Pan African Bookfest 2007

From April 11 -21, 2007, I am the appointed Artist-in-Residence for the 5th Pan African Bookfest, in Fort Lauderdale, spearheaded by Broward Libraries Outreach Director Tanya Simons-Oparah. The keynote speaker is Amiri Baraka. On April 13, 16 and 18...

 

Europe '06

We arrived in Copenhagen airport at 16:00 on an Easyjet that actually had duct tape on the wings, I kid you not. Not a good advertisement for the airline but I guess if it's good for U.S astronauts then it's good for Easyjet! Si and I wandered around t...

 

My first trip to Asia

My first trip to Asia! Crazyness. Carlos arrived in Ft. Lauderdale last night and Jenny picked us up at 4am this morning after only 3 hours of sleep. We took our first flight to Chicago on United Airlines. We had some time and Carlos can get us into al...

 

"Rockin' Year in the Berg"

Today was quite a day in Athens. I got up early with plans to go to Olympia, but found out everything closed at 3pm. Since I wouldn't get there until 11:30 with the 5 hour train ride, I figured I could find better things to do with my day. Because I...

 

Vision + Opportunity + Capital = Success!

Summer Session Seminar with 47 students participating in the Summer Art of Learning Team Grant(SALT)program at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center, administered by Ann Williams. As a professional musician, I was invited to hold...

 

WOMEN IN JAZZ SOUTH FLORIDA, INC.

Finally, we have incorporated our non-profit to promote women in jazz. WOMEN IN JAZZ SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. will document and archive the works of female jazz and blues musicians through audio, visual, books and performance. Read about Blues Women and Jaz...