue about its effects on our communities. The production was initially scheduled as an in-person touring production, but due to the pandemic Metro Theater Company reworked it into an imaginative, fully virtual 40-minute experience that combines hand-drawn animation, spoken word poetry, and Sharp’s fresh, creative hip-hop score. “When the pandemic shut down the possibility of performing the play Jacked! live on tour, director Jamie McKittrick and I brainstormed about how to best to produce the story for MTC’s audiences,” said MTC Artistic Director Julia Flood. “A collaboration between St. Louis artists in many disciplines resulted in a unique style of animated performance. At the heart of this is the layering of sound that includes Idris Goodwin’s language, Jackie Sharp’s music, and the terrific performances of Jarris Williams and The Knuckles (Aloha Mischeaux and Rocky Knuckles). We are excited that our audiences can not only watch the animated play, but can continue to enjoy, and dance along, to the story with this album.” The virtual production of Jacked! is still streaming, now through March 31, 2021, at metroplays.org. Streaming access starts at $16. Audiences can also register for a special “pay what you can” week of viewing March 15-19, 2021 at metroplays.org/jacked.

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As part of Metro Theater Company’s commitment to build community dialogue around important ideas in its productions, MTC is hosting a virtual panel event examining the ways in which addiction intersect with the lived experiences of young people in Missouri on Tuesday, March 9 at 5 p.m. The panel will feature PreventEd Executive Director Nichole Dawsey, Dr. Rachel Winograd from the Missouri Institute of Mental Health, and playwright Idris Goodwin. The panel will be streamed on MTC’s website, YouTube, and Facebook pages. Whitaker Foundation is the presenting sponsor of Jacked!, with additional support provided by Children’s Theatre Foundation of America. About Metro Theater Company: Since 1973, Metro Theater Company has been creating productions that respect young people’s intelligence, tell compelling stories, stimulate curiosity and provoke thoughtful reflection. The Company has reached a total audience of more than two million and has a national reputation for excellence in the field of professional theater for young audiences. Institutional support for Metro Theater Company is provided Berges Family Foundation, Regional Arts Commission, Emerson, Crawford Taylor Foundation, Shubert Foundation, Whitaker Foundation, Children’s Theater Foundation of America, Missouri Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Arts and Education Council. Metro Theater Company has received major honors and awards, both locally and nationally. The company is led by Artistic Director Julia Flood and Managing Director Joe Gfaller. For more information, visit http://metroplays.org.

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March 3–31 The Saint Louis Art Museum’s beloved tradition of celebrating art and flowers is virtual! This year, Art in Bloom features virtual floral presentations and demonstrations with fresh and inspiring new ways to experience blooms in art and the natural world, all from the comfort of home. Members will enjoy special access to exclusive virtual content. Enjoy a presentation by a Museum curator, floral arranging demonstrations with local designers, a guided looking experience, a nature-inspired familyfriendly scavenger hunt, and a behind-the-scenes tour of an urban flower farm. Co-owners Mimo Davis and Miranda Dushack will take you on a virtual visit to Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers.

Charles I will be featured in the Art in Bloom Slow Art Experience. Kehinde Wiley, American, born 1977; Charles I, 2018; oil on linen; 96 × 72 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Funds given by Gary C. Werths and Richard Frimel, Barbara and Andy Taylor, Anabeth and John Weil, John and Susan Horseman, Nancy and Kenneth Kranzberg, Michael and Noémi Neidorff, David Obedin and Clare Davis, Adrienne D. Davis, Yvette Drury Dubinsky and John Paul Dubinsky, Mrs. Barbara S. Eagleton, Hope Edison, Roxanne H. Frank, Rosalyn and Charles Lowenhaupt, Jack and Susan Musgrave, Dr. and Mrs. E. Robert Schultz, Susan and David Sherman III, Pam and Greg Trapp, Mark S. Weil and Joan Hall-Weil, Keith H. Williamson, and the Third Wednesday Group 27:2019; © 2019 Kehinde Wiley, Courtesy of the Saint Louis Art Museum and Roberts Projects SPONSORED BY

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Beauty in the age of

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Covid 19 has caused all of us to rethink how we work, go to school, stay connected and show beauty despite masks. With regulations in

place, going to barber/beauty salons is not as easy as pre-Covid. Appointments are now preferred to allow staff to maintain the required amount of people in the establishment, and yes, masks must be worn by all. This has caused many to pivot preferring DIY services at home. Since March of 2020 we have done our nails, haircuts, some chemical services, and more (in addition to cooking, working, and learning/teaching). Feeling beautiful or looking good is still a priority in many of our lives. Even though we have to be masked when in public and meet mostly via the web, taking the time to look and feel beautiful is important. It helps with mood and increases confidence which can increase productivity. A bright spot since the pandemic has started is the need for less makeup since half of your face will be covered with a mask. So healthy glowing skin is ideal to let that natural beauty show. For healthy glowing skin at home: • • • • • • •

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Beauty is in the Eyes!

