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TIME TO GET TOWNED!!!
In a matter of weeks OUTTOWN will celebrate blogging 1,000 posts. Stay tuned for the GRAND party celebration!
Happy Mardis Gras!
March is Womens History Month where the historic and remarkable accomplishments of women in this country are celebrated. OUTTOWN will highlight famous women in arts and entertainment from the ILLIMO area
This week we highlight the late singer Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963), born Ruth Lee Jones, was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s",[1] and called "The Queen of the Blues".[2] She is a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame,[3] and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993
Ruth Jones was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and moved to Chicago as a child.
In 1959, she had her first top ten pop hit, with a version of "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes", which made # 4 on the US pop chart.
She died from a drug overdose at the age of 39. She is buried in the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois.
THE BIG ILLI MO A&E STORIES INVOLVE THE OSCARSFirst,British born and brief St, Louis resident Colin Firth continued his award season landing an Oscar Sunday for his portrayal of the chronic stutterer King George VI in " The King's Speech” at the 83rd Academy Awards.
"I have a feeling my career's just peaked." Firth quipped at the Academy Awards . The actor was also awarded the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor for the role.
In related newz, Firth was one of several guests on Oprah’s post-Oscar round out special that was taped after the Oscars and aired on ABC Prime Time . (SEE BELOW OR THIS STORY)
He also made an appearance on TV personality Ellen Degeneres’’ talk show during her morning meeting on Tuesday by dropping by to show off his Oscar.The actor appeared on the comedienne's show last week and promised to return if he won gold on Sunday for The King's Speech.
And he won.
Firth couldn't appear on the show because he had to dash back to England, so he decided to surprise Ellen on his way to the airport and thank her for the underwear gift (Oscar underwear for his award) she gave him the week before, and show off a pair he'd crafted for his award.
He said, "I just had to drop by and thank you for the underwear."
The thrilled TV personality was so delighted by surprise guest, she picked up a tannoy speaker and yelled out of her window, "I have Colin Firth here... in my office, everybody... He won an Oscar for The King's Speech."
Tourists traveling through the lot were also stunned to see Firth as DeGeneres escorted him out of her building.
He held up his Oscar and said, "Well, this is turning into an occasion!"
DeGeneres aired the footage later on her daily show.
Oprah Winfrey hosted a post Oscars special show on Feb 28 on ABC. This is the seventh year that Oprah has hosted an After the Oscars Show, rounding up the highlights of the previous night. Oprah hosted the roundup of the Academy Awards, with interviews with principles of Best Picture winner "The King's Speech." Appearing were Best Actor winner Colin Firth, Best Director winner Tom Hooper and Best Supporting Actor nominee Geoffrey Rush. Also on the show a was Oscar co-host Anne Hathaway , Melissa Leo, who won Best Supporting Actress for "The Fighter" a fashion summary by upcoming OWN personality Carson Kessley, who , when asked about the best dressed men at the Oscars , Kressley named Colin Firth. Oprah's show ended with a surprise. The Children's Choir was singing "Firework" and out stepped pop star Katy Perry, dressed all in gold to join the children in song. Perry flew all night from
OWN is set to be in high definition. Beginning today, Thursday, March 3rd, DISH is adding OWN to it’s line-up of high definition channels. You can find it on Channel 189 (if your subscription includes their hi-def offerings, of course.).
In related newz, Oprah Winfrey has received an invitation from
Well, if anybody to save the world The O can!
In more ILLI MO Oscar newz:
Chicago native award wining singer/actress Jennifer Hudson was the talk on the Oscar Red Carpet. Hudson arrived at the awards in an orange/tangerine Versace gown that showed off her ever slimming physique. Hudson introduced the performance of Florence Welch and A.R. Rahman, singing "If I Rise" from "127 Hours." Since becoming the face of Weight Watchers, Jennifer Hudson has dropping the pounds , losing a total of five dress sizes and 80 pounds through rigorous exercise and a strict Weight Watchers diet, Depending upon which report you read, Jennifer Hudson's 2011 Oscar gown made both the best dressed and worst dressed list.
