American Friends Service Committee Invite you to join them for their 5th Annual King Peace Program Celebrating the Peace Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 @ The Atlanta Friends Meeting Meetinghouse 701 West Howard Avenue, Decatur, Georgia 30030.

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Grammy nominated producer Nicolay, best known as one half of the independent soul duo The Foreign Exchange, will embark on a two week tour of North America alongside the Raleigh-based exploratory jazz trio The Hot At Nights (led by 8-string guitar virtuoso (and TFE’s guitarist) Chris Boerner with Matt Douglas on sax/woodwinds and Nick Baglio on drums).

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Get ready to break out the mistletoe, snuggle with your boo, and two-step with loved ones as smooth jazz statesmen Will Downing remixes the traditional Christmas album by pouring his silky baritone over lush productions.

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Ed Garnes, Founder of From Afros To Shelltoes, talks Sweet Tea Ethics on Excellent With Serving Radio Friday, December 9, 2011 at 2pm.

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Bestselling lifestyle author Gil Robertson has issued a call to authors and storytellers to contribute to his next anthology, Where Did Our Love Go: Personal Essays on Love & Relationships in the African American Community. The highly anticipated follow-up to Roberson’s two previous bestsellers, “Not in My Family: AIDS in the African American Community” and “Family Affair: What It Means to be African American Today,” will seek to find an answer to the growing marriage gag that exists in Black America.

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Fahamu Pecou hits folks up side the head with another funky good time. All DAT! and a bag of chips! The PHATTEST JAM since the 90′s is BACK!!! Break out your Triple Fat Goose… throw on some fresh Le Coq Sportif….lace up your TIM BOOTS and get ready to get BUSY!!!! Something Like a FAHAMENON 90′s JAM… The B-SIDE!!! Go..Go!

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Award winning writer, activist, counselor, and educator Edward Garnes, Founder of From Afros To Shelltoes, joins CURRENTS: Attitudes and Issues – A Visual Arts Exhibit Featuring works by Geoffrey Johnson and Kerly Suffren Saturday, November 19, 7pm until 10pm. “Black Male Attitudes from the Civil Rights Movement to Hip-Hop” — an intergenerational interactive performance panel featuring Fahamu Pecou, MONDU, Edward Garnes, Jon Goode, Jim Alexander, and Mausiki Scales.

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Rising Sons Lounge births Fahamu Pecou’s new suite of paintings entitled Sophisticated Ignorance. The opening will take place Friday, November 11, 2011 from 7pm-11pm at Mason Murer. photo credit: www.shannonmccollum.com

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From Afros To Shelltoes play cousin Anthony David and Kindred, the first family of soul, play Atlanta’s Center Stage November 16, 2011 with special guest Choklate. Proceeds benefit New Hope Enterprises. The event is presented by our friends at Muddy Water and Rival Entertainment.

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Mark Anthony Neal presents Left of Black S2:E5 w/ Scott Poulson Bryant and Anne-Maria Makhulu.

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Emmy Nominated writer Jon Goode reports live from Occupy Wall St. Support the movement www.occupywallst.org.

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From September 23rd through October 30th 2011, Award-winning artist and pop culture critic, Fahamu Pecou, will convert a vacated store-front into a thriving art studio/community center featuring music and creativity The Rising Sons Lounge will feature programming developed in collaboration with From Afros to Shelltoes and is part of the City of Altanta’s “Elevate: Art Above Underground” initiative.

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