Download or read book One Monkey Don t Stop No Show written by Don Evans and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1982 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: The action takes place in suburban Philadelphia, where the Reverend Avery Harrison, a Baptist preacher, clings tenaciously to his position in the local black elite. His upwardly mobile philosophy is avidly shared by his wife, Myra (whose

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Download or read book One Monkey Don t Stop No Show written by Theo Fitzgerald Sing and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-05-07 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when the circus comes to town and the star attraction gets sick? Bobo, Momo, Jojo, and Coco are performing chimpanzees in the circus. Bobo gets sick and they might have to cancel the show. Read and find out what happens.

Download or read book African American Proverbs in Context written by Anand Prahlad and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Such sayings as "Hard times make a monkey eat red pepper when he don't care for black", "The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice", and "Nothing ruins a duck but its bill" convey not only axiomatic impact but also profound contextual meanings. This study of African-American proverbs is the first to probe deeply into these meanings and contexts. Sw. Anand Prahlad's interest in proverbs dates back to his own childhood in rural Virginia when he listened to his great-grandmother's stories. Very early he began collecting "sayings". In researching this book, he spent five years listening for proverbs spoken in bars, clubs, churches, and retirement homes; on street corners, basketball courts, and public buses; at PTA meetings and bingo games. To discover the full context of a proverb, Prahlad considers four levels of meanings - grammatical, cultural, situational, and symbolic. All these operate simultaneously when a proverb is spoken. Part of the artistry in using proverbs comes from the complex interplay of the dimensions of their meanings. From WPA interviews with former slaves, from the lyrics of blues songs, from extensive field research, and from expressions of protest and cultural affirmation, the author reveals the myriad ways African-American proverbs thrive today.

Download or read book Moving Parts written by Nina Shengold and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving Parts offers actors the best monologues from great plays—pieces by both well-known and up-and-coming playwrights, including many minority artists—that offer a variety of dramatic styles for beginning and experienced actors. Included are more than a hundred monologues from such contemporary voices as Eric Bogosian, Caryl Churchill, Christopher Durang, Maria Irene Fornes, Athol Fugard, Philip Kan Gotanda, Václav Havel, Lanford Wilson, and George C. Wolfe. Designed for easy browsing, the monologues are indexed by gender, age, and subject to help actors locate appropriate material, and each is introduced with a short description of the plot, setting, and character type. These monologues stand on their own as good theater, while they give actors a well-defined character, a story to tell, and a wide range of behavior and feeling to portray.

Download or read book The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs written by and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects more than 1,400 English-language proverbs that arose in the 20th and 21st centuries, organized alphabetically by key words and including information on date of origin, history and meaning.

Download or read book The Complete Book of Pop Music Wit Wisdom written by Tony Rufo and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People relate to popular music, and this book helps you use popular music to draw readers into the Gospel. The material in this book will provide insight that ties popular song lyrics to Scripture in such a way that non-believers will be drawn to the relevance and power of God's Word. The author, Tony Rufo, is a communications/ministry executive, marketing consultant, writer, and broadcaster who has over 20 years of experience working in the Christian and general markets. His published works include media and music articles, book reviews, radio and television commercials and scripts, and evangelistic essays. True Tunes Newsfeatured his article, "The Gospel According to John, Paul, George, and Ringo—Good Time Rock 'n Roll or Religion for the Undiscerning?" which was the inspiration for this book. He also authored the "Media Mix" column for the semimonthly Horizon Internationalmagazine, which included installments on popular music and the Beatles. Tony lives in the suburbs of Chicago with his family. Features: Alphabetically arranged topic guide Excerpts from 200 songs from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s to today Profiles of the artists and the culture during the time-period of the song's release A great resource for relevant cultural anecdotes!

Download or read book The African American Griot written by Adétáyọ̀ Ẹfúnbùkọ́lá and published by Words From Yesterday. This book was released on 2023-06-26 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African American Griot is a comprehensive collection of more than seventy proverbs found in Hip-Hop and R&B songs. It demonstrates how these art forms use proverbs to transmit life wisdom from generation to generation. The meaning of each proverb is explained, followed by a detailed analysis of how one or more songs use that proverb to teach a life lesson.