We think she looked stunning.
In other J Hud newz, prior to the Oscars, Hudson was one of the honorees at the Essence's Black Women in Hollywood luncheon. bringing along her one year old son David Otunga Jr., Jennifer Hudson gazed out at the audience, a sea of famous faces, and thanked everyone in the room for the award she was about to receive.
“I’ve sat back and watched all of you, and you are what inspired me,” said Hudson, an honoree, along with Angela Bassett, Viola Davis and Loretta Devine. “This is a first for me,” she added, “that I’ve walked into an event and I actually know who everybody is.”
Indeed, it was quite the star-studded crowd. Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, Sharon Leal, Anika Noni Rose and Michael Patrick King, director of the “Sex in the City” films, came to introduce the award recipients. Kerry Washington, Kimora Lee Simmons, Serena Williams, Gabrielle Union, Garcelle Beauvais and Brandy were among the 340 invited guests
And in more J Hud news, she will be the special music guest on The Tom Joyner Morning Radio Show this Thursday morning for the show's Red Velvet Cake Room segment.(The show repeats at www.tjms.com) .
Although it may sound a bit rugged and crude, Ye is actually right. If folk don’t want to have childen, use protection! And those guys in the public eye with cash be careful who you hook up with—can we say condom to turkey baster? LOL We still don’t understand why Lily Allen was upset because, although she had a miscarriage and that was tragic in itself, Ye was talking about precaution of unwanted groupie inflicted children. We don’t get it!
In unrelated Ye newz, the video for his song "All of the Lights" has been pulled from YouTube over concerns that it may cause people with photosensitive epilepsy to have seizures.
And in more unrelated Ye newz, jazz pianist Robert Glasper and his Robert Glasper Experiment played a show at New York City's Blue Note jazz club on last Saturday and a couple of surprise guest popped up: Kanye West and his label signee raptor Mos Def showed up and freestyled for the room. While Mos spit a typical freestyle, Kanye went off on a much longer rant, expressing his still-standing anger towards the media. "Every day of my life, people try to tell me that I hate the Whites, because I say what's right/ I go to sleep and deal with it every night," rapped Kanye West. "Black people wanna talk about me on blogs because I like clothes, like 'look at this bag,'/ it's what I have to deal with, real shit, y'all don't even understand what it takes to be a real man/ a Black man interested in art, speaking from the heart and playing my part/ and all this illuminati talk, like my first single wasn't 'Jesus Walks.'"
'Ye and Mos Def's impromptu performances were received with applauses and shouts from the impressed crowd.
Hmm quite impressive commentary on Ye's part on how white people think he is a racist and black people think he is effeminate and part of a blood cult. But as they say it’s all in the mind, the rest is whether it’s true or when it is exposed, capturing the imagination of one and all.
Lastly of the Ye newz, mediatakeout had a pic of Ye showing his torso and the top of his pubic hair that was sent via cellphone to a supposed unreported R&B female singer to hook up a sex date. According to the gossip site, the singer, who is known to pass out the cooch like she was giving out GOVERNMENT CHEESE, never allowed Ye to get any though. So the two are just friends, and make great music together.
Hmm wonder who the singer is? Any guesses? We think its Rihanna.
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"They keep on saying the same rappers are the best, Jay-Z & Kanye West/ Maybe they’re just trying to distract you from the fact that I’m coming back/ Or maybe it’s cause I ain’t Black, Maybe it’s because of that, Maybe it’s because I’m the highest selling artist in rap"
Hmm, all we can say is great commentary. Eminem is like Elvis, The Osmonds, and New Kids on the Block and current Britney Spears—white artist who hit it big performing and initiating a black music style and crowning the music style. Em will always be an anomaly.
First the Auto tuned viral video hit, then the TV appearances, then the Halloween costumes , then the reality show deal. Whats next? Of course—cinema. Well Chicgao native Internet sensation Antoine Dodson is about to debut in a feature film, He, along with other viral stars, will star in the upcoming movie, "The Chronicles of Rick Roll" with a bunch of other viral video stars. The producer of the film, Andrew Fischer of Nurv.com, has been planning this film for over six months now, and he's aiming for a theatrical release. The movie will be an "epic comedy," and that a longer trailer will be released soon to reveal more details of the film.
