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Announcements at Phila. Front Page News; COMMUNITY EVENTS

CULTURAL ARTS, PERFORMING ARTS, MUSEUMS, EXHIBITS

PLEASE SUPPORT THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY
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NEW LISTING
Frankie Beverly and Maze, Teena Marie and the Whispers in concert @ Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City
Saturday May 9th 7 p.m. Tickets www.ticketmaster.com or Wanamaker Ticket office downtown 215-568-2400
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Blondell invited you to "Tax Preparation Day " tomorrow.
Event: Tax Preparation Day
"Get your taxes prepared for free!"
What: Informational Meeting
Host: Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown & Pathways PA
Start Time: April 9 at 11:00am
End Time: April 9 at 3:00pm
Where: City Hall, Room 581

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=65834836031&mid=46d367G1ee7a908G203ba75G7
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W.E.B. Du Bois
And the Emancipation of Black Humanity
A Lecture Series
These lectures are devoted to the thought of
W.E. B Du Bois and its relevance to the 21st
century.
They are designed to challenge the
academy and the wider community to reengage
the thinking of W.E.B Du Bois, to reconsider
the relationships of politics and power to
knowledge and the moral imperative of
thinkers to act to change the world for the
better.
ALL LECTURES WILL BE HELD IN
GLADFELTER HALL ROOM 21
GLADFELTER HALL IS LOCATED, ON
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS
BERKS STREET BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH
SPONSORS
THE DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES,
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, AND BLACK MEN AT PENN SCHOOL OF
SOCIAL WORK, INC. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL POLICY AND PRACTICE

SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 6:30 PM
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS, WAR AND
RESOURCE COLONIALISM, A DU BOISIAN
PERSPECTIVE
THURSDAY APRIL 16, 6:30PM
WORLD CRISES AND THE POSSIBILITIES
FOR THE RISE OF AFRICA AND ASIA: DU
BOIS AND AXIAL AGE THEORY
THE LECTURES ARE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR FRIEND
AND COLLEAGUE DR HARRISON RIDLEY JR.
MUSICOLOGIST, SCHOLAR AND PEOPLES INTELLECTUAL
WWW.BLACKMENATPENN.ORG
Lecturer: Dr. Anthony Monteiro
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LAST CHANCE: FINAL MONTHS OF THE AMERICA I AM EXHIBITION

Exhibit: America I AM: The African American Imprint

Thursday, January 15, 2009 – Sunday, May 3, 2009

Exhibit Admission: $17.50 for adults, $15.50 for seniors ages 65 and up, and $9 for children ages 4-12

The National Constitution Center is hosting the world debut of America I AM: The African American Imprint, celebrating nearly 500 years of African American contributions to this country. The exhibition presents a historical continuum of pivotal moments in courage, conviction, and creativity that solidifies the undeniable imprint of African Americans across the nation and around the world. Featuring more than 200 artifacts culled from every period of U.S. history, the exhibit includes objects, texts, religion, music, narration, and media. An interactive component of the exhibition allows visitors to leave their own video “imprints,” and this collection will grow throughout the life of the exhibition with the potential to become the largest recorded oral history project in U.S. history. The exhibition is developed in partnership with Tavis Smiley, and organized by Cincinnati Museum Center and Arts and Exhibitions International. This notice is for the exhibit in Philadelphia.

www.constitutioncenter.org .
(additionalonstitution Center events listed below)
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The African American Museum in Philadelphia Presents Soul Soldiers: African Americans
and the Vietnam Era and Hidden Treasures: Art Collected by Young African Americans
www.aampmuseum.org or call 215-574-0380
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Bristol Riverside Theatre Presents the Philadelphia Premiere of Defiance
March 24 – April 12, 2009
A “very rich and satisfying” (The Village Voice) play “filled with… provocative questions and
bristling dialogue” (The New York Times), Defiance explores ethics of power in the military
and presents a riveting look at race relations, honor and morality as two Marines, a white colonel
and an African American captain, clash over issues of authority, discrimination, infidelity and
loyalty in North Carolina in 1971.
www.brtstage.org