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Congratulations to Jessica Dejan Native New Orleanian Jessica Dejan, 2008 Recipient, Principal’s Award, Westdale Academy, Baton Rouge, LA. Ms. Dejan, who also received an award for her achievements in Language Arts, will be attending Baton Rouge High in the Fall. She is the daughter of Jacqueline Moore. |
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 A New Orleans selection from a colorful collection of Professor ARTURO's poetry. My Name Is New Orleans - $5 Donation Native Son (for Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong) - $5 Donation Stagolee & Billy (A New Awlins Tale) - $5 Donation The Ballad of Willie Bob - $5 Donation Sunday Suite (to the memory of Gwendolyn “Fémi” Sampson) - $5 Donation The Ballad of Willie Bob - $5 Donation Shine & the Titanic (New Awlins Style) - $5 Donation Poem for our Fathers - $5 Donation Poem for our Mothers - $5 Donation
Merrittoris Action CD - $10 Donation
Poem for Our Fathers Native Son (for Louis Armstrong) Sunday Suite The Night Befo’ Kwanzaa Dis MY House!!!
All books will be signed by Professor ARTURO.
Professor ARTURO, a poet and fiction writer from New Orleans, is a Spoken Word artist, educator, performer, editor and speechwriter who received a Master of Arts degree in Writing from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. degree in English/Journalism from the State University of New York-College at New Paltz. As one of the original Broadside poets of the 1960s, Professor ARTURO has collaborated on a medley of projects with a melange of artists including painters, musicians, photographers, dancers, singers, fire eaters, waiters, cab drivers, and other members of the Great Miscellaneous. He has performed his poetry, fiction, toasts and
“jazz poems” on a solo basis or with musical accompaniment at Ebony Square,
Vincent’s City Club, the Contemporary Arts Center, the Louisiana Folklife
Festival, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Urban League’s Annual
Golden Gala, Ashe Cultural Arts Center, Tulane University’s Amistad Research
Center’s Achievement Award Banquet, True Brew Coffeehouse, the Maple Leaf Bar
and an array of public/parochial schools, colleges, and churches
nationwide. He has also served as
Featured Performance Poet at Sweet Lorraine’s jazz club and co-founded the
performance series “ARTURO and Joe’s Old Skool Jazz & Poetry Open Mic Night”
at the legendary Edgelake Bar (featured in Elvis Presley’s “King Creole”). His work has appeared in such diverse publications
as FAHARI, the American Poetry Review, the Shooting Star Review, the Minnesota
Review, the Gallery Mirror, EBONY, From a Bend in the River, Mesechabe, Word
Up, the Chicory Review, the New Laurel Review, the New Orleans Tribune, We
Speak As Liberators, Black Spirits, A Broadside Treasury, and Swapping Stories:
Folktales From Louisiana. He has taught at educational institutions ranging
from Northeastern University (Visiting Poet for the Africana Studies Center) to
Texas Southern University (Writer In Residence). He has served as Academic Instructor for the New Orleans Urban
League’s Computer Operations Training Center and as Poet In Residence at the
Neighborhood Gallery. Inquiries about the author’s availability for
workshops, readings, collaborative projects, seminars, residencies, and
publications should be directed to:
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11th Annual Mayor's Kwanzaa
Professor ARTURO was a performer at The Kwanzaa Celebration for Dannel P. Malloy, Mayor
of Stamford, CT.
Kwanzaa is the spiritual celebration that is observed each year from December 26th through January 1st. The word Kwanzaa is derived from a Kiswahili phrase, matunda ya kwanza, which means the "first fruits of the harvest."
Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a Black Studies professor and black activist.
-Rod Terry, author of KWANZAA THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES.
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