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Dylan at the civic center
Bob Dylan will be coming to
the Augusta Richmond County
Civic Center on Friday, Octo
ber 15 at 8:00 p.m. It’s a rare
opportunity tocatch thelegend
in action. Writer Charlie
Perkins caught at a concert
recently and here’swhathehad
to say: . N Vo
You can’t relax and sing
along. When Bob Dylan radi
cally. alters the rhythm and
melody of his best songs, you
have to pay attention.
That willingness to take
chancesisonereason whyafter
40 years, Dylan remains one of
America’s most compelling
musicians, and sometimes one
of the most frustrating.
In a 21-song performance
Wednesday nightat the Verizon
Wireless Arena, Dylan leaned
heavily on his mid-Sixties cata
log. Sometimes his experiments
didn’t work. A melancholy,
crooning version of his bitter
’6os classic “Positively 4th
Street” stumbled. Butarestyled
versionof “The Times They Are
A-Changin’ “ wasan early high
point. Dylan proved again that
his often-ridiculed voice could
carry that song, while his first
rate band confronted the audi
ence with an unexpected rein
vention of the melody that be
came a bit reminiscent of the
Grateful Dead.
Old fans had to be delighted
by Dylan’s song choices, in
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It’s tax season; watch
out for refund scam
It’s that time again — tax
time and you are scrambling
around tryingtogetyour taxes
done. Be on the lookout for
one refund called the Black
Inheritance Tax Refund 40
acres and a mule. It’s a scam.
I just received an e-mail
that’sbeen sent to hundreds of
people nationwide. It says all
African Americans livinghere
in the United States are de
scendants of slavery and now
our government has finally
passed a bill to pay all descen
dants back.
That’s not true.
John Stone with Congress
man Charlie Norwood’s office
says this probably stems from
a bill Representative John
Conyers introduces every ses
sion to get votes from African
Wedding plans snag cost of dress
It’s probably one of the most
important days in your life.
Your wedding day. You want
everything to be perfect, but
somehow there’salways seems
to be a snag in your plans.
Veeta Perry tells me she
started seeing problems plan
ning for her big day after she
paid a SSO deposit to put a
dress on layaway at Sho-Ane’s
Design Studio in downtown
ugusta. She paid SIOO on a
ress, but later changed her
ind about the gown and now
he can’t get her SIOO back
ecause the store considered
he full $l5O a deposit and no
eposit is refundable.
Iwentdown tothestoreand
und the layaway policy to be
nclear as to what’s refund
ble or if every payment is a
posit. I spoke with Sho-Ane
aton, the store owner and
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cluding “It’s Alright, Ma (I'm
Only Bleeding)”, “Don’t Think
Twice, It’s All Right” and a
stellar version of “Mr. Tam
bourine Man” capped by a har
monica solo.
Fewer chances were taken
with newer songs. In one com
pelling three-song segment of
theconcert, Dylan followed the
genial shuffle-swing of “Sum
mer Days” and the classic rock
of “Mississippi” from his new
“Love and Theft” CD with a
blistering “Cold Irons Bound”
from 1997’s “Time Out of
Mind.”
The star was as colorful on
stageasusual. That wouldbea
black suit and a white shirt.
Many high school plays enjoy
flashier lighting than Dylan’s
concert. Through most of the
show, he maintained his cus
tomary stage demeanor, that of
a grim-faced preacher. The
music was the show.
In his encore, Dylan gener
ally offers crowd-pleasers. He
returned to the stage with a
polishedrendition of last year’s
Grammy-winning “Things
Have Changed” and a typically
powerful “Likea Rolling Stone.”
Afterbreakingthetension with
a delightful jazz-inflected ver
sion of “If Dogs Run Free,” he
closed the night with “Blowing
in the Wind” and a pounding,
evocative “All Alongthe Watch
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Stone teils me there is no
such law and this program is
nothing but a scam.
That’s’ why the IRS is urg
ing you not to fall victim to
theseslaveryreparation scams.
They say that they received
about SBO,OOO taxreturnslast
year claimingalmost threebil
lion dollars in reparation re
fundsand the majority of those
taxpayersliveright herein the
south.
Soeffective April 15, the IRS
will send out a warning letter
allowing any taxpayer who
filed for slaveryreparations to
submit a correction return.
Other wise you could face a
penalty of about SSOO for filing
frivolous tax returns.
she says that she has decided
to apply the SIOO dollars in
stead toatiara that Perry had
chosen.
Good news for Perry, her
tiara finally arrived.
Idid some checkingwith the
Better Business Bureau and
Sho-Ane’s Design has an un
satisfactory record because of
unresolved complaints. How
ever Sho-Ane tells me she
prides herself in having good
customer service with her cus-.
tomers. ;
Sho-Ane asked me for some
advice about how to improve
her customer sérviceand with
my experienc doing stories
like this, I suggested she con
sider changl‘illg %er layaway
policy to malse it clearer as to
what’s refung w'&and what’s
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Black HiStOl'v Month Events Through February 22
BThe Augusta Museum: of
History will feature Heritage of
the Black West as its February
film which will continuously
play in the History Theater.