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Shedding or thinning hair has also been an issue for some during the pandemic. Actress Malissa Romano posted a video on Twitter that shows the amount of hair she has been losing since her diagnosis with COVID 19. While stress and other health issues result in hair loss, it has recently been recognized as an additional after-effect of Covid. Especially among those who are considered long-haulers. Telogen Effluvium is a condition where hair stops growing after a traumatic or stressful health event. One way to address hair loss is to first look at ways to relieve stress in your life. Focus instead on eating a healthy diet and exercising. And keep in mind that most people lose about 100 strands of hair daily. With Telogen Effluvium people lose about 300 strands of hair daily. Hair does continue to grow, even though it is a slow growth. While some cover their hair as well as their face when going out in public, the desire for healthy hair is just as strong as the desire for healthy skin. We want to express beauty in those areas that can be seen, in our own ways. For healthy hair: • Wash/condition/moisturize regularly according to your hair's needs (do not tug or pull if hair is shedding) • Eat healthy • Drink plenty of water • Reduce Stress As humans, we pivot to adapt to many changing situations, Covid 19 is another situation to change up how we do things. Finding healthy ways to let our beauty shine is ideal. Emphasis on your eyes and beautiful skin are ways to look and feel beautiful while everything else is covered. And, personal care items can be addressed from home (preferably before the zoom meeting :-). If you do go out for a service check ahead to see what the facility is doing to protect its staff and customers. Consider only getting the basic service to cut down on the amount of time spent face to face with staff, or complete some steps at home before the appointment, and always wear your mask.

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ART OF FOOD

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If feeding your family wholesome meals is a daily goal, keep in mind you can serve up tasty foods that also feed your immune system by including ingredients like mushrooms. With their earthy flavor, mushrooms – like many other fruits and vegetables – can also play a positive role in supporting a healthy immune system.

Studies at Oregon State University concluded there are a variety of micronutrients important for supporting a healthy immune system. Mushrooms are a source of nutrients that include fiber, protein, selenium, potassium and vitamins B1, B2, B12, C, D and E. Additionally, they possess bioactive components such as alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenes, phenolic compounds, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and polysaccharides. Let's consider three of the nutrients mentioned above, (vitamin D, selenium and B vitamins), all found in mushrooms, translates that these familyfriendly recipes for Roasted Chicken Thighs and Veggies with Mushroom Orzo Risotto; Grilled Portobello Gyros with Yogurt Dill Sauce; Creamy Spinach, Mushroom and Lasagna Soup; and Asian Barbecue Sesame Salmon with Noodles and Veggies can help you add allimportant nutrients to your family’s menu. Find more ways to add mushrooms to family meals at mushroomcouncil.com.

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tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil teaspoon dried oregano teaspoon smoked paprika yellow bell peppers, sliced

Yogurt Dill Sauce: 1 English cucumber, grated 1 1/2 2 1/2 2 1 1 4 2 1/2 1/2

cup whole-milk Greek yogurt cup sour cream tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil small lemon, juice only cloves garlic, minced teaspoon salt tablespoon minced fresh dill pita breads or naan tomatoes, thinly sliced red onion, thinly sliced head green lettuce crumbled feta cheese (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Remove stems from mushrooms and brush caps with wet towel. Using spoon, carefully scrape out gills. Slice mushrooms into 1/4-inch pieces and place in medium bowl with olive oil, oregano and smoked paprika. 2. Preheat indoor grill pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and peppers; grill, tossing occasionally, until tender, 5-7 minutes. 3. To make yogurt dill sauce: Squeeze grated cucumber in clean towel to remove excess liquid. Add to large bowl with yogurt, sour cream, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt and dill. Stir to combine. 4. To serve, place mushrooms and peppers in middle of pita bread. Top with tomatoes, onion, lettuce, feta, if desired, and big dollop of yogurt dill sauce.