Download or read book Black Comedy written by Pamela Faith Jackson and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1997 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). This first-of-its kind collection includes a wide range of works, from an early examination and critique of American society after World War II to plays that reflect socio-political concerns that kept pace with historical events, like the sit-in demonstrations, the bus boycotts, black nationalism, and the women's liberation movement. A hybrid of comedic forms including satire, farce, comedy of manners, romantic comedy, dark comedy, and tragicomedy are presented through vernacular language, stand-up performance art, masks, broad humor, as well as the minstrel show. Essays, articles and interviews complement this critical edition.

Download or read book Freedomland written by Richard Price and published by Delta. This book was released on 2010-05-12 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1998, Richard Price returned to the gritty urban landscape of his national bestseller Clockers to produce Freedomland, a searing and unforgettable novel about a hijacked car, a missing child, and an embattled neighborhood polarized by racism, distrust, and accusation. Freedomland hit bestseller lists from coast to coast, including those of the Boston Globe, USA Today and Los Angeles Times; garnered universally rave reviews; and was selected as the Grand Prize Winner of the Imus American Book Award and as a New York Times Notable Book. On May 11, this highly lauded bestseller is available in paperback for the first time. A white woman, her hands gashed and bloody, stumbles into an inner-city emergency room and announces that she has just been carjacked by a black man. But then comes the horrifying twist: Her young son was asleep in the back seat, and he has now disappeared into the night. So begins Richard Price's electrifying new novel, a tale set on the same turf--Dempsey, New Jersey--as Clockers. Assigned to investigate the case of Brenda Martin's missing child is detective Lorenzo Council, a local son of the very housing project targeted as the scene of the crime. Under a white-hot media glare, Lorenzo launches an all-out search for the abducted boy, even as he quietly explores a different possibility: Does Brenda Martin know a lot more about her son's disappearance than she's admitting? Right behind Lorenzo is Jesse Haus, an ambitious young reporter from the city's evening paper. Almost immediately, Jesse suspects Brenda of hiding something. Relentlessly, she works her way into the distraught mother's fragile world, befriending her even as she looks for the chance to break the biggest story of her career. As the search for the alleged carjacker intensifies, so does the simmering racial tension between Dempsey and its mostly white neighbor, Gannon. And when the Gannon police arrest a black man from Dempsey and declare him a suspect, the animosity between the two cities threatens to boil over into violence. With the media swarming and the mood turning increasingly ugly, Lorenzo must take desperate measures to get to the bottom of Brenda Martin's story. At once a suspenseful mystery and a brilliant portrait of two cities locked in a death-grip of explosive rage, Freedomland reveals the heart of the urban American experience--dislocated, furious, yearning--as never before. Richard Price has created a vibrant, gut-wrenching masterpiece whose images will remain long after the final, devastating pages.

Download or read book Hold What You ve Got The Joe Tex Story written by Jason Martinko and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the history of American soul music, perhaps no other artist has been more overlooked than Joe Tex. During the golden age of soul music in the 1960's, Tex was not only a tremendous singer and dancer, but he wrote many hit songs, including his own four biggest hit records. This book follows his early days in Texas, his success and struggles on the road, his 25-year recording career, his life-long rivalry with James Brown, his conversion to the Muslim faith, and his triumphant return to show business. Joe Tex is one of the most dynamic and talented artists in the history of American music. Here is his story. Rare photographs and discography included.

Download or read book Rock Song Index written by Bruce Pollock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rock Song Index, Second Edition, is a new version of a well-received index to the classic songs of the rock canon, from the late '40s through the end of the 20th century. The study of the history of rock music has exploded over the last decade; all college music departments offer a basic rock-history course, covering the classic artists and their songs.

