The Savannah tribune. (Savannah, Ga.) 1973-current, February 22, 2012, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextShips of the Sea Maritime Museum presents Beh/nd the Moss Curtain SAVANNAH Brokers, Bankers, And Bay Lane-inside the Slave Trade Saturday, February 25th, 2:00 pm. FREE n ^7^ 41 MLK Blvd. Savannah, Georgia. 31401 <912) 232-1511 "g* n www.Shipsofthesea.org-fa tie book & twitter 1 PRSRT STD U.S POSTAGE PAID Savannah. GA Permit No. 923 “GEORGIA’S BEST WEEKLY’ 1805 MLK Jr. Blvd. Savannah, Ga 31415 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED abannaf) tribune February 22,2012- February 28,2012 • Vol. 41 No. 52* 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140 Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Orchestra The greatest big band in the land returns to Savannah March 1 at 6 p.m. in the Trustees Theater for an evening of full-tilt swing. Celebrating the 50th birthday of bandleader Wynton Marsalis, the orchestra will perform a retrospective of his own compositories and arrangements of big band classics - from the music's New Orleans roots to bebop to modem jazz. Wynton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 18, 1961, to Ellis and Dolores Marsalis, the second of six sons. At an early age he exhibited a superior aptitude for music and a desire to par ticipate in American culture. At age eight Wynton performed traditional New Orleans music in the Fairview Baptist Church band led by legendary ban- joist Danny Barker. At 14 he performed with the New Orleans Philharmonic. Wynton’s love of the music of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and others drove him to pursue a career in classical music as well. He recorded the Haydn, Hummel and Leopold Mozart trumpet concertos at age 20. His debut recording received glorious reviews and won the Grammy Award® for "Best Classical Soloist with an Orchestra.” Marsalis went on to record 10 additional classical records, all to criti cal acclaim. Wynton per formed with leading orches tras including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Pops, The Cleveland Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and more. Wynton has produced over 70 records which have sold over seven million copies worldwide. SMF has added five more acts in nine individual productions to its 2012 festival, which begins March 22nd and runs through April 7th. Tickets to these additional productions are on sale at the Trustees theater located at 216 E. Broughton Street, 912-525- 5050 and online at savannahmusicfestival.org. The Savannah Tribune Salutes Black History Month American Golfer Jim Thorpe On Thursday, February 23 2012 at 6:30 p.m The Black Heritage Festival will pres ent “Uneven Fairways” A film Documentary that “...chronicles the stories of African-Americans who faced discrimination and all manners of indignities just to play the game of golf and the lengths to which black golfers went, including forming their own tour, the See “ Thorpe on pg. 7 61st Southern Regional Press Institute Held CNN student anchor Carl Azuz and SRPI Coordinator Professor Reginald Franklin, Photo: Joshua Crawford/ The Tiger’s Roar By Whitney Hunter, Savannah Tribune Managing Editor Carl Azuz said last Friday at Savannah State University’s 61 st Southern Regional Press Institute’s Milledge-Owen Luncheon held in the King Frazier Ballroom, that media is becoming increasingly enhanced by footage users send to news networks. “ You need instruction to tell a story ethically,” Azuz said. “We need guid ance to tell the truth and nothing but the truth.” Azuz, anchor of CNN Student News, was awarded the Robert S. Abott Memorial Award and was one of many who attended the two-day event filled with workshops aimed at improv ing students’ journalism skills. The annual event whose theme was “ Media in a Digital Age: A Changing See “ SRPI” on pg. 7 "Ira Aldridge - the African Roscius" Presented by the Savannah Black Heritage Festival L-R: William "Bill" Largess, Director; Avery Brooks, Actor; Jewell Robinson, Producer/Actress; Shirley Barber On Saturday February 18 at 7 p.m. at AASU The Black Heritage Festival pre sented “Ira Aldridge — The African Roscius” As part of its ongoing Cultures in Motion series, the National Portrait Gallery, in collabo ration with the National James and Jacquelii Museum for African American History and Culture developed and pro duced a tribute to the life of celebrated nineteenth-centu ry Shakespearean actor, Ira Aldridge, played by cele brated twenty-first-century Shakespearean actor Avery Lawton, Playwright Brooks, with NPG’s produc er/actor Jewell Robinson as Aldridge’s daughter Amanda. Commissioned by the NPG Marc Pachter Fund, and written by Jacqueline Lawton, the play examines the life of an African American who was forced to emigrate to Europe in the early 1800s in order to practice his craft and who, despite the odds, transcend ed as an artist to the heights of his chosen profession. FDIG arver (State Ltwis U. Toomei If Hinder flml K1 I’tcmJuuI S5 Years of Service, Leadership and Success A23 hip - ’ - t 3,1927 ■ypi LENDER I President since December 197!

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The Savannah tribune. (Savannah, Ga.) 1973-current, February 22, 2012, Image 1