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December 11, 2011: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Concert

MusicUNTOLD Staff — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:58:55 +0000

MusicUNTOLD is a Community Partner of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra www.laco.org. LACO will provide FREE bus transportation to LACO December 11, 2011 pre concert lecture and concert at Royce Hall, UCLA.

Presented in partnership with Mercedes Benz of Long Beach and St. Mary Tower, Long Beach.

Community Cinema: We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân

MusicUNTOLD Staff — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:08:28 +0000

Community Cinema: We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân

The Wampanoag nation of southeastern Massachusetts ensured the survival of the first English settlers in New England, and lived to regret it. We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân tells the story of the return of the Wampanoag language, the first time a language with no native speakers for many generations has been revived in this country. Spurred on by an indomitable linguist named Jessie Little Doe, the Wampanoag are bringing their language and their culture back.

FOR LOVE OF LIBERTY: Stories of Black Patriots In The Civil War

MusicUNTOLD Staff — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:37:50 +0000

If prevalent and accepted accounts of American History – both scholarly and those portrayed by Hollywood – are to be believed, the face of the Union Army was white. The truth is, though most were not recognized as citizens or even free man, more than 200,000 African Americans took up arms in the Civil War. Yet most accounts of their valiant actions are absent from history books and contemporary film.
For Love of Liberty: Stories of Black Patriots In the Civil War finally, and for the first time, sets the record straight.

Where: Ernest McBride Park & Cal Rec Community Center, 1550 MLK Jr. Ave., Long Beach, Ca. 90813

When: 3:30 PM Sunday, November 20, 2011

Who: Presented by MusicUNTOLD.com and NAACP Long Beach Chapter in tribute to Veterans Day and 150th anniversary of Civil War. Writer, director, producer Frank Martin will discuss making of documentary and answer questions.

Click here to download the event flyer.

You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Kills You Preview

MusicUNTOLD Staff — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:31:21 +0000

You’re Nobody Till Somebody Kills You stars James McDaniel, Michael Mosley, Assiatou Lea, Nashawn Kearse, Michael K. Williams, Kevin Carroll, Julito McCullum, Doug E. Fresh, Ed Lover, and Big Daddy Kane.

Synopsis: “You’re Nobody ‘til somebody kills you” is an action packed and gritty story of two New York City homicide detectives that are forced into the high-stakes world of the hip hop industry. A complex web of murder, sex, money and music unfolds as the homicide detectives track a serial killer with an appetite for some of hip hop’s biggest stars.”

Executive produced by Spike Lee, the film has been described as a Hip Hop crime/horror written and directed by Michael A. Pinckney.

“My purpose in making this film was to comment on the fascination rappers have with death and violence and to bring to light the tendency they have to become more famous after they’ve died,” says Pinckney.

You’re Nobody Til Somebody Kills You (Movie Trailer) Starring Shyheim, Michael Williams (The Wire)

757 Cafe & Bakery
Saturday, October 29, 2011
3:00PM
757 Pine Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90813
RSVP at 562-436-4352
MAPClick here to download and print the Long Beach event flyer

Mayme Clayton Library & Museum
Saturday, October 29, 2011
7:30PM
4130 Overland Avenue
Culver City, CA 90230
(310) 202-1647
MAP Click here to download and print the Culver City event flyer

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“You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Kills You” Interview w Director, Michael Pinckney

JUNETEENTH WorldWide Concert 2011

MusicUNTOLD Staff — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:20:28 +0000

Click here to download the Juneteenth Worldwide 2011 poster.

JUNETEENTH WorldWide Concert

June 19th, 2011
2:30 pm
Terrace Theater/Long Beach Performing Arts Center
300 E. Ocean Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90802

Box Office (562) 436-3661
Tickets also available online through Ticketmaster or by calling 1-800-745-3000
Group Discounts: 1- 800-398-7021 and 714-773-9800

Street parking meters free east of Long Beach Blvd except Ocean Ave

Recommended parking lots:
Long Beach Blvd. at 1st (one block walk) 0-2hr $2.00 2-3hr $3.00
1st St. at Elm Ave (two blocks walk) 0-2hr $2.00 2-4hr $3.00
Both lots require payment in advance.

To learn more about Denyce Grave, visit her official website www.denycegraves.com

The JUNETEENTH WorldWide Concert will also feature an exhibit of rare objects from the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum.

