The Twin Cities Black Film Festival Celebrates its 6th Annual Black Film Festival
On Friday, September 19, 2008 - The Twin Cities Black Film Festival Celebrates as we kick off our 6th Annual Black Film Festival. The Hollywood Fashion Show will be held at THE LOUNGE, located at 411 2nd Avenue North. The After Party will be at the world renowned W Hotel located at 821 Marquette Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55402. SPREAD THE WORD… Be in the Place 2 B!
Our 6th Annual Film Festival is here! Book your tickets in advance for some exceptional savings! Use the helpful links below to make this weekend a breeze.
Festival (TCBFF) runs Thursday, Sept. 18 through Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, premiering with “Love … & Other 4 Letter Words” starring Tangi Miller at 7:30 PM Thursday, September 18, 2008. An opening night reception follows from 10:00 PM to 2:00 AM at The Lounge, 411 Second Avenue North in Minneapolis.
Film screenings will be held on Friday, September 19 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM and Saturday, September 20 from 11:30 AM to 8:00 PM at Augsburg College, Sateren Auditorium, 2211 Riverside Avenue S., Minneapolis. Full Screening Schedule follows. Tickets are on sale at the door $10.00 or online / phone: 612-874-8891. For additional information go to the Web site / or call 763-546-8715.
The Hollywood Fashion Show on Friday, September 19, 2008 at The Lounge starts at 10:00PM and features Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson and Darren Sharper among celebrity models, followed by a TCBFF Reception from 11:00 PM to 2:00 PM, preceded by registration and networking 8:00 to 9:30 PM in the W Hotel® at the Foshay Tower, 821 Marquette Avenue. Admission is $15.00 with a festival pass, $25.00 without a pass. Sponsors are W Hotels®, Nike, Remy Martin, Heineken and Coogi.
“Youth in Hollywood” panel discussion is Saturday September 20, 2008 at 2:30 PM with special guest Nate Parker, star of the film “The Great Debaters” (2007), directed by Denzel Washington, and choreographer-actor Darrin Dewitt Henson at Augsburg College, Sateren Auditorium, 2211 Riverside Ave. South, Minneapolis. Phone 612-331-1000, www.augsburg.edu.
Individual movie tickets are $10.00 at the door; 1-day pass, $25.00; 3-day pass $35.00; VIP pass $50.00 includes refreshments and a Swag Bag. Festival parties with passes are free; without passes $10.00. Tickets are also available online at www.tcbff.com or at Malobe Natural Hair Salon, 915 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, (612) 823-8626. The official TCBFF headquarters are in the new W Hotel® in the Foshay Tower, 821 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis.
3 Day Festival Passes are $30 in Advance or $35 at the Festival.
The 3 Day Pass includes:
- Unlimited Movie Screenings
- Panel Discussions
- Entrance into the Festival Parties
- Hollywood Fashion Show - save $5 on admittance (reg. price $20)
For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.tcbff.com.
MTN Celebrates 25!
Minnesota Lynx host, “Who Calls the Shots?” Event in Partnership with the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation
Prospective Voters Invited to Q & A Session for Unique Opportunity to Discuss Important Civic Issues with Key Public Officials.
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL — In anticipation of the 2008 Minnesota state primaries and general elections, the Minnesota Lynx today announced a partnership with the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation to host the organization’s “Who Calls the Shots?” event.
Prior to the Lynx game on Friday, Sept. 12, against the Phoenix Mercury, prospective voters will have the chance to participate in a question-and-answer session with many of the Twin Cities’ key public officials and decision-makers. The discussion will take place from 5-6:30 p.m. and will be held in the hospitality room on the suite level of Target Center.
The civic-engagement event will serve as an educational opportunity for new and potential voters to explore how significant decisions are made and how those decisions can impact their futures. Young professionals and all others who are now eligible to vote will also are able to register to vote at the event.
