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Dick Gregory inspired my NFL protest

by Derrel Jazz Johnson

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chard Claxton Gregory (October 12, 1932 – August 19, 2017) was an African-American comedian, civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, conspiracy theorist, and occasional actor. During the turbulent 1960s, Gregory became a pioneer in stand-up comedy for his “no-holds-barred” sets, in which he mocked bigotry and racism. He performed primarily to black audiences at segregated clubs until 1961, when he became the first black comedian to successfully cross over to white audiences, appearing on television and putting out comedy record albums.

Gregory was at the forefront of political activism in the 1960s, when he protested the Vietnam War and racial injustice. He was arrested multiple times and went on many hunger strikes. He later became a motivational speaker and author, primarily promoting spirituality.

Gregory died of heart failure at a Washington, D.C. hospital at age 84 in August 2017.

When first confronted with the idea of boycotting the National Football League, like any other football fan speaking realistically, I did not like the idea. I love sports. Fall and winter Sundays from September through the Super

Bowl are spent in front of the television watching games. Also, as a journalist who began his career in sports in 2010, I have covered New York Jets games at MetLife Stadium and one road game in Baltimore.

I could nitpick and make excuses on why I would not boycott, or blackout the NFL, but the answer in my spirit, at my core was pretty obvious: I will stand in solidarity with my NFL-loving brothers and sisters as a show of strength. Hell, as a man who grew up a Jets fan, I know we are going to suck anyway.

Then Dick Gregory passed Saturday night and Sunday morning, while scrolling through Insta-

gram, words from his son Christian spoke to me in a way that no others had regarding the boycott “Consider some slight discomfort to make life a little better as we pay tribute to a lifelong crusader.”

Boycotting is all about a level of discomfort. I can’t boycott the National Hockey League because I do not watch hockey and there is no sacrifice, no level of discomfort. Not watching the NFL is more than slight discomfort for me. It will disrupt how my Sundays have been spent for decades. But it is a level of discomfort I must endure. King Dick Gregory would have wanted it that way.

So in solidarity with my NFL-loving brothers and

sisters around the country, for Colin Kaepernick, Michael Bennett, Marshawn Lynch and other current or former NFL players who have protested, in the spirit of Dick Gregory and most importantly for the voices of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, and other young unarmed men like who have been murdered by law enforcement, I will not watch NFL football this season.

Furthermore, I will not discuss it on social media and will find a not-forprofit to donate a portion of my new-found Sunday time to. I hope that you find your own reasons to experience slight discomfort.

There is one asterisk: I enjoy telling the stories of athletes, particularly those of color, doing great things in our communiAugust 27 ties. There aren’t enough S voices showcasing the support many athletes offer, through a professional league or their charities.

My voice will not be silenced on such matters.

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PONDER THIS! :))) What’s It All About?

by Hazel Rosetta Smith

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here is an art to communication that is foreign to some folk of all ages, but especially to those like myself, “seasoned citizens” who are constantly trying to keep up. Texting symbols are soaring daily; some are simple but many are confusing. Abbreviating may be what you call it, but it’s all the same – the fastest route

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to say what you want to say in the shortest amount of time, fewest strokes and smallest space allotted.

Whether you like it or not, you are going to come across an “Emoticon” somewhere. Emoticons are a combination of keyboard characters that form an emotion or a face. Remember when it was an actual smiley face and easily recognized as such? Well those days are gone; symbols abound everywhere in any form imaginable. <3 Does that look like a heart?

Recognizing the emoticon is tilting your head slightly to the left or right. The emoticon

:))) in the title above miliar with these popsymbolizes a whole lot ular acronyms, among of smiling going on. many others: ASAP The (colon): are the (as soon as possible); eyes and three closed DOB (date of birth); parentheses))) is a tri- FYI (for your informaple smiling mouth. tion); OTC (over the Got it? How about counter). In the tech this one? :( tilt your dialect, there are acrohead left, it becomes a nyms that show up with sad face. You can cre- suspect, such as: BRB ate various emoticons (be right back); LOL on your keyboard to (laughing out loud); “speak text.”

NP (no problem); KIT Emoticons are not (keep in touch); BTW the only type of symbolism you may need to understand a text message. Acronyms are on the move. You may refer to them as abbreviations; using the first letter of a group of words to form a phrase of words.

Simply another form of short-cutting.

Most of us are fa-

(by the way); YW (you are welcome); OMG (oh my God or goodness); 2g2bt (too good to be true) from an extensive list, that is growing rapidly.

If this is all too confusing or mind boggling, there is one conclusion we must all come to. Everything will change, get with it.

Stay open and ready to learn something new.

Stay patient, you might just like it enough to use it. Live and laugh at it all, especially yourself.

[Hazel Rosetta Smith is a journalist, playwright and director, Founder of Help Somebody Theatrical Ministries and former Managing and Woman’s Editor of the New York Beacon News. (misshazel@ twc.com]

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NEW YORK SENIORS CELEBRATE RENOVATIONS AT CARTER BURDEN/LEONARD COVELLO SENIOR CENTER IN EAST HARLEM

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the Carter Burden Network All Stars Dancers and the Carter Burden Network Asian Dance Group, and a Q&A with Speaker Mark-Viverito and Covello seniors, followed the tour.

“I am so thrilled to invest $6 million of critical funding to the Carter Burden/Leonard Covello Senior Center,” said Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. “During this Year of the Senior, it is crucial we pay closer attention to the needs of our aging population.

The New York City Council is committed to sustaining resources for seniors throughout the five boroughs. It is always a pleasure to see the seniors enjoy the Covello Senior Center, a staple of El Barrio/ East Harlem, and I look forward to continuing to visit the center as the work on these improvements begins.”

“The comfort and enhanced safety of the seniors we serve is of

greatest importance,” Dionne said. “We are extremely grateful to Speaker Mark-Viverito for her generosity, compassion and for prioritizing our City’s seniors so that we can improve and update our facility as our membership in East Harlem continues to grow.”