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Recipe courtesy of Emily Weeks of “Zen and Spice” tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil Cook time: 30 minutes cloves garlic, minced Total time: 40 minutes medium onion, small diced Servings: 4 ounces crimini mushrooms, sliced jar (24 ounces) marinara sauce can (15 ounces) diced tomatoes tablespoons tomato paste teaspoons balsamic vinegar teaspoon granulated sugar tablespoon dried basil teaspoon salt teaspoon oregano teaspoon black pepper bay leaf cups vegetable broth lasagna noodles, broken into pieces cup heavy cream ounces fresh baby spinach cup whole-milk ricotta cheese cup shredded mozzarella cheese, for topping

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INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Heat large pot over medium heat. 2. Add olive oil, garlic, onion and mushrooms. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions and mushrooms soften, 4-5 minutes. 3. Add marinara, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, vinegar, sugar, basil, salt, oregano, pepper, bay leaf and broth. Bring to boil over high heat then reduce heat to low and simmer. 4. Add lasagna noodles and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and remove bay leaf. 5. Stir in heavy cream and spinach until wilted, 2-3 minutes. 6. Divide between bowls and top with dollop of ricotta and sprinkle of mozzarella.

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boneless, skinless chicken thighs salt, to taste Cook time: 50 minutes pepper, to taste Total time: 1 hour, 10 minutes tablespoons unsalted butter Servings: 4 ounces crimini mushrooms, quartered zucchini, sliced in half moons large carrots, thinly sliced sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves removed and roughly chopped cloves garlic, minced cups chicken or vegetable broth tablespoon unsalted butter tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil small yellow onion, diced garlic cloves, minced ounces crimini mushrooms, finely chopped cup uncooked orzo pasta teaspoon black pepper cup white wine cup shredded Parmesan cheese

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. To make chicken: Preheat oven to 450 F. 2. Pat chicken dry. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. In large skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter. Sear chicken until browned, 4-5 minutes on each side. 3. In large bowl, toss mushrooms, zucchini, carrots, garlic and rosemary. On large baking sheet, spread vegetables. Nestle chicken into vegetables. Drizzle with butter and juices from pan. 4. Bake 20 minutes until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are tender. 5. To make orzo: In small pot over medium-low heat, warm broth. 6. Using skillet from chicken, add butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and mushrooms. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions soften, 3-4 minutes. 7. Add orzo and black pepper. Stir and cook 2 minutes. Add white wine and cook until evaporated, about 1 minute. 8. Add warm broth to orzo 2/3 cup at a time, stirring until liquid is absorbed. Repeat with remaining broth, waiting until last batch is absorbed before adding more. Remove from heat and stir in Parmesan. 9. Serve in individual bowls with chicken and roasted vegetables atop mushroom orzo risotto.

Recipe courtesy of Emily Weeks of “Zen and Spice”

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cup soy sauce tablespoons brown sugar tablespoon rice vinegar cloves garlic, minced teaspoon fresh ginger, minced teaspoon chili garlic sauce (optional) tablespoon toasted sesame oil tablespoons barbecue sauce tablespoons water teaspoons cornstarch pounds salmon (4 filets) ounces stir-fry (pad thai) rice noodles tablespoon toasted sesame oil pound white mushrooms, sliced cup sugar snap peas large broccoli head, cut into bite-size florets green onions, thinly sliced, for garnish sesame seeds, for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 400 F. 2. In small saucepan, whisk soy sauce; brown sugar; rice vinegar; garlic; ginger; chili garlic sauce, if desired; sesame oil; and barbecue sauce. Bring to boil over high heat then reduce heat to simmer. 3. In small bowl, whisk water and cornstarch. Pour into pan and cook on low, whisking often, until sauce thickens, 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside. 4. Pour 3 tablespoons sauce into small bowl. Brush salmon filets with reserved sauce and place on baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes, or until salmon is flaky. Discard small bowl sauce if any remains. 5. Cook stir-fry noodles according to package directions. Drain, rinse and set aside. 6. Heat large skillet over medium heat. Add sesame oil. Add mushrooms, snap peas and broccoli. Cook, stirring often, until veggies are tender-crisp, 7-8 minutes. Add

noodles and remaining sauce from pan; toss to combine. 7. To serve, divide noodles, veggies and salmon between plates. 8. Top with sliced green onions and sesame seeds.

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The death of Black Panther star, Chadwick Boseman, has brought increased urgency to better educate on Colorecal Cancer. Boseman passed away August 28th, 2020

at the age of 43 after a 4 year battle with Colon Cancer. He was diagnosed at the age of 39 with stage 3 colon cancer. His passing shocked the entertainment world and caused medical professionals to look at the screening criteria. For years colon cancer screenings were recommended for those who are 50 years of age and older. Unless there is a family history of disease occurrence. But recently there has been an increase in colorectal cancer findings in those under the age of 50 which is causing concern. The American Cancer Society recently changed its recommended age for adults to receive screenings from the age of 50 to the age of 45 in response to the worrying trend. More healthcare facilities are encouraging patients to take a closer look at family history so that genetic disposition can be determined. So take the time to speak with family members to see if there might have been diagnoses of colorectal cancer. Your family history is very important. It is also strongly encouraged to not be afraid to go to the doctor for regular health screenings. As with other cancers, early detection is preferred for better health outcomes.

