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Souls of Prose
© by Alex Holt
Future Focus
Nov 26
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Moving Out and Opening Up
Ancestor Wall
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MODE'S Methods at work
at The Collective
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A Collective Welcome to Our
Journalism Intern, Mr. Alex Holt,
a Lamar High School Senior.
MODE Volunteer Millie Haas, sits right down and gets
BUSY helping staff set up some of its programming
and software issues in key areas.
the program must attend an information meeting
and submit and application. MODE convenes a panel
of arts and management experts to select the organi-
zations to receive intensive assistance. Organizations
not selected for intensive assistance are eligible for
general assistance and may be selected for the inten-
sive level of service in successive rounds.
Mr. Maurice Menefee is one of those many wonderful
people who helps whenever and wherever he is need-
ed. Whether it's helping mend the fence in the back
one more time, trim back major-league branches
from that full beautiful tree shading the parking lot,
or keeping the lawns looking good, his smile and
enthusiasm is a positive part of the Collective's spirit.
We Thank You, Mr. Menefee.
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ISIS ART & CRAFTS GALLERY
will be expanding and growing to serve the
Community, just in time for the Holiday.
Come Shop with us at the Grand Reopening
November 10,1994,
just in time for the Holidays.
Children's Performance 11:00 a.m. at Miller Outdoor Performance Ann Lundy Conducting
CMCH presents Thursday Nite JAZZ, featuring Rhapsody.
Wayne DeHart returns in a Blues Performance
planet of our mind. Burial under six feet of earth will
never embody a character as it will a mortal reader.
Characters have the fountain of youth gushing from
our imaginations to maintain everlasting life. By
being the creator of these characters a writer tran-
scends through time as well. As a writer, you're the
All-Knowing and All-Seeing of the story. You decide
who lives or dies, despite the law of this land. You are
the law, because the land is a plot dissected from the
garden of your imagination. Literature can take you
on a trip through the bizarre worlds of the fictional
minds of characters fabricated by great writers, from
James Baldwin to Jim Morrison. With a story, you
don't need the money nor the will to leave your couch
to quest through foreign lands. A story is the passport
An idea conceived 5 years ago, the Ancestor Wall is a concept
designed to celebrate and honor friends and family whose
hard work and sacrifice made our opportunities possible.
Coordinator for the project, Lazette Jackson, is asking for
donations of memorabilia in the form of signs, photos, arti-
facts, and personal papers (or copies of personal papers) that
reflect the nurturing spirit of friends, family and community.
The wall is to be located inside the front entrance hallway.
Lazette can be contacted at 523-1616.
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that flies across the world, and even shuttles through
blackholes in space. It's the skeleton key that unlocks
of prestige. A reader integrates in the lives of festive
or sinister people, whom are everyday citizens of a
writer's country.
Poetry and fiction are the communication between
us, Afrikaans and our ancestors. Through deep writing
we incarnate the spirits of our forefathers. We speak
for their voices that can't be heard no longer. We
translate their anger, through spirit, against the
oppression of us, their children. If you knowledge
the literature, you knowledge the culture.
PEACE
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Angel of software
;; f ; ur angel of software savvy this summer has
been Ms. Dru Bailey. Dru is a Consultant to
Nonprofit Organizations in the areas of pro-
gram evaluation, software solutions and research
design. Her skills enables an organization to select the
right software to collect, store, sort and retrieve the
necessary data to write those wonderful items called
grant proposals as well as other types of reports need-
ed by staff. Dru's company service motto is "Helping
the People Who Help the People". Dru Bailey's
strength is that she quickly acclimates to the organiza-
tions' environment, offering invaluable technical assis-
tance and expertise while still allowing the director
and staff to concentrate on what they do best, serve
the community in their unique field and individual
styles. Her flexibility to work with the variety of
schedules of all our staff members was a tremendous
plus for us at the Collective. Our grateful appreciation
and THANKS.
Mi his summer, the living was typical Houston,
I hot, humid but thanks to MODE and CACHH was
E a lot easier. We at the Collective were fortunate
to have the assistance of two Mode service providers,
Ms. Millie Haas and Ms. Dru Bailey.