The building will be renovated in coordination with the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA), which owns the building; the Department of Design and Construction; and Biber Architects. The total renovation cost will be approximately $14 million. Over the past several years, the City (including the City Council, Borough President, Mayor’s offices and DFTA) has allocated more than $8 million for the project. Mark-Viverito is funding the remaining portion of $6 million, which will allow the project to move forward. The project includes:

and overtaxed sole elevator; • and the installation of a new HVAC system for the entire building.

When complete, the project will transform the Covello building into a state-of-the art, more accommodating facility that’s a beautiful place for seniors to more easily and comfortably enjoy.

Renovations are in the design phase and the Carter Burden Network is expected to announce the start date by the end of this year.

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he Carter Burden/ Leonard Covello Senior Center (Covello) -- a cornerstone in the East Harlem community that provides socialization, nutrition, recreation and education through a wide array of daily activities -- is getting a much-needed face-lift thanks, in large part, to a generous $6 million in funding from New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. Covello is a program of the Carter Burden Network (CBN).

The Speaker toured Covello to get a firsthand look at some of the areas designated for renovation, including the outdated kitchen and dining facilities, antiquated bathrooms and elevators, and program space.

A short program, including remarks from William J. Dionne, Executive Director of the Carter Burden Network, dance performances by

• relocation of the kitchen and dining facilities, which will expand the space, accommodate more people during meal service, and enable the Center to serve up to 18,000 additional meals each year; • reconfiguration of the lobby and entry area; • an addition to the first floor to expand programming space; • renovation of antiquated bathrooms; • addition of a ramp to the front of the building and egress paths throughout the building to achieve ADA compliance; • addition of another elevator and upgrade of the existing outdated

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WHEN YOU EDUCATE A GIRL, YOU EDUCATE A NATION

by Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.)

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s I write this, I am preparing to travel with my colleagues to Nigeria, where I will have the honor of meeting some of the Chibok girls who were released after two waves of negotiations between Boko Haram and Nigerian government officials. It is my fourth trip to Nigeria since April 14, 2014, when the terrorist group shocked the world by abducting nearly 300 schoolgirls from their dormitory rooms. More than three years later, 113 of the original 276 Chibok girls are still being held captive.

Many of the girls who escaped their kidnappers on that fateful night or have since been released have remarkably not allowed this hugely traumatic ordeal to diminish their determination to pursue an education.

It is my mission to help ensure that they, and indeed every girl in Nigeria, have the opportunity to go as far as their desire to learn will take them.

Before Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn into office, the president-elect wrote in a New York Times op-ed about the urgent necessity

to educate girls so that “they will grow up to be empowered through learning to play their full part as citizens of Nigeria and pull themselves up and out of poverty.” He rightly surmised that the country owed at least that much to the Chibok schoolgirls, whose fate at that time was gravely uncertain. I look forward to working with the nation’s activists and government leaders to examine ways to help Buhari keep that pledge.

There is an African proverb that says, “If we educate a boy, we educate one person. If we educate a girl, we educate a family—and a whole nation.” Fifty percent of Nigeria’s population is female, so it borders on the absurd to not push for them to receive the “best possible education” that Buhari promised in his opinion piece. They will in turn ensure that their children— boys and girls—are educated, which as the proverb suggests will greatly benefit both their families and ultimately the nation by equipping it with a workforce that is prepared to help undo the extensive damage that has occurred during Boko Haram’s reign of terror.

A lack of education has been a key factor in Boko Haram’s ongoing ability to successfully recruit young men and boys and continue to replenish losses incurred in battle with the Multinational Joint Task Force.

While the insurgents teach boys, that “Western education is sinful,” educated mothers are living examples of the critical role education plays in determining one’s future success. Those boys grow up viewing a world full of possibility and opportunities and are therefore extremely unlikely to see the appeal of becoming a terrorist.

Girls can change the world and there is no better example of that than the young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who was famously shot in the head at age 16 for daring to question the Taliban’s efforts to deny her right to an education. In addition to be-

coming the first recipient of her country’s peace prize, being named one of Time magazine’s most influential people, and receiving the United Nations Human Rights Award, she is the world’s youngest Nobel laureate. Malala has earned global acclaim for championing education for girls around the world, including Nigeria, and after completing her studies at Oxford University will return to her native Pakistan to continue those efforts.

It is my hope that the Chibok girls, some of whom met with Malala this summer, will be inspired to follow her path, one on which tragedy is turned into triumph.

Frederica Wilson represents Florida’s 24th congressional district, including parts of Miami-Dade and Broward counties. You can follow Rep. Wilson on Twitter @RepWilson.

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HARLEM CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS August 31 8pm LITTLE DRAGON. Grammy-nominated Little Dragon have announced their long-awaited new album Season High, out now digitally on Loma Vista Records (CD + LP in stores May 5th). This is the first new music from the electro-pop band since they released their acclaimed 2014 album, Nabuma Rubberband.

Season High was produced by Little Dragon, with co-production and mixing byJames Ford, in their hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden. Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th Street.

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Sep 1, 6-10pm Schomburg Center has been passionate about representing Caribbean communities and people across the African Diaspora. That’s why we are thrilled to present our third annual First Fridays: “Carnival” Edition! “Celebrating 70 years of Caribbean Culture and History with WIADCA.” Back by popular demand, one of our most popular First Fridays events returns with steel pan drummers, stilt walkers, mass camp, and sponsored tables. Come ready to proudly rep your countries with paraphernalia and flags!Free. 18 and over. Event located at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Lenox Avenue.

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(Weekly Event) Gospel Brunch featuring Vi Higginsen’s Gospel For Teens Choir and Red Rooster’s famous soul food brunch. Reservations are encouraged. 310 Lenox Avenue (between 125th and 126th) 212.792.9001 info@ redroosterharlem.com Sep 6, 9:30am-noon COQUI CLUB: Step

by Step. Learn, play, explore, and grow at El Museo’s bilingual program for our tiniest visitors. Join us on the first Wednesday of each month as we embark on an adventure to discover new ways of interacting with art and each other. With time for play, storytelling, museum walks, and art making, Coquí Club provides a fun and active way to explore El Museo and enjoy creative themes together. Recommended for children ages 1-4 and their caregivers. No reservations required, first come first served. Dress for a mess! El Café at El Museo del Barrio. 1230 Fifth Avenue. For more information, call 212-8317272 Sep 6, 6:30pm Between the Lines: SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward. National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward will discuss her new novel Sing, Unburied, Sing. Ward grapples with the ugly truths at the heart of the American story, and the power and limitations of the

bonds of family. Ward will be joined in conversation

by Lisa Lucas, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation. A book signing will follow. Event located at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Lenox Avenue. For more information, call (917) 2756975 Sep 6 7:30pm Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater. A brand new line-up of contestants competes for the chance to perform during the September 13 Show Off and move on to Top Dog on November 15. It all leads to the chance of winning the title of Super Top Dog and the cash prizes of $5,000 in the Child Star category and $20,000 in the Adult category on November 22!Tickets start at just $21.

Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th Street.

Sep 7, 6pm Fifty Years after the Newark and Detroit Uprisings. Fifty years after the 1960s Newark and Detroit rebellions, their causes, meanings and legacies remain controversial. Were hundreds of black rebellions the “Harvest of Racism?” Why did the police and National Guard shoot thousands of bullets into black residential buildings, claiming they were hunting snipers and terrorists?

Do the police and National Guard shoot into white residential build-

ings during race riots-- or is that an exclusive policy for African-Americans and Puerto Ricans? Join our estemeed panel--Say Burgin, Mark Krasovic, and Junius Williams--for this riveting conversation.

Free. Event located at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Lenox Avenue.

For more information, call (917) 275-6975 Sep 9, 1pm-2pm Books, Authors & Kids! featuring Cheryl Willis Hudson. Join children’s book author Cheryl Willis Hudson for an interactive storytelling of her book, My Friend Maya Loves to Dance. Create art you can wear using art materials in this fun family workshop that celebrates literature, visual art and performance! NYPL George Bruce Branch 518 W. 125th St. and Amsterdam Avenue.

Sep 9, 1pm-3pm Dreaming up North: Children on the Move Across the Americas. El Museo presents a panel discussion with some of the contributors of Dreaming Up North, including Mexican social anthropologist Valentina Glockner Fagetti; Associate Professor of History, Barnard College, Nara Milanich; Mexican documentary photographer and photojournalist, Cinthya Santos Briones; and assistant professor of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State

University, Sarah Gallo.

Prices vary. El Museo del Barrio. 1230 Fifth Avenue.

For more information, call 212-831-7272 Sep 12, 8pm PROPHETS OF RAGE. Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine, Chuck D and DJ Lord of Public Enemy and B-Real of Cypress Hill have lived the resistance from day one. So it’s no surprise that in the midst of 2016’s tumultuous election, the revolutionary musicians would join together as Prophets of Rage to combat the coming storm, whatever it may be. Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th Street Sep 13, 6:30pm Between the Lines: MY SOUL LOOKS BACK by Jessica B. Harris. Jessica B. Harris, preeminent culinary scholar of the African Diaspora, cookbook author, and journalist, pens a memoir about a time in her life shaped by a romance with fellow college professor Sam Floyd, as well as friendships and chance encounters with cultural icons James Baldwin, Maya Angelou and Nina Simone. Harris will be in conversation with Carla Hall, Chef and co-host of ABC’s popular Emmy award-winning lifestyle series The Chew. A book book signing will follow.

Event located at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Le-

nox Avenue. For more information, call (917) 2756975 Sep 16, 11am-5pm Cultural Celebration: SUPER SABADO: Celebration Immigration! FREE ADMISSION! Super Sábado is back! In celebration of immigration, join us for a fun-filled family day centered around migration and its positive impacts on the country and our local communities.

It will include art making and movement workshops, and a live concert with Argentine psych folksinger Juana Molina.

El Museo del Barrio. 1230 Fifth Avenue. To RSVP, please email educationsprograms@elmuseo.org or call 212-831-7272.

Sep 24 9am New York City Walk 4 Hearing to increase public awareness about hearing loss and help eradicate the stigma associated with it. Children and their families, young adults, young at heart and everyone in between are welcome.

Last year, the NYC Walk4Hearing had over 1,200 adults and children who stepped up for 48 million Americans with h e a r ing loss. At Riverside Park, West 97th and Riverside.

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On the Scene with Derrel Jazz Johnson: Floyd Mayweather dominates Conor McGregor, retires a perfect 50-0

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fter a slow start that saw Conor McGregor win the first round on all three scorecards and the first three on one, Floyd Mayweather dominated the UFC star from the fourth round on, sweeping the last seven rounds on all three scorecards and finishing McGregor by 10th-round TKO. The crowd of mostly McGregor fans

Fonseca disagreed. “It was an illegal blow.” Fonseca pointed out the displeasure from the crowd. He said “everybody saw that when I was going down, he hit me twice behind. It’s a blow that’s not legal. It was here in Vegas, so he had the crowd going for him, and I just want a rematch.”

Badou Jack had the most impressive win on the payper-view portion of the card,

stopping Nathan Cleverly with an unanswered onslaught in the fifth round for a technical knockout. He said “I wanted to box him and feel him out while establishing my jab. Then the plan was to break him down from there. The plan was to finish him.” Jack is now 21-1-3.

The star-studded crowd of 14,623 included power couple Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez, LeBron James, Diddy, Bruce Willis, Nas and Cardi B. In the opening pay per view fight, Andrew Tabiti dominated Steve Cunningham, pitching a shutout on one of the three scorecards for a unanimous victory to raise his record to 16-0.

But it was Mayweather versus McGregor that made the world tune in. Mayweather believes they put on a show for the fans. “I think we gave the fans what they wanted to see. I owed them for the Pacquiao fight. I had to come straight ahead and give the fans a show. That’s what I​ ​gave them.”

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cheered early and often, but as the fight continued, the masterful Mayweather showed that 21 years of professional boxing experience was too much to overcome for the Irishman making his professional boxing debut.

After the fight, the perfect pugilist tossed praise in the direction of his opponent. Mayweather said “he’s a lot better than I thought he’d be. He’s a tough competitor, but I​​was the better man tonight.”

