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August 22 - September 4,
2008
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On
the Dock for this Snippet
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Grand
New Exhibit at the National Museum - Washington
On September 27, the
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History opens its new Sant
Ocean Hall, the largest exhibition
in the museum's 100-year history. The 23,000-square-foot hall, located
in the center of the museum, explores the vast, diverse and constantly
changing ocean-from its sunlit surface to its darkest depths, from
prehistory to today, and from the smallest microorganisms to the
biggest animals ever known.
 The
Sant Ocean
Hall will feature hundreds of unique things, including a set of
7-foot-tall prehistoric shark jaws and a model of a 45-foot-long North
Atlantic right whale named "Phoenix," suspended from the hall's more
than 4-story-high ceiling. The hall also
is one of only two places in the country to display a complete giant
squid.
"Ocean
Odyssey," a videotape of high-definition underwater footage by Feodor
Pitcairn, will be shown on the walls of the exhibition's central
space. Science on a Sphere (a room-sized, 360-degree global
display system) uses computers and projectors to display information on
a 6-foot-wide sphere. Animated images and narration explain many
of the complex aspects of the ocean, such as what the ocean produces,
how it changes and how it interacts and influences the
atmosphere.
The
exhibition hall is named for its largest donor, the Roger and Victoria
Sant Founders' Fund. It has been developed in partnership with
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is located at 10th
Street and Constitution Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. Admission is free.
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Welcome
New Print
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We
want to thank you, our reader, for letting our advertisers know that
you support them after learning about them or being reminded of them
after seeing their ad in Port of
Harlem’s print issue or Port
of Harlem’s E-mail newsletter,
Snippets. This support allows us to remain stable and
independent.
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Note: Ad
Design by Yvette Benjamin.
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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival - FREE - Marcus Garvey Park
 City Parks Foundation
kicks-off of its 16th annual free jazz festival, the Charlie Parker
Jazz Festival, presenting top quality jazz performances in New York
City neighborhoods where Charlie Parker lived and worked. The
artists’ short life, he died at only 34, was an incredibly fruitful one
and today saxophonists and other instrumentalists continue to study his
work as both a technical challenge and an aesthetic inspiration.
The Festival takes place Saturday, August 23 in Marcus Garvey Park at
124th St and Mt. Morris Park and Sunday, August 24 in Tompkins Square
Park at East 7th and Avenue A. Performers include The Barry
Harris Trio with special guest Charles McPherson, pianists Randy Weston
and Robert Glasper, vocalists Vanessa Rubin and Gretchen Parlato,
drummer Rashied Ali, trumpeter Jerry Gonzalez & Fort Apache, and a
special performance by pianist Eric Lewis who will perform a
commissioned original piece paying tribute to Charlie Parker.
Performances begin at 3p on both days.
Photo: Vanessa
Rubin
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The
Church of Oprah “Exposed”
Conservative Christians
are attacking Oprah Winfrey for her views on religion. In
addition to numerous articles questioning Winfrey’s views on religion,
a seven-minute video called “The Church of Oprah
Exposed” appears on You Tube.
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Are
Your Relatives Registered
to Vote? - Call Them!
“In 2004, 35 percent of Blacks and 66 percent
of Hispanics were not registered,
and 44 percent of Blacks and 72 percent of Hispanics that were eligible
did not vote.”
-Ron
Walters.
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Port of Harlem
Contributors on TV /
At Carter Baron
The NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer on Tuesday, August 5 included an interview with Port of
Harlem Health contributor Theo Hodge, Jr. MD. Click
here to see the coverage.
Graphic artist Yvette
Benjamin
performs as “Free” with Ayanna Gregory Saturday, August 23 at
Carter Baron,
16th and Colorado, NW starting at 7:30p; and Sunday, September 21 at
the Black Love Day Festival at 4th Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
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Ask the Republicans
Yourself . . .
Got a burning
question you want to a sk
John McCain?
Port of Harlem
will interview one of his surrogates in an interview arranged by the
Republican National Committee. We will pick five questions from
our readers. Look for the responses in the next Snippets. Click
here to send your question along with
your name, city and state.
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Winners
of Barack Video
 Jeffrey
Cohen, John Banks, Celia Johns, and Craig Murphy answered the question:
In the current Port of Harlem print issue (August
- October 2008) on page 23, “In Your Castle,” what is the name of
the D.C. store the stocks the hand painted mirror by married Brazilian
artist Alvaro and Monica Hintz that reflects our shared African
heritage?
They answered: Zawadi, 1524 U Street, NW;
Washington, D.C. 20009; 202-232-2214.
and won a FREE copy
of:
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Barry
Lester at
Build / Renovate Your Own Castle III
 How to collect art to
beautify your walls and benefit your pocket is what participants at the
Build /Renovate Your Own Castle III will learn during the presentation
by Barry Lester. The art dealer, art historian, and owner of Attitude
Exact Gallery on Washington’s historic Barack Row starts his
presentation at 3:30p.
We
are limiting this year’s seminar to 30 participants. Click here for more
information and to pay online.
Read
Revitalizing
Art Consciousness from the August -
October 2007 print issue.
Photograph:
Lester, top right, on the August - October 2007 issue of Port of Harlem.
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