August 2010

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[caption id="attachment_802" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Ready to win? Make this the next book you read."][/caption] Looking for work? Ready to start your own business or go independent? Fresh out of school? Going back to school because you're out of work? Are you a creative ready to make money doing what you love instead of something just to pay your bills? Looking for the career mentor you never had? If you answered yes or maybe to any of these questions, it's time you Put Your Dreams First. Read the most comprehensive book on the market about the music, film, TV, and new media businesses. The book Chuck D hails as "new...

26 August, 2010 /

Meet Author of Put Your Dreams First: Handle Your [entertainment] Business Thembisa S. Mshaka FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010 4-5:30pm Reading & Career Conversation Youth UpRising 8711 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland, California 94605 6:30-8pm Reading & Signing With Special Guests from the book: Mykah Montgomery and Traci ‘Starchild’ Bartlow Marcus Bookstore 3900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Oakland, CA 94609 www.handleyourentertainmentbusiness.com community www.putyourdreamsfirst.com book site/trailer ...

19 August, 2010 /

  Anna Marie Wooldrige, PKA Abbey Lincoln 1930-2010 [caption id="attachment_768" align="aligncenter" width="132" caption="Natural Beauty: Abbey Lincoln"][/caption] I met my Abbey Lincoln through my parents. Well, not literally. My father introduced me to her heady mix of soaring and sobering vocal style by playing "Bird Alone" for me many years ago. I've loved her voice ever since. My mother introduced me to Abbey as an actress in the seminal film, Nothing But A Man, in which she starred as Josie. If you don't know this film, Netflix it and IMDB it. It is a classic story of race and relationships. Abbey Lincoln delivers a tour-de-force performance. But then,...

16 August, 2010 /