McGregor was somewhat humble in defeat. He said “I have to give it to him, that’s what 50 pro fights will do for you.” McGregor was disappointed with the stoppage, and wanted the opportunity to finish the fight. But the lack of activity by the notorious one prompted the end of the fight.

In the co-main event, Gervonta Davis was less than im-

pressive in a seventh-round knockout victory over previously undefeated Francisco Fonseca. The crowd booed the win, as “Tank” appeared to hit Fonseca with one or two illegal blows.

After the fight, Davis, who is now 19-0, said “I don’t think it was illegal, but it had no effect on him. I know for sure it didn’t.”

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BLACK GIRLS ROCK: BET CELEBRATES BLACK WOMEN AT ANNUAL EVENT

By Lauren Poteat (NNPA Newswire Contributor)

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uring a star-studded showcase of social activism, creativity and courage, BET celebrated the achievements of Black women and girls at the “Black Girls Rock! 2017” awards show.

Taraji P. Henson, the award-winning actress and star of the hit television show “Empire,” hosted the event that was held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Henson said that “Black Girls Rock! 2017” honored Black women and girls from the boardroom to the block on stage and onscreen.

“There are so many examples of gorgeous Black women changing the world and perceptions of beauty,” said Henson. The “Empire” star and

Taraji P. Henson, the award-winning actress and star of the hit television, hosted show “Empire,” hosted “Black Girls Rock! 2017.” (Wikimedia Commons)

Washington, D.C. native said that the event was dedicated to Black love and “the fearless women, who remind us every day, that the sky is not the limit, it’s only the view.”

“Black Girls Rock! 2017” featured entertainers, philanthropists, community leaders and athletes; Anthony Hamilton, India.Arie, SZA

and Tyrese performed. Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), whose “reclaiming my time” proclamation during a recent hearing in Congress went viral, was honored for her service and leadership in the Black community; Waters received the “Social Humanitarian” award.

“I want you to know that

if it was not for the love and respect shown to me by Black women, those right-wing ultra conservatives would have me believe I’m too Black, I’m too confrontational, I’m too tough, and I’m too disrespectful of them,” Waters said. “But, now I know I’m simply a strong, Black woman.”

Music legend Roberta Flack, pop star Solange Piaget Knowles, “Insecure” producer and star Issa Rae, and the uber-successful businesswoman Suzanne Shank were also honored.

A biography posted on the “Black Girls Rock” website said that, “Shank co-founded a trillion-dollar municipal finance firm, Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., L.L.C., from the ground up. She is CEO and chairwoman of the company.

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The biography continued: “Shank is the most successful African-American women on Wall Street and continues to grow her business with her niche. If a city or state needs funding for infrastructure or environment developments, her firm is their first choice.

Suzanne Shank took on Wall Street and is dominating.”

On the red carpet, before the show, Sports Illustrated model Ebonee Davis said that Black women and girls are often told that they’re not good enough.

“These barriers that society has…I just want to break all of that down and I want [Black women] to realize how beauti-

ful and how powerful we are,” said Davis.

R&B singer Ne-Yo said that Black girls rock, because they have passion, integrity and class.

“We’re born with style, we’re born with swag we’ve got that coming out of the womb, but passion and integrity and class are things you choose to have, as a woman,” said the World of Dance judge.

Actress Michelle Mitchenor said that the strength of Angela Davis and Harriet Tubman runs through the veins of today’s Black women that lead movements, start their own businesses and run major corporations.

“Realize and understand your worth,” said Mitchenor. “We are beautiful and we rock!”

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ÑBTF: THE HOLY GROUND OF BLACK THEATRE MEETS IN WINSTON SALEM (NC) AND HISTORY IS MADE AND TOLD

By Maria Grazia CAVENAGHI

resources, ideas and to reward talent. An environment that would support ALL artistic excellence in black theatre. It is a powerful tool capable of revisiting history books to disseminate the untold truth of the contribution paid by African Americans to the building of the

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Mr. Babatunde’ also stars in

Mr. Hamlin was also the

atre Festival 2017 was a

the acclaimed musical ‘Five guys

founder and AD of North Caro-

welcoming, inspiring, and

named Moe’ which opened the

lina Black Repertory Company

energizing experience that I en-

Festival. The number and quality

– NCBRC – nowadays, which is

courage any theatre lover to attend.

of the performances and the honor-

recognized for its rich history of

nation.

It is a biannual celebration held in Winston Salem, NC. This year running from July 31 to August 5, the festival highlighted more than 40 theatrical performances of new

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SEP 22–23, 8PM

HENRY THREADGILL: PULITZER NIGHTS Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Threadgill premieres new works with his ensembles Double Up Plus (9/22) and the brand new 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg (9/23) in celebration of the three jazz musicians who have won the Pulitzer Prize: Wynton Marsalis, Ornette Coleman, and Threadgill himself ROSE THEATER

works and Black classics.

The shows were performed by

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celebrities, up and coming artists,

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theatre schools as well as national and international companies. As if that was not enough to feed any artistic soul, the Festival held daily press conferences during which

ees is such that I couldn’t possibly

promoting black theatre on a local,

artists presented excerpts from

do them justice by just mentioning

national and international level and

their shows.

them in this short article. Staring

its artistic excellence. After Mr.

Drummer Jack DeJohnette, bassist Larry Grenadier, pianist John Medeski, and guitarist John Scofield present their debut project, featuring music

by Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and more ROSE THEATER

in September, I will run a series of

Hamlin demise in 2007, his wife

interviews (both here and on my

Sylvia and NCBRC decided to

us about the various acting work-

FB page) with some of the origi-

take up the challenge and continue

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shops and readings, the career net-

nal organizers and attendees and

his exceptional work.

working showcase, the midnight

some of the newcomers - direc-

Mr. Jackie Alexander, award

poetry jams, the Youth/Celebrity

tors, performers, playwrights - of

winning actor, writer, producer and

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project and more. The star-studded

the shows I saw and impressed me

former AD of the Billie Holiday

Opening Night Gala Awards cer-

most.

