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The Factsheet Five Zine ReaderEdited by R. Seth FriedmanThree Rivers Press, $14A Girls Guide to Taking Over the World:Writings From the Girl Zine RevolutionEdited by Karen Green and Tristan Taormino St. Martins Press, $14.95Since Time met Warner, since Disney swallowed ABC, since Rupert Murdoch bought everything else, culture in America has been sliding towards homogenization. Every sitcom is copying the boring sitcom that came before. Every news show is identical. The biggest books are usually by or about TV characters. Most magazines seem to be written by and about their advertisers. We can have 500 cable channels and the same pap is on every single one of them. We are inexorably being molded into creatures of some marketing manager's fantasies. In this cultural wasteland a subversive underground movement coalesced, grew, fed on opposition to the media behemoths, and has given us some rare and beautiful reading material: zines. Once you taste of them, you will never be the same.It's funny that zines proliferated in the last decade just before the internet came along and swamped them as a means of many-to-many communication. Like the bicycle, which saw its heyday as a means of travel just a few years before the automobile was invented and quickly mass-produced, zines might have become a dominant cultural currency.These little Xeroxed publications, ranging from a few pages to a hundred, are the ur-alternative to mass media: hip, outrageous, unfiltered expressions of individuals calling out to kindred spirits, rejecting the constant feed from the networks and the entertainment corporations (and from the parents and whatever other smothering societal institutions happened to be around). They are sent to anyone who asks for a copy and sends a stamp or a few dollars, and the community of readers grows by word-of-mouth.Zines really took off with the advent of desktop publishing, though many never used it anyway. Xerography is the only technology on which they are dependent. Real cut-and-paste offered innumerable exuberant possibilities in design long before Quark came along. But it may be computers that bring the end of zines as we know them.While zines continue to flourish and even get coverage in the mainstream media (and now, books about them!), the advent of software like FrontPage, which makes authoring a multimedia web page about as easy as jotting a grocery list, makes one wonder about their future. Their corporeal, words-on-paper future, that is: their anarchic, soul-baring spirit will live on just fine in chat rooms and listservs and newsgroups and webzines. But it's with a certain wistfulness for an era passing that one reads at these new books on zines. Factsheet Five was the great organizer. For over five years it has catalogued and reviewed and cross-pollinated zines of all sorts.The Factsheet Five Zine Reader is a best-of collection from the fifty thousand zines that have crossed Seth Friedman's desk in that time. Reading these excerpts you feel immense gratitude for people unafraid to say who they are, for all the friends you never met and despaired might not exist, for an esthetic that says anything looked at closely enough and with enough love can be fascinating. And gratitude that you didn't have to read all fifty thousand of these things; quality is a bit erratic.This overview of the zine world seems both vast and yet ultimately too constrained, to get a taste of such excerpts as "The Great Radio Swindle" or "How We Got All These Fucking Commercials," "I Am Hobart: Dishwasher as Man and Machine," "The Bad Boys of the Vatican," "Toast Modernism," "My So-Called Sex Life," "I Was a Manic-Depressive, Dope-Shooting Suicidal Homosexual Teenager," and "Transgressive Hair: The Last Frontier," and then be denied more. These unabashed creative wunderkind are voicing the things everyone else has been repressing and recirculating deep in their subcortical regions. You also know after reading this book that reading only The New York Times and watching network news will surely kill you.The range of zine sources for Factsheet Five Zine Reader is broad, but hints at the vast number of zines not included. "Temp Slave" offers tales of office oppression and office rebellion. "Pills-a-Go-Go" is one man's meticulous diary of psychotropic experimentation. Backwash discourses on cartoons and the lives of cartoon characters, including Wayland Smithers and Montgomery Burns. "It's a Wonderful Lifestyle" chronicles and glorifies all things from the 1970s. "Hip Mama" is a parenting zine for anyone who wants to raise a kid well without losing all semblance of personality. "The Freakie Magnet" covers cereal-box collecting. Holy "Titclamps" explores what it's like to be punk, politically active, and gay. "Theoryslut" is a hip riff on self-important academic blather. Friedman opens the book with an introduction giving the history of zines, how they evolved from the sci-fi fanzines of the 30s, through Crawdaddys offbeat music criticism in the 60s, to punks Sniffin Glue in the 70s. Best of all is his tribute to Chester Carlson, inventor of the Xerox machine. The main body of the book is then broken into chapters full of excerpted pieces on pop culture, sex, music, politics, Riot Grrrls, travel, work, food, and miscellaneous. Friedman also offers personable and concise introductions to each zine and usually some biographical detail about the zine's author/editor. Finally, he gives a list of addresses (and e-mail addresses) for all the zines mentioned in the book, and subscription information.A Girl's Guide to Taking Over the World is similarly an anthology of excerpts from zines, but a much more earnest and political one. The voices are fresh, unbridled, and unapologetic, full of the independence that you hope one day all women and girls will find. The subtitles of the chapters form a nearly comprehensive list of life: friends secrets sex; body image health; parents siblings family; personal stories; music stars idols; gossip letters technology; politics anger power. But most of the books contents wont be found in the newspaper or even in girls or women's magazines.Consider, for instance, the account of one girl's accidental acid trip at age two. Or Julene Snyder's "Jesus Kick," about her childhood lusting after God's only Son: "He's hot. And, God forgive me, I want Him. He's hanging up there on the cross, anguished and bleeding, just a winding scrap of loin-cloth that clings, hinting at coy shadows beneath. He's been through so much and now I'm here to ease His pain. Clearly, He wants me, too. He wants me bad." The guilt and attempt at absolution that follows are equally strange and funny. Or Lotta Gal's "The Electra Company:" "My father ruined me. No -- not that way. It's just that, well, he's such a great guy, and, much to my dismay, far greater than most of the men I've dated. This is a problem. It's becoming more and more of a problem. I'm not Daddy's Little Girl. He supports me. Not with credit cards. With respect. Through all the jobs, all the careers, all the schmucks who were Doing His Daughter, he has supported me." Most of the pieces are less exotic than father-worship or deity-lust, covering topics such as relationships, bulimia, menstruation, masturbation, Barbie, weight, pregnancy, guns and drugs. This book is like listening in on a hundred intimate conversations, or reading a hundred honest diaries. This is a glimpse of pure human heart.The editors have provided a listing of zines at the back of the book, and the titles alone bespeak the unfettered energy and humanity of the zine world: "Action Girl Newsletter," "The Adventures of Baby Dyke," "Angry Young Woman," "The Bad Girl Club," "Boredom Sucks," "Crush, I'm So Fuckin' Beautiful," "Imaginary Friend," "Lezzie Smut," "Madwoman," "My Life and Sex Thrive in the J. Crew Catalog," and "You Might As Well Live," to name a few.Some useful addresses that are gateways to most of the good zines out in cyberspace: www.zine.net www.factsheet5.com www.hermit.org/Blakes7/AtoZ.html Or do a search for "zines" with any search engine and plunge in to the 20,000 results. You can't miss them.Garth Battista is the publisher of Breakaway Books. He lives in New York. This piece originally published in the LS Quarterly Literary Supplement of the Advocate Weekly Newspapers.
