Contents BOSTON’s BLACK THEATER HISTORY - REMEMBERED FRANK SILVERA: FROM BOSTON’s STAGE TO HOLLYWOOD’s SCREEN THE INSIDE SCOOP ON SPIKE LEE’s “INSIDE MAN” MARIA and T WINS at RCC TONIGHT ONE LOVE DVD & CD THE FIRST WEEKEND CLUB - NOW IN BOSTON KIRSTEN GREENIDGE UPCOMING EVENTS BOSTON’s BLACK THEATER HISTORY - REMEMBERED by Kay [...]

Contents HATTIE MCDANIEL HONORED ONCE AGAIN “BROAD COMEDY” TAPS LOCAL COLLEGE TALENT THE LIFE OF BARBARA JORDAN SHINES THROUGH IN “VOICE OF GOOD HOPE” TIME TO JAZZ IT UP! SHE’S A GEM ONE LOVE DVD & CD THE FIRST WEEKEND CLUB - NOW IN BOSTON CIRCLE OF SONG’s “MEETING” THIS SATURDAY UPCOMING EVENTS HATTIE MCDANIEL [...]

Contents GIRLS, BOOKS AND A WHOLE LOT OF TALKING HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THE RIGHT CHILDREN’S BOOK? BOSTON WRITERS AND THE STORIES THEY TELL THE COOTA EXPERIENCE “CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY” FILMMAKER TAKES MOVIE HOME THIS WEEKEND “BLOWED AWAY” BUY INDIE FILMS THRU TCOF THE FIRST WEEKEND CLUB - NOW IN BOSTON “AS I [...]

Contents A JOURNEY OF FAITH AND HEALING WITH QUILTS MFA DOES SCHOOL VACATION WEEK IN STYLE BOSTON MUSICIANS WALK THE RED CARPET READING AND RHYMING WITH COOTA GOOD GRADES! NO MONEY? NO PROBLEM?, HARVARD OPENS ITS DOORS UNFORGETTABLE KENT AS COLE LEAPS ABOUND BUY INDIE FILMS THRU TCOF THE FIRST WEEKEND CLUB - NOW IN [...]

Contents ARTS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE COMMUNITY SENSORY BEE BOP RAGTIME SETS THE STAGE WITH A MIGHTY CAST AKEELAH INSPIRES, DARES TO DREAM AND SOARS OPERA, COMEDY & KIDS BUY INDIE FILMS THRU TCOF THE FIRST WEEKEND CLUB - NOW IN BOSTON APRIL 20 - RELIVE THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE UPCOMING EVENTS PLAYWRITING CONTEST ARTS, MENTAL [...]

Contents ALVIN AILEY DANCES IN THE COMMUNITY CHOREOGRAPY EXPRESSES LIFE’S EXPERIENCES CARMEN HEATS UP THE STAGE HOW WE LOVE TO HATE THE YANKEES DeAMA BATTLE HONORED ORIGINATIONS REMEMBERS THE 70′S & 80′S BUY INDIE FILMS THRU TCOF THE FIRST WEEKEND CLUB - NOW IN BOSTON UPCOMING EVENTS PLAYWRITING CONTEST ALVIN AILEY DANCES IN THE COMMUNITY [...]

Contents JACK’S WORLD - A SPRING TRADITION RETURNS SHAKESPEARE IN COLOR AS GUEVARA TAKES A LEAD DONAL FOX PAYS TRIBUTE TO TENOR WILLIAM BROWN STORIES TO WAKE UP THE EARTH IT’S A WRAP - BOSTON’S URBAN MUSIC AWARDS COME REVISIT HARLEM IN ITS GOLDEN AGE SISTERS IN LAW - A MUST SEE QUALITY INDEPENDENT FILMS [...]

Contents A MOTHER’S TRIBUTE DIMOCK HEARS WORDS FROM AN ANGEL CAROLINE, OR CHANGE BOSTON WOMEN’s FUND TAKES A STAND LOST CITY CAPTURES GARCIA’s PASSION SISTERS IN LAW’s FINAL SCREENING TONIGHT QUALITY INDEPENDENT FILMS THRU TCOF THE FIRST WEEKEND CLUB - NOW IN BOSTON JOHN WITHERSPOON AT THE COMEDY CONNECTION UPCOMING EVENTS THE ZION TRAIN HITS [...]

Contents POETRY, RHYMES AND RHYTHM TO SOOTHE THE SOUL ACT ROXBURY CELEBRATES YOUTH WRITERS THE HEART STOPPING POETRY IN MOTION BLACK REP IN RI RAISES THE ROOF ON ALBA RAGTIME EXTENDED OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE HEDGE QUALITY INDEPENDENT FILMS THRU TCOF THE FIRST WEEKEND CLUB - NOW IN BOSTON SAVE THESE DATES! UPCOMING [...]

Contents ROXBURY’S ROOTS IN COMEDY SHAKESPEARE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN ROXURY KONG SPOTTED IN TOWN - (TIX GIVEAWAY) COMEDIANNE WANDA SYKES IS PROFILED RAGTIME and CAROLINE OR CHANGE EXTENDED THE ZION TRAIN HITS DORCHESTER JUNE 10 LIVE AND BECOME ENCORE TO BE OR NOT TO BE MUTANT ONE LOVE DVD’s ON SALE PLANTING MOON [...]

Contents DUNHAM’S POWERFUL INFLUENCE DUNHAM LEAVES HER LEGACY DUNHAM’S EFFECT ON NEW GENERATIONS IMPULSE DANCE REMEMBERS DUNHAM “ANGELS IN AMERICA” DIVERSIFIES CASTS A MOVIE WITH A LOT OF HEART CARS - A GREAT FAMILY SUMMER MOVIE ONE LOVE DVD’s ON SALE UPCOMING EVENTS DUNHAM’S POWERFUL INFLUENCE by Kay Bourne KATHERINE DUNHAM, 1910 - 2006. The [...]