Theatre in New York is the new

emony – the NBTF equivalent of

But for now, here is a good

Artistic Director of NCBRC. This

Oscar night – was presented by ce-

question: how did this biannual

was my first time attending but it

lebrity co-chairs Anna Marie Hors-

NBTF originate? It was created

won’t be my last. I felt like I was

ford and Obba Babatunde’(Bold

30 years ago by a visionary man,

invited to an enlarged family re-

and the Beautiful).

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union. A family who welcomed me

celebrated actor, playwright and

and every newcomer without hesi-

director of more than two hundred

tation nor prejudgment. A creative,

productions, Mr. Hamlin had the

supportive, and encouraging fam-

daring and illuminated vision to

ily whose most distinguished and

connect Black theater and pro-

recognized members are eager to

duction companies from all over

share their experience and knowl-

the country and indeed the world.

edge, but also to listen, counsel and

His ambitious aim was to create

support the younger generations. It

a professional, nurturing environ-

was a life-enriching experience.

ment for them to network, share

Thank you NBTF.

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Harlem Week 2017 Wrap Up

by Lil Nickelson

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he third weekend in August of each year is when the Harlem Week festivities take over 135th Street from St. Nicholas Avenue all the way over to Fifth Avenue and street festival activities are in full swing. Weather conditions were perfect.

Saturday, August 19 was titled “Summer in the City,” and nine distinct events were taking place over six different locations over an 11-hour period from 11am to 10pm. The Mural Pavilion of Harlem Hospital featured an International Art & Photography Exhibit featuring art and photographs created by Harlem and Havana artists.

The International Vendors Village took up two blocks from Malcolm X to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevards.

In the Senegalese Village, some beautiful African cloth women’s summer blouses and heavier cloths that could be used for bedspreads, or thrown over couches were displayed.

The Higher Education Fair & Expo was manned by college representatives and/or alumnae in their school caps and shirts willing to share information and their own personal experiences about going to the respective schools, including historically black colleges and universities along with City and State Universities of New York.

Due to reconstruction of

Jeff Foxx Band

Healthfirst

Rock Climbing Station

Women’s tops made from African material

the playground, the Children’s Festival was held this year in Howard Bennett Playground right behind the main building of Harlem Hospital on 135th Street in between Malcolm X Blvd. and Fifth Avenues. Day 1 of the Children’s Festival featured Kalabante Circus, exhibits, games, art & crafts, live music, dance, free health screenings, rock climbing walls and sport clinics.

The UPMarket Pavilion was located in between Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Frederick Douglass Blvds. and for the third year in a row I ran into a childhood friend, Rene Stewart-Pearce, owner and designer of Marz Anay, a custom denim goods and tailoring business in the lot across the street from

Tony Rogers at Ki Energy Center tent

the 32nd Precinct along with a host of other upscale fashion clothing and art.

At the Main Stage on St. Nicholas Ave three events took place over the course of the day. Let’s Dance featured WBLS-FM and Hot 97-FM DJs and Alvin Ailey dance workshops. From 3pm to 4pm the Fashion Flava show was on as the best in urban and creative fashions strolled across the stage featuring Cuban designers, models and dancers.

The Uptown Saturday Concert ran from 4pm to 6pm featuring the Jeff Foxx Band. Salutes were made to the music of Cuba Gooding Sr., and Nancy Wilson along with a Harlem/Havana Cuban salute featuring Cuban musi-

Sexy Soul Oldies vendor with crowd members dancing

cian master saxophonist Cesar Lopez and pianist Jorge Luis Pacheco and groundbreaking dance and drumming troupe Obini Bata. Johnny Gill had the ladies swooning and crooning for him as he sang some of his R & B hits and handed out red roses to the ladies in the crowd.

If that wasn’t enough activities for one day, Saturday evening had folks sitting on the great lawn of St. Nicholas Park at dusk to view Imagenation’s outdoor film festival offering of “I Am Not Your Negro.”

Sunday, August 20 was titled “Harlem Day,” and 10 distinct events were taking place over 6 different locations.

Day 2 of the Children’s Festival featured a back to

Murid Fashions, Senegalese merchant

Children’s Village

Johnny Gill, R & B singer

school fashion show and Our Harlem Spelling Bee, along with storytelling, children’s entertainment (tap dancers, dance troupes, step shows, hip hop dancers, theater, poetry and vocalists. Also included were arts & crafts, double Dutch competitions, face painting, technology, health services, super heroes, dance lessons and free basketball and tennis clinics.

The Upper Manhattan Small Business Expo & Fair featured local companies specializing in business, finance, investment, real estate and more. The Upper Manhattan Auto Show was fabulous; men and their cars! What an exhibition of some of the most unique, collectible, vintage and new vehicles from as far away

as Delaware.

The NYC Health Village featured exhibits from hospitals, health centers, health service providers, doctors, holistic practitioners such as the New York Ki Energy Center, acupuncturists, dentists, health insurance providers such as Healthfirst, nutrition, and holistic medicine.

Additional musical salutes went out to Dizzy Gillespie, Cuban artist Chano Pozo, Beyonce and Bruno Mars from one of the four stages of entertainment. Sundae Sermon DJ Stormin Norman and two other DJs kept the crowd jamming around the Main Stage. The Dance Theater of Harlem took guests from the crowd to learn their Soul Train line steps before their dancers were busting

Crowd at Main Stage on Saturday

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Teddy Rowson and friend in front of his orange car at Auto Show

Lloyd Williams, CEO of GHCC

Crowd

Ray Chew and HMF Band

Antique car from 1936

Impact Reparatory

Cesar Lopez and his band

Vendor

Break Dancers

Scholarship Recipients

Gospel group Fire

Crowd

Mayor Bill deBlasio

Run for the Future Group

Percy Sutton Harlem 5k Walk/ Run. Over 6,500 runners and nearly 500 walkers from all over NYC, the tri-state region, nationally and internationally participated. This year’s 5K run celebrating historic

Percy Sutton 5k Run Participants

Percy Sutton Walk Participants

Harlem honored the late Percy Sutton, who as Manhattan borough president in the 1970s championed the New York City Marathon as a five-borough event and remained a supporter of NYRR and run-

ning throughout his life. The run featured runners of all ages from all backgrounds and celebrated diversity with a display of the flags of the nations of all the runners participating.