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A job transfer to the hub of the global oil and gas business offered Brent O'Brien a chance to live in "a big city with an urban feel." He traded a house in the English countryside for a pricey apartment in bustling Uptown, a few blocks from the Galleria and a bike ride away from Memorial Park.
His $2,800-a-month two-bedroom unit is 20 minutes from his job in the Energy Corridor but at the center of the lifestyle activities he enjoys: from basketball or tennis at a nearby park to luxury shopping and fine dining. The area stands out in the greater Houston region, where pedestrians are far from the norm.
"Most times of the day, people are walking, running and biking in this area," said O'Brien, 46. "It's really good to see."
Home to the city's glittering epicenter of retail, with a dramatic skyline dominated by the towering Williams Tower and other office buildings, Uptown Houston is best known for the places where people work and play. Increasingly, it's a place where people want to live as well.
A $1.7 billion investment in condominium towers and apartments over the last five years there has pushed residential development past retail as a percentage of overall real estate. Uptown is now 28 percent residential, compared with 25 percent retail.
Leaders at Uptown Houston, which runs the tax increment reinvestment zone and management district there, say residential opportunities are still in their infancy. Another 4,000 living units are under construction.
"Office, residential, retail and hotel all sort of blend and work together to create an urban neighborhood," Uptown Houston president John Breeding said. "I think we've reached a new level of urbanization."
SkyHouse River Oaks: 25-story, 352-unit apartment building, this year.
Post Galleria: 5-story, 390-unit apartment building, fall 2016.
The James: 8-story, 344-unit apartment building, 2016.
The Ivy: 17-story, 297-unit apartment building, 2016.
Alexan 5151: 4-story, 397-unit apartment building, September 2017.
Gables Westcreek: 15-story, 300-unit apartment building, 2017.
Astoria: 28-story, 74-unit condominium building, spring 2016.
Belfiore: 26-story, 46-unit condominium building, spring 2016.
Aurora: 16-story, 40-unit condominium building, 2017.
Wilshire: 17-story, 96-unit condominium building, 2017.
Arabella: 34-story, 116-unit condominium building, summer 2017.
The office market still dominates in Uptown, which ranks among the top 15 biggest office centers in the nation. Office makes up 37 percent of the district.
But residential is on the rise. O'Brien's complex recently opened at 1900 Yorktown, the eight-story building advertising units with built-in wine cellars, oak floors and a large "Vegas-style" pool.
Announced residential projects in the Galleria area include a 26-story development called Belfiore being built at Post Oak Lane and South Wynden Drive, and a 28-story condominium tower called Astoria on Post Oak Boulevard. The Wilshire, a 17-story condominium project, and the SkyHouse River Oaks apartments replaced a 1960s-era apartment complex on Westcreek, now adjacent to the recently opened River Oaks District.
At least a dozen residential projects are proposed or underway in the area.
Several of the condo projects are already reporting that more than half of their units have been sold before the building is completed.
The regional housing market, long dominated by spacious single-family homes in suburban areas, is evolving as buyers increasingly are attracted to urban locales where it's possible to walk to nearby attractions, said Jacob Sudhoff of Sudhoff Properties, a high-end real estate brokerage firm specializing in condo sales.
The Uptown-Galleria area is ground zero for this change as international buyers, oil executives and downsizing empty nesters trend toward the luxury for-sale units.
"Houston has finally turned into a condo market, and in the past we never were," Sudhoff said. "There's a correlation between amenities, walkability and the location of these condominiums."
Next Friday, the Rice Design Alliance at Rice University will recognize Uptown Houston as "an exceptional patron of architecture and urban design." The group says as the city's first management district, it has "established the area around the Galleria as a commercial and residential destination and world-class example of decisive urban development."
A news release lauds attempts to create better mobility with a high-speed dedicated bus lane on Post Oak Boulevard and improvements at Memorial Park. Area leaders say this bus lane will be crucial, as a large number of people who work in the area cannot afford to live there and could take advantage of a convenient form of public transportation.
The applause is much different than the critique offered in a 1995 article in Cite Magazine, the Rice Design Alliance's publication. Cite called Uptown's attempt to beautify the area with silver arches over the roads as "Road Kill" and derided the effort to beautify the area as a "flimsy and mostly ineffectual scheme to permanently alter the streetscape of the Post Oak-Galleria area."
It said also noted the "congenitally pedestrian-less reality of the place."
Twenty years later, those touches, plus improvements to the streets and the addition of trees and sidewalk lighting, are seen as helping make it a place where people want to live, work and visit, said Larry Burns, president of the Rice Design Alliance board.
"They really had an incredible vision from the early days that seems to be coming to fruition," said Burns, an architect who has worked in Uptown since 1978. "As Houston has grown, the Galleria area has become a center. ... We're impressed with Uptown and their vision in trying to celebrate an area of mixed-use development. It's almost like a whole other city."
He said the area is largely what downtown Houston is hoping to create as it adds more residential projects in coming years thanks to an incentive program.
Burns acknowledged some of the problems with Uptown, including its traffic jams, may never go away.
Yet Steve and Stephanie Ladobruk moved to St. George's Place, attracted by the crowds. The three-story detached townhome they bought was slightly smaller than the four-bedroom house on Houston's west side near the Energy Corridor that they left.
"Traffic was getting worse and worse. Nothing seemed to be improving in the foreseeable future," Steve Ladobruk said. "Now, we're closer in to all sorts of things; bars, restaurants and stores. In the Katy area, we were in no-man's land with nothing around us.
"Now, we can go for sushi, Thai or whatever we want, just five minutes away."


