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A Lost Camera Case Opens Memories of a Photojournalist’s Life Kathryn Leigh Scott © Provided by The Daily Beast Courtesy Kathryn Leigh Scott I periodically check messages on a website I maintain for my deceased former husband, Ben Martin, a Time/Lifephotographer. The other day I read a message from “Tracey” that brought back bittersweet memories of the man I married fifty years ago, July 3, 1971. . . .Today I purchased an aluminum camera gear case that belonged to Mr. ...

Stillman College partnership provides access to HIV, AIDS and STI testing and care Five Horizons Health Services opens at Sillman College By Kelvin Reynolds | May 6, 2021 at 6:19 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 6:19 PM TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Five Horizons, a healthcare group focused on HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, has opened a healthcare office on the campus of Stillman College . People working in that partnership say it’s already making a difference “Talking about sex and...

Tweet Share Watching John Mailander’s Forecast live is a bit like trying to watch gravity. You know there’s a centripetal force holding it all together, even if you can’t see it, and even when the jazz- and bluegrass-inspired collective spins out of orbit. Those spacey improvisations took center stage at the band’s May 6 album release stream. Mailander’s group returned to the Five Spot, their first live show since the pandemic began, to celebrate ...

For some, home is the house they grew up in. For others, it’s a country or a nation. Some find it in family, or in the arms of a lover, while others believe it’s where we go when we die. Some say home is the “ pale blue dot ” that is our planet, and still others believe it’s only a state of mind. Despite a glorious rooftop view of the Empire State Building, when my rent doubled at the Garment District retail space where I was illegally living, I realized that New York City had become...

The YA novel Like Home tells the story of a teen named Chinelo, Nelo for short. Her best friend is Kate and life is good. Nelos family owns a convenience store in a popular neighbourhood known as Ginger East. But when the store is vandalized and police get involved, Nelo is emotionally affected and her relationship with her friends and family change forever.  Like Home is for ages 14 and up. Louisa Onomé is a Nigerian Canadian living in Toronto. Fresh Air9:57How growing up in Mississauga...

Written by Emily Morrow on April 1, 2021 If legendary jazz musicians were collected together in one giant jigsaw puzzle and each musician was one piece – Thelonious Monk’s individual piece would be impossible to cut out. As a singular artist, his shape or place in jazz is too uniquely non-conforming. From a musical and historical standpoint, he is recognized as one of the first creators of modern jazz and a major influence on the later development of the Beb...

Archie Shepp on jazz, race and freedom: Institutions continue to abuse power Lanre Bakare © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images One night at Five Spot Cafe in the early 1960s, two gangsters were sitting at the bar when Cecil Taylor’s group started to play. Taylor, a pianist, poet and leading figure in the new vanguard of jazz musicians, was known for his intense sets that could – on the wrong night – clear bars completely. This particular ev...

At 83, the saxophonist has somewhat mellowed his funkily avant-garde music – but his anger at the racial injustice he has fought all his life remains undimmed