Over 94 countries were repre-

sented among the participants in the run. Olympic Track & Field Silver Medalist Shalane Flanagan was one of the celebrity participants along with NYC Councilman Bill Perkins among others. Attendees in-

cluded Mayor Bill deBlasio, Former Governor David Patterson, NY State Senator Brian Benjamin and others.

photos by Nadezda Tavodova

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a move in front of the stage.

Main stage started out the day with statements from various civic and religious leaders encouraging the people assembled to make a commitment to honor the diversity and the uniqueness of our Harlem communities. Voza Rivers, Rev. Robert Royal, Rabbi Daniel Cohen, Ali Abdul Rasheed, Buddhist Donna Walker Kim, NAACP’s Hazel Dukes, Michael Hardy from National Action Network and Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce’s CEO Lloyd Williams all spoke about how we are residents and stakeholders in our communities and at the ballot box so make our votes count.

IMPACT Repertory Theatre gospel group Fire, rappers GB Breezy from Central Florida and The Bomb Syndicate, Grammy nominated artist Mali Music with DJ Slow Morrison, and Caribbean star Rupee with DJ Spice all performed on the main stage as well. Dr. Bob Lee and Shayla presented an award to Cynthia Smith from WBLS/WLIB for her commitment to manning a tent at this festival year after year.

Last up was Harlem’s own Ray Chew with the Harlem Music Festival band. They jammed us out of 135th Street to Earth Wind & Fire, Mary J. Blige, James Brown, Chaka Khan, Maxwell and Marvin Gaye. They halted their performance on McFadden & Whitehead’s “Ain’t No Stopping Us Now,” because it was after 8pm and the party was over; at least for this weekend and this year.

Beginning the last week of July some of HARLEM WEEK major events included “A Great Day” in Harlem at Grant’s Tomb; “Gracie Mansion Welcomed HARLEM WEEK; “ “Senior Citizens Expo and Awards Luncheon;” and the “Economic Summit, Expo and Awards Luncheon” at Columbia University.

The final event of the HARLEM WEEK calendar was the

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by Jermaine McLaughlin & L.A. Williams

other senses. He’s also contradictory: a Catholic and lawyer by day committing devil garbed vigilante acts by night (and his contradictions have driven away his friends.)

Like a Marvel version

ers” characters and plots to connect from “Daredevil” than from the other shows, (with “Iron Fist” a close second.)

“The smart @$$ed detective:” In the comics, Jessica Jones is the newest and easily the most reluc-

devilish style by former “Dr. Who” lead David Tennant).

After her first season, Jessica is quite uncomfortable with her newfound and unsought celebrity and is disinterested in working with others, let

some common friends and foes, but Luke and Jessica are the only two with direct history before the new series launches.

“The kid with the glowing fist:” Debuting for Marvel in 1974, “Iron Fist” tells the story

stemming from the death of his parents and reacclimating to the modern world.

There are plenty of other supporting characters and references, but those are your key basics (without spoilers.) It’s beau-

of Batman, he scares the doo-doo outta most villains. And, like Batman, he utters the words “My city” so often, you’d think he’s Diddy.

I love all the Defenders. But in the Marvel Universe they’re all considered C or D listers while Daredevil’s considered a B-lister. He’s the most traditional “super-hero” Defender in that he wears a costume and proactively seeks ways to combat top crime bosses.

And both his comic and his Netflix show debuted years before the other Defenders’. With that “seniority,” more “Defend-

tant “hero” of the Defenders. Created in 2001, Jessica first starred in the comic “Alias” (also the name of her detective agency). The Jessica we met there was not a superhero anymore; she’s just trying to live her life after a traumatic event forced her to hang up her costume.

The Netflix version of Jessica carries over the trauma from the comics, but dials her angst up to 11 as she’s drowning in her need to atone. In both versions, she is forced to confront the source of her psychosis, a mind controlling sociopath named Kilgrave (played with

alone as a part of a “team of heroes,” since she doesn’t see herself as one.

“The righteous excon:” Each hero’s Netflix series has a “flavor” or bend. If you like social commentary with your super-heroics, “Luke Cage” is the series to watch.

Cage debuted in comics in 1972 as a super strong, bulletproof “brother trying hard to make it right” after a frame had him locked up for years. Cage lives by a code of personal honor, and events in his show inspired him to make a difference in Harlem. The Defenders have

of Danny Rand, heir to a vast fortune whose parents were killed before him during an expedition when he was a child.

Taken on by monks from the mystical hidden city of K’un Lun and trained in the martial arts to be their greatest warrior, (… complete with an actual glowing magical “iron fist”), he returns home to New York, intent on using his new skills to avenge parents death...but at what cost to K’un Lun? Danny, played by “Game of Thrones” alum Finn Jones, is a petulant man child, still overwhelmed with the issues

tifully shot, well-paced, and fun to watch. Expect “R-rated” martial arts action, humor, intrigue, romantic entanglement(s), and a reminder of why these characters --while fairly new to TV-- have been in print since 1964.

Jermaine Mclaughlin is a 15 year veteran of the comic book industry and a lifelong fan of all things comic book, anime, and general geekdom.

L.A. Williams is a former comic editor who runs AquaBabyBooks.com online comic shop. Wisely mention this article to get a free comic with any order made by Aug. 31st.

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“You four: The Devil of Hell’s Kitchen, the smart @$$ detective, the righteous ex-con, and the kid with the glowing fist.

The war for New York is here…so get your s&%* together”.

This quote comes from the series, “The Defenders,” and works perfectly as an intro to the team Netflix and Marvel have spent the last two years establishing via “Daredevil,”“ Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage” and “Iron Fist” in their respective 13 episode blocks.

Not yet caught up but want to jump right into the 8 episodes of “The Defenders?” Here’s a brief breakdown of the Defenders, their comic roots, and what to look for.