Contents FROM ROXBURY TO THE WORLD - RFF 2006 LOCAL FILMMAKER DOCUMENTS THE STREETS HOME GROWN TALENT IS ABUNDANT AT RFF 2006 RFF SPECIAL GUESTS, WORKSHOPS & PANELS BELLES AND BROWN AT THE COOLIDGE in AUGUST TIME TO JAZZ IT UP! - A CD REVIEW ONE LOVE DVD’s ON SALE UPCOMING EVENTS FROM ROXBURY TO [...]

Contents ARTISTS REFLECT ON WORLD ISSUES PARK’S PLAYHOUSE WOULD MAKE LEWIS PROUD WHERE’S THE BEEF? A STEP UP AND DOWN IN DANCE MOVIE SUMMERTIME AND THE MOVIES ARE EASY… SAVE THE DATE WILSON’S LEGACY LIVES IN RADIO GOLF HAROLD SCOTT DIES AT 70 ONE LOVE DVD’s ON SALE UPCOMING EVENTS ARTISTS REFLECT ON WORLD ISSUES [...]

Contents A GLIMPSE OF GREATNESS - AUGUST WILSON GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT THE CINDERELLA STORY STILL CHARMS “THE ROCK” TURNS TO THE GRIDIRON SPECIAL ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM SAVE THE DATE - COLOR OF FILM FUNDRAISER GROWING UP ON STAGE “IDLEWILD” SAUNTERS ONTO SCREENS ONE LOVE DVD’s ON SALE UPCOMING EVENTS A GLIMPSE [...]

Contents A STIRRING AND VIBRANT TRIBUTE TO COLTRANE BLO BEGINS THE SEASON WITH A COLORFUL BOUQUET DIMOCK HOLDS IT’S OWN BATTLE OF THE BANDS A BOSTON TREASURE HIDDEN AT THE MUSEUM SCHOOL NANTUCKET’S BLACK HISTORY REVEALED A TASTE OF FILM - October 14 A SECRET PAST COMES TO LIGHT - a book review ONE LOVE [...]

Contents HEARTFELT MESSAGE IN STIRRING FILM STRICKLAND PERFORMS MAGIC ON STAGE JIMMY GUILFORD TURNS 95, COME CELELBRATE HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY STAGE MASTERPIECE THIS PILLOWMAN HAS YOU TOSSING AND TURNING A TASTE OF FILM - October 14 THEATER ROCKS AND SHAKES EYES ON THE PRIZE RETURNS TO TV DIMOCK’S BAND WINNER TO PLAY AT STEPPIN’ [...]

Contents ROXBURY TREASURES RE-DISCOVERED BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT ALIVE IN ROXBURY ART IMITATES LIFE “CATCH A FIRE” HEATS UP THE SCREEN AMAZING FEATS & FEETS! A DELICIOUS TASTE OF FILM! LEE’S PICS RESURFACE BARBEAU TELLS ALL ONE LOVE DVD’s UPCOMING EVENTS ROXBURY TREASURES RE-DISCOVERED by Kay Bourne(Historian Byron Rushing explains that the Parting Stone, which stands [...]

Contents ART INSPIRED BY LOVE, PASSION, AND HOME DANCER PLANTS HER FEET FIRMLY ON THE STAGE MORBIDITY, DEATH AND A GOOD LAUGH HAIRSPRAY STILL HOLDS UP RONALD BROWN ticket PROMOTION HIGH STEPPIN’ TV TOP COPS FINDS CLOSURE NEW RELEASES ‘TIL CHRISTMAS ONE WOMAN SHOW CAPTURES THE MEANING OF DESIRE ONE LOVE DVD’s UPCOMING EVENTS ART [...]

Contents NATIVE AMERICAN MUSEUM TELLS A RICH HISTORY SA ARTISTS FEATURED AT CRAFTS AT THE CASTLE BLACK NATIVITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO JOHN ROSS MIDDLE MARSALIS DOES MORE THAN MEDDLE GROWING UP WITH RICHARD PRYOR - A BOOK REVIEW DEJA VU CAPTIVATES AND ENTERTAINS GAMBLING, POLITICS AND THE MONARCHY RONALD K. BROWN’S EVIDENCE MATTAPAN ACTOR MEETS [...]

Contents HOLIDAY SHOPPING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD URBAN NUTCRACKER DAZZLES TRIBUTE TO BENNY ANDREWS DREAM SOLDIERS PROTECT DREAMGIRL GROWING PAINS OF A BUBBLY BLACK GIRL HIGH PRICE TO PAY FOR DIAMONDS “CHILDREN OF MEN” TELLS STORY OF HOPE LAUGH, CRY, BLUSH WITH LEGUIZAMO TELL ALL Thousands Gather for Gerald Levert’s Memorial Service ONE LOVE DVD’s UPCOMING [...]

Contents HAPPY HOLIDAYS SPIRITUALITY OF THE SEASON HOME OF THE BRAVE SALUTES HOMETOWN STAR BURSTYN’S “LESSONS” TELLS OF JOURNEY DARE TO DREAM “MARSHALL” PULLS AT HEARTS SMITH’S HAPPYNESS GIVES HOPE HAPPY HOLIDAYS The Color of Film Collaborative, Inc.(TCOF) and The Kay Bourne Arts Report (KBAR) wish you and yours a very happy and safe holiday [...]