Category: Arts

  • Event: Joe Bataan, the Afro-Filipino King of Latin Soul Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program National Museum of Natural History Baird Auditorium 10th & Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Friday, 2012-10-19, 18:30-21:00 EDT (Local Time) “Latin soul comes straight from the streets of Harlem. It’s a cha-cha backbeat with English lyrics and a pulsating rhythm…

  • The Politics of Samba Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Volume 2, Number 2 (Summer/Fall 2001) Bruce Gilman Samba, which was created in its present form in the 1910s, yet whose roots reach back much farther and tie Brazil to the African continent, has played an integral part in Brazil’s conceptualization as a nation. Originally despised…

  • Peter Tosh did Not Joke with Words The Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica, West Indies 2012-10-14 Carolyn Cooper, Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica Shortly after Peter Tosh made his last concert appearance in December 1983, I did an interview with him that was published in Pulse magazine. One of…

  • Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe Walters Art Museum 600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 2012-10-14 through 2013-01-21 Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10:00-17:00 ET (Local Time) Telephone: 410-547-9000 Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe, an unprecedented exhibition, explores the world of Renaissance art in Europe to bring to life the hidden African presence in its…

  • Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia, 1511-2011, Volume 2: Culture and Identity in the Luso-Asian World: Tenacities & Plasticities Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2012 368 pages Soft cover ISBN: 978-981-4345-50-7 See Volume 1 here. Edited by: Laura Jarnagin, Visiting Professorial Fellow Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore also Associate Professor Emerita in…

  • Blackface, Whiteness and the Power of Definition in German Contemporary Theatre The International Research Center “Interweaving Performance Cultures” invites Bühnenwatch Studio 1 Kunstquartier Bethanien Mariannenplatz 2 / 10 997 Berlin 2012-10-16, 11:00-16:30 CEST (Local Time) With presentations by Sharon Otoo, Sandrine Micossé-Aikins, Dr. Daniele Daude, Dr. Azadeh Sharifi and Julia Lemmle Moderated by Oliver Kontny…

  • The L.A. Scene: Teaching Race and Popular Music in the 1950s Organization of American Historians Magazine of History Volume 26, Issue 4 pages 17-20 DOI: 10.1093/oahmag/oas030 Luis Alvarez, Associate Professor of History University of California, San Diego In 1956, Little Julian Herrera had one of the biggest rhythm and blues hits of the year in…

  • The Eurasian Face Blacksmith Books November 2010 140 pages 70+ b/w images Bilingual: English/Chinese 20.5 x 31 cm Hardcover ISBN: 978-988-99799-9-7 Kirsteen Zimmern No one represents diversity better than Eurasians—those individuals with a mix of Caucasian and Asian heritage. Once a source of shame, the Eurasian face has become the face that sells. It is…

  • Living Portraits: Carl Van Vechten’s Color Photographs of African Americans, 1939-1964 Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964), photographer, promotor of literary talent, and critic of dance, theater, and opera, had an artistic vision rooted in the centrality of the talented person. He cherished accomplishment, whether in…

  • Theater; On Hearing Her Sing, Gershwin Made ‘Porgy’ ‘Porgy and Bess’ The New York Times 1998-03-29 Barry Singer In his tragically short life, George Gershwin knew only one Bess, and this bittersweet fact has framed Anne Wiggins Brown’s life. She was that Bess in the original production of Gershwin’s operatic masterwork based on Dorothy and…