Are his 15 minutes about to go into overtime? LOL
The field of 64 poker players has been announced for the 7th annual National Heads up Poker Championship in
ILLIMOIAN contestants Kaisa Pilewicz of
ADD: On American Idol, on this week's results show dwindling the Top 24 to Top 13, of the two ILLIMOIANs, Hailey Reinhert of Wheeling, Ill. made it in the original Top 10 America's choices without the 3 Wild Card choices from the judges. Unfortunatley, Aurora Ill,. native
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As the Cardinals train for the upcoming season, the freak accidents continue to accrue for the camp. After pitcher Adam Wainwright was sidelined after injuring his pitching arm
(and had the Tommy John surgery which will defer him 12 to 15 months missing this season , but geared for the start of 2012). Two events happened back to back with two of the pitchers who were second and third on the roster after its headman Wainwright was sidelined. At Roger Dean Stadium, starting pitcher Chris Carpenter and his replacement, Mitchell Boggs, left the game against the Florida Marlins within a span of 20 minutes due to a strained left hamstring and a lower back strain, respectively. Although the injuries are considred minor it has gotten the radio talk show fanatics conspiring and wondering if there is some curse on the Cardinals this year.
Some radio talk shows are even thinking it could be the KMOX curse regarding the Cardinals sresigning back with KMOX to air its ballgames on radio after a 5 year stint with competitor KTRS. Folk are saying when they were on KTRS, they won a World Series but with the switch, things seemed to fall apart especially ater first baseman Albert Pujols’ renegotations talks with the ball club fell through before hitting Spring training. What do yawl think?
There is a lot of ILLI MO stagin and celebs comin and goin through the Lou as we gear toward the Spring season.
The big one is the announcement that Diddy Dirty Money is bringing its tour to the ILLMOarea including Chicago April 14 at The House of Blues; Kansas City, Mo, May 14 at The Midland and will end the tour with its stop on May 15 in St. Louis at The Pageant.
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Actor Larenz Tate, who appeared in the movies "Love Jones" and "Menace II Society" along with award-winners "Crash" and "Ray," appeared at the Label at the Ballpark Wednesday night for a Love Jones styed poetry set (playing off the 1997 movie he starred in )that featured some of St Louis poets currnetly perfomring on local stages.
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Adult contemprary artist Josh Groban's "Straight to You Tour" is coming to Scottrade Center with a concert on May 27.
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The St. Louis Music Festival returns early for a Mother's Day Edition May 6 with headliner Charlie Wilson. Also on the bill are 2011 Grammy winner Fantasia
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En Vogue and Eric Benet.
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Pop rock group Plain White T’s comes to the Pageant April 13, tickets on sale Friday
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Tickets for the Def Leppard/Heart concert taking place Aug. 10 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Grammy winning vet pop group Steely Dan returns to the Fox Theatre with a concert at Aug. 24. Sam Yahel is opening.
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Scott Stapp of Creed will perform at the Ameristar Casino April 7.
The Tony Scott Show had singer Musiq on the show via telephone this week as fans called in with their questions. He will be in
Rapper Dana Dane will be in
Two legendary Hollywood actors will be honored in the STL
Late St. Louis native horror actor Vincent Price's 100th b-day will be celebrated this month with Vincentennial that will be celebrated this coming May 19th - 28th at the Hi-Pointe, the Sheldon, Brown Hall on the Wash U campus and at other locations. Presented by Cinema St. Louis, please go to www.vincentennial.com for more details
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Turner Classic Movies will bring its "Road to Hollywood" tour to St. Louis on Monday, April 4, with a free screening of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror classic "The Birds." Star Tippi Hedren will attend the screening at the Hi-Pointe Theatre along with TCM's Ben Mankiewicz. Tickets will be available March 18 on TCM's website.St. Louis is one of 10 cities for "Road to Hollywood" screenings.