What is Colorectal Cancer?

Colorectal Cancer (Colon Cancer) is a cancer that presents anywhere in the large intestines down to the rectum. It occurs when abnormal growths form in the colon or rectum becoming cancerous.

(this procedure also allows benign polyps to be removed) If your colonoscopy finds no abnormalities or polyps, your next colonoscopy will occur 10 years later (if you do not develop symptoms) Other screenings are: Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) - this test requires the patient to acquire a stool sample at home and send it to a lab for testing. The lab will look for hidden blood in the stool. This test will need to be completed yearly. Multi-Target Stool DNA (MT-sDNA) Screening - This is also a home sample that is sent to the lab for testing. The lab will look for Biomarkers associated with colorectal cancer. This test will need to be done every three years. Computed Tomography Colonography (CTC) - This test is a scan that is done in the Radiology Department. It looks for any growths or changes in the large bowel or rectum. If one of these alternate tests comes back positive, a diagnostic colonoscopy will be performed. Pay Attention to Your Body!

Signs of Colorectal Cancer are:

•Tiredness (Weakness) •Uncontrolled weight loss •Blood in stools (dark-colored stools) •Change in bowel habits •Feeling the urge to have a bowel movement after just having one

•Cramping in the belly

It is the second deadliest cancer in the United States among men and women combined, with black and brown communities being disproportionately affected. If caught early,

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It is suggested that everyone make lifestyle changes now. Increase the amount of fiber in the diet, include more fresh fruits and vegetables, and get more exercise.

What is the screening process?

Chadwick Boseman Was an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019, particularly in Black Panther (2018), and for his starring roles as several pioneering Americans, Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on Up (2014), and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017). He also had choice parts in The Express (2008), Draft Day (2014), and Message from the King (2016). Born in Anderson, South Carolina, he attended Howard University and studied at the Oxford Mid-Summer Program for acting, before moving to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue his craft on the big screen. He died in 2020, after a four year bout with colon cancer, during which time he had starred in several of the biggest movies ever made. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Pedro Borges

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CEREMONIES In Absent Time

Pandemic is not good for public health, but it is excellent for the construction of public intelligence. Many conversations in 2021 make use of the “passed future tense,” one of several grammatical/aesthetic categories invented by the poet Asili Ya Nadhiri. Informed by Nadhiri’s considerable knowledge of music, global affairs, and quantum physics, this innovative tense enables us to talk on time in time outside of time. It allows us to first hear and then see ourselves as legitimate participants in chaos. Present tense is constantly negotiating in the absence of full cognition with the arrived future and the destined to return past. In this way, Nadhiri’s excavation of hidden grammar is a necessary motion for breaking out of the nothing of stone (or being “stoned” ) into the infinity of light, into the obligations of morality. We are who we are as a result of our fear or our failure to deal with quintessential morality. Fear and failure embalm us with insecurity. Insecure people become overly willing to destroy anything that challenges the will for power, even if the “anything” is their ego-sick selves . If DJT is the sole glue and common ground for millions of American citizens, the American Dream and fraught American democracy should hasten to kiss their you-know-what goodbye!

pandemic, climate change, and global and/or local chaos. We deserve to use Constitutional entitlements to fashion idols and worship insane gods. We deserve the wages of refusal to speak in the “passed future tense.” Cancel the humanity of pretending sorrow. Asili Ya Nadhiri’s substantial body of tonal drawings in poetic form may yet help us to save ourselves from the jaws of death that wear the masks of social and mass media. In the tonal drawing “Most Gracious “(2019), Nadhiri wrote always ever only beginning to be solacious approximating in the infinite entangling entangling all of us in this most gracious superpositioning of ourselves Yes, tomorrow is yesterday; you have already been your future ~ Jerry W. Ward, Jr.

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In a note (July 10, 2019) on “a quantum phenomenon,” Nadhiri posed a thought-fat question: “Since entanglement has been finally (2015) experimentally confirmed, why are we still clinging to religiously onto the belief that the speed of light is the speed limit for the transmission of information?” The question is less rhetorical than it might seem. It is a genuine invitation to think our way out of the “stone,” the enslaving tyranny of amoral technologies. If we refuse to think and act and settle passively for death-bound thrown on our plates like hushpuppies, we deserve to be destroyed by the unholy trinity of Copyright © 2017 - All rights reserved.

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