Cultural Whirl

At four senior centers in Miami Beach, Community Musicwomen performed on January 26, 27 and 29, 2011, through a grant from Miami Beach Arts Gala. The musicians included Kim J on Sax, Keyboard and EWI; Crystal Sawyer The Lady of Harp; Parkway Middle School Vocal Ensemble led by Lorna Lesperance; Joan Cartwright and Melody Cole; and Joan Cartwright and Jazz Hotline with Paul Banman on keyboards and Anthony Turner on bass. The seniors appeared to be having a wonderful time and many of them asked when we were coming back! This program is presented by Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc. a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes women musicians, globally. Click here for all photos .

Mar 3, 2009 FUNDRAISER at Christine's WOMEN IN JAZZ ENSEMBLE March 7, 2009 @ 3pm to 5pm African American Research Library & Cultural Center 2650 Sistrunk Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 www.wijsf.com/events/aarlcc-wij.htm www.wijsf.com/projects/announcements.htm Contact Info: 954-607-7471 Admission $20 Benefits Friends of AARLCC TUNE IN TO MUSICWOMAN LIVE! every Wednesday at www.blogtalkradio.com Archived shows are linked at www.wijsf.com/radio.htm

Diva JC's Red Room What does America mean to you?

In the world, a collective of sensory experience shared offers to many an agreed upon experience with the effect of presenting a consummate sense of human community in time and space. In conventional time (the multi-dimensional world existing in a non-unific sense of time and space) the notion of singularity is at best a notion on a shelf. The unifying thought then is one of multi-dimensionality, having the nature of being more than one place at one time. It also defies the parochial sense of limitation because humans are often bound by their five-sense appreciation of the world. We never stop to consider that of those five senses, vision is the only thing that happens outside of 200 meters around you and, if we are to understand the universe, we would first consider that the world is much broader than what our five senses can tell. Multi-dimensionality offers color where, before, there was only black and white. It offers depth where, before, there was only length and width. It offer...