Wednesday, April 30, 2008

READING Movies!

TITLE:

STARRING:

Co~STARRING:

PRODUCER(S):

WRITER(S):

DIRECTOR:

Production Year:______________Length:____:____Rated_____________

WHO: ~was the movie about?

WHERE:~was the location of the story?

WHEN:~was the movie set?

WHAT:~does the movie teach?

HOW:~is the movie's message delivered?

WHY:~is the movie important?

YOUR Personal Rating:.......~1...~2...~3...~4...~5...~6...~7...~8...~9...~10

Thursday, April 24, 2008

ULTRA*CULTURE INTERGENERATIONAL THEATRICS


THEATER
(the' a-ter)
n.
Also the*a*tre.
Abbr. theat.
1. A building, room, or an outdoor structure for the presentation of plays, motion pictures, or other dramatic performances. 2. Any room used for lectures or demonstrations; auditorium 3. a. Dramatic literature or performance. b. The milieu of actors and playwrights. c. The quality or effectiveness of a theatrical production:
~ Play Reading is good theatre. ~ Improv is spontaneous theatre. ~ Pantomime is an ancient form of theatre. ~
4. The audience assembled for a dramatic performance. 5. a. A place that is the setting for dramatic events. b. Any geographical area in which human interactions are coordinated. [Middle English theatre, from Old French, from Latin theatrum, from Greek theatron, from theasthai, to watch, look at, from theat, a viewing.]
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THEATRICAL
ASPIRATIONS?
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~YOUth!~
*Theatre Troupe*
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~*heARTS*~
(interventive*access)
...being a community at large theatre initiative inwhich the heARTS*Theatre Troupe classes and productions are held in venues other than the !
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~CHAUTAUQUA~
(scholarly reenactments)
...young thespians will receive the rudiments of historical research and dramatic expose' with the goal of performance in traditional ways!
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~COSTUMING~
(design & construction)
...students will learn the basics of this vital visual aesthetic as relates to period, characterization and staging!
KUUMBA
~THEATRE~
(improvisational*mediation)
...troupe member will develop directoral, expository, writing skill and critique in this fast paced creative dramatic outlet!
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~PLAY*READINGS~
(literary interactions)
...students will develop elocution and timing skills as participants develop characters vocally!
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~PLAY*WRITING~
(creativity*works)
...troupe members will develop and enhance literary skills necessary for the creation and development of original works!
~SET*DESIGN~
&
~CONSTRUCTION~
(developing the piece)
...troupe will enhance their visual perception and managerial skill as they design and create and perform with stage models and props!
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COMMUNITY WIDE
~OPEN~
AUDITIONS
INTERGENERATIONAL
PARENTAL RSVP ONLY!
901.734.6902

RITERZ!

...HOW...

my joyluv travels through time...transcending spatial zones & mountainous range

...HOW...

from sandy beach to myriad ocean shore

...HOW...

my joyluv travels from riverfront sea line & coast to coast cross rails & rivers streaming

...HOW...

of turbulent peace time on through nature reserves & on & on

...HOW...

round the Big EZ my joyluv hurries to home & for true to me

...HOW...

welcoming my joyluv's orderly preparation of sanctuary & retreat

...HOW...

safehaven

...HOW...

for the peace people that some lost slumber be exactly found & comforted spanning the circumference of the globe

...HOW...

the comfort of the genteel south courses within libating heART & soul and mind

...HOW...

condescendenly callous foot sore & weary free ON shut OFF me's progeny

...HOW..

that charity be rooted in the exampled journeying souls tossed and spread far & wide & driven low

...HOW...

tossed and driven in toxitity & limiting joyless fluidity

...HOW...

round about YOU & WE & ME weary worn walking it out

...HOW...

in the course of events findind the learner empowered & puffed up in quasi confidence deeming self righteous broken confidence seeking status to render critique to the leader ELDER guide

...HOW...

best the delivery not be arrogance arriving too soon & too condescendingly & too late

...HOW...

for when the Peace*Power smacks of change ALL players will be blest in

...HOW...

the gratuitous giving must be rooted in ordained order and meritous grace as should be the respectful recieving

...HOW...

can anything be remiss in that

6 May08

...as we welcome WHOLEheARTedly...

THIS

journey of soul much urbane ghettoized NEWbeing spirituality

Her name be called...HEJIRA

...that FOREVER 1one who abides in & with us...

WE are EVERYwhere...ALLways

WE welcome to allowing awakening awarenesses

even as heaven's huge gate shuts slammed on our heART's broken face

...as the fruit of OUR love...

ROTS

...ever increasingly, spoiling the joy of our loins...

disappointing every well planned prayer

causing every well intentioned hope & dream to seem

...as nothing...

...there is ever a welcome knock upon the battered door...

and the portal is wide open to peace greetings blessings

...as Filia does ever come calming...

and the wings of love bring hope and satisfying appointment

...as we are patience even in flight...

WE see ALL that see YOU

as

WE are so very blessed in surging HEJIRA salvation & joy divine!


13 April 08

...DOG~as~ENEMY...

...CAT~as~FOE...

...Fear~as~HARBINGER...

~SUPREME DICTATOR of ALL WE KNOW~

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...FRIEND~as~COUNSELOR...

...COMMUNITY...

~as~

... SATISFYING*SATURATION...

...JUSTICE...

~CONVOLUTED RALLYING CALL~

...DECIDING FACT FINISHER...