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4th Biennial Key West Africana Festival (June 20th - 23rd, 2019)
La Concha Hotel, Key West, Florida
To register for the festival please use this Registration Link
Keynote Speaker and Ambassador
The Board of Directors of KWAF is proud to announce Actor Malik Yoba as our 2019 Keynote Speaker and Ambassador. Malik is an actor and occasional singer. Our Inaugural KWAF Keynote Speaker and Ambassador was Georgetown Professor and MSNBC Contributor Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. Keynote Speaker and Ambassador. In 2015 our Keynote Speaker and Ambassador was Dr. Margo Natalie Crawford, Cornell University Associate Professor of English. She is most known for her work on the 1960s and 70s Black Arts Movement. Her book "New Thoughts on the Black Arts Movement" is her seminal work. Malik Yoba is known for his starring role as NYPD Detective J. C. Williams on the Fox police drama New York Undercover and as Yul Brenner in Cool Runnings. He also appeared as former FBI Special Agent Bill Harken on the Syfy drama series Alphas, as Jim Hudson in Revolution as well as Vernon Turner in Empire. Currently, he stars in the role of FBI Deputy Director Jason Atwood in the ABC political drama Designated Survivor. He was born Abdul-Malik Kashie Yoba in the Bronx and raised as a Sunni Muslim in East Harlem. In 1983, Yoba began working at the Negro Ensemble Theatre in concessions, as an usher, and in other roles. He joined the City Kids Foundation, an arts-education focused youth leadership organization, in 1986. In 1991, he landed a starring role in the Disney film Cool Runnings. In 1994, while making an appearance in an episode of Law & Order, Yoba auditioned for a new Fox television police drama called New York Undercover, receiving the lead role of NYPD Detective J. C. Williams. He and his co-star Michael DeLorenzo made history as the first cop-drama featuring actors of color in both leading roles. Yoba went on to star in several television series. In 2011, he began teaching a course entitled "The Working Actor" at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus. In 2014, he joined the cast of the Fox series Empire, starring alongside actor Terrence Howard. In 1994, The New York Times named Yoba one of 30 young artists under the age of 30 who would change American culture in the next thrity years. Yoba was honored with three NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series in 1996, 1997, and 1998 for his work on New York Undercover.
Behind the scenes interview and conversation on "Media and Community Wellness", during the Key West Africana Festival with KWAF Co-Founder Dr. James Braxton Peterson and KWAF Ambassador and Keynote Speaker Dr. Michael Eric Dyso
Indaba Workshops ("Indaba" is Zulu for "meeting of the minds")
The Wellness Workshops are informal and fun for vacationers during the Key West Africana Festival that will focus on Community Wellness. We anticipate workshops on 1) Community Wellness 2) Relationship Wellness 3) Physical Wellness. Each workshop panel will be lead by industry professionals from the worlds of the academy, medicine, relationships and the Black Issues.
Cultural Heritage Tourism
We believe Key West offers African Americans and people of the Diaspora a bona fide Jewel in Cultural Tourism. Communities throughout the U.S. have developed successful programs linking the arts, humanities, history, and tourism. Travel industry research confirms that cultural and heritage tourism is one of the fastest growing segments of the tourism industry. The growth and investment in cultural heritage tourism has expanded markets, audiences, and consumers, as well as provided a means for sustaining cultural and heritage resources with vital revenue and awareness. Key West is a perfect location for Africana Cultural Tourism because of the following:
The African Cemetery @ Higgs Beach
President Buchanan in 1859 ordered a blockade of Cuba with Navy steamers to intercept any American-owned slave ships. In the Spring of 1860, three slave ships intercepted by the US Navy in its efforts to stop the illegal trade in humans, were brought to Key West. Sailors boarded the Wildfire, the William and the Bogota, finding the Africans living in deplorable conditions. These American-owned ships were bound for Cuba, where their human cargo was to be sold to the thriving sugar plantations. A total of 1,432 Africans arrived from these ships, and they came with nothing. The 3,000 citizens of the island, led by United States Marshal Fernando Moreno, came together and built housing, donated clothing, and provided food and medical attention for them during their stay. These surprise guests were welcomed graciously. Soldiers, carpenters and others quickly built a barracks and a hospital on a three-acre compound on what is the United States' southernmost point. Many passed away and were buried in Key West and a memorial was erected to celebrate their lives.
Henrietta Marie
The Henrietta Marie was a slave ship that carried captive Africans to the West Indies, where they were sold as slaves. The ship wrecked at the southern tip of Florida on its way home to England, and is one of only a few wrecks of slave ships that have been identified. In the summer of 1700, the English merchant-slaver Henrietta Marie sank in unknown circumstances thirty-five miles west of Key West, Florida. Shortly before this mishap, she had sold a shipment of 190 captive Africans in Jamaica. The Mel Fisher Marine Museum in Key West houses the artifacts, which are considered the best preserved slave ship artifacts in the world.
Bahama Village
Bahama Village is a neighborhood in the City of Key West, Florida, Monroe County, United States. It is located southwest of downtown, in Old Town. It covers over a 16-block area that lies southwest of Whitehead Street and northeast of Truman Annex, bordered by Whitehead, Southard, Fort and Louisa Streets. It was once a primarily black neighborhood, and is named for its many original residents who were of Bahamian ancestry. The entrance to the village on Petronia Street has an open-air flea market, shops and restaurants, and has recently become a small tourist attraction. Bahamians began visiting the Florida Keys in the 18th century to salvage wrecked ships, fish, catch turtles and log tropical hardwood trees. A Bahamian settlement in the Keys was reported in 1790, but the presence of Bahamians in the keys was temporary. Early in the 19th century some 30 to 40 Bahamian ships were working in the keys every year. After 1825, Bahamian wreckers began moving to Key West in large numbers. Bahamians were among the first Caribbean's to arrive to the mainland US in the late nineteenth century. Many went to Florida to work in agriculture or to Key West to labor in fishing, sponging, and turtling. Two main factors that contributed to increased Bahamian migration were the poor economic climate and opportunities, as well as the short distance from the Bahamas.
San Carlos Institute
The San Carlos is a multi-purpose facility that serves as a museum, library, art gallery, theater, and school. Located in the heart of Key West, the San Carlos is considered to be the cradle of Cuba's independence movement. It was at the San Carlos that José Martí united the exile community in 1892 to launch the final phase of his campaign for Cuba's independence. The San Carlos operated as one of America's first bilingual and racially integrated schools. For more than a century, children of all races attended school at the San Carlos Institute where classes were taught in English and Spanish.
Festival Program Schedule
Thursday - June 20th
Welcoming Reception @ The Little Jazz Room Club 821 Duval Street (7-9pm)
We open KWAF with Key West's only live jazz venue with a performances by the Hal Howland Trio. The Little Room Jazz Club is situated on the quieter side of Duval Street. Featuring live music nightly from some of the world's best blue and jazz musicians around. Hal Howland Trio (Dom Carelli, piano, or Mark Rose, saxophone and flute; Gary Rivenson, bass; Hal Howland, drums). Hal Howland is an award-winning musican, composer and writer. Hal Howland's award-winning fiction collections After Jerusalem, Landini Cadence, and The Sculpture Gardener were published between 2008 and 2015. The ninth edition of his celebrated memoir The Human Drummer: Thoughts on the Life Percussive appeared in 2017. his master's thesis, "The Vibraphone," is the definitive history of the instrument, appears in Percussionist (summer and fall 1977).
