tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827494914948299092024-10-06T22:14:16.612-07:00Memphis Black Arts AllianceMemphis Black Arts Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05705798296625549764noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982749491494829909.post-37972205413606025742012-07-24T12:26:00.004-07:002012-07-24T12:59:47.662-07:00Don't Miss the Fire!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Enjoy soulful Memphis jazz at Jazz-A-F!RE on the last Sunday of the month from 3 to 5 p.m. at FireHouse Community Arts Center, 985 South Bellevue. Jazz-A-F!RE features FireHouse Community Arts Academy faculty --
vocalist <b>Naomi Williams Moody</b>, vocalist-trumpeter <b>William "Nokie"
Taylor</b>, bassist <b>Kent Suggs</b>, and guitarist <b>Lance Thompson</b> along with regulars <b>Stephen Lee</b> on piano and <b>James "Bishop"
Sexton</b> on drums.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Join them on stage! You're invited to BYOI (bring your own instrument) and
perform during the final hour.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Admission is FREE. Donations are welcome and
tax-deductible. Proceeds benefit the FireHouse Community Arts Academy. Cash bar and other refreshments are
available. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Upcoming Dates</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">July 29, 2012 - 3pm</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">August 26, 2012 - 3pm</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">September 30, 2012 - 3pm</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">October 28, 2012 - 3pm</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">November 25, 2012 - 3pm </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">January 27, 2013 - 3pm</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For more information, call Memphis Black Arts Alliance at
901-948-9522 or email info@memphisblackartsalliance.org. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"></span>Memphis Black Arts Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05705798296625549764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982749491494829909.post-29386860249555317972011-10-03T05:37:00.001-07:002012-02-02T10:00:47.928-08:00MBAA article in the Memphis Downtowner Magazine<div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9q-Fjd7-CrLzbBxqpT1CyNavJ0m1PJ08U-EkudRuWNfmCFiMEKM55XdinECrYsTfDpwjWsFEbk41JvdnnJ56Q3IBBMZnKJbqi-K-Kks34pNo9_SnYOJrSvtlzQlkKrAumk-ei_KW/s1600/downtowner-762905.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659244172005708882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9q-Fjd7-CrLzbBxqpT1CyNavJ0m1PJ08U-EkudRuWNfmCFiMEKM55XdinECrYsTfDpwjWsFEbk41JvdnnJ56Q3IBBMZnKJbqi-K-Kks34pNo9_SnYOJrSvtlzQlkKrAumk-ei_KW/s320/downtowner-762905.jpg" /></a></div><div class="WordSection1"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Young people are setting fires all over Memphis. They meet Downtown at 985 S. Bellevue and encourage other Memphis youths to join them. But these fires are flames of burning passion for theater, dance, and the arts, and in 29 years, no one has gotten burned. The Memphis Black Arts Alliance and its director, Bennie Nelson West, are dedicated to fueling this creativity from within Firehouse No. 12.</div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">After attending Tuskegee and Columbia universities, lobbying in New Jersey, and immersing herself in New York City’s art scene, West returned to Memphis in 1978 with a new perspective on the power of unified black artists. The Orange Mound native had taken dance classes, consulted for the National Black Theater Alliance, and knew actors Ruby Dee and Ozzie Davis.</div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=79797"><span style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">Click Here</span></a> </span>to read the full article in the Memphis Downtowner Magazine (page 8)<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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