~ANALYTIC SYNCHRONIZER~

...plotting the quantifying conclusive course...

...finalizing the animalistic eloheem...

formalizing the litmus test of

TIME's

ESSENTIALITY

ESTABLISHING EVOLUTION

in

the

ALL in ALL

we

KNOW!








Thursday, March 27, 2008

MATRIARCHAL *$* ECONOMIC *$* EXCELLENCE!

COOPERATIVES *$* WORK!

It's a GREEN thing!

...the captured and enslaved ancestors knew absolutely the quantitative truth of it all...

For all the designations, names, and titles attributed them...they were and are the most challenged and dedicated community caregivers! The heartfelt good they did and yet do resonates continually and in it's ethereal cyclic majesty, nurtures and sustains us to this very day...

They remembered, recalled and recanted ~ and in broken vestiges of forced fed langue and parole ~though indigenous dialects are centuries forgotten, snatched from memory along with ancestral mores, mannerisms and norms...still they recant the fragmented rememory, rejoicing in the fact filled righteousness of the ancient knowledge recalled...they possessed and passed on qualitative spiritual survival truths to the young born witnesses and the righteous circle is yet and forever unbroken...

"...when 1one assisted 1one other ~ at least 2two are uplifted and too strengthened ~ all that we keep, we lose ~ that which we give, we have ~ as everything shared is multiplied...!"


As we celebrate our WOMANIST selves during this month of March, and FOREVER ~ I think about how profoundly those old ancestors lived the principles of the Nguzo Saba. Though captive and enslaved, the largest numbers of them were never infact slaves. I reflect on how they; even under the most horrific, satanic system of human bondage, those old Africans resonated from a circle of order and peace both ancient and forever new...though snatched from their geographic homeland...they have instilled in us; O the magnitude of proud and shining example , the free being ability to be quite well at home though displaced, even as we wait and reside still in the smoldering belly of a carrion captor beast.

Though we be generational survivors of economic bondage, our righteous humanity increases and evolves. Bear witness to the truths of SIStah*Women...the mothers, the wives, sisters,companions...the progeny of Amer~Africans who can fly!

Look how our love light glistens even as we are yet shackled to and covered by the binding boulder of constitutional slavery...see how steadfastly our love light circle glows and shines and guides!

Madame C. J. Walker (1867~1919), Scientist, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Social Activist ~

Augusta Savage (1892~1962), Artist, Scholar, Educational Administrator, Artivist ~

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917~1977), Agriculturalist, Community Organizer, Political Activist ~

Bennetta Nelson West, Sculptress, Community Organizer, Artivist, Administrator ~

I rejoice in the lives and works of these SIStah WOMANIST WARRIORS and so very many more during this sanctioned season of female celebration...I celebrate the very union of their parents...for their births evoked change on the planet!

These Womanist *Amer*African*Mother*SIStah earth angels gave and give the greatest of gifts...the selfless, timeless gift of SELF is indeed unequivocal, and is decidedly far beyond any substantiating category.

These women use the inherent fruits of time and talent, often and firmly positioning themselves in harm's way...they stood up for the timely cause of the day ~the ways in which they unselfishly implemented "the good works", they made and make soul searing impact on all the days to come.

UJAMAA, the fourth principle of Kwanzaa states:

Cooperative Economics ~"To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together."

This principle speaks to the enabling benefits of cooperatives as the unquestionable key which unlocks and destroys the shackles of Amer*African & global systems of economic slavery!

The progressive Mother*SIStah*Women I mention in this missive knew and know well the regimental necessity of our collective sense of accountability, integrity, equity, risk and reward.

To research, study and celebrate the bold sense of womanist pride and purpose these Matriarchs exemplify through the standards of unity they embody...the unwavering aura of their self determined walks...the way they saw and see themselves as one with the community at large, creatively and faithfully taking responsibility for the collective gratifying good and glorious shared gain...is a necessary and satisfying thing to do!

Asante sana ~ SIStahs...Sarah, Augusta, Fannie, and Bennie ~ thank YOU very much for all the love and support!

Harambee!

Let's (continue to) Pull

TOGETHER!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

ECO * GREEN * ENVIRO

MBAA
FireHouse
COMMUNIVERSITY
~THANKSGIVING*THURSDAY~
~potluck~
17 APRIL 08
6p
~*~
EARTH*DAY
19 April 08
Community Gardening
&
Beautification
10a - 6p
~*~
GREEN*ARTS
Design*Plant*Build
THE PEACE LABYRINTH
...in honor of OUR sustainable presence on the planet...
WE WELCOME YOU!
...celebrating & rebirthing in the preparedness way...
RSVP
901.948.9522
artsmemphis.org
memphisblackartsalliance.org
~*~
Asante sana...thank YOU very much!

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

FAIR TRADE MARKET

BOHARI!
(...marketplace...)
...sustainable, original art & products from the heARTs of...
member crafts persons, artisans and artists
Welcome
to our
indoor ~ outdoor
marketplace!
MEMBERSHIP GUIDELINES
*******
~Annual Fee.......$65.00~
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~Consignment sales paid by the 15th day monthly, minus 10% total sales~
~Member vendors are asked to commit to a minimum seven hour monthly site volunteer service schedule~
~Member vendors are invited to participate in all Ultra*Culture community events~
*******
...please call...
901.562.5071
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Asante sana...thank YOU very much!