Friday - June 21st
Opening Session and Juneteenth Presentation @ San Carlos (10am)
City of Key West Commissioner Clayton Lopez will officially welcome KWAF with Christopher Norwood, Co-founder of The Key West Africana Festival. MSNBC Contributor Dr. James Peterson will the open the festival with our Juneteenth Speaker, Dr. Tameka Hobbs, Juneteenth is a state holiday or ceremonial holiday, a day of observance in 43 U.S. States honoring June 19th, 1865, the day on which slavery legally came to an end in the United States. Tameka Bradley Hobbs is a graduate of Florida A&M University (B.A., History) and Florida State University, where she earned her doctoral degree in United States History, and Historical Administration and Public History. She has taught courses in American, African American, oral history, and public history at Florida A&M University, Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia, and John Tyler Community College, in Chester, Virginia. In addition to her teaching experience, she has served as a researcher, writer, consultant, and director for a number of public and oral history projects in Florida and Virginia, including the African American Trailblazers in Virginia History Program, a statewide educational program focused on celebrating African American History. Her professional experience includes serving as Director of Projects and Program for the John G. Riley Museum and Center of African American History and Culture, located in Tallahassee, Florida. After relocating to Virginia, between 2006 and 2007, Hobbs worked as the historian and coordinator of the Valentine Richmond History Center's Richmond History Gallery Project. From 2007 to 2011, Hobbs worked as Program and Education Manager for the Library of Virginia, where she coordinated the African American Trailblazers in Virginia History Program, a statewide educational program focused on celebrating African American History. In 2011, she authored a children's book about the Library of Virginia entitled To Collect, Protect, and Serve: Behind the Scenes at the Library of Virginia. Hobbs joined the faculty of Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens, Florida, in August of 2011, and currently serves at Interim Chair of the Department of Social Sciences and as University Historian. Her book, Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home: Racial Violence in Florida was published in August 2015 by the University Press of Florida.
Key West History and Culture @ San Carlos Museum (11:30 am)
Learning about the History of Key West by the experts. Presentation on the Key West African Cemetery by Corey Malcom, Director of Archaeology at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum and Gene Tinnie, Miami-based visual artist, writer, educator, community activist and independent researcher and the Chairperson of the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust, which is charged by the City of Miami with the restoration and management of Miami-Dade County's onetime only "Colored Beach," as a recreational, historic and environmental landmark and museum. Opening Remarks by City of Key West Commissioner Clayton Lopez, Clayton Lopez was born and raised in Key West. A fourth generation Key Wester, Clayton is the eldest of three boys and one girl born to Charles and Rose Lopez. Clayton's parental grandfather, Roosevelt Sands, was a well known community leader and servant. He was also Clayton's closest mentor. Clayton was raised in the famous "garden of Roses" house, now located on Whitehead Street.
Trolley to The Key West African Cemetery/Remembrance/Lunch and Beach (12:45 pm)
"Conch Train" Tour to African Burial Ground at Higgs Beach. See the Best of Key West on the Train Tour that's been entertaining visitors to the Island City of Key West, Florida since 1958. The Conch Train is one of Florida's most popular attractions, and for a good reason. Lunch at "Salute on the Beach". Salute! is a Key West treasure, combining the dining excellence of well-loved sister-restaurant Blue Heaven with the atmosphere of a lovely beach-side cafe. Featuring lighter, Caribbean-influenced takes on Italian classics—with fresh breads, vegetables and local seafood. Returns at 5pm (Pick up at Salute Restaurant) back to Hotel.
Henrietta Marie Reception/Tour @ Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, 200 Greene Street (7:00-9:00 pm)
Outdoor Reception Sponsored by Indaba Wines of South Africa at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum Courtyard, with a Special Video Presentation of the Henrietta Marie (Slave Ship) and Private Tour of the Exhibit. The Henrietta Marie was a slave ship that carried captive Africans to the West Indies, where they were sold as slaves. The ship wrecked at the southern tip of Florida on its way home to England, and is one of only a few wrecks of slave ships that have been identified. In the summer of 1700, the English merchant-slaver Henrietta Marie sank in unknown circumstances thirty-five miles west of Key West, Florida. Shortly before this mishap, she had sold a shipment of 190 captive Africans in Jamaica. The Mel Fisher Marine Museum in Key West houses the artifacts, which are considered the best preserved slave ship artifacts in the world.
Dinner Option: Conch Republic Seafood @ 631 Green Street (9:00 until)
The charm of old Key West is just steps away at the Conch Republic Seafood Company. Enjoy waterside dining with the freshest seafood delivered to our docks daily, or just relax at our 80-foot Conch bar with over 80 different brands of Rums to sample. Old Key West flavor where everyone is a local, in the Historic Seaport at the Key West Bight. Nightly. Throughout Key West's colorful history the Historic Key West Bight, where the Conch Republic Seafood Company now resides, has had a tradition of bringing the bounty of the seas ashore. The property was once the Singleton Fish House and Ice Plant. The ice plant once boasted as the largest in the world, each day, at the peak of the shrimp season, dozens of shrimp trawlers unloaded at the docks, packed in wooden crates and iced for shipment. Integrated into the construction of the restaurant, are those same materials salvaged from the plant, processing plant and original docks can be found everywhere. Two huge Salt Water Tanks display marine invertebrate indigenous to the Florida Keys and an antique twelve hundred-pound copper still stands proudly behind kegs reminiscent of topsail schooners and buccaneers. Fresh seafood is delivered daily to our docks from the waters surrounding Key West, continuing the tradition found in the Bight's History.
Johnny Sketch & the Dirt (New Orleans Funk) @ Green Parrot - 601 Whitehead Street (10:30 pm)
The Key West Africana Festival is all about enjoying the Culture of Key West. Key West lays claim to more bars per capita than anywhere else in the United States and Green Parrot is the Grandfather of them all (1896). The Green Parrot gets high accolades from Playboy magazine's list of Best Bars in America, in a list of 24 bars compiled by food and wine aficionados, editors, and critics that believe "The search for the definitive Key West saloon ends at the Green Parrot....the management works tirelessly to avoid progress." and Amen to that! Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes are a classically trained New Orleans-based band delivering a smorgasbord of musical genres every time they hit the stage. JSDN defy easy categorization, their irreverent funk is cut with rock riffs, a Gypsy/Klezmer flare, a Latin tinge courtesy of a hard hitting horn section, and a sense of humor. With a live show that is as carefully crafted as their musical arrangements, Rolling Stone's Senior Editor once described them as "a revelation...jam band bonhomie and Louisiana stroll spiced with klezmer-style violin and funeral-parade horns…what you get if Phish had been born at Tipitina's and studied under George Clinton and Frank Zappa late every night on the levee."