Free with admission to the
museumlocatedat 560 Reynolds
‘St. For more information, call
722-8454.
®Studio ArtGro, 978 Broad
St., will host a mixed media
collection of works by Samuel
O. “Renaissance Man” Will
iams. A dancer, choreogra
pher, actor, set designer, vocal
ist, author, sculptor and
painter, Mr. Williams’ paint
ings are in the collections of
JamesEarlJonesandtheDance
Theater of Harlem. Theexhibit
will run from now through
March 3.
BThe Lucy Craft Laney Mu
seum of Black History, 1116
Phillips St., will feature the
works of Mr. Ronald Middleton,
artist and art teacher at Rich
mond Academy, for the month
of February. The MOCHA
MOMs, agroup of stay at home
moms, will partner with the
museum and come together to
provide social, educational and
technological programs for the
children. They meet 10a.m. to
noon every Tuesday.
@ Heritage Entertainment
will present “I Won’t Be the
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The Augusta Chorale, under
the direction of Ellis Johnson,
will present a heritage concert
Sunday, February 24, 2002, at
4 p.m. at the Gilbert-Lambuth
Chapel of Paine college. Vari
ous styles of black American
music will be presented in cho
ral settingsand solos. Works of
Scott Joplin, Moses Hogan,
Rosephanye Powell, Margaret
Bonds, Glenn Burleigh, and
otherswillbe performed. Guest
performerswillinclude Crystal
Harris, soprano, and Johnny
Greene, tenor. Crystal Harris
made her professional debut
with Onyx OperaAtlantain the
production of “Gallandry” as
The Announcer in 1991 under
thebaton of Dr. David Morrow.
She has performed major roles
in “Tremonisha” and “Dream
Lovers” with Onyx Opera At
lanta. Mr. Harrishasappeared
with Yoel Levi and the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra, perform
Laney Museum features Dr. Myrick-Harris for its first Annual
African American Historian Recognition Award Program Feb. 16
The Lucy Craft Laney Mu
seum of Black History will
present its first Annual Afri
can American Historian Rec
ognition Award Program on
Saturday, February 16, 2002,
at 5 p.m. Admission will be $5
per person. Featured speaker
will be Dr. Clarissa Myrick-
Harris, director of the South
ern Black Communities Oral
History Center and associate
professor of African World
Studies at Morris Brown Col
lege.
Dr. Myrick-Harris, an edu
cator, historian and institu
tionbuildet, joined the faculty
of Morris Brown College in
1997. Sheteaches African and
African-American History.
Other Woman” play at the Bell
Auditoriumon February 14and
15, at 8 p.m. both nights. For
ticket information, call the Civic
Center box office at 724-2400.
WAspart ofthe Augusta State
University Black History
Month celebration, there will
be a panel discussion on Shelby
Steele’s White Guilt, Black
Privilege on Friday, February
15, at 12 noon. Dr. Charles
Case of the Sociology Dept. will
be participating on the panel,
along with Rev. Dan King from
the Unitarian Universalist
Church of Augusta. For info,
call 737-1411.
B “Follow the Drinking
Gourd” is the newest show at
the USCA Dupont Planetarium.
Theprogramisabout howslaves
used astronomy and song to
escape the bondage of slavery
and travel to Canada. The
show will be held February 15
and 16 at 7 and 8 p.m. nightly.
Cost is $4 per adult, $3 per
senior, $2 per student ages K
-12, and $1 for USCA faculty,
staff and students. For more
information, call (303) 641-
3313.
BThe Lucy Craft Laney Mu
seum of Black History will
present its First Annual Afri
can American Historian Recog
nition Award Program and re-
ing in “A Child for Our Time”
and “The Three Cornered Hat.”
Ms. Harris has spent much of
her professional career perform
ing in the most prestigious op
erahousesin Europeand North
America. Theseinclude LaScala
(Milan, Italy), Opera Bastille
(Paris, France), Deutsche Oper
(Dusseldorf, Germany), Teatro
di Roma (Rome, Italy), War
Memorial Opera House (San
Francisco, Calif.), Seattle Op
era (Seattle, Wash.) The
Wortham Center — Houston
Grand Opera (Houston, Texas),
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion —
Los Angeles Opera (Los Ange
les, Calif.), and numerous oth
ers. She is a graduate of
Spelman College and Georgia
State University.
Johnny Green, tenor, is an
Augustan who has sung with
the Augusta Opera and the
Augusta Choral Society. He is
a member of the choir at St.
She became chair of the
Africana Department in fall
semester 1998 and served in
that capacity until the end of
2000.
