Your parents always have your best interests in mind. That’s sometimes hard to believe—especially when they say you can’t do something you want to do. They want what’s right for you, which is hard to accept when you’re grounded. They want you to have a perfect life, which is difficult to understand when they do such a perfect job messing it up.
Hard Bop Jazz was the fare of the night when Jazz Master Benny Golson graced the August Wilson Center for African American Culture stage to play alongside the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra for their annual spring concert. BENNY GOLSON
This week I visited Savoy Restaurant in the Strip District, CJ’s in the Strip District, Tim’s Bar in the Hill District, the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum in Homewood, Shadow Lounge in East Liberty and Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland. Chuck Sanders, Christina Milian, Gary Owens and John Bettis doing it big at Savoy Restaurant’s one year anniversary.
Thursday 24 DUETS Sean Jones presents DUETS featuring Sean Jones and Paolo Schianchi at 7 p.m. at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, 980 Liberty Ave., Cultural District. Jones is a world-renowned trumpeter and Schianchi is one of the best Italian musicians of his generation, playing all variations of the guitar. Join these distinct artists for an informal, intimate setting, one of a kind show. Tickets are $20. For more information, call 412-258-2700 or visit www.augustwilsoncenter.org.
Synthia SAINT JAMES wants to inspire people creatively, physically and spiritually to go for whatever their passion is. That’s why the visual artist penned and self-published “Living My Dream An Artistic Approach to Marketing.” Synthia SAINT JAMES is a world renowned multicultural visual artist, award winning author and or illustrator of 17 children’s books, authored an autobiographical art marketing book, 3 poetry books, a book of affirmations, and a cookbook. “I decided to self-publish because I didn’t want to go through the jump rope of waiting for someone to be interested and then have an editor change the words. I didn’t know how I was going to do it, but one of my emails went to spam and in my spam folder I saw create space and I decided to check that out and I did it,” SAINT JAMES said.
Who is your favorite Superhero? Does he wear a cape and fly through the air? Or does he have sharp knives instead of claws so he can really mess up the Bad Guys? Does your Superhero run fast, spin webs, jump high, control fire or wind, or is he able to swim through deep oceans with special gills on his neck? Or maybe your Superhero has long ears and a swishy tail, and did something quietly wonderful. In the book “Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend” by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Bettye Stroud, illustrated by John Holyfield, you’ll meet the hero who gently made history.
(NNPA)—Dear Gwendolyn: I am retiring in six months. My wife and I have been married for 42 years. We have had a beautiful marriage except for some ups and downs as in most marriages. This is the problem: My wife wants a new house. Ladies in her social club are buying new houses. I told her those ladies are younger, and some of them recently remarried. Therefore, they would want another house, even if they were awarded their current house in the divorce. My wife of 42 years now treats me badly. Gwendolyn, our house is paid for, including our car and furniture, and we have money in the bank. I am too old to get into debt. I want to spend my retirement traveling and enjoying life.—Robert
Iconic comedian D.L. Hughley says he’ll be around all summer to annoy people. Case and point: Hughley has an hour-long comedy special airing on Showtime in July called “Reset.” “With your computer, when your hard drive is full, you reset it. It’s like that with society and in life. We need to reset the way we see ourselves. People tend to see things through their own experiences, like people think Trayvon Martin is getting too much coverage but if he was White would people be saying that? They didn’t say that about Casey Anthony or Lacey Peterson,” Hughley said. D.L. HUGHLEY The prolific comic is parlaying his talents in the writing arena. He has written two articles for the Huffington Post and the New York Times sharing his thoughts on the Trayvon Martin case.
This week I visited the Pittsburgh Marathon, presented by Operation Better Block Inc., at the Homewood Station, the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum in Homewood, Tim’s Bar in the Hill District, Ava Lounge in East Liberty and Savoy Restaurant in the Strip District. DJ Selecta and DJ Diamond D did it up really big at the Ava Lounge in East Liberty.
Thursday 17 Jazz Jam CJ’s Restaurant & Lounge presents “The Roger Humphries & RH Factor Jazz Jam Session” at 8 p.m. at 2901-2911 Penn Ave., Strip District. There will be live jazz and fun every Thursday night. Must be 30-years or older and there is a dress code that will be enforced. No tennis shoes, sweats, or athletic gear. For more information, call 412-642-2377.
