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Four Portland churches unite to rouse ‘God’s Trombones,’ June 15
Worship, conversation pay tribute to poet, civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson Nearly 75 years after his death on a rainy Wiscasset morning, poet and early civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) will be honored with worship and community conversation during “God’s Trombones” at Trinity Church, 580 Forest Ave., Portland, on Sat., June 15, at […]
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Tagged Abyssinian Meeting House, Al Niese, Albert Melton, Dean Shambaugh, God's Trombones, Grace Nail Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson, James Weldon Johnson, Ken Lewis, Lawrence Weeks, NAACP, Roy Partridge, Steve Coleman
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Come hitch a ride and ‘Fly Over Egypt’
This one goes out to the artists, the human rights advocates and the hybrids among us. Amidst the struggle, it feels a little bit like hope. “Fly Over Egypt” is from The Narcicyst, aka Yassin Alsalman, a Montreal-based author, actor and hip-hop artist, raised by Iranian parents in Dubai. The man is on a mission to […]
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Tagged #Fly Over Egypt, 11 February, Ahmad Shokr, Bei Ru, Democracy Now, Egyptian Revolution, homonyms, Hosni Mubarek, Nik Brovkin, Ridwan Adhami, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Sundus Abdul Hadi, Tamara Abdul Hadi, The Narcicyst, VIBE, Wesam Nassar
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‘Bouncing Cats’ makes Doc Channel debut tonight
What does it take to make a real difference in the lives of others? What if it was as easy as sharing that thing in the world that you really love to do. For Ugandan Abraham “Abramz” Tekya, that thing is dance – specifically, hip-hop and breakdancing. Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, the Documentary Channel premieres […]
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Tagged Abramz Tekya, Bouncing Cats, Breakdance Project Uganda, Documentary Channel, Invisible Children, John Legend, K'Naan, LRA
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Hope remains for Davis in these final hours
“Democracy Now!” devoted its entire on-location broadcast today to the fallibility of the U.S. death penalty and the scheduled execution of Troy Anthony Davis by the State of Georgia at 7 p.m. ET. Host Amy Goodman will also conduct a special broadcast, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. EDT, from outside the prison and execution site […]
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Tagged #TooMuchDoubt, Amnesty International USA, Mark MacPhail, NAACP, SCHR, Troy Davis
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Another snowstorm, another Voice Project blessing
A happy coincidence with the latest dose of winter weather — arriving in tandem with the storm today was another strong installment from the Voice Project I couldn’t resist sharing this cover of Radiohead’s “Everything in its Right Place,” performed by cellist Joshua Roman and DJ Spooky, a composer, multimedia artist and writer also known as […]
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Tagged DJ Spooky, Ink Spots, Joshua Roman, Maine, musician, Paul D. Miller, peace, Radiohead, reconciliation, Uganda, Voice Project
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