DEBORAH COX performs at Josh Wood / FornabaioVoss New Years Eve: Black & White Ball

Presented by FornabaioVoss Events and Josh Wood Productions click above INVITE for information regarding The Black & White New Years 2010 Ball with Deborah Cox at Chelsea Art Museum.

Thomas Walter & Violet Emma Dove Biscoe's NO POINT FARM in Dameron, Maryland

Purchased by my grandparents Thomas Walter and Violet Emma Dove Biscoe in the 1920's the 100-acre "No Point Farm" was one of the few farms owned by African Americans along St. Jeromes Neck Road in Dameron, Maryland.

Click the image to read my entire essay at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) Memory Book.

A Page From African American Story - December 7, 1941 Heroes

Lonnie Bunch, museum director, historian, lecturer, and author, is proud to present A Page From Our American Story, a regular on-line series for Museum supporters. It will showcase individuals and events in the African American experience, placing these stories in the context of a larger story — our American story.

Click the banner to read the "December 7, 1941 Heroes" American Story.

Dana Ellyn's "Divinely Irreverent" exhibit THIS Saturday 4-7 pm

Click image to read Dana Ellyn's Newsletter dated Friday, 4 December 2009.

4 December 2009 Friday's Photo of the Week

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Holiday Windows 2009 and Windows on 14th Street, NW, Series

Reincarnations . 1401 14th Street, NW, Washington DC

Wednesday afternoon, 2 December 2009

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2009 Fridays' Photos of the Week

Mid City Artists + Friends = 11 December 2009 Reception at Coldwell Banker on 17th Street NW

Click invitation for details.

See Rod Stewart Perform on TV Tonight and Tomorrow!

Click banner for Rod Stewart TV Update dated Wednesday, 2 December 2009.

Washington Blade Resurrects as DC AGENDA

Sitting in the dentist chair at Whitman Walker Clinic earlier today I read Washington City Paper's 27 November 2009 Metro Weekly vs Washington Blade cover article and learned that the Washington Blade has resurrected as DC Agenda.

Launched on Friday, 20 November 2009 click the first edition's cover to view the print editions archives.

Launch of Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation and Web Site

Click banner to read Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation Newsletter dated Wednesday, 2 December 2009.

21st Annual World AIDS Day Events in Washington DC

In addition to 2009 World AIDS Day events listed at the DC Department of Health click the above poster for the The Cherry Fund press release dated Tuesday, 30 November 2009 regarding 2009 WAD events in Washington DC.

Poster is the work of Elvert Barnes.

In David Mixner's recent Live From Hell's Kitchen blog posting he brings attention to the 1 November 2009 New York Magazine actickle "Another Kind of AIDS Crisis" by writer David France.

Happy 67th Anniversary to Elsie & Bernard Barnes

Tomorrow, 29 November 2009 will mark the 67th anniversary of my parents, Elsie and Bernard Barnes.

Though still under construction the above photo was taken during my 2009 Thanksgiving Visit With The Family docu-project in Southern Maryland.

HAPPY 67th ANNIVERSARY to Little Mama & Daddy!

27 November 2009 Friday's Photo of the Week

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Thanksgiving With The Family in St. Mary's County, MD

No Point Farm . St. Jeromes Neck Road . Dameron MD

Thursday afternoon, 26 November 2009

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2009 Fridays' Photos of the Week