Saturday - June 22nd
Conversations on the Power of Resistance and Community Wellness @ San Carlos Museum (10:00 am)
Dr. Tameka Hobbs will facilitate a conversation on "Power of Resistance and Community Wellness"with Dr. James Peterson and Christopher Norwood, J.D., founders of Key West Africana Festival. Peterson (Duke '93, UPENN 2003) is the Director of Africana Studies and Associate Professor of English at Lehigh University. He is an MSNBC Contributor as well. He is the author of several books, The Hip Hop Underground and African American Culture, Prison Industrial Complex for Beginners and Hip Hop Headphones: A Scholar's Critical Playlist. Peterson hosts "The Remix" on Philadelphia's NPR affiliate, WHYY. "The Remix" is a podcast that engages issues at the intersection of race, politics, and popular culture. Peterson has written for Newsweek.com, The Guardian, The LA Times, Reuters, and The Daily Beast. He is a media commentator and has appeared on MSNBC, Al-Jazeera, CNN, HLN, Fox News, and other networks as an expert on race, politics, and popular culture. Norwood, is a lawyer by training engaged in community developmen, policy advocacy & political consulting. He is a graduate of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia where he studied Social Work & Community Organization (1995), pursued a Masters of Public Administration at Cornell University's Institute for Public Affairs (1995-1997) and Juris Doctorate from St. Thomas University School of Law (2002). He is Political Columnist for Legacy Magazine and regularly pens for the Miami Herald. He is a member of Miami-Dade Public Schools' Audit and Budget Committee and Chair of the City of Miami's Education Advisory Board.
KWAF Wellness Conversation: Mind, Body and Spirit @ San Carlos Museum (12:00 pm)
Physical Wellness in the Africana American Community is a huge Community Problem our Panel Members will explore this . The Panel Members: Edwin L. McCampbell, M.D. received his B.A. in Political Science from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Dr. McCampbell attended medical school at Howard University College of Medicine, in Washington D.C. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at the V.A. Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Oakland California where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. McCampbell returned to Howard University to do a fellowship in Family Practice and direct the Family Practice Residency Program. He also served as Major in the United States Army Medical Corps at Kimbrough Army Hospital, Fort Meade, MD. Dr. McCampbell had a private practice in Family Medicine in East Orange, New Jersey for many years. Most recently, Dr. McCampbell has been a primary care physician at the VA Primary Care Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He is Board Certified in Family Medicine; Eunice Peterson M.D. is a board-certified attending Psychiatrist with the Greenville Health System and the Greenville Mental Health Center . Dr. Peterson is also the Program Director for the Greenville Health System/ University of South Carolina Psychiatry Residency Program. Dr. Peterson currently serves as the Chair of the Program Planning Committee for the Southeastern Symposium on Mental Health. Dr. Peterson is a proud graduate of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN. She completed her psychiatry residency as well as her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship with the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt program. Dr. Peterson has the honor of being selected as the first AACAP( American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)/SAMHSA ( Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)/CMHS ( Center for Mental Health Services) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow in 2010. She has been awarded an Achievement of Excellence for creating the Inaugural System of Care Seminar at the University of Maryland, the Ceiba-Geigy Award for Outstanding Community Service, the World Peace Scholarship and the Dr. Witney Rose Memorial Award for promotion of cultural diversity. Dr. Peterson has an abiding interest in advocacy, elimination of health care disparities, and mental health promotion.; Panel Moderator, Barbara Peterson, RN, Owner, CEO, Nurse Manager at ESB Home and Health Care Services, (New Jersey) and COO of Aces Braces Orthodontists (Brooklyn).
Watersports Excursions @ 2:00 pm (Optional)
KWAF has arranged for two optional water-sports excursions of your choice:
Sunset Wastersports Ski Tour: Enjoy the thrill of a wet and wild ride on Key West waters on one of our new Jet Skis or Boats. Boat and Jet Ski Rentals are located in a scenic ride area. The most popular and exciting activity is our 27 mile professionally guided Jet Ski Key West Tour. This amazing tour circles Key West and nearby islands. Speed along at up to 50 mph over crystal clear waters observing all manner of tropical sea life passing beneath your feet. Stops are made along the way for photo ops and observing the unique land and water geography of the Florida Keys. Enjoy a swim at halfway point on a sandbar while Navy Fighter Jets scream overhead on training flights. Cost $140, pick-up at La Concha at 2pm. Please speak with the Concierge.
Fury Catamaran Glass Bottom Boat: Explore dramatic underwater vistas generally reserved for scuba divers from our glass bottom boat. A wide variety of fish and other sea creatures await you as you gaze into the underwater world of Key West. In addition, you will have the opportunity to see North America's only living coral reef, one of the most biologically diverse marine eco-systems in the world. Majestic elkhorn and impressive brain coral, sturdy in appearance yet fragile and vulnerable, stand sentry for the more than 300 species of fish that complete the colorful and intriguing seascape. Along the trip, our experienced captain and crew will provide a unique and informative eco-tour and point out some of the most interesting marine life that inhabit the waters of this incredible island. Special glass "windows to the reef" provide continuous viewing for all passengers. Fury Catamaran Glass Bottom Boat offers a seated sun deck and air-conditioned, enclosed viewing area as well as restrooms and a snack bar. The catamaran's twin hull design allows for maximum stability and much less rocking motion than traditional V-hull designs. Our boat is designed to allow maximum viewing with minimum stress to the delicate reef. Cost $40, Please speak with Concierge. Board at 1:30 pm at the end of Duval St. (left on Duval 4 blocks) Boat leaves at 2pm.
Reception and Keynote Address with Actor Malik Yoba "The Artist's Role in the Theatre of Public Affairs" @ San Carlos (6 pm)
The Board of Directors of KWAF is proud to announce Actor Malik Yoba as our 2017 Keynote Speaker and Ambassador. Dr. James Peterson will interview Mailk and engage in Q&A following his Keynote remarks. Malik is an actor and occasional singer. He is known for his starring role as NYPD Detective J. C. Williams on the Fox police drama New York Undercover and as Yul Brenner in Cool Runnings. He also appeared as former FBI Special Agent Bill Harken on the Syfy drama series Alphas, as Jim Hudson in Revolution as well as Vernon Turner in Empire. Currently, he stars in the role of FBI Deputy Director Jason Atwood in the ABC political drama Designated Survivor. He was born Abdul-Malik Kashie Yoba in the Bronx and raised as a Sunni Muslim in East Harlem. In 1983, Yoba began working at the Negro Ensemble Theatre in concessions, as an usher, and in other roles. He joined the City Kids Foundation, an arts-education focused youth leadership organization, in 1986. In 1991, he landed a starring role in the Disney film Cool Runnings. In 1994, while making an appearance in an episode of Law & Order, Yoba auditioned for a new Fox television police drama called New York Undercover, receiving the lead role of NYPD Detective J. C. Williams. He and his co-star Michael DeLorenzo made history as the first cop-drama featuring actors of color in both leading roles. Yoba went on to star in several television series. In 2011, he began teaching a course entitled "The Working Actor" at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus. In 2014, he joined the cast of the Fox series Empire, starring alongside actor Terrence Howard. In 1994, The New York Times named Yoba one of 30 young artists under the age of 30 who would change American culture in the next thrity years. Yoba was honored with three NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series in 1996, 1997, and 1998 for his work on New York Undercover.
