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A Raisin in the Sun Shines
By DEBORAH MOODY
A_ug&sta Focus Staff Writer
What is it about A Raisin in
the Sun that keeps its strong,
sure-fire appeal for almost 50
years’ An exemplary ensemble
of students Paine College con
tributed to this legacy with their
performance of the Lorraine
Hansberry play A Raisin in the
Sun, March 28-30 in the
Gilbert-Lambuth Odeum on
campus.
The talented ensemble fea
tured DeAnthony Bateman,
Dyonna Carter, Tyonna Carter,
Michael Collins, Lacey Harrs,
Daniel Lomax, Janise Stone,
and Alton Walker, as well as
Immaculate Conception
School ten-year-old student
Ethan Bernard Elston.
Dr. Don Cleary, Assistant
Charlotte Riley-Webb artwork displayed at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum
Charln(tc Ri]t‘)U\chb: A
Moment of Clarity with an
Abstract View Exhibit at the
Lucy Craft Laney Museum.
With her transiton from figu
rative painting into abstract art,
Charlotte Riley-Webb is quick
ly emerging as one of the most
accomplished visual artists in
the United States. The exhibit
is a sclection of colorful, con
textual images from a body of
paintings that she describes as
“wo lifetimes of work.” The
show indudes paintings from
the figurative series “From Sto
ries of My America” as well as
her current abstract series
“Transcendence of Earth
Tunes.”
Her work has been featured
in The Civil Rights Museum in
Birmingham, AL, the Cleve
Compilation Project Celebrates the Spirit
By DEBORAH MOODY
Augusta Focus Staff Writer
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ship offers great music that
wifi help to keep your
mind on sacred matters
and enjoy everyday. This
compilation CD has the
star power and offers the
listener a totally uplifting
and divine CD.
Familiar songs by CeCe
Winans, Tramaine
Hawkins, Angelo &
Veronica and os'ler great
Fospcl artists will leave
eeling as though one had
just walked out of a Sun
day service.
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land Museum of Art, the
Devonish Gallery in the Briash
West Indies, the Beach Inso
tute Museum in Savannah, GA
and the Hampton Muscum in
Hampton, VA.
Charlotte Riley-Webb has
received many professional
accolades across her carcer. She
was awarded a Pollock Krasner
Foundaton Award in 2006.
This award is given only to a
select group of mature artists
chosen from a pool of artists in
73 countries. She was also the
reapient of Hampton Muse
ums John T Biggers Award.
Charlotte was inducted into
the Natonal Assodation of
Women Artsts (NAWA) and
won the prestigious Beatrice
Jackson Award on her first year
of entry. NAWA, founded in
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Tribbett & G.A brings you
full-tilt for the Lord.
Praise Is What I Do by
William Murphy builds
into a powerful congrega
tional anthem. Holy 75 %be
Lamb sung by Oleta
On the Real with Miss Monique ..,
Miss Monique,
My friend (a friend with
benefits) and | went to Las
Vegas and had fantastic
time once we g(;t there. He
wined me and dined me,
etc. On the way to Vegas
though, we had a little
problem with the seating
arrangements. For our
trouble, we both received a
SIOO voucher from the air
lines to compensate us.
Well anyway, the other day
he had the nerve to call me
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1889, is the oldest professional
womens fine art organization
in the United States. Member
ship in NAWA has included
some of the most prominent
women artists of the 20th cen
ry including Georgia
O'Keefe, Elizabeth Catdett,
Gertrude Vanderbile Whitmey
and Harlem Renaissance
favonite Lois Mailou-Jones.
Adams ushers you into the
presence of tranquility and
peace. One of the best
groups in the Gospel busi
ness, Mary Mary, stirs the
drive to thrive in Can't
Give Up Now.
Celebrate! Songs of Wor
ship proffers a music proj
ect tEat is solid and takes
you through a rich musical
journey truly moving docu
ment of spiritual expression.
Other dynamic singers
include Dawkins &
Dawkins (Need To You),
Nancey /“d’“’" (Holy Is He),
LaShell Griffin (Amazing
Grace), Anointed (Now That
I'm Free), and Men Of Stan
dard (I Need You).
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and ask if he could have
my voucher. First, he told
me he had to go see his sis
ter in Virginia. Then he
just said an emergency
came up and for me not to
worry. That, of course,
made me worry. | asked
who he was going with. He
said it was not my business
because it was a friend of
his. | asked, what did that
mean? | just know it is
another woman. There is
no way | am going to let
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him take another female
with him out of town and |
am not going too. [ told
him I would have to find
it. He told me [ was acting
childish, but I don’t think
so. Do you think I am
wrong for not wanting to
give him my.voucher to go
out of town with another
chick?
This is from ya girl that
works @ Wally World!
Dear. Ms. Wally World
Professor of Drama/Music,
directs the play. A Raisin in the
Suniis setina Chicago flatin the
1950 s - was looscly based upon
an anti-segregation case that
Ms. Hansberrys father won
before the llinois Supreme
Court.
The drama features a contlict
of aspiratons by Walter (Walk
er) who wants to own a liquor
store, his sister Beneatha (D.
Cartcr) who wants to go to
school to become a doctor, and
their mother Lena (Stone) who
wants to purchase a home. A
significant allotment check pro
vides a contentious tug-of-war
between the family members
over which dream the money
will finance.
The play works on so many
levels, especially in Dr. Don
Cleary s directorial hands.
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As women, we are some
thing else aren’t we? Yes we
are, to answer my own
question. This man is not
your man; he doesn’t owe
you an explanation. He
doesn’t have to take you on
another trip. On top of
these facts, if it weren't for
him, you would not even
have the voucher! “Whart it
is 1s ‘what it is’. | under
stand you are feeling a lit-
Sce Monique,page 3B
Tyonna Carter has a strong
command of Ruth. Carter
envelopes Ruth in layers of
fatigue, doubt, fragility and
uncertainty but shes also got an
under core or strength. This is
important because when' she
banters with her husband Wal
ter Lee (Walker), the audience
knows that no matter how cut
ting he gets-and he throws some
nasty barbs later in the play, the
audienae sees that Ruths com
posure and quiet come from
strength, not weakness, and that
she is tough enough to take any
thing he can dole out.
There is a solid character real
izaton with Janise Stone as
Mama. Stones command per
formance begins in her opening
SCCNes.
Sce Raisin,page 3B
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