Business tycoon and Oprah’s long steady BF, Stedman Graham was the keynote speaker to the private grand opening of Ethos Salon in Clayton.
Jazz/blues singer Kim Massie will headline The Rhythm and Blues Concert for Babies March 24 at the Sheldon in St. Louis. A benefit for the March of Dimes.
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The Muny will hold auditions this weekend for children and teenagers for the 2011 season. Auditions will be held in the Performing Arts Center at St. Louis University High School, 4970 Oakland Avenue. Children's auditions are slated for Saturday, March 8. Auditions times are divided by age group:Auditions for the teen chorus will be held Sunday, March 6, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m For more information, visit the website or call 314-361-1900,
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Congrats to the STL businessman Craig Spruills whose event rental space The Ambassador that is celebrating 20 years in the game.
This Friday, Singer Coco Soul is returning to Lolas to perform at the monthly B-Side feat. F.R.E.E and DJ Needles. She is also in rehearsal with the American Musical Theater for a Monday performance at The Sheldon. The show is part of the Sheldon;s program to educate children about theater.
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Lastly, congrats to Lauren Vogt who won Miss Eye Candy 2010 who was selected last weekend at The Loft.
SNAP HONEY. He will play a flashback character, Alvin Kenway, an arrogant high school football player who taunts the main character Vageena Honey as she tells about the incident during her one woman show. The stageplay about an aging female impersonator who returns home to perform one last time her one woman play and finds out her abusive father is dying and contemplates whether to visit him. The settings will be at a talk show and at the one woman play. The play will take place March 18-20 at The Space, 3016 Locust.Produced by YOURS TRULY, It will star Jaron Hicks as Vageena Honey and L.A. Williams as Dr. Welfarus Jones who will reprise their roles from the 2007 stagepoem “Monologues and PENSI illin.” Fro ticket and to get on the list for a discount ticket email snaphoney2011@gmail.com
STL PISCESian B-DAZEs (March 3-6)—Former NFL player Milton Reed (PICTURED), promoter Ezekiel Obasi, dee-jay DJ Epic, and educator Sandra Roberts
BLIND DISHZ Which STL singer is about to be signed to a STL rapper label that is about to be distributed by a well known rapper in hip hop?
HINT 1. The STL singer is featured in a recent event and was blogged this week
HINT 2. The STL rapper's last name is the first former name of a rap mogul in hip hop.
WORDZ TO THE WHYZ ?????????????????????????????
Why was Christina Aguelera piss drunk riding in the car with her DUI boyfriend? Why is Kim Kardashian sportin Bo Derek braids? And why was money even spent on her recording career? Why did Brian McKnight's new GF's ex leak pics of McKnight posing in his underwear?Why are blacks being murdered openly in Libya? Why was their a naked man having a Meet the Press argument about the Middle East with a fully dressed guy in the Ballys lockerroom in Clayton recently? Why do contestants on American Idol put up the number of fingers of their song number?Why is The Grand Bridge closing now? Why did Farrakhan rip Rihanna and her fans as swine? Why is HUD in Detroit selling houses for a $1? And Why are celebs Beyonce, Usher and Mariah Carey getting ripped now for taking blood money from the Quaddafi Family to perform for the son's bday party 2 years ago from Quaddafi?
OSCARS. Why did Colin Firth talk about having gas during his Oscar speech? Why did the Melissa Leo's F bomb remark during her acceptance speech seemed staged? Why did Justin Timberalke make fun of Kirk Douglas' slurred speech during his presentation? And why were hosts Ann Hawthaway and James Franco so NOT right? And why did Franco look high? And Any was he tweeting during his hosting duties?
PRO-MO-CIAL-I-CIOUS. Which socialites/promoters got it in this week? Promoters JoAnn Smith and Mocha Latte (TIE) and The Men of Hella Fly Promotions (King Kerry and Dano Johnson) and radio personality Tony J (TIE)
JoAnn Smith (RIGHT) Coming off of an appearance at Freetime's Winterfresh event at Exo, Smith, of KeepLiving Entertainment, is returning to her position in this section for another week and continuing to make strides hosting and producing the weekly music and poetry showcase Tuesday Nite Fusion at Club Viva (SEE OUTGOING BITZand Wednesdays pending).
