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Greetings Artists & Patrons of the Arts -
1) URBAN GROOVZ f/ AFRO BLUE & ZENOBIA
2) LUCY PEARL IN CONCERT @ THE VARIETY PLAYHOUSE - TONIGHT!!!
3) FIFTH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION f/THE LAST POETS
4) A HIP-HOP WEEKEND IN THE BIR f/DEAD PREZ (rescheduled)
5) BENEFIT READING & CD RELEASE PARTY IN MONTGOMERY
6) CITY STAGES' SPOKEN WORD FESTIVAL
7) JUNE BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL in HUNTSVILLE
8) THE CHOCOLATE SOUL MUSICFEST TOUR IN ATL!
9) MARY J. BLIGE IN CONCERT IN BIR!
10) THE FUNKJAZZ KAFE SUMMER FESTIVAL 2000
11) CARLOS SANTANA IN CONCERT w/MACY GRAY
SPECIAL NOTE(s):
- Check out B-Brian's "Future Flavas" on 95.7 Jamz every Saturday Night from
8-9 PM to hear some good urban alternative sounds
- Visit The SunSpot Café and try our Kosher Hotlinks. We have links on the
menu that are not on the beaten cyber path. Click the following link to
see for your self: http://www.geocities.com/maliksun/links.html
- FULL MENTAL JACKET is now available at 3 locations in Alabama:
* MAHOGONY BOOKS & GIFTS in the Western Hills Mall in Fairfield
* LITTLE PROFESSOR BOOKS & CAFE, 2717 South 18th Street in Homewood
* ROOTS & WINGS, 1345 Carter Hill Road in Montgomery.
Pick up your copy today!
Power & Peace,
SUN
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We've already been celebrating African music since February, so why would
"Black Music Month" (aka June) be any different?
Experience the groove...
SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2000
URBAN GROOVZ @ 22nd Street Jazz Café
710 South 22nd Street in Downtown Birmingham
(between 7th Avenue South & University Boulevard)
featuring:
* the soulful Jazz grooves of Atlanta's AFRO BLUE
performing works from their debut CD, "Unbroken Circle"
* the dramatic poetic expressions of ZENOBIA
a member of Vibes & Verses Poetry Society in Montgomery
* Open Mic Poetry Sessions hosted by THE SEVENTH SUN
- auhtor of "Full Mental Jacket" (c. 1999)
Doors open at 5:00 PM...Show starts at 6:00 PM
Admission is $7 'til 7PM & $10 afterwards
The kitchen & bar will be open to provide food & beverages.
18 & up to enter...21 & up to drink responsibly.
Artists, patrons of the arts and the curious are welcome.
For more info contact:
The Seventh Sun at 205.806.8030 or Griot_7@hotmail.com
or Roderick Parker at 205.954.9135 or JazzCafe22ndst@hotmail.com
This unique addition to Central Alabama's cultural scene is brought to you
by Synthesis, Inc. & 22nd Street Jazz Café. Synthesis is a non-profit
collective of eclectic minds, unified to foster creativity in
under-represented communities through educational programs, artistic events
and public service...Visit 22nd Street Jazz Café on-line at
http://www.jazzcafe.4ever.cc
For a locator map and directions, click the following link:
http://maps.expedia.com/default.asp?C=33.506823,-86.796877&A=6&O=0,0&L=USA0409&Pr=1&P=33.506823,-86.796877,1,710+22nd+St+S%2C+Birmingham%2C+AL+35233&Title=710+22nd+St+S%2C+Birmingham%2C+AL+35233&L=USA0409
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TONIGHT!!!
Atlanta's Soul Underground Family welcomes
LUCY PEARL live in concert
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2000
@ The Variety Playhouse
1099 Euclid Avenue (near Little Five Points)
in Atlanta, GA
Q: Who is Lucy Pearl?
A: LUCY PEARL is R&B's newest super-collaborative, consisting of Ali Shaheed
Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest), Dawn Robinson (En Vogue) and Raphael Saadiq
(Tony Toni Tone). Lucy Pearl will be performing their greatest hits from
their previous works as well as their newest jams, including the hit single,
"Dance Tonight," from the "Love and Basketball Soundtrack." Look for Lucy
Pearl's debut CD is in stores NOW!
Tickets are on sale for $22, available at Ticketmaster & Variety Playhouse.
Be sure to get your tickets in advance as the show has been sold out in DC
and other cities. Call 404.524.7354 for more info
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FIFTH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
featuring THE LAST POETS
Saturday, June 3, 2000
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
520 North 16th Street
in Birmingham's Historic Civil Rights District
Born on the anniversary of Malcom X's birthday on May 19, 1968 in Marcus
Garvey Park, the Last Poets grew from three poets and a drummer to seven
young Black and Latino artists: David Nelson, Gylan Kain, Abiodun Oyewole,
Felipe Luciano, Umar Bin Hassan, Jalal Nurridin, and Suliamn El Hadi. They
took their name from a poem by South African Poet Willie Kgositsile, who
wrote: "When the moment hatches in time's womb there will be no art
talk...The only poem you will hear will be the spear point pivoted in the
punctured marrow of the villian...Therefore we are the last poets of the
world."
