Kenya Allmond (me) » Entertainment http://kenyaallmond.me A little bit of everything Thu, 17 May 2012 12:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © Kenya Allmond.me 2011 kenyaoa@gmail.com (Kenya Allmond (me)) kenyaoa@gmail.com (Kenya Allmond (me)) http://ideationweb.netfirms.com/kenyaallmond.me/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Kenya Allmond (me) http://kenyaallmond.me 144 144 A little bit of everything Kenya Allmond (me) Kenya Allmond (me) kenyaoa@gmail.com no no Chaka Khan at the Howard Theatre http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/05/07/chaka-khan-at-the-howard-theatre/ http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/05/07/chaka-khan-at-the-howard-theatre/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 15:30:48 +0000 kenya http://kenyaallmond.me/?p=1685

Chaka Khan brought it to the Howard Theatre.  She sounded and looked good.  I was secretly wondering if in a few months my mid section would allow me to rock this dress (but that’s neither here nor there).

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John Legend John Legend John Legend and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings with the National Symphony Orchestra John Legend and Sharon Jones w/ Steven Reineke

On May 1, 1972, Marvin Gaye made history performing his album What’s Going On at the Kennedy Center. For the 40th anniversary of that legendary concert, John Legend and the NSO Pops echoed Marvin’s performance. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings accompanied.

This was an excellent concert!  It not only featured song but also moving poetry and spoken word from high school students.  At one point I thought that Sharon Jones’ strong voice would outdo John Legend but he held his own.  After intermission, the crew forgot to place Legend’s sheet music.  I was impressed when I realized that he was playing without it when I saw someone run out and place it on his piano.

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]]> http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/05/07/john-legends-marvin-gaye-tribute-at-the-kennedy-center/feed/ 0 Steppin’ Out of The Negro Caravan http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/04/22/steppin-out-of-the-negro-caravan/ http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/04/22/steppin-out-of-the-negro-caravan/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:00:30 +0000 kenya http://kenyaallmond.me/?p=1660

I was fortunate to attend “Steppin’ Out of the Negro Caravan” at Howard University’s Ira Aldridge Theater.  A dramatization of the landmark anthology of African American literature, The Negro Caravan, edited by Howard University professors Sterling A. Brown and Arthur P. Davis and Morgan State University professor Ulysses G. Lee.  Howard University drama students were joined on stage by professional actors Avery Brooks, Debbie Allen and Lynda Gravatt as well as Joseph Coleman, a member of the musical group The Platters.  The performance was very moving.

Of course I took a few photos at the end.

Avery Brooks Debbie Allen All actors Actors on stage Lynda Gravatt, Avery Brooks, Debbie Allen and Joe Coleman

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Outstanding young artists revisit and rework the American conversation as posed by Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Marvin Gaye and more, seizing their own distinctly American tradition.

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]]> http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/03/19/intersectionsdc-dcypher-dance/feed/ 0 #INTERSECTIONSDC Jose Herrera Trio Open Jam Session http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/03/19/intersectionsdc-jose-herrera-trio-open-jam-session/ http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/03/19/intersectionsdc-jose-herrera-trio-open-jam-session/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:00:10 +0000 kenya http://kenyaallmond.me/?p=1571 Jazz musicians (and tap dancers) came to sit in with top DC jazz trumpeter Jose Herrera and his trio for for an open session of standards and more.

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]]> http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/03/19/intersectionsdc-jose-herrera-trio-open-jam-session/feed/ 0 #INTERSECTIONSDC Final Weekend Picks http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/03/08/intersectionsdc-final-weekend-picks/ http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/03/08/intersectionsdc-final-weekend-picks/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:00:50 +0000 kenya http://kenyaallmond.me/?p=1496 I’ll be out of town for SXSW this weekend and won’t be able to attend the INTERSECTIONS festival for its final weekend.  If I was attending INTERSECTIONS, though, I would check out the following performances:

 

3/8 Thursday

3/9 Friday

3/10 Saturday

3/11 Sunday

 

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]]> http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/03/08/intersectionsdc-final-weekend-picks/feed/ 0 #INTERSECTIONSDC Weekend 2 Highlights http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/03/06/intersectionsdc-weekend-2-highlights/ http://kenyaallmond.me/2012/03/06/intersectionsdc-weekend-2-highlights/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:00:35 +0000 kenya http://kenyaallmond.me/?p=1422 Photo from Critical Exposure student Lang Theater Duke Ellington School of the Arts in The Country Shook and the Children Hollered Marc Avon Evans Cafe Concert Liner Notes Liner Notes Intersections The Pushovers Cafe Concert DCyper Dance: Access Granted DCypher Dance After party with DCypher Dance After party with DCypher Dance Ron Brown (DJ RBI) spinning at after party Ron Brown (DJ RBI) spinning at after party ZipZap Circus: Airborne ZipZap Circus: Airborne Og Ceol Cafe Concert Dissonance Dance performed Cinema Junior Division of American Youth Choir singing jazz, blues and swing songs Dan Roberts Cafe Concert
  • Students and representatives of Critical Exposure were on hand to talk about their photography exhibit at the Atlas. The organization seeks to empower youth through photography.  On this larger view of the image featured above you can read what the student wrote.  Critical Exposure has worked w/ more than 800 students in DC, Baltimore, New Orleans, Philly, Austin and Albequerque.
  • Marc Avon Evans gave a cafe concert and Quynn Johnson from Just Tap accompanied on percussion.
  • Students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts gave an inspiring performance complete with live music, vocalist, dance, poetry, spoken word in The Country Shook and the Children Hollered.
  • B-Fly Entertainment schooled us on the intersection between jazz and hip hop with live music, vocalist, monologue, spoken word and rap.
  • The Pushovers gave a concert to a packed Kogod Lobby while Tom Goss gave an energetic concert to a sold out crowd in the Lang Theatre.
  • DCypher Dance set the stage on fire in Access Granted.  The after party was pretty hot too.
  • Zipzap Circus‘ aerialist awed the crowd in Airborne while raising money for the Zipzap Circus USA organization.
  • Dissonance Dance Theatre gave an riveting performance inspired by film in Cinema.
  • Jose Herrera Trio jammed with musicians who showed up for the Open Jazz Jam Session.  Quynn Johnson from Just Tap and dancers from Dissonance Dance Theatre joined in the festivities.
  • Arena Stage’s Voice of Now performed with a packed house. (Seriously, I couldn’t get in.)
  • The Junior Division of American Youth Chorus sang blues, jazz and swing songs.
  • alight dance theater, DancEthos & Glade Dance Collective gave powerful and moving performances in Life in Motion: A Trio in Perspectives.  alight’s Speechless was moving and DancEthos’ Unsung was powerful.

There’s only one more weekend left to enjoy the festivities at INTERSECTIONS!

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