King Kerry and Dano Johnson.(FAR LEFT) This swagged out duo is working overtime this week with their promotional events. This Wednesday, they, along with Rockhosue Entertainment brought in actro Larenz Tate for the Love Jones poetry set at The Label. This Saturday, they are co-promoting the Show Me Your Beads event also at The Label (SEE EVENTZ BELOW) and on Sunday, they will see the results from their nomination of Promoters of the Year at this year's Traffic Music Awards at The Ambassador (SEE EVENTZ BELOW). Later that nite, they will take center stage with their weekly Sexy As You Wanna be Sundays with Rockhouse with a special Red Bottoms (No. 6). hosted by rap trio June Fifth.
Tony J.(LEFT) This vet radio personality at 104.1 is switching hats this weekend as the producer of the 4th Annual Traffic Music Awards promted through his company, 314 Hits. This year, the event is split all weekend at The Ambassador Starting Friday with a media AffairMeet and Greet . On Saturday is a round table music conference and wellness fair at Westview Middle School, a Hair and Fashion Show back at The Ambassador and the annual Traffis Music Awards Sunday at the Ambassdor (SEE EEVNTZ BELOW)
The Black rep presents Ruined By Lynn Nottage. The show will take place at Grandel Square Theatre in
The Rep’s Macbeth is at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis through March 6. You may call 314-968-4925 or visit http://www.repstl.org/.
So Diverse’s Lisa Rodger's 40th bday celebration is back on. It will take place this Friday, March 4, 8p-1:30a, Binion's at 5917 Delmar 63112.
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The 3rd Annual Crawfish and Shrimp Boil March 4 6 p.m. at The Stable, 1821 Cherokee. 314.771.8500.
The Intimacy Tour with headliner 2011 Grammy nominee Kem and Grammy nominees Musiq Soulchild and Ledisi March 5 at the Chaifetz Arena
SGTL rapper M-Tez will have an official mixtape release party for his CD, "Fresh Out of The Kitchen" March 5 at The Stable.
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There will be a grand opening of the new upscale nightclub Posh that will take place March 5. The venue is located on East Broadway in
The 4th annual Traffic Music Awards will be a three day affair March 4-6 at the Ambassador. The itinerary is as follows:
The media Meet and Greet March 4 at
The Community Wellness Fair at west view Middle School March 5 at
The TMAs Round Table Music Conference March 5 1p to 5 p
The TMAs So
The Traffic Music Awards March
Tix at The Ambassador box office or Metrotix
THE MAGNUM XL TOUR PRESENTS OUR LADIES ONLY SPRING FLING
Saturday, March 5 ·
CLUB ESCALADE
3 WAY -HELLA FLY PROMOTIONS AND THE LABEL HOST
THE BOURBON STREET- SHOW ME YOUR BEADS
AN EXCLUSIVE MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION
SATURDAY MARCH 5TH
WE ARE BRINGING NEW ORLEANS TO ST. LOUIS - GET YOUR BEAD GAME UP -WE WILL HAVE PLENTY TO GO AROUND- BUT THEY DONT COME FREE- ITS GOING DOWN !
DJ FRED D IN THE MIX
MOCHA LATTE & DANO DA MANO ON THE MIC
SEXY LADY MARMALADES ALL OVER THE BUILDING
3 LEVELS OF PARTYING
THIS IS ALSO THE YOUNG RO VIDEO SHOOT AFTER PARTY LETS GO!!