For more info. call 205.328.9696
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(Please note that this event is being rescheduled...details will follow as
soon as they are availalble)
A Hip-Hop Weekend in the BIR featuring DEAD PREZ
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE w/ Dead Prez
Parker High School
300 Eighth Avenue North
in Birmingham's Smithfield Community
DEAD PREZ live & uncensored in concert!
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2000 @ 9:00 PM
L R Hall Auditorium
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The Saturday show will also feature Birmingham's own RED LIGHT DISTRICT
plus
Boston's UNO THE PROPHET & ENTRUDA.
Advanced tickets for Saturday's shaw are $13
Admission at the door will be $17
For more info contact Kamau Afrika @ afrika_iff_intl@yahoo.com
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MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2000 @ 8:30 PM
Benefit Reading and CD Release Party
featuring Christopher James Weddle
@ Gator's
5040 Vaughn Road
Montgomery, AL
Featured Performer, Christopher James Weddle, will be celebrating the
release of his Spoken Word CD, ARROWS IN THE SUN. The only cover is a
donation according to what the patron can give. All donations will be used
to send Christopher to The Southern Fried Slam in Americus, Georgia. Also
performing will be Clay Koontz and Larry Terrell. There will be an open mic
set after the event.
For more info contact Christopher Weddle at holydirt@hotmail.com
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CITY STAGES' SPOKEN WORD FESTIVAL
JUNE 17-18, 2000
featuring special guest DICK GREGORY
at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
520 North 16th Street
Birmingham, AL
(in the historic Civil Rights District)
Spoken word performances by local and national artists including Seed, Vibes
& Verses Poetry Society, Larry Jaffe & and more. THE SEVENTH SUN will
perform on SATURDAY, JUNE 17 @ approximately 3:15 PM.
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THE CHOCOLATE SOUL MUSICFEST TOUR
Saturday, June 24 2000 @ 9:00 PM
@ Studio Central
300 Central Avenue
in Downtown Atlanta
Featuring the JAZZYFATNASTEES, KINDRED and JIVA and much more!
For more info visit http://www.chocolatesoul.com
The Chocolate Soul Music Compilation is HOT and in stores now @ Earwax
Records & Tower Records in Atlanta...featuring cuts by Seek, Jiva, Edith's
Wish and Julie Dexter
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JUNE BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL
Saturday, June 24 - Sunday, June 25, 2000
@ WEUP Radio Station
2609 Jordan Lane
Huntsville, AL
For more info. call 256.837.9387
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MARY J. BLIGE live in concert
FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2000 @ 8:00 PM
at the Boutwell Auditorium
Downtown Birmingham
tickets are on sale NOW! for $35.
More info as it becomes available.
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THE FUNKJAZZ KAFE SUMMER FESTIVAL 2000
COMING JULY 8, 2000
@ The Tabernacle
152 Luckie Street NW (near Centennial Park)
Atlanta, GA
Featuring Six Vibrant Levels Of Interactive Experiences Including:
- The Main Performance Room (live bands with interacting DJ's)
- The FunkJazz Kafe Poetry Suite
- The Tanqueray Vintage Jazz Suite
- An Independent Film Suite
- The FunkJazz Kafe Healing Suite (Massages & Aromatherapy Treatment)
- An Interactive Art Gallery (For your own creative expression)
- Vendors and Tribal Drumming In the Marketplace
Advance Tickets On Sale @ Ear Wax Records, 1052 Peachtree St. in Midtown
Atlanta
Prices are:
- $20 w/ Food Donation(Benefiting The Atlanta Community Food Bank)
- $25 w/out
- $25 Day of Show @ Venue box office
Join us for The FunkJazz Kafe experience and see what all the hype has been
about for so many years!!! Call 404.659.9022 and visit
http://www.funkjazzkafe.com for more info.
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The legendary CARLOS SANTANA live in concert
w/opening performance by MACY GRAY
SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2000 @ 8:00 PM
@ The Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA
Tickets on sale NOW,
prices range from $28.75 to $61.75.
Tickets may be purchased at Earwax Music, Tower REcords & all Ticketmaster
locations (www.ticketmaster.com to order on-line).
For more ticket info, 404.249.6400
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A NEW BLACK RENAISSANCE IS EVOLVING THROUGH THE SYNTHESIS
OF ANCIENT ELEMENTS...KEEP YOUR THIRD EYE OPEN FOR UPCOMING EVENTS...
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