MAYME A. CLAYTON LIBRARY & MUSEUM

at JUNETEENTH WorldWide Concert

Reservation ~ Research ~ Education

The Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum will exhibit a variety of rare objects, sheet music, photographs, books and works of art chronicling African American History and Culture at The Terrace Theater in Long Beach, CA in conjunction with the Juneteenth Concert Performance by Denyce E. Graves. Items slated for exhibition include; rare photographs of African Americanoperatic singer, Marian Anderson. Also on display will be an autographed copy of the first book of poetry written by an individual of African American descent. The book titled, Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral, was written by the enslaved, African American, Phillis Wheatley and was published in London, England in 1773. The exhibit will also highlight African American participation in a number of music genres. Rare signed sheet music by Duke Ellington and a variety of other historical artifacts will be on display in celebration of Black Music Month.

MISSION

The mission of the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum is to collect, preserve; exhibit and celebrate the unique history and cultural heritage of Americans of African descent thereby helping to provide a more complete view of American history.

ABOUT MCLM

The Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum (MCLM) is home to the Mayme Agnew Clayton Collection of African American History and Culture. The collection contains over two million rare books, films, documents, photographs, artifacts and works of art related to the history and culture of African Americans in the United States, with a special focus on Southern California and the American West. The collection is one of the nation’s most important collections chronicling the history and culture of Americans of African descent.

Online at : http://www.claytonmuseum.org/

El Presidente Returns to Long Beach

MusicUNTOLD Staff — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:02:16 +0000

El Presidente sponsored by Long Beach Central Area Association will perform hip hop in Spanish for the third consecutive year at Latin American Parade & Celebration, September 10, 2011.

The parade steps off at Pine and 6th at 3PM and will make its way to the new Festival location at 4th Street and The Promenade. The Festival will run from 3-9PM.

Get all the details at downtownlongbeach.org

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David Rubinstein piano recital

MusicUNTOLD Staff — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:22:33 +0000

David Rubinstein is an acclaimed concert pianist whose experience includes extensive work in the film and television recording studios of New York and Los Angeles. He currently performs a wide range of repertoire from Bach and Scarlatti to the present. The current season features French works from his recent CD “Favorite French Piano Works Performed on the Rubenstein R-371 12-foot Grand Piano.”
More about Mr Rubinstein at davidrubinstein.net

Recital sponsored by Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Long Beach Main Library, and www.MusicUNTOLD.com.

Saturday, October 22, 2011
1:00PM
Long Beach Public Library – Main Library Auditorium
101 Pacific Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90822
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ITVS Community Cinema – Peace Unveiled

MusicUNTOLD Staff — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:15:10 +0000

Peace Unveiled Screening Recap, September 27, 2011

Tarek Mohomed, Maria Khani, Charmaine Holland, and Waheedah Haazim, Long Beach ITVS Community Cinema panelists.

Long Beach ITVS Community Cinema 2011 series kicked off with a screening of Peace Unveiled, a film that spotlights the stories of women in conflict zones from Bosnia to Afghanistan, and Colombia to Liberia, placing women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security and reframing our understanding of modern warfare. Following the screening, our audience engaged in a vigorous discussion with panelists Tarek Mohomed, Maria Khani, Charmaine Holland, Madina Hussein, and Waheedah Haazim on topics such as the role of tradition and culture in Islam.

By the end of the evening there was a sense of optimism in the auditorium as we brainstormed actions we can take here in Long Beach that affect change worldwide. Some of those ideas were as simple as writing to our elected officials to inform them of our views on the many conflict zones worldwide. Other proactive ideas included learning more about people we consider different, be it a religious, ethnic or cultural difference. From that discussion we learned of the upcoming OPEN MOSQUE DAY 2011.

In all, the screening and panel discussion was enlightening and many walked away with some new understandings.

Gandhi King Season of Nonviolence Kick-Off

MusicUNTOLD Staff — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:59:35 +0000

You are invited to the Kick-Off event for the Gandhi King Chavez Season of Nonviolence. Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 1:00pm – Long Beach Public Library | Main Library Auditorium. Join Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal and Alysha Del Valle of ABC7 for a performance from the MusicUNTOLD Chorale to start this 64 day national campaign.
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African American Heritage Month Celebration

MusicUNTOLD Staff — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:05:30 +0000

Join us Saturday February 12, 2011, Noon, for the African American Heritage Month Celebration. With support from the City of Long Beach, the Arts Council for Long Beach and NAACP Long Beach Chapter, Music UNTOLD presents presents a program featuring the exhibit Forgotten Images, and film screenings of The History Makers: Angela Basset interviews legendary mezzo-soprano Denyce Grave and For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots.

The event begins at noon at the Long Beach Main Public Library
101 Pacific Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90822

Poster graphic design and layout by Ethel Powers
Click here to download flyer