DOORS OPEN @ 9PM
LADIES FREE TILL 11
ALL YOU CAN DRINK WRIST BANDS FOR LADIES $10
DRINKS SPECIALS ALL NIGHT LONG
Country superstars Merle Haggard, and Kris Kristofferson are coming to the Fox Theatre with a concert March 9
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MOCHAs CORNER
3 WAY -HELLA FLY PROMOTIONS AND THE LABEL HOST
THE BOURBON STREET- SHOW ME YOUR BEADS
AN EXCLUSIVE MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION
SATURDAY MARCH 5TH
WE ARE BRINGING NEW ORLEANS TO ST. LOUIS - GET YOUR BEAD GAME UP -WE WILL HAVE PLENTY TO GO AROUND- BUT THEY DONT COME FREE- ITS GOING DOWN !
DJ FRED D IN THE MIX
MOCHA LATTE & DANO DA MANO ON THE MIC
Mocha hosts her monthly poetry showcase Got Lyrics. The next one is March 16 at Exo.
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Mocha hosts Ladies Night and Saturday Night Live (secind Saturdays) every Saturdays at the Label.
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R.E.A.L. Love Celebration is a community empowerment and psycho-educational event that celebrates healthy relationships and teaches Black males and females of all ages how to initiate meaningful dialogue and develop healthy relationships based onR.E.A.L. love.
Based on the fact that almost 50% of Black women are not married and 69% of Black children are born to unwed Black women, the theme for this year’s celebration is entitled“A Black Woman’s Worth: My Queen and Backbone”.
Day 1 -
WHAT: Film Premiere and Panel discussion of "A Black Woman's Worth: My Queen and Backbone"
WHERE: Tivoli Theatre (TICKETS AVAILABLE at BOX OFFICE)
6350 Delmar in The
WHO: Filmmaker - Dwayne L. Buckingham
Mocha us hosting and moderating this.
Day 2 -
WHAT: Spoken word performances by various artists & live music performances of the film soundtrack
WHERE: Legacy Cafe
WHO: Soul and R&B artists Prolyric and Tarlise
Mocha is hosting.
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WHAT: Educational workshop - How to Love and Respect A Black Woman
WHERE: Centennial Commons
WHO: Dwayne L. Buckingham and Dr. Shonta Smith
Sponsored by RHCS, CHAARM/St. Louis & Global Nation
Mocha is hosting.
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LOOKING FOR JOB READINESS AND TRAINING/GED MUST BE 19-21 BETTER FAMILY LIFE CAN HELP!! CALL KIP WILLIAMS 314-679-3376. THEY ARE ENROLLING NOW!! THEY HAVE SO MANY SUPPORT SERVICES:LEGAL ASSISTANCE, CRISIS INTERVENTION/COMMUNITY SERVICES OPPORTUNITIES,DAY CARE,SCHOLARSHIPS AND MORE.
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Mocha's column COFFEE TALK can be seen in the weekly The Evening Whirl newspaper published on Mondays.
For more info on these items, contact Miss Latte at 314.646.9917 or sgalvin26@yahoo.com
The Newsletter Networking Symposium Series 11
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Rhythm & Words Wednesdays 2nd & 4th Wed every month Meshon's Bar & Grill 410 N Tucker Blvd
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ThundaGrownd Thursday Variety Showcase Final Thu. of every month
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Word Therapy @ Club
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New CD "ThundaGrowndPresentsA.D. Fire & Adrenaline"
Aireez DaRychuss music available online now
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=aireez&x=11&y=21
MORE INFO on AireezDarychuss
http://www.facebook.com/rychuss
http://www.sonicbids.com/rychuss
http://music.blackplanet.com/rychuss
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BLACK REP BITZ
Ruined
By Lynn Nottage
THRU - March 6,
Directed by Ron Himes
Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Ruined transports us to a small mining town in the midst of civil war-torn
The show will take place at Grandel Square Theatre in
For times and ticket info go to
http://ev6.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=BLA05JAN11&linkID=metro
UPCOMING BLACK REP productions:
The Real McCoy By Lynn Nottage
March 16 –
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By Frank Higgins
April 20 – May 15
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The Montford Point Marine
By Samm-Art Williams
May 25 – June 26
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For OUTGOING BITZ GO TO http://maatology.blogspot.com/2010/03/ongoing-bitz-april-week-one.html-30
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