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In Memoriam Miriam Makeba

13 November 2008

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A Little Respect

18 September 2008

Received the following by email.  It’s from Terneille Burrows (TaDa).  Quite frankly, I was thrilled to get it. Those of us who work in the Department of Culture have made similar points in boardrooms and accountants’ offices, but the attitudes about ourselves and our artists persist.
I’m not going to say more — I’m just going [...]

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One Reason why Culture’s Important

2 September 2008

(but not the only one)
Global Voices Online » Venezuela: Youth Orchestra Transforms Lives
In 1975, José Antonio Abreu started working on his dream of creating an orchestra in Venezuela. Abreu and other 8 students, started the Old Music School José Ángel Lamas, which created a program based on new ways of learning and adapting different [...]

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Oh, Look Wha Ya Do To Me

20 July 2008

That wasn’t what the concert was called, but it should’ve been.  Because if anybody doubted that we Bahamians have a lack of love for our country or our icons, last night’s event — entertainment maestro Ronnie Butler’s farewell concert — proved them wrong.  
I’m not going to say all that much.  This isn’t going to [...]

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