MODE is the technical assistance program of the
Cultural Arts Council of Houston, has been ranked
number one in it's category by the Texas Commission
on the Arts. MODE'S mission is "To build the organiza-
tional capacity of multicultural, small and midsized
arts organizations in Houston/Harris County, facilitat-
ing their artistic growth and strengthening them as
channels for diverse cultural expression in the com-
munity." MODE offers two levels of technical assis-
tance, intensive and general. Organization wanting
consideration for the intensive "incubator" part of
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Community Artists' Collective 523-1616
Four Houston Photographers 6:00-8:00 p.m. Exhibit their photographs taken at Project Row Houses throughout its renovation and transformation
Photography Exhibition in conjunction with FotoFest through Featuring the work of Diane Palm, Angela Perkins and Glenda Calhoun
Community Cultural Arts Festival @ Yates High School 11 a.m. 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Community Cloth Cooperative, for additional information
contact Theola Petteway at 523-1616. Lunch is provided for all courtesy of HEB Pantry Food.
Artists Kwaanza Market through Crafts and artworks of local artisans available for sale.
COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER OF HOUSTON (CMCH) 523-9710. CMCH is now enrolling individuals interested in music classes. Persons wishing to learn to
play an instrument or take vocal lessons, need to call 5239710 for addtl info.
oetry is a soul on looseleaf. A tree gives life,
; ? but once it frames a poem, life is given to it.
A poet's soul dissolves into his reader's, and
they bond to become a singular being. They share the
same shirt, undershorts, smell, taste, etc.
Fiction is when a writer becomes a god. A writer
makes man and nature in his own image on a PC or
college-ruled paper. Fictional characters are immor-
tals, because of their eternal existence on the esoteric
More Places To Discover forthcoming Cultural Arts Events Contact:
AFRICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE, INC. African History & Culture/Nanteza Kakembo. 521-1797
AMANDLA PRODUCTIONS. Storytelling & Dance Rosalind Holt/Munirah Olabisi. 741-8912
CECA TRAINING & PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ARTS/Theola Petteway. 528-6424
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS VISUAL ART. A Place for All People./Mercedes Perez-Meyer. 639-7586
PROJECT ROW HOUSES. Visual Art & Community Revitalization/Rick Lowe. 526-7662
SISTER MAMA SONYA SAYS. Storytelling & Songs/Sonya Lucas-Roberts. 741-4348
KUUMBA HOUSE. Dance, Theatre, Productions, Classes. 524-1077.
ANCESTRAL FILMS Film Presentation. St. John United Methodist Church. 527-9548
MIDTOWN ARTS CENTER. Visual and Performance Art. 524-1079
THE ENSEMBLE. Theatre Presentations. 520-0055
LAWNDALE ART AND PERFORMANCE CENTER. 528-5858
DIVERSE WORKS. Art & Performance Center. 223-8346
FRONT AND CENTER
We would like to present to you the two winners of the Community Artists' Collective's Coloring Contest: May we
have a drum rolL please First Place Dali Whitmore, age 8, "Helping Out in the Community" Second Place Lesley
Richardson, age 6, "Myself In My Neighborhood"
S.H.A.P.E. 3815 Live Oak 523-0629
First Saturday'sHolistic Health Day contact Akila.
Vegetable & Fruit Coop contact Nandi 5210629.
Freedom School ages 5 10 contact Kevin
Oct 1, Nov 5, First Greater Houston Area Kwaanza Committee Mtg. 3815 Live Oak at 5:45 p.m. 520-0641 contact Edith or Kevin. A meeting for people intrested
in participating in or starting their own Kwaanza Celebration activities
Parents Rights of Passage meeting 3815 Live Oak meeting from 5:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Monthly Council of Elders Luncheon 11:00 a.m. at 3815 Live Oak, contact Akila for additional information
Unity Fun Run contact Tangela at 521-0629
Kwaanza Celebration through contact Tangela at 521-0629 or Edith at 521-0641 for more information.
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Ashe Affirmation Alphabet
S is for searching for the good in the human condition
T is for Truth, it's out there, we just have to want to
find it
U is for U and I can make this world a better place in
which we can live together in peace, but it's hard work
citizens
V is for victorious living, it starts with caring about our
fellow citizens and giving more than you ought
W is for Why do things always have to be so difficult
X is for a special generation, of gifted youth searching
for the right answers, keep them in your prayers
Y is for Y not, if someone else succeeded in reaching
for their dream, daring to believe in a vision, so can
you! Y not work for the common good, believe it or
not, you feel better having helped someone, try it!
You just might surprise yourself
Z is for zee you lata, alligatas, and z is for those awe-
some animals in the motherland called zebras, there
black and white works in harmony and captivates the
pencils & lenses of artists everywhere, think about it!
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