Huge National Geographic Warehouse Sale - Save Up to 90
Truckloads of National Geographic books, globes, toys, clothing, travel gear, jewelry, home and garden accessories and more — more than 250,000 items — for kids and families, adventurers and armchair travelers are offered at 20 percent to 90 percent off at the D.C. Armory this weekend. “This year’s sale is one of the largest ever,” said National Geographic’s Bill O’Donnell, director of operation.
Fourteen tractor trailers will be loaded with almost everything that National Geographic has offered for sale in the past five years. Many of the items seen in National Geographic gift catalogs will be available.
The huge sales takes place at DC Armory, 2001 E Capital St. SE, Washington, D.C. Friday through Sunday, November 14 -16; 9a-5p; Free Admission.
A National Geographic warehouse sale will also be held in San Diego, CA at The San Diego Convention Center from Friday, Nov. 28 to Sunday, Nov. 30 and in Austin, TX at The Austin Convention Center from Friday, Dec. 12 to Sunday, Dec. 14. Sale hours are the same as for the Washington, D.C. event.
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Is Integration Killing Black Art? By L. Michael Gipson
From vaudeville to hip hop, mainstream America has profited off Black art, usually robbing the artist. Now with Black powerbrokers like Tyra Banks, Will Smith and Oprah Winfrey, the script is getting flipped.
Ensemble shows by Black writer and senior producer Shonda Rhimes’ of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice prominently feature Blacks, but its stars are White. Banks bankroll shows and movies featuring a rainbow coalition of girls in Top Model and the straight- to-DVD flick,The Clique. Smith and Winfrey regularly produce films with White central characters, including this fall’s The Secret Life of Bees (really the secret life of Dakota Fanning).
Even in music, the producers of Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera are Black, sometimes earning more off album sales than artists. These diversity ventures prove profitable, popular and even critically acclaimed. Conversely, the “all Black” productions from BET, Tyler Perry and Vivica Fox get ghettoized by fans and critics alike, despite profitability. A similar dynamic helped kill 70s Black Arts, leading to the Black media drought of the 80s. Looking at a more multi-racial future, does the demise of segregated art represent progress when those benefiting look like us? Or is Black art being murdered in the name of Black capitalism?
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Gipson also writes for the print issue's
Besenty Gomez - Kitty Village, The Gambia:
Just got an Obama t-shirt which I wash twice a week as I put it on almost daily. Also, I was in a sports programme on West Coast Radio last night when we discussed him and his love for basketball.
Jim Shreve - London, Ontario:
Congratulations to the USA from a friend from Canada. Hope has been elected over the inequitable and unsustainable status quo.
Publisher's Point: "Beyond Barack" American history reminds us of the euphoria that takes place whenever voters elect a Black to head a city or state. It also teaches that political power does not equal economic power.
The Other Side: "Obama Pride" Obama fever has even reached the confines of prison. Willie Karanji, a Kenyan native, asserts, "Most prisoners are Black; Obama gives us hope that a person can become what he wants to become."
Join author, lecturer, and historian of the African diaspora C.R. Gibbs at the Lamond Riggs Library, South Dakota Ave. and Kennedy St. NE, 7p, Tuesday, November 18 for a revealing and insightful look at Nubia. The lecture will focus on the people and 6,000 year history of the ancient African kingdom that was Egypt's rival along the Nile.
With its unique temples and tombs, queens and kings, high science and stunning mysteries, Nubia, also known as Kush, stands on its own as a profoundly compelling and rewarding chapter in the great annals of African history. Free admission.
C.R. Gibbs is a frequent contributor to Port of Harlem's print issue.
Carolina Kitchens Opens Second Restaurant - Prince George’s
The second Carolina Kitchen Bar & Grill opened Thursday, November 13 in the new University Town Center, 6501 America Boulevard in Hyattsville, MD. The restaurant seats 375 people and features three semi-private dining rooms and a fireside lounge. Lance London, owner of Carolina Kitchen, says patrons can experience the restaurant's signature Soul Food and American Cuisine with a choice of several different atmospheres to suit their mood. Carolina Kitchen also has a location on the The Boulevard at the Cap Center.
Pictured: Lance London
The Other President from Illinois
With the election behind us and a new presidency in front of us, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr, (African American Lives 1 and 2 and Oprah's Roots) returns to PBS with a new two-hour special about the other president from Illinois (Abraham Lincoln), Looking for Lincoln, airing Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 9p. (ET)
A highlight of the nationwide Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial celebration, Professor Gates applies his unique approach to exploring roots unearthing little known history of the man widely considered one of our best – and most enigmatic – presidents. The documentary carefully interprets evidence from those who knew him and those who study him today to address the many controversies surrounding Lincoln about race, equality, religion, politics, and depression.
The Graham Collection’s
Annual Christmas in October
The Graham Collection presents original ornaments in their annual festive "Christmas in October." This year’s event is at Zawadi Art Gallery and Gift Shop, 1524 U Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
The event is Saturday November 15 11:30 - 7p and Sunday, November 16 noon - 5p. Copies of the current issue of Port of Harlem are also available at Zawadi’s.
From vaudeville to hip hop, mainstream America has profited off Black art, usually robbing the artist. Now with Black powerbrokers like Tyra Banks, Will Smith and Oprah Winfrey, the script is getting flipped. 