Download or read book Diets Don t Work Lose the Weight Not Your Money written by David Payton and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because many people suffer from being over-weight there are so many vultures in the weight loss industry, the obesity predators that take advantage of people because of their weaknesses. Experts now are saying that in order to lose weight and keep it off, you need diet enhancement along with a change of lifestyle and the way to consume food to make an everlasting difference. You have to take the ability of you mental power, focus out the messages that encourage you to overeat, stay away from the foods that have little if any benefit for you, and rebuild, reprogram the way you think and eat. The most important factor in the way you adjust your desire to lose weight in your ability to make all the adjustments necessary to improve your health. Your diet consumption, the intake of your food has to have serious redirections. You can become healthier by altering the food you eat, you will improve your health, and you will lose weight.

Download or read book Treasured Memories written by Patsy Turner-Ruffin and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasured Memories By: Patsy Turner-Ruffin There are a lot of books in the world and a lot of different types of books. This is a book of quotations intended to give the reader a sense of warmth, appreciation, and wisdom from the Bible as well as a chuckle here and there. Oh, and it’s a very good conversation piece. The author feels this generation has lost so many values, and she prays for everyone. We have not been short of God’s blessings. However, so many people don’t take time to give Him thanks and praise. Well, the author gives Him thanks for the wisdom that our parents, grandparents, and others shared with us. The things they used to say were wise, funny, and a lot of it came from God’s word. This is a book of legacy that the author was inspired by God to write. It is not about superstition, it’s just plain truth. Things our ancestors used to say like, “Who wouldn’t serve a God like that” is contained within these pages and so much more. The author also explains what each expression means and how valuable each expression is based on God’s word. The author prays you will be richly blessed.

Download or read book Historically Black Phrases written by jarrett hill and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun and thoughtful dictionary of Black language you didn’t know you needed, Historically Black Phrases is a love letter to the Black community and the ways it drives culture. “This perfect blend of explanation, definition and social commentary will have you laughing while learning.”—George M. Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of All Boys Aren't Blue and We Are Not Broken Black vernacular doesn’t often get its due—despite its enormous influence on mainstream culture—but Historically Black Phrases is here to give Black language its flowers. A celebration of more than two hundred staples of Black conversation—from church sayings and units of measure to compliments and reprimands—this sharp and witty guide explores the unique importance of Black expression and communication. Historically Black Phrases offers definitions and notable pop culture moments, as well as tips on pronunciation and usage of phrases like “feelin’ yourself,” “don’t get it twisted,” and “pop off.” In addition to the phrases, short essays offer insight on different facets of Black language from scholars, entertainers, and pop culture commentators (i.e., everybody and they mama). Authors, journalists, and hosts of the award-winning podcast FANTI, jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson examine each phrase with humor and cultural precision, making Historically Black Phrases a vital ode to how Black language influences the world.

Download or read book All Music Guide to Soul written by Vladimir Bogdanov and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 4139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guide is a must-have for the legions of fans of the beloved and perennially popular music known as soul and rhythm & blues. The latest in the definitive All Music Guide series, the All Music Guide to Soul offers nearly 8 500 entertaining and informative reviews that lead readers to the best recordings by more than 1 500 artists and help them find new music to explore. Informative biographies, essays and “music maps” trace R&B's growth from its roots in blues and gospel through its flowering in Memphis and Motown, to its many branches today. Complete discographies note bootlegs, important out-of-print albums, and import-only releases. “Extremely valuable and exhaustive.” – The Christian Science Monitor

Download or read book A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes written by Marcus Gardley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fresh take on Molière's Tartuffe, set in a world of fast-food tycoons and megachurches is a wicked new comedy that rocks the foundations of trust, faith and redemption. Given just days to live, multi-millionaire Archibald Organdy rejects costly experimental treatment and opts to face his end surrounded by his loving family. However, things could be about to change. Arriving in Atlanta the flamboyant Archbishop Tardimus Toof, a prophet, preacher and part-time masseur promises to absolve Archibald's sins and heal his disease. But his family suspects there's more to this healer than faith, virtue and snakeskin shoes. This programme text was published to coincides with the world premiere at the Tricycle Theatre, London, which opened on 8 October 2015.