Movie Screening of "Carib Gold"and Talk Back with Malik Yoba and Corey Malcom @ San Carlos (8:30)
We are screening the 1956 B-Movie "Carib Gold" that was shot in Key West with a majority Black cast that featured Cicely Tyson (her 1st movie), Ethel Waters, Geoffrey Holder. I was thinking about screening the movie during the festival
The movie is about a group of Florida Shrimpers who work together to recover a sunken treasurer and then all hell breaks loose. The movie was restored by SMU in 2010 after being lost for 50 years. The screening will be followed by a Talk Back with Actor Malik Yoba and Key West Historian Corey Malcolm. The Movie is 62 minutes.
Key West has its individual brand of jazz blues, known as Conchtown rhythm. This mix of New Orleans jazz and calypso features a noted impresario, Coffee Butler, a native Key Wester who is billed as "the southernmost Louis Armstrong". This 90 year-old legend, rarely performs. You are in for a treat.
National Hampton Alumni Association South East Regional Conference (8:00 - 12:00 pm) - PRIVATE EVENT
"Revitalizing The Dream & Preparing For The Future: Back To Basics": The National Hampton Alumni Association will be having its biennial South East Regional Conference in conjunction with KWAF. The conference will feature workshops on fundraising and student recruitment. Our National Hampton Alumni Association President will be attending with members of her cabinet. KWAF will donate a percentage of each HU Alumni registration to Hampton University. Please contact Yvonne Saxon, President of the South East Region for more details - yvonne.saxon@gmail.com. This is a PRIVATE EVENT.
Sunday - June, 23rd
Roots Reggae Brunch & Live Island Radio Broadcast @ The Island Dog - 505 Front Street (11am to 3pm)
Join us as we have brunch listening to the vibes of Roots Reggae. Island Radio's weekly Roots Reggae Show will be live broadcasting and interviewing KWAF attendees while we enjoy the vibes and the food. Key West isn't just a location. It's an all-inclusive state of mind. Ditch the drama and dress code of your world let the sounds of Key West deliver your mind to a place where the water is warmer, the drinks are colder, and the sunset is more brilliant than any other in the world. Closer to Cuba than Miami; Key West's music is as diverse as the pedigree of its street performers. Soak up the island sounds of Roots Reggae.

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Baker Artist Awards 2014 & 2015
From September 16, 2015 — November 15, 2015
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The 2014 and 2015 winners of the $25,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize present works that delight the senses and stimulate serious reflection. Some of their latest creations will be on view as well as pieces from their winning nominations on BakerArtistAwards.org. The winners are:
Chris Bathgate, a self-taught machinist sculptor
Todd Marcus, a bass clarinetist and composer
Brent Crothers, a sculptor who uses recycled materials
Eric Dyer, an artist, filmmaker, and experimental animator
Paul Rucker, a visual artist, composer, and musician
Wendel Patrick, a composer and music producer
The exhibition will also feature examples of works by the six $5,000 b-grant winners from 2014 and 2015: Jowita Wyszomirska, Ed Gross, David Paul Bacharach, Renée Rendine, Dominique Zeltzman, and Timmy Reed.
The Baker Artist Awards were created to support artists and promote Baltimore as a strong creative community. Through a sophisticated online portfolio of artists' work and significant monetary prizes to award the winners, the Baker Artist Awards serves artists of all disciplines who live and work in Baltimore City and its five surrounding counties. The website and awards were established by the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund in 2008, and are a program of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.
Please be aware, this exhibition includes content that some visitors may find disturbing. Please also be advised that the visual effects used in the second gallery may disturb visitors who are sensitive to flashing lights.
Helene Grabow, Curatorial Assistant for Contemporary Art
This exhibition is generously funded by The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund.
The 2014 and 2015 winners of the $25,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize present arresting and poignant examples of their works—diverse in subject matter and media.
Baker Artist Awards


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The answer to both those questions, in case you're wondering, is yes.
I am not blogging anything highly significant or informative today, but I do have one very important thing to say, so keep reading….I'm getting to it….
Did I mention by the way, that I'm blogging from the balcony of our holiday unit, with a glistening view of the Pacific Ocean in front on me ? I must say it is rather different from where I usually blog (my study), but I'm liking it….
So, what I want to say to you is this – THANK YOU. Thank you if you have been reading here, thank you if you've commented, subscribed, emailed or followed me on Twitter, And thank you if you've taught me something or replied to my comments or questions on your own blog.
It is a pleasure sharing and learning with your guys and I am looking forward to doing more of it in 2011.
I will also, of course, be spending a little wind down time with my close family and friends.
And if I can work out how to, I might tweet a photo of this beautiful spot I find myself in.
A special thought also to any of you who may be snow bound. I've been watching on the tele and it looks beautiful, but a little extreme. I hope it doesn't disrupt any of your Christmas plans.
And finally I wish you a Merry Christmas! I hope you have a lovely time with the people lucky enough to be sharing it with you.


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Tim Reyes (born June 9, 1982) is an American professional surfer. He is competing on the ASP World Tour.

Reyes began his elite tour campaign in 2005. The 2009 season is his 5th season on tour. His highest ASP World Tour rating was 11th in 2006.

As of 2009 his total career earnings are  $310,850.00.

Early life
Timothy Charles Reyes Jr. was born June 9, 1982 in West Covina, Los Angeles County, California to Timothy Charles Reyes Sr. and Julie Hébert.  He has a younger sister, Michelle. He began his surfing competitions at age 12 in his own backyard river jetties.  At age 13, he was featured in Surfer Magazine for the first time.  He graduated from Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California.

Rating history on the ASP World Tour
2008: 16th
2007: 46th
2006: 11th
2005: 31st

References

ASP World Tour page

American surfers
1982 births
Living people

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Sydney Harbour Bridge Walk
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Larry Rivera is a Sydney-based writer, journalist, and editor who has covered the city and its surroundings since 1997.
