Excellent Music in Atlanta: Last Week in Retrospect

• Kupenda Auset (Joette Harland Crosby)
• Apr 8, 2013

Kupenda Auset gives a rundown of excellent music events in Atlanta over the past few days, including Jazz 91.9FM WCLK's 39th Anniversary Benefit Concert featuring Gerald Albright and George Duke.

Award-Winning Music Doc – “FunkJazz Kafé: Diary Of A Decade” Returns To ATL on Thursday

• Kupenda Auset (Joette Harland Crosby)
• Apr 3, 2013

After a SOLD OUT New York City debut, award-winning FunkJazz Kafé: Diary Of A Decade music documentary returns to Atlanta. It may be the last time it's shown here. Thurs, April 4 @ 7pm, Plaza Theatre.

True Colors Presents "The Mountaintop" at SW Arts Center - A Re-Imagining of the Night Before King’s Assassination

• Kupenda Auset (Joette Harland Crosby)
• Dec 5, 2012

True Colors presents "The Mountaintop" @ SW Arts Ctr - In his hotel room, King’s iconic persona takes a back seat and he is seen on his last night on earth as a human being with flaws amid greatness.

Dear Naima: Look No Further

• Kupenda Auset (Joette Harland Crosby)
• Oct 23, 2012

Naima has lived most of her life in Cascade. When her dad, Michael Johnson, went to see Terri Lyne Carrington & Esperanza Spalding, he wished for her. I imagined the show from a 7-yr old girl’s eyes.

Arts & Entertainment

Communion: Jazz Roots Sound Check with Al Jarreau

• Kupenda Auset (Joette Harland Crosby)
• Sep 28, 2012

When I saw a photo of Al Jarreau and students at Mays High School, "I was afraid that I had missed a chance of a lifetime.” I had to see my favorite music artist. I didn’t mind working for it either.

Can I Really Be "Objective" About Pearl Cleage's New Play, What I Learned In Paris?

• Kupenda Auset (Joette Harland Crosby)
• Sep 19, 2012

Can Atlanta based writer Kupenda Auset really be "objective" about Pearl Cleage's new play, What I Learned In Paris?

Personal

Middle Age? Not a Problem!

• Kupenda Auset (Joette Harland Crosby)
• Feb 2, 2012

Kupenda Auset writes about being middle age and her desire for something new.

Black WWII Vets and 'Red Tails' of Context

• Kupenda Auset (Joette Harland Crosby)
• Jan 24, 2012

With the opening of "Red Tails," Kupenda tells of meeting Distinguished WWII Veteran W.A. Scott, III at the Atlanta Daily World in the mid-80s and tells of the significance of black Veterans.

Opinion

The 2012 King March in Atlanta: An Emperor Who Had No Clothes

• Kupenda Auset (Joette Harland Crosby)
• Jan 18, 2012

"A celebration for a King who has earned a National Federal Holiday cannot be scantily clad."—Auset

Arts & Entertainment

Love Jones for Alvin Ailey: A Personal Love Story (Pt I)

• Kupenda Auset (Joette Harland Crosby)
• Jan 11, 2012

Kupenda gets ready for Alvin Ailey's Atlanta run (Feb. 16 - 19) with the story of her daughter's discovery of a long-time Ailey love affair. She also provides ticket info.