Last year, she established
the Southern Black Commu
nities Oral History Center
housed at Morris Brown. She
is currently conducting re
search and intgrviews for the
Morris Brown College Oral
History Project. Her other
research focuses on the his
tory of African-American in
stitutions (e.g. the Free South
ern Theater and the AM.E.
Church), and historical mani
festations of initiation in the
lives of women of Africa and
the Diaspora.
ception on Saturday, February
16,at 5 p.m. Guest speaker will
be Dr. Clarissa Myrick-Harris.
Admission will be $5 per per
son. For more information,
call the museum at 724-3576.
WASU will sponsor a free
Gospel Expo on Sunday, Feb
ruary 17,from 3t05:30 p.m., at
the Maxwell Performing Arts
Theatre. It will feature perfor
mances by local church choirs;
presented by the ASU Black
Student Union. For info, call
737-1492.
B Everfaithful Missionary
Baptist Church, 314 Sand Bar
Ferry Rd., will hold its Black
History Program on Sunday,
Februaryl7,atsp.m. Speaker
will be Dr. James Carter 111,
consultant, counselor, admin
istrator, pedagologist, author,
oratorand historian. For more
info, call the church at 722-
0553.
BASU will host the Buffalo
Soldiers on Mon., Feb. 18 at 10
a.m., Galloway Hallroom 101 A,
for a free program. Featured
willbeavideo, lectureandriding
performancesbythe Buffalo So
ldiers. Call 737-1709.
BASU will host an Art Expo,
Feb. 20, from 10:30a.m.t01:30
p.m., Washington Hall lobby
and cafeteria, free. Music and
Paul Episcopal Church. He is
also a member of the Augusta
Chorale and often a featured
soloist. Johnnyis a graduate of
Loyola University and hasdone
further study at the University
of South Carolina.
SNDA hosts films for Black History Month
TheStudent National Den
tal Association (SNDA) of the
Medical College of Georgia
(MCG) willbehosting several
films to commemorate Black
History Month at the school.
Films will be shown the re
maining Wednesdays of the
month (February 20 and 27)
in the main lecture room of
the Dental School (AD1020)
at 6 p.m. Admission is free.
The schedule is as follows:
-Wed., Feb. 20 - The Black
Press: Soldiers Without
Swords and Blacks and Jews.
- Wed., Feb. 27 - Richard
Dr. Myrick-Harris has
worked as a researcher and
writer for Time-Life Inc. and
the Smithsonian Institution.
She was co-founder of the Af
rican American Academy, the
first African-centered elemen
tary school in Ohio. She is
also the co-founder of The
Black Resource Center, an in
dependent publishing com
pany.
She has lectured through
out the country; her essays,
articles and fiction have ap
peared in books as well as
scholarly and general interest
publications. Recentlysheco
authored the African World
History Electronic Reference
Book (Cdrom). And article
February 14, 2002
spoken word performances,
original art exhibits, and the
return of the five dollar book
sale; presented by the ASU
Black Student Union. Forinfo,
call 737-1492.
BTheStudent National Den
tal Asso. of the Medical College
of Georgia (MCG) will host two
films on February 20 and 27 in
the main lecture room of the
Dental School (AD1020) at 6
p.m. TheFebruary 20 films will
be The Black Press: Soldiers
Without Swords and Blacksand
Jews. For February 27, the
films will be Richard Wright:
Black Boy and James Baldwin:
The Price of a Ticket.
BThe African American As
sociation of Augusta will hold
its 10* Annual Black Heritage
Ball on Fri., Feb. 22, at the
Marbury Center (old Fire Dept.
building), 1257 Broad St., from
8 p.m. t012:30 a.m. There will
be hors d’oeuvres, wine foun
tain, BYOfavoritebeverageand
music by Just Us. Dress or
African attire. Tickets S2O per
person.
Watch this space next
week for remainder of
Black History Events
through the end of the
month.
The 65 voice group will be
accompanied by Angela
Arrington, pianist. Admission
for adults is $lO and students
$5. Tickets may be purchased
at the door. For moreinforma
tion, call 736-2958.
Wright: Black Boy and James
Baldwin: The Priceofa Ticket.
TheSNDA originated from
concerned dental students at
Meharry Medical College in
1970. Since this humble he
ginning, theSNDA hasgrown
to approximately 1,100 mi
nority dental student mem
bers who are from African-
American, Hispanic and Na
tive American backgrounds
from among the approxi
mately2l,ooodental students
enrolled at the 56 U.S. dental
schools.
she has written about anti
lynchingcrusader Ida B. Wells-
Barnett will be published in
the July 2002 issue of
Smithsonian magazine. She
iscurrently collaborating with
former U.S. senator and am
bassador Carol Moseley Braun
on a book about African-
American women'’s history.
Dr. Myrick-Harris has
taught at Emory University,
Purdue University, Univer
sity of Georgia and the Uni
versity of Cincinnati. She
earned her B.A. degree from
Morris Brown College, her
M.A.from Ohio State Univer
sity Bnd Ph.D. from Emory
University.