America’s First Internationally Acclaimed Black Artist Is Subject of Major Exhibit in Philadelphia
by Jim Weaver Henry Ossawa Tanner was to American art what Jackie Robinson was to American baseball. Born in 1859, just two years before the Civil War began, Tanner faced immense racial discrimination that forced him eventually to move to Europe...
A Rainy Day in Annapolis
By Will A. Davis The nineteenth century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote this famous line in his poem “The Rainy Day“….“Into each life a little rain must fall”. Well if you are visiting historic Annapolis on the coast of Maryland whether...
Harriet Tubman: The Most Famous “Conductor” on the Underground Railroad
By Jim Weaver Much has been written about Harriet Tubman, the black slave who escaped to freedom from her Cambridge, Maryland, plantation only to return again more than a dozen times to help other slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. In August...
Free Films for Children and Teens Highlight International Tales, Poetry, and More, this Winter at the National Gallery of Art
Film still from The Gruffalo (Max Lang and Jakob Schuh, 2009, 30 minutes), to be shown as part of the Monster Mash film program for children and teens at the National Gallery of Art, Saturday, February 4, and Sunday, February 5. Washington, DC—This...
The 7th Annual 2012 BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival
By Mary Gallagher Photos by Will Davis Accolades abound for Charleston, SC the number one tourist destination in the US (Conde Nast), one of the top five rated food festivals in the country (Forbes), “Husk” the top new restaurant in America (Food...
