Thursday, January 31, 2013
The FBI named Atlanta as one of 14 cities with the highest number of children made to be prostitutes.
On Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 10am, a panel of policy makers and politicians in Atlanta will join Actress, Author, Director, (not to mention SW Atlanta's own) Jasmine Guy as she is named the national spokeswoman for the "I Am Not Yours" campaign whose goal is to bring awareness against child sex trafficking. The press conference will be hosted at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, 303 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta 30308 at 10 a.m. 300 thousand children are at risk every year for child sex trafficking in the United States of America. Recently the FBI named Atlanta as one of 14 cities in the nation with the highest incidents of children used in prostitution according to the Georgia Governor's Office for Children and Families. The average age …
Friday, November 16, 2012
Mountaintop is an imaginary tale of Martin Luther King's last night alive in the Lorraine Motel
Kenny Leon, the Atlanta Arts hometown hero, has brought his play 'Mountaintop' from Broadway to the Southwest Arts Center for Atlanta audiences to enjoy. Mountaintop is a re-imagined scenario of what Martin Luther King's last night alive may have been like in the Lorraine Motel. The play stars Broadway's Danny Johnson and Demetria McKinney from "The Rickey Smiley Show", and is said to be a gripping tale that shows Dr. King as "a man and exemplifies his love for God, family, and country through a transformative surprise." Written by Katori Hall and directed by another Southwest Atlanta hero, Jasmine Guy, the production won a 2010 Olivier Award Winner for Best New Play. The play is running from now until December 16th at the Southwest Arts …
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The city of Atlanta and 'Black Atlanta' are being highlighted in a month-long series by The Huffington Post.
Over the past 3 weeks Cascade Patch has already shared a few of the stories that have been featured in the month-long "Black Atlanta" series within the Huffington Post. The most read, being Jazmine Guy's story of what she loved and why she loved Southwest Atlanta. In a press release from earlier this week, we found out that the month long, "spotlight features celebrity guides tours through Atlanta’s varied neighborhoods; a video series on Atlanta’s New Leaders, plus special reports on the business community. The project was produced by prominent national journalist Gil Robertson IV, who created the project to celebrate his adopted hometown." So far, the project has included “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Cynthia Bailey on what it’s …
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Guy is back in the neighborhood, but this time as director of a True Colors Theatre Company production, "The Colored Museum."
Though born in Boston, actress Jasmine Guy relocated south with her family to Atlanta when she was young. Growing up as a preacher’s kid in the greater Cascade area, Guy found herself on the church pews often on Sundays at the Friendship Baptist Church where her father Rev. Dr. William Guy was pastor. As a student of Atlanta’s main performing arts school—then called Northside High—Guy knew there was a voice inside beckoning her creative talents to step forward. And they did, as she received a scholarship for a New York City acting school right out of high school. She decided to pursue a career in acting despite the lack of opportunities for black women in Hollywood at the time. She credits Hattie McDaniels, Lena Horne and Dorothy Dandridge…
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
The acclaimed Atlanta director, who turned 55 recently, was feted last night at a star-studded celebration at the Commerce Club.
By Atlanta standards, the crowd—on the 49th floor of 191 Peachtree St.—could not have been more star-studded. WSB-TV anchor Monica Pearson; southwest Atlanta native and actress Jasmine Guy; actress Terri Vaughn of Steve Harvey Show fame (secretary "Lovita Jenkins"); singer Cherrelle (Saturday Love); radio show host and former Atlanta first lady Valerie Jackson; Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell; and Fulton County Commission Chairman and South Fulton resident John Eaves were all present, all among those gathered at The Commerce Club to honor acclaimed director Kenny Leon. The program—which drew several hundred top Atlanta legal and business leaders, many from southwest Atlanta— included numerous tributes and sizable donations…
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Acclaimed playwright offers insight on black theater, show business.
Broke-ology, a fictional term best defined as the science of being broke, may be all too familiar for participants in the three-year-long recession and recovery effort facing the U.S. But the term is also the title of Kenny Leon’s latest stage play, a comedic drama encouraging people to stay linked to their roots no matter where life takes them. Broke-ology debuts Fri., Jan. 28, at the Southwest Arts Center. Leon is well known for his film adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun, starring Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad and Audra McDonald, popularized by its long run on Broadway. The film exceeded expectations, receiving Emmy and Golden Globe nominations as well as winning three NAACP Image Awards. For those native to …
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Kwanza Fisher
12:57 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
This was an AMAZING event for such a worthy cause. I only learned about it this morning from this website. Thanks, Cascade Patch!!!! more ›