Belafonte Named Spokesman for Underground Railroad Center
Entertainer Harry Belafonte agrees to lead fundraising for a museum honoring the network aiding slave escapes. Public and private pledges total in the millions as organizers target an April 2004 opening of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center on Cincinnati Ohio Riverfront. Belafonte, a civil rights figure, will press the public for donations.
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Eminem Denied Return To Daytona Beach Concert
Eminem faces ban from Daytona Beach after profanity during BET Black College Reunion show. Mayor Bud Asher said he would not be welcome back, citing an agreed standard against profanity. The event also featured Snoop Dog Missy Elliott and Nelly at the city band shell on the beach.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Black Entertainment Television
Bud Asher
Snoop Dog
Missy Elliot
Nelly
Beach
BET
Spacekerns Midwives TV movie script inches toward book
Sissy Spacek expressed worry the Midwives TV screenplay could not capture all book nuances but said the script ultimately conveyed the essence and pleased author Bohjalian. She noted film adaptations rarely reflect every detail. spacek also discussed the realities of translating a beloved novel to television. Raquel Welch criticized modern sex symbols calling models true icons noting Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer as exceptional beauties.
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Chris Bohjalian
Midwives
Associated Press
Spacek
Raquel Welch
Welch
Cindy Crawford
Claudia Schiffer
Historic World and U S milestones from 1789 to 1971
Highlights include the 1945 Okinawa invasion during World War II, the 1789 first meeting of the U S House in New York and Frederick Muhlenberg as first speaker, Cincinnati hiring regular firefighter salaries in 1853, Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses in 1933, and Nixon's 1970 ban on cigarette ads on radio and TV effective 1971.
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Cincinnati
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Birthdays for Molly Brown and notable stars
Today's notable birthdays include Debbie Reynolds turning 69 and Jane Powell 72. Also honored are Gordon Jump 69 Ali MacGraw 63 Jimmy Cliff 53 Gil Scott Heron 52 and Annette OToole 48. Debbie Reynolds is mentioned again.
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Debbie Reynolds
Jane Powell
Gordon Jump
Ali MacGraw
Jimmy Cliff
Gil Scott- Heron
Annette O'Toole
Instant messaging speeds up conversations online
A news note explains that tomorrow instant messaging makes chats nearly as fast as speaking in person since messages go directly to the screen, skipping the inbox. Read more on Monday's Click page.
People Faces and Things at the New York Poetry Gathering
The Greenwich Village and Lower East Side festival brings together loggers farmers fishermen poets and a Pulitzer winner with Patti Smith and Dr Seuss readings. Sessions cover occupational poetry ethnic verse and the poetry of resistance featuring Triginya Yoruba Urdu Japanese mushaira and reggae calypso. about 10000 attend expected with diverse voices and open mike readings across venues.
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Resistance
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City Lore
Poets House
Manhattan
John Kulm
Chinook
Wash
Ethiopia
Reesom Haile
Eritrea
Trinidad
King Wellington
the Mighty Panther
Poems and readings spotlight diverse voices at gathering
Excerpts from Eritrean poet Reesom Haile, Washington poet Wesley Leech, and Poe and Seuss works appear in a People’s Poetry Gathering. Poe will be read in a cemetery at midnight, Seuss at Cooper Union’s Great Hall. Zeitlin notes the goal to bring many voices together on one stage.
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Chinook
Wash
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Eritrea
Inde
Washington State
Edgar Allan Poe
Patti Smith
Dr. Seuss
Cooper Union
New York City
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Music Man Oldies a Baltimore area vinyl museum
Ken Hudson runs Music Man Oldies, a tiny Baltimore area store he calls a museum for about 350,000 records. He preserves 250,000 45s and 100,000 LPs, selling most 45s for $2 and LPs for $5, with rare items up to $50, while attracting collectors, DJs, and young buyers seeking hard-to-find oldies.
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Lou Rawls
Ray Charles
Quincy Jones
Hudson
Jim
Music Man
Kevin Williams
Mike Romano
Library of Congress
Hudson Brothers
Hudsons
Williams
Baltimore Sun
Catonsville, Md
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