First, since there are so many Marvel movies and shows out now, here’s (basically) how “the Marvel Universe” connects: If the entire galaxy’s in danger, call the Guardians of the Galaxy. The whole world’s in danger? Call the Avengers. The USA? Agents of SHIELD. NYC’s in danger? Call The Defenders. You’re in danger (from a bully, stalker, gang, mobsters, or Illuminati-like mystic ninja horde)? Call A Defender. Individually, they are: “The Devil of Hell’s Kitchen:” Each Defender has at least one fantastic power and a tale of how s/he obtained it. Matt Murdock’s may be the most...incredible. He’s a supremely gifted acrobat and fighter who’s blind and compensates via ultra-enhanced

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Cause and Effect

T

he concept of cause and effect has been debated for centuries and that debate continues today. Do we have the power to change our internal and external environment? Do we understand the materialized effects of our thoughts? Are we empowered to them or are we predestined to be who and where we are due to some external force? Is the statement “Mind over Matter” true? Can we manifest our reality through thought?

It may be difficult for many to truly understand the power of thought, yet we are affected by

the way we think throughout our lives. I agree with the theory that the power of thought manifestation was kept a secret from the masses by a few in order to control and manipulate. I also agree with the theory that we are now moving towards the next step of human evolution, a time where knowledge of the power of thought will begin to change how we look at ourselves and the world.

Fear and doubt has been used for ages as a mental prison by those who were threatened by the power we all have to create and control our internal and external environment through thought manifestation. I am sure that there are many of the controlling few who still consider this to be a danger. Perhaps this is why fear and doubt is still being used to isolate, confuse and divide the masses.

We have been programed to

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doubt our abilities and fear the unknown. Faith and compassion will be the foundation for the next human evolutionary step. Faith in your ability to manifest a change in your external environment will challenge the controlling power of fear and doubt. Compassion or unconditional love will become a necessary factor in learning to understand and use this ability to manifest a positive material reality though thought.

If you are in a situation or relationship that you feel unhappy with you have the ability to change it to one that can create happiness and peace of mind. You have to have faith in your ability to do so. You also have to have gratitude for being born with the ability to manifest happiness in your life. With gratitude, you must have compassion; compassion is the key. Without it, your ability to manifest true hap-

piness will be hindered. Spiritual development will also be an important element in the next step in human evolutionary growth.

You have to believe that you are a part of a much bigger picture.

I recommend two books that can help put meat to this dialogue. One is “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind” by Joseph Murphy.

The other is “Secret of the Ages”

by Robert Collier. These two books will help you to better understand the fact that you are what you think.

It may be the most difficult

thing you have ever tried. It has been for me, but we can control our internal and external environment with our thoughts. Think of what you want. Don’t waste time thinking of failure or what you don’t want. What you think about often you will manifest in your life whether you believe it or not.

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he 4th HEART CHAKRA, is the center chakra, and divides lower three chakras (that are focused on our survival, sexuality and self-empowerment) from the upper three chakras (that govern our ability to communicate our feelings, spirituality and awareness of, and connection to, the Creator.

The Heart Chakra deals with universal consciousness and unconditional love. The heart, lungs, chest and arms are all controlled by it and is represented by the color green and pink (my favorite crystal for this chakra is Unakite – a beautiful pallet of green and pink mixed to-

gether).

As the center of all energies, the heart unifies our being, as a whole. A discord or imbalance in the heart chakra will adversely affect all the other centers. Meditation on the heart chakra will improve the interaction of all the other centers. It is important to maintain a balance to all the energy centers so a healthy level of awareness is manifested in our everyday lives.

Normally, when the 4th Chakra is balanced, we feel compassionate, friendly, empathetic, nurturing of others and we see the good in others. When out of balance, you may feel sorry for yourself, paranoid, indecisive, afraid of letting

go, unworthy of love; and physically one might experience asthma, high blood pressure, heart and lung disease, and insomnia. . . . MAKE NATURE’S MEDICINE YOUR OWN This information is to help you balance your natural healing energies and is not intended as diagnosis or cure, nor as a substitute for medical supervision.

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his week’s article is a gentle reminder, from me to you, to take care of yourself. It may sound like a very simple concept: Taking care of yourself may sound like a very simple concept, and many of us think that we do, but we really don’t. We work out for a stronger, healthier body. We take the time for manicures, pedicures, facials, waxing, going to the beauty shop . . . all the things that help us to create the appearance that everything is in order.

Looking waxed, buffed, polished and spitshined on the outside just isn’t enough. How about your insides?

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Are your tissues pink and healthy? Have you done everything possible to insure that your veins and arteries, your muscles . . . and all your vital organs are functioning at optimum capacity? And yes, have you checked for lumps, bumps, lesions and other abnormalities? If you haven’t then shame on

you! The one thing you should never do is to play games with your health. Your physical, mental and emotional well being are essential to the quality of your life. So, the reminder. . . that Breast Cancer Awareness Month is every month!

Maybe you have lost a friend, relative or know of someone who has battled, is battling or survived this thing called breast cancer.

Maybe you have had to deal with the diagnosis yourself. One thing is for sure; it might be scary to think about the possibility of having it, but even scarier is . . . not knowing. There is no excuse for not as-

suming the responsibility for your own health.

Don’t stop reading now. I know that you know what I am talking about! We tend to ignore health issues until it happens to happen to us.

Why is it that we have to wait for a “Disease Awareness Month” to think seriously about any aspect of our health?

Maintaining your health is a full time, year round job.

You owe it to yourself to take the time to maintain your insides as well as you do your outside.

If you aren’t afraid to change your hair color or consider losing a few pounds by embarking on a weight-training

program, than surely you can take a few precious moments out of one day in 364 to be good to yourself by getting a mammogram.

Your breasts . . . no your family, friends and most importantly, you will be relieved and happy even, that you did.

Now, I don’t know you personally and you don’t know me, but woman to woman . . .

Please get a mammogram. Be a good friend; remind one another to get a mammogram . . . go get mammograms together! Stop thinking that it happens to everybody else . . . it can happen to you. Think about it. See you next week.

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ur prayers and positive energy are in order for our folks in Texas that are suffering through one of the worst hurricanes to hit that area. There are many New Yorkers, among them Sis. Emma Jean Russell of St. Matthew’s Baptist Church, living in Austin and the Houston area. Keep them in prayer.

