ATTEN: Multicultural Writers...

Two days of workshops are yours! Meet aspiring writers and established authors of color on July 17-18 at Emerson College.

Meet poet Reginald O'Hare Gibson (Storms Beneath the Skin), and authors Kim McLarin (Taming It Down), Jennifer Baszile (The Black Girl Next Door), and Emily Bernard (Some of My Best Friends: Writers on Interracial Friendship). Move your Fiction, Poetry, Memoirs, and Personal essay writings forward. Learn how to be published. Engage the literary community who supports writers of color. Dial 617-824-8280 or GoTo ->web site.

BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES

The fifth-annual Tito Puente Latin Music Series, featuring merengue, salsa, Afro-Cuban, and Latin jazz by Berklee faculty, students, and guests from countries including the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Mexico.

Presented by Berklee; Villa Victoria Center for the Arts; and ParkARTS, the FREE outdoor concerts take place from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Thursdays in July (9, 16, 23, and 30), at Mozart Park in JP and O'Day Park in the South End.

Kicking off the program:

July 9 at Mozart Park – Orquesta Bacharengue. Led by Berklee faculty member Ricardo Monzón, a native of Guatemala, Orquesta Bacharengue was inspired by the formation of the Berklee Merengue Ensemble in 2008. The group brings talented faculty, student, and Boston area musicians together to perform two popular genres developed in the Dominican Republic: bachata and merengue, hence the name. The energy and dynamism of this combination will surely get the audience dancing.

July 16 at O'Day Park – Javier Arroyo and the Salsa Night Band. Arroyo learned to sing old boleros, guarachas, rancheras, and decimas as a boy in his native Puerto Rico. Arroyo loved the way the sounds intermixed and soon developed his singing in tone with them. He has performed with such artists as Willie Colon, Puerto Rican Power, and El Gran Combo. Javier Arroyo and the Salsa Night Band, a 12-piece group featuring some of the best musicians in the area, just released its first CD.

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Jazz pianist Kevin Harris plays a distinctive combination of traditional and contemporary music.

The native Kentuckian's compositions and arrangements vary from explosive polyrhythmic pieces to introspective ballads. Harris has performed at the Wang Theatre, Columbia University, Jordan Hall, Berklee Performance Center, Les Zygomates, The Louisiana Jazz Cafe (Genoa, Italy), Wally's jazz cafe, and the Regatta Bar. His music contains the varied influences of Marcus Roberts, Chopin, Keith Jarrett, Danilo Perez, and Thelonious Monk.
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Dr. Bruce Jackson, founder of the African-American Roots Project, spoke recently on Tracing Ancestry with DNA. [view details]
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FESTIVALS AND CARNIVAL coming up

George Wein's Jazz Festival 55 arrives at Newport, Rhode Island August 7-9, 2009 at Fort Adams State Park. Performers are Tony Bennett, Etta James, Mos Def, Brandford Marsalis, Esperanza Spalding, Joshua Redman and many more..

AUG 15TH - Boston Caribbean Carnival and the Cambridge Carnival parades are free and open o the general public. You can experience them with a half-million people on Blue Hill Avenue in Boston, then head over to Central and Kendall Square in Cambridge for more...

VOICES RISING debuts CD release.

For info about auditions please write auditions@voicesrising.org.

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CHEZ VOUS DISCO RINK-- this renown indoor skate rink makes its home in a predominately black neighborhood section. CHEZ VOUS offers classes, open access nights, all ages dates, Gospel Skate, Dance Skate, Birthday Parties and more. Location: 11 Rhoades St., Dorchester, MA 02124, phone 617.825.6877.

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AFRICAN AMERICAN MEETING HOUSE BOSTON & NANTUCKET. For the Nantucket location call 508-228-9833.

EVENTS ONGOING AT THE NANTUCKET location:

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Caribbean Festival Update:
BOSTON - Caribbean Festival Archive
CAMBRIDGE - CAMBRIDGE Carnival

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Jazz Profile: Wally's Jazz Cafe

  Wally's Cafe is among the oldest family owned and operated jazz clubs in existence. It was founded in 1947 by Mr. Joseph L. Walcott. We feature live music 365 days a year. Wally's is fortunate to be surrounded by some of the nations most acclaimed institutions for educating musicians. The bands featured nightly at the club are made up of musicians from these institutions, practicing and perfecting their craft. Wally's is located on Massachusetts Avenue. Its just one block away from the Boston Pops Symphony Hall.

Here's a few Jazz Club joints for ya..

The New Green Street Grill 280 Green, Central Sq., Cambridge, (617) 876-1655.

Regattabar, Charles Hotel One Bennett, Harvard Sq., Cambridge, (617) 395-7757

SCULLERS Jazz Club
(617) 562-4111

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Reggae Radio / Reggae Boston

An interview with Patti Austin. She sings "So Amazing" on the FOREVER, FOR ALWAYS, FOR YOURS, FOR LUTHER Vol 2 album released Nov 21.

It helps to support educational outreach to African-Americans about diabetes and stroke. The eleven track album has cuts by Gerald Albright, Jonathan Butler, Norman Brown, Will Downing, Everett Harp, Jeff Lorber, Maysa, Najee, Wayman Tisdale, Kevin Whalum & and Kirk Whalum.

Plato had this to say about music.

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Roxbury Community College
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The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
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About Black Boston
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Jamaica Plain, MA. 02130.In Massachusetts dial 617.417.7456.

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