episode 46: Woodgrown
Episode Image by @moshaunted Theme song HoodGrown by David-James @davedashjames_ https://soundcloud.com/davedashjames Transition music Nathan Peters @mztrwlsn @mrwilsonbeats https://soundcloud.com/mrwilsonbeats **Special Theme Music: Oye Mi Canto- N.O.R.E ft. Nina Sky & Daddy Yankee TAG THE ARTIST: @mosthaunted Ramon Hernandez FOR US BY US: Back to School Fest Saturday, September 22, 2018 from 1-4 PM https://btu.org/back-to-school/ WORD ON THE STREET: Professor west ? Kanye West Announced He Will Teach An Art Class In Chicago But The School Said They Have No Such Plans With Him https://bit.ly/2NLpFxh Kanye West Shows Off Work by His Favorite Contemporary Artist on Instagram: Himself https://artnt.cm/2NfCe4x Dumby Donney Trump Says He Doesn't Believe That Hurricane Maria Killed Nearly 3,000 People In Puerto Rico https://bit.ly/2xgtgtH Trump’s Hurricane Maria Tweets Get Rare Republican Pushback In Florida https://bit.ly/2NL96Sd Black women Black Woman Named President of American Medical Association, Makes History https://bit.ly/2KrlnKJ Newspaper reprints controversial cartoon of Serena Williams https://bit.ly/2xmUFJR Rights in boston ‘How racist is Boston?’: ‘The Daily Show’ is the latest to ask the question https://bit.ly/2Qr9rrL Massachusetts jewelry store reports getting death threats after putting up 'take a knee' billboard https://bit.ly/2peBZrT What’s at stake for LGBTQ rights in Massachusetts https://bit.ly/2x0xAwi Student stabbed in Boston middle school bathroom https://bit.ly/2xmKsNH Trash mbta MBTA worker accused of stealing $450,000 in fares https://bit.ly/2xmhvkK A video published online shows a Massachusetts bus driver telling a commuter he did not stop for him because he is black https://ind.pn/2pbHkQN AHT Art Curator and Writer Kimberly Drew Doesn’t See Obstacles https://bit.ly/2OsJmr0 Sotheby’s Taps Star Hip-Hop Producer Swizz Beatz to Organize an Upcoming Contemporary Auction https://artnt.cm/2Mxptx6 Artist Hank Willis Thomas Pulls Work From a South African Art Fair After a Photographer Levels Plagiarism Charges https://artnt.cm/2D3L2WG ED Fine art majors are less employable than high school dropouts, a new study says. https://bit.ly/2paIV9J Why Is College in America So Expensive? https://bit.ly/2oZnubk Gamification can help education — here’s how https://bit.ly/2paJjoH Save Public Education By Raising Teacher Salaries To $60K Federal Minimum https://bit.ly/2xfxodq KING PINS: Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco http://beautifultrouble.org/case/the-couple-in-the-cage/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv26tDDsuA8 https://bombmagazine.org/articles/coco-fusco-and-guillermo-g%C3%B3mez-pe%C3%B1a/ UNSUNG HEROES/history moves: Arturo Schomburg January 24, 1874 – June 10, 1938) http://www.blackpast.org/aah/schomburg-arturo-alfonso-1874-1938 http://remezcla.com/features/culture/arturo-schomburg-harlem-renaissance/ GOOD LOOKS (interview): @Wood_u REALTALK: Dumb Bitch Guyger Everything You've Been Told About Botham Jean is Wrong https://www.theroot.com/everything-youve-been-told-about-botham-jean-is-wrong-1828980378 2 Different Versions of Amber Guyger’s Story Appear on 2 Different Warrants Related to the Shooting of Botham Jean https://www.theroot.com/2-different-versions-of-amber-guyger-s-story-appear-on-1829044816 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rate, review and subscribe to us on APPLE podcast Check out our white wall review at the National Museum of Fine Art in Cuba. Daughter of Contrast www.daughterofcontrast.com/ @daughterofcontrst Amber @ambersafro HIT US UP! If you’re an Artist or a small business owner, you would like to be interviewed on the show please email us and send us a short bio, images and media handles. Please Review, Rate and Subscribe to us on Apple Podcast Stitcher, Tune in, and Google Play!