The Wiz Tickets on Sale Now

June 12 – July 5 at New York City Center

The Wiz is back on the New York stage, starring Ashanti, Orlando Jones and LaChanze!

Save up to 40%* with this special offer!

Use promo code 4833 online at NYCityCenter.org or call 212-581-1212 use code ESM.

*Valid for 6/12 – 6/18 performances only. Subject to availability.

Marlene Jennings

Marlene Jennings, PC, MP (born November 10, 1951, in Longueuil, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. She is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, and has represented the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine since 1997.

Jennings is also a former lawyer and a senior public servant. She is the former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for International Cooperation, and the former Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada. From 2004 until October 2005 she was Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister with special emphasis on Canada-U.S. relations.
Jennings is the first black woman from Quebec to be elected to Parliament in the history of Confederation.source

Yolande James

Yolande James (born November 21, 1977 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec provincial politician. She is the first black female MNA and the youngest, as well as the first black cabinet minister in Quebec history. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she represents the multicultural riding of Nelligan in the Island of Montreal.

Yolande James' father and mother are Canadian citizens who emigrated from St. Lucia and St. Vincent, respectively. She grew up in Montreal's West Island area, and went to a francophone primary school. James says she first got involved in politics and with the Quebec Liberal Party during the 1995 sovereignty referendum campaign.

James received a Bachelor's degree in civil law in 2000 from Université de Montréal and a Bachelor's degree in common law from Queen's University in 2003. She was called to the Bar of Quebec in 2004.source

Quote of The Day

"The elders teach that if our relationship with people around us is focused on sexual attraction, it diminishes our capacity for friendship and our eyes will not allow us to see others as they really are." Sobonfu some

Step Afrika

Step Afrika! is the first professional company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Founded in December 1994, the company is critically-acclaimed for its efforts to promote an understanding of and appreciation for stepping and the dance tradition's use as an educational tool for young people worldwide. Step Afrika! reaches tens of thousands of Americans each year and has performed on many stages in North & South America, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean.

Eco Trip: Kerry Washington Gets a Green Apartment Makeover

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Links June 1st 2009

Nutrition Party

In Defense of Derek Walcott

Suze Orman's 5-Step Financial Action Plan

The intersectionality of strategic marriage and power.

French aircraft missing off Brazil

An Air France passenger jet with 228 people on board has gone missing over the Atlantic Ocean on its way to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.

The aircraft dropped off radar screens after it took off from Rio de Janeiro on the Brazilian coast on Monday, airport authorities said.

Air traffic control lost contact with the flight at 06:00 GMT on Monday, shortly after it took off.
A spokeswoman for the Paris airports authority confirmed that the aircraft had not arrived at its destination, where it was due to land at 09:10 GMT. Continue reading