Issue November 14 2009

NOVEMBER 15:
FREE & OPEN seminar to the public:  $700
Billion Dollar Bailout Plan B.
Taking place on Sat-11/15 at 9 am at the Business Training Center located at 721
W. Del Paso Road in Sacramento. For more info call Pamela Douglas-Alvarado at
(916) 997-7240 or Jackie Bradford at (916) 923-2820. First 20 people to register
will receive a FREE gift.  >>more

NOVEMBER 15:

Tree of Hope Funding proudly supports Betty Williams candidacy for Re-election. 
If you are a current and active member, let your voice be heard! Vote on
Sat-10/15 at Oak Park Community Center, 3425 Martin Luther King Blvd from 10 am
– 3 pm. For more information regarding the Sacramento chapter of the NAACP,
please visit their website at www.sacnaacp.org. 

NOVEMBER 23:
Don’t miss Faizon
Love at the Punch Line Comedy
Club on Sun-11/23 at 9 pm in Sacramento.  Faizon Love’s
stand-up comedy television credits include appearances on Showtime at the
Apollo, A&E’s Evening at the Improv and his comedy special for B.E.T. 
Visit www.punchlinecomedyclub.com
for more info.

NOVEMBER
27: On Thanksgiving Night, The Millerizm Group presents
THERMOSTAT THURSDAY. Taking place Thurs-11/27 at the Dream Ultra Lounge, 908 15th Street in Downtown
Sacramento. >>more

NOVEMBER
29: “The Show” poetry series is every last Saturday of the month from 7-9 pm.
THE SHOW with live band LSB is not just a poetry series, it’s an artistic experience and
Northern California’s BIGGEST poetry event! On Sat-11/29 The Show will feature poets Phoenyx Reign from Washington D.C., Daniel Blake, SOL, E-Legal
Tagteam,
15 year old Charrelle Mabry, plus gospel hip-hop artist Izreal + band. Enjoy free coffee, water and sweet rolls. Taking place at
Wo’se Community Center 2863 35th Street off 35th and Broadway in Oak Park, Sacramento. All artists (poets, singers, musicians, comedians, etc.) are encouraged to sign up early and the door for open
mic. $5/admission. For more info call 208-POET. 

DECEMBER
1: Don’t miss the author’s visit, Tracy Kidder of “Mountains Beyond Mountains” taking place on Mon-12/1 at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts at The book which tells the story of Boston physician Paul Farmer as “a man who could cure the world.” Kidder’s book documents Farmer’s Robin Hood-like fight against tuberculosis and the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus in impoverished Haiti. Panel discussion from 4–5 pm on No Boundaries – Globalizing Health Care from Haiti to California and Beyond. From 8 pm to 9:30 pm the Author’s Talk: The Problem With Goodness: The Story of Paul Farmer At 9:30 pm is the book signing by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Tracy Kidder. >>more

DECEMBER
6: During
each of the past five Christmas seasons, Tracy
African American
Association, Inc. (TAAA) has hosted the stellar
play Black Nativity, written by celebrated African
American poet, novelist, and playwright Langston
Hughes.  On Sat-12/6 at 4:30 pm TAAA
will host the Allen
Temple Baptist Church Cantateers’ final
performance of Black Nativity at
Tracy, California’s magnificently refurbished
Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, 715 Central Ave
in Tracy, California.  $20/person. 
Visit www.taaa.net for
more info or call (209) 601-6311.

DECEMBER
31: Black
Comedy Explosion featuring Mike Epps from
Def Comedy Jam.  Taking place at the
Paramount Theatre in Oakland on Wed-12/31. 
Tickets on sale now!  >>more

If you see this syrup in your Costco, BJ’s, or Sam’s Club, please support this label.
This is the first African American Vendor at one of these stores. Let’s buy some pancake
syrup. Michele Hoskins, CEO/founder of Michele Foods recently became the FIRST African American vendor
with Costco! She was on the Oprah Show and told her story, rising from welfare to faring well. 
It’s time to replace Aunt Jemima with Michele Foods Pancake
Syrup. >>more

Take
your families to the incredible  “Freedom Sister’s” Exhibit at Central Library in Sacramento.
Now through January 4, 2009.  Get your kids, 4th – 8th graders to enter the Essay Contest for “Who is there favorite Freedom Sister and Why?” Call (916) 264-2920. 
>>more

Suzanne Brooks now featured in the Black
Commentator, “Women of Color.”
Her first article, “The Status of Women of Color and the American Political System”
was published on October 16, 2008 

Kwanzaa
2008 – On Mon-12/29 from 6-8pm the Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC), the Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley (BUFSV) Oak Park Community Center and the All African Peoples’ Revolutionary Party will co-sponsor their Annual Kwanzaa Celebration at the Oak Park Community Center, 3425 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Blvd in Sacramento. For more info please call 916 484-5025.

Renegade Ski Weekend at Lake Tahoe
Taking place Martin Luther King Holiday Weekend – January 16-19, 2009. Don’t miss it and book your hotel early for this upcoming exciting weekend. All events at the beautiful Montbleu Resort. >>more

Get tickets as low as $16.50/person
to see The
Color Purple, the musical about love presented by Oprah Winfrey.  Taking place at the Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 L Street in
Sacramento in Downtown Sac. Shows run from 11/5 through 11/16. >>more

Sacramento
Magazine’s Best of Sacramento Party on Thurs-12/4 from 4:30 pm to 10 pm
with music and dancing to Tainted Love at 9 pm.  Enjoy great food and
wine.   $75 in advance and $95 the day of the event.  All
proceeds benefit the local March of Dimes.

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