Rev. Al Taylor, Pastor of the Infinity Mennonite Church in Harlem, announced his candidacy for the Assembly seat that Assemblyman Denny Farrell has vacated. Rev. Taylor, the Chief of Staff for Assemblyman Farrell has been endorsed by the Assemblyman to fill that seat in the upcoming election in

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The Pastor’s Aide Ministry of the Faith Memorial Baptist Church will be hosting a “Promises in Overcoming” platform program on Friday, September 8th at 7:30pm. If you are an overcomer or desire to be one you need to be in the house. We have 6 dynamic preachers and proclaimers of the Gospel speaking on God’s promises to the over-

comer. Bishop Calvin A Green, Elder James Wright, D.I.T. Titus Allen, Rev .Michelle Alexander, Elder Uomiko Ousley and Elder Daisy Green will be the preachers. Faith Memorial Baptist Church. Is located at 1435 Prospect Ave. in the Bronx. The Senior Pastor is the Rev. Raymond L. Mickens and our Pastoral Assistant is the Rev. Calvin M. Hayden. Min. Marquis Gasper is the Diaconate Chairman and Pastor’s Aide President. All are welcome!!!

Pastor Frederick Miller was the guest preacher last week at Mt. Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem.

Rev. Idus Nunn, Jr. was the messenger for the 49th Anniversary of 2nd Prince

of Peace Baptist Church in the Bronx.

Rev. Helena Tyson, Assistant Pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church was the guest preacher last Sunday morning at Soundview Avenue Baptist Church.

Rev. Marjorie Batson is the Pastor. In the afternoon, Rev. Pamela Ousley of Green Pastures Baptist Church was the preacher for the “Blessed Women of Soundview.”

HARLEM WEEK is over for this year. Our sights are set for making next year even better. The coming together of the family and friends during this difficult time in or country was a blessing to behold!

Min Lashanda Lewis preached for Mt Bethel

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Rev. Hiram Ratliff, Pastor of New Tabernacle Baptist Church I the Bronx, was a guest on the 3G Experience on WHCR-90.3 FM The Voice of Harlem.

The most popular cheeseburgers in the neighborhood cost $2 and come from a cart on Lenox Avenue. The venture started out with him selling fruit punch in front of 151 Lenox Ave. Follow the 3G Experience every Thursday from 6am-10am.

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“Soul Survivor: A Biography of Al Green” REVIEW by Terri Schlichenmeyer, Harlem News contributor

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e all know someone like that, who could charitably be called a challenge. Someone who swims against the current, who rubs people the wrong way, who makes you growly. In the new book “Soul Survivor: A Biography of Al Green” by Jimmy McDonough, ruffled feathers can come from surprising places.

Born to sharecroppers, Albert Leorns Greene (he later dropped the “e’”) entered the world in April, 1946, on the floor of a two-bedroom house near a town so small it barely registered on a map.

Greene’s family was church-going and always had food on the table but life was hard, and young Greene’s father often didn’t have but a few hundred dollars to last a year. Some people said he had a temper.

“Those who know Al,” says

McDonough,” described him much the same way.”

Even so, the family was close and singing was an important part of their lives. When Albert was still a child, his father assembled a gospel group with his sons, leaving Albert out of the mix. McDonough says that Al “watched with envy” as his brothers performed, and vowed that he would become famous one day.

He was a “different” child, a “sensitive” one, but determined: all he ever wanted to do was sing and if he had to, he’d do it “on my own without anyone.” Despite his set mind, Al was shy, and didn’t make friends easily; a family move north didn’t help.

After a successful second try at high school. Al Green scrabbled to find fame in Michigan and in New York before heading for Memphis , a recording hotspot.

He wrote songs and had a few minor hits, although McDonough says he was “an… idiosyncratic songwriter” and had a “strange relationship” with the guys in his band. Still, what he had, “odd” as it was, worked: by 1972, he’d finally achieved his fame.

Today, the Reverend Al Green has returned to his roots, at his own church. He’s supposedly reticent to talk about parts of his past, or about the women who came to him in lusty waves. He’s, in fact, sometimes said to be reluctant to talk about much at all; he even turned author Jimmy McDonough away.

McDonough was able to interview some of Green’s friends and family – or he tried to – and what he learned, plus what he gleaned from elsewhere, is the basis of “Soul Survivor.”

Here, McDonough offers a level of respect and praises Green’s

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musical genius, even as he interjects second-hand anecdotes of Green’s quirks and conflicting stories. He says Green is “the crazyold-coot uncle” who’s perpetually unpredictable, which underscores a biography that’s interesting but shockingly less-than-complimentary. McDonough says he’d been thinking of writing this book “for over twenty years” but, based on narrative here, readers may rightly wonder why.

With the feel of side-whispered gossip in a dark alley, scandal fans may enjoy this book but, for others, it might be a harder sell. “Soul Survivor” is good enough, but wanting it on your bookshelf may be a decision that’s difficult.

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Decide if it’s worth it: To Drink or not to Drink during Your Meals

By Monifa Maat “The Healthy Motivator” (www.TheHealthyMotivator.com)

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hat got me thinking about this topic was a trip to a very popular breakfast establishment. Let’s face it, even a Healthy Motivator has got to have a pancake at some point or another. I was having a nice lunch with my family and as I was eating, that tall glass of cold ice water with the juicy lemon wedge sitting on the table was speaking to me big time!

I began to reason with myself; “well at least it’s not soda or some other

sugary drink, its water – can’t hurt too much.

Right? Against my better judgement I began to drink, knowing full well that I was going to pay for it in the end – and pay for it I did. Bloating and cramps for the next 2 hours or more…

Why would this be?

I’ll take the long route for an explanation because I really do believe it bears repeating what many of us already are familiar with concerning the digestive system: according to many health experts, upwards of 90% of disease begins in the colon.

Here’s what hap-

pens: Digestion begins when your teeth cut and grind food in your mouth as your tongue works it into a ball (call a bolus) and transports it down the esophagus tube where involuntary muscles push the food or bolus (a process called “peristalsis”) into the stomach. From here, gastric juices (hydrochloric acid) breaks food into small particles (called “chyme”) – now this is the part where my story about the water comes in – it sends the chyme to the small intestines at the end of the stomach.

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