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The Sydney Harbour Bridge Walk is an experience that should be on every tourist's Sydney itinerary!
Not to be confused with the BridgeClimb, the Bridge Walk is one that offers a very different experience for everyone. Although it tends to get overshadowed by the iconic BridgeClimb, the Harbour Bridge Walk is one that has many great things to offer in its own right.
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BridgeClimb vs Sydney Harbour Bridge Walk
To clarify, BridgeClimb is a commercial endeavor and involves climbing the top arch of Sydney Harbour Bridge. Paying for the experience allows customers to climb 134m above sea level, thus giving climbers an unforgettable view of Sydney's city. However, due to safety regulations, you are unable to capture the moment as you are not able to bring a camera with you. Never fear, though: You are able to buy keepsakes and memorabilia at the gift shop and the experience comes with a professional photo of you at the summit.
The more affordable and accessible option is the Sydney Harbour Bridge Walk.
If the BridgeClimb isn't quite your thing you can always walk the Sydney Harbour Bridge for a fraction of the cost. With the starting point at Milsons Point, you are able to walk all the way to the opposing side at The Rocks. By doing the free Bridge Walk, you are free to make your own schedule and you are able to take your time.
Want to know the best part about the Bridge Walk? You are completely free to take as many photos as you choose. By walking witnessing the Sydney Opera House and other points of interest from the Sydney Harbour Bridge walkway, this is definitely the right mode of travel for any photography enthusiast. If you are interested in getting some information, you are also able to get a self-guided walking tour for a minimal price.
One way to get onto the actual Harbour Bridge is by taking the pedestrian walkway on the eastern side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge roadway from The Rocks at the southern end of the bridge to Milsons Point at the northern end. Alternatively, you can start at Milsons Point and cross over the bridge to The Rocks.
To find the starting point with ease, it's best to get a map from the Sydney Visitor Centre at The Rocks to find your access points to the Sydney Harbour Bridge walkway. Alternatively, you can always ask at the center for detailed instructions so they can send you in the right direction.
When you're in the Rocks area, you will find a sign along George St just south of Argyle St that will point you towards the long and sheltered flight of stairs leading to the bridge's southern end. These stairs are located near Gloucester St and Cumberland St.
The bridge can also be accessed from the south by getting on Cahill Walk, which runs along the Cahill Expressway above the Circular Quay train terminal. Pedestrians can access this walkway from Circular Quay by a flight of stairs, or a lift, or from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.
Take Your Time to Soak in the Sights
The Sydney Harbour Bridge Walk takes approximately half an hour to complete in total, but you're free to take as long as you need to. The Sydney Harbour Bridge Rocks-Milsons Point walk is a picturesque experience complete with plenty of gorgeous viewing points so don't forget to pack a camera. If starting at Circular Quay or the botanic gardens, the walk could take an extra 15 minutes to half an hour.
Be sure to take along a hat when the sun is out and wear appropriate clothes for the weather. Comfortable walking shoes are always a good idea. If, on the other hand, you want to reach the topmost point of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, there always the BridgeClimb.
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In this edition, we feature Keith Rigbye, Project Manager for the construction of the auditorium. Although not a Wolmer's old boy, Keith considers himself a member of the family as his wife, mother-in-law and sister-in-law are Wolmerians. He came to Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1974 to take up a teaching post at Knox College where he taught Physical Education and Science. After a year, Keith went on to teach at York Castle High in Brown's Town. He then joined the staff of Hillel Academy in September 1976 as Vice Principal and later as acting principal until 1982 before switching careers to Business Management at Henriques Brothers Limited. Keith enjoyed a successful tenure and was also promoted to General Manager at Kingston Ice Company, a subsidiary of the group. He left in 1986 to start a manufacturing company in the Kingston Freezone for Slater Electric Inc, whose head office was in New York. Keith's colourful career saw him doing stints at Lascelles de Mercado, (1987), Kingston Industrial Garage (1988) and John Crook Limited (1989).
In 1989 Keith was invited to join Implementation Limited in the capacity of Project Manager where he remained until January 2014 before establishing IBEC Limited. His former business partner at Implementation, the late Kemp Skeffrey, was also a Wolmerian. He became aware of the Wolmer's Auditorium project through his professional relationship with Grace Kennedy & Company and Trustee Douglas Orane. After hearing about the committee of Wolmerians who were volunteering their time on this project combined with the fact that his business partner, a JC Old Boy, had been associated with the building of the Jamaica College Auditorium, Keith offered his expertise as the Project Manager to assist Douglas Orane, and as his way of giving back to education in Jamaica. As part of his teaching career, Keith was also one of the founding members of the JISA Prep School's Champs which has evolved into one of the premier sporting events on the annual athletics calendar in Jamaica.
This experience has been very fulfilling for Keith, especially as he observes the students' enthusiasm about finally seeing the much promised auditorium built whilst they are still attending Wolmer's. Keith is also confident that the building will be substantially complete by April 30" and will be fully functional in time for the three schools' valedictory services. He believes that the current students at Wolmer's are extremely fortunate to have an alumni that are interested and committed to improving the Wolmer's schools. "The Wolmer's Auditorium will be a valuable facility and I hope the students respect it and take care of it for themselves and the future generations that will follow them."


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Dominican Republic Vacations
Mountains and beaches with Caribbean flair
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No other country in the Caribbean is as multifaceted as the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola. Here, where Columbus first entered the "New World" in 1492, no travel wish remains unfulfilled. In the picturesque old town of Santo Domingo, the state capital, the colonial past is still omnipresent. Along more than 2,000 miles of coastline, there are countless paradisiacal beaches and idyllic bays. The mountainous interior of the country boasts a colorful, tropical flora and fauna. This Caribbean dream come true is rounded off by the lively and warm inhabitants. They will welcome you with their very special charm and above all an incomparable hospitality in your home country. What are you waiting for?
What to See During Your Dominican Republic Vacation
The beach of Bávaro is one of the most beautiful and popular beaches in the whole country. On the east coast of the Dominican Republic, near Punta Cana, nine kilometers of fine white sand and turquoise Caribbean sea await you. The beach is very protected by the offshore reef and invites you to swim and snorkel. Excursions with the glass-bottom boat or canoeing are also offered here. A few kilometers from Bavaro is also the former fishing village of El Cortecito, whose public beach is just as beautiful, but a little quieter.
Los Haitises National Park
One of the most important national parks of the Dominican Republic is Los Haitises. On 1.500 square kilometers a variety of animals and plants are at home. There is hardly any other place in the entire Caribbean with a comparable diversity of species. You can reach the national park, which consists of mangrove swamps, tropical rainforests, lagoons, caves and hills, only by water. On site you have the choice between hikes, rides with the off-road vehicle or special cave tours.
