A Gift from the Culture
"A Gift from the Culture", published in 1987, is a short work of space opera, by the Scottish science fiction author Iain M. Banks. The story is an early venture into the "complex and unusual and very distant" setting of the Culture, which Banks would further develop through various of full length novels, stories, and his essay "A Few Notes on the Culture".
Kevin Burrus
Burrus has been involved with the ball culture scene since 1975. He gave the first Mini Ball in Brooklyn NYC (1982), which began the trend of Mini Balls, along with his friend, Makuta Versace Chanel. Burrus started the sequel "Legends, Statements & Stars Balls 1 Through 10" (1989–2000). He started the theme "Lifetime Achievers/Icons, Stars & Status Balls" (2003–2009). 2011 he became celebrity judge "Hustle Contest" along w/Ralph Mc Daniels producer of:"Video Music Box". He also appeared and danced :"Soul Alive & Dance Fever Dance Shows 70's. He is a talk show host for: "The Ian Show", an online Internet radio show. and has been a guest on Tom Bluementhal's Blog Talk Radio internet show. He has subsidiary members in other cities (Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Los Angeles, Oakland, Raleigh and Durham, Virginia, Washington DC, NYC, and in New Jersey and South Carolina), as well as subsidiary members in Paris, France and London, England. He produced several roller-skating events at the Empire Roller Rink in Brooklyn, NY, some of which events were Gospel and included Godmother La Rose Omni and Reverend Hezekiah Walker.