The small island Cayo Levantado in the bay of Samaná is also known as Bacardi Island, because many of the commercials for the white rum were shot here. You can reach the island after a 15-minute boat ride. Look forward to a beautiful white coral sand beach and turquoise blue water. The island is under nature protection.
Catalina Island, which is only about nine square kilometers in size, is located in the east of the Dominican Republic. The paradisiacal beaches of the completely uninhabited island invite as a destination for day trips. Think about your snorkeling equipment! The offshore corals are perfect for underwater exploration tours. From the main beach, where all boats moor and which can therefore quickly become full, you can reach beautiful, quiet neighboring beaches on foot in a short time. Less
What are the Best Events to Include in a Dominican Republic Vacation?
Colorful carnivals
Since the Dominican Republic is a Catholic country, almost every town celebrates the festivities for its patron saint. Carnival is celebrated throughout the country in February: There are colorful parades with dressed up musicians and dancers. The day of independence, February 27th, marks the end of the carnival season. During the Holy Week in March/April you can also witness processions and parades. Another highlight is the Festival de Merengue at the end of July or beginning of August in Santo Domingo. Entire streets are closed to traffic and the popular Dominican dance Merengue is performed.
What To Expect From a Dominican Republic Vacation
Hiking in the Highlands and Snorkeling in Turquoise Sea
As diverse as the landscape of the Dominican Republic are the possibilities to fill your trip here with unforgettable moments. Besides relaxing hours at the palm-lined beach and snorkeling excursions into the fascinating underwater world, the mountain range of the Cordillera Central invites you to mountain biking and hiking. But also on horseback the country can be explored wonderfully. Through lush green landscapes and charming villages, past rivers and sugar cane plantations you will experience Caribbean flair from a new perspective.
Dancing and Chocolate Making
You can get a feel for the culture by taking dance lessons in the capital, Santo Domingo. Try your hand at the popular Merengue or Bachata, for example. On a trip to the communities in the north you will learn more about the local traditions and get a better understanding of your destination. The Dominican Republic is also an important export country for chocolate. Inland, you will find a 40-hectare plantation, whose operators are also committed to teaching you more about the cocoa bean and how this sweet delicacy is made. Less
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What is the best time to visit the Dominican Republic?
In the Dominican Republic a tropical climate awaits you. Therefore, the temperatures are subject to only very small fluctuations throughout the year. There are regional differences between the north, south and the altitudes. Since the south of the Dominican Republic borders on the Caribbean Sea, it is hotter and drier there. In the northern part, which lies on the Atlantic Ocean, it is cooler, windier and also the humidity is higher. It gets coldest in the higher elevations in the interior of the country.
In most parts of the country there is a dry season from December to April, which is why these months are generally considered the best time to travel. Those who do not have a problem with short and heavy showers can also travel to the Dominican Republic during the rainy season. However, in this case you should inform yourself about the danger of tropical cyclones beforehand.
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It's always handy to have broth in the house to use for your healthy recipes! I dont know about you, but I DO NOT like to use those cubes from the store... have you seen what's in them? I want to show you how you can make your own broth to freeze and use when needed.
This recipe calls for any type of bones. You can use chicken, beef, pork or fish! Different bones call for different cooking times. Beef and Pork are the longest, the longer the better flavour, a full day would be perfect! Chicken would be about half that time; half a day. And fish needs about 4-5 hours. My favorite is roasting the bones first for 30 minutes before placing into the pot to bring out a lot of flavour.
Once you have the bones in the pot add a gallon of water.
Once boiling, lower to simmer for the remaining time.
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The Dear Green Place, Mired In Poverty.
I was born in the slum of Garngad in Glasow in 1934, "The dear green place" and have lived in the city for most of my life. During that quite long spell I have seen a lot of changes in this city. However, one thing that persists is Glasgow's poverty. The once "Second City of the Empire" has known poverty from its inception right up to today. For a large part of my life I lived in Springburn, once known as a railway town in its own right, and for a while it held the dubious prize of having more children living in poverty than any other ward in Scotland, 52%. It has now lost that accolade and the prize now moves to Calton. One reason why the percentage has fallen in Springburn, is probably due to the inclusion of Robroyston a developing slightly more affluent area, not that the circumstances of the poor have changed dramatically.
Within the city as a whole the child poverty rate is approximately a 37% of all children, this is a crime against a vast section of the population, stunting health and potential. What makes this an even more devastating crime is the fact that the number of children living in poverty, in the city, is expected to rise by roughly, 50,000 over the next two years. Saying more than a third of children in Glasgow are living in poverty does not highlight the vast differences between one district and another, some districts are above that 37% figure.
This chart from Evening Times shows the disparity as you move from district to district in the city:
Glasgow holds lots of prizes, some we can be very proud of, some that should have its citizens rising up in anger. Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, hosts the highest rates of poverty in Scotland, why?
Chart from Understanding Glasgow:
Aberdeen is the only city in Scotland that has shown a decrease in child poverty over this period. But we are told our GDP is growing, another crime against the system. Another damning statistic is that Edinburgh is the only city in Scotland where child poverty is below the national average, again Glasgow is top of the list.
The number of millionaires in the country is growing, the number of children in poverty is growing, surely this must call into question the basic structure of our economic system. Every child in poverty is a life of stunted growth in health and a lost opportunity for a child to blossom to its full potential. These are unforgivable crimes in a very rich country where a pampered few live a life of opulence at the expense of the many. Where is your righteous anger?
Labels: anarchism, anarchists, anarchy, anti-capitalism, anti-state, Calton, child poverty in Glasgow, Evening Times, Garngad, Glasgow slums, Springburn
Loam 30 October 2019 at 22:47
This is the chilling moment soprano Ayleen Jovita Romero defies the silence curfew, imposed under martial law by the government of Sebastián Piñera in Chile and sings the song "El derecho de vivir en paz", (The right to live in peace) by Victor Jara.
Such is the silence because of the martial law, that her voice echoes through the buildings, while people from their windows and balconies are "holding their breath" to the words of her song, until the moment she hits the final note and a wave of applause by dozens of people fills the night and space of a neighborhood under police siege.
The video consists of two scenes of the moment from different angles, one of them being the point of view next to the singer's window.
The soprano is singing a song from a guitar artist called Victor Jara, he was killed by the Pinochet dictatorship (imposed by the CIA back coup). Jara was taken prisoner along with thousands of others in the Chile Stadium, where guards tortured him, smashing his hands and fingers and then told to try playing his guitar. He was then shot over 40 times and killed. The song is called "The right to live in peace".
https://youtu.be/jYFaWYNbfnI
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