Participants who are 18 years old and younger will receive a ticket to the game and a Lynx gift bag. Adults who are 19 years old and up can attend the event for only $10, which also includes a ticket to the game. All “Who Call the Shots?” attendees will be invited to stay for a postgame autograph session with Lynx players.
In addition to the “Who Calls the Shots?” event, the Lynx will promote voter participation during their two remaining regular season games through on-site registration, displays, arena messaging and public service announcements.
For tickets or more information on becoming a part of this unique event, please contact Lynx ticket sales representative Chad Cardinal (612) 673-8413, cardinal@lynxbasketball.com or Deborah Watts with the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation (763)-476-8677, emmett_till_legacy@yahoo.com.
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Trocaderos “Sunday Brunch”, Bring the whole Family!
Trocaderos Nightclub and Restaurant is proud to announce their “Sunday Brunch”. Visit Trocaderos for the best brunch in downtown Minneapolis featuring $10 all you can drinks including Mimosa’s, Champagne and the Bloody Mary Bar! The Trocaderos Sunday Brunch runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The all you can eat buffet is very affordable and delicious, adults $14.95 and for children under 12 only $8.95 (This includes a free non-alcoholic beverage).
Make plans to take the whole family to eat brunch this Sunday at Trocaderos for their “Sunday Brunch” the food, service and fun are events memories are made of.
Trocaderos Nightclub and Restaurant is located at 107 Third Avenue North in downtown Minneapolis. Large groups are welcomed and for reservations call 612-465-0440 or visit the Trocaderos website at www.trocaderos.com.
Food, Fun and Friends at Trocaderos Nightclub and Restaurant.
Barb Davis White to Challenge Keith Ellison for the Minnesota 5th Congressional District!
It’s almost like a dream. You wake up one morning and decide you’ve had enough. You think, “What can I do to assist the community I love so dearly?”
- Barb Davis White on “Why Congress?”
Barb Davis White is running for Congress in Minnesota’s 5th District against Keith Ellison. In July, four months prior to elections, the significance of selecting the next congressperson may not be a priority, but it should be.
In 2006, Martin Sabo (DFL) retired after 26 years in the House. Keith Ellison, also a DFLer, replaced him. Although Ellison was endorsed by the DFL convention, three non-endorsed candidates ran strong campaigns against him in the DFL primary: Mike Erlandson, Ember Reichgott Junge and Paul Ostrow. Ellison won the primary with 41% of the vote. In the general election, he won with 56% of the vote against Jay Pond of the Green Party, Tammy Lee of the Independence Party and Alan Fine of the Republican Party. Ellison is the first Muslim member of the U.S. Congress, representing the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota.
Let’s look deeper into the cities included in the 5th Congressional District, says Davis White.
The families of the 5th congressional district have been the hardest hit by the mortgage foreclosure crisis in our state. Although, ACORN has partnered with the Minneapolis Urban League, (Congressman Ellison’s office is in the Minneapolis Urban League and his campaign headquarters are above the Denny’s on Lake Street near the Light Rail corridor), the crisis grows. If you follow the money trail, you’ll see that the funding or “grants” that should go directly to homeowners, with qualifications of course, is going to “experts” to consult hard working families losing their dreams and hopes for a future. These experts are, in some instances, former mortgage bankers, lending and credit approval personnel and others who have played both sides of the feast and famine of the real estate game.
The families of Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District are in need of some proactive, aggressive change to turn the tables on poverty, homelessness and hopelessness. For example, our veterans from past and present wars are still suffering. On any given night in Minnesota, there are more than 3,000 homeless veterans. The men and women who served the United States and Minnesota in the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines deserve better.
Introducing Barb Davis White
Barb Davis White is the widow of Pastor Kenneth White, and former daughter-in-law to Harry Davis, a Minneapolis civil rights leader, head of Minneapolis School Board and first black candidate for mayor in late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Davis White is determined to make a change in the 5th congressional district. She is
Davis White attended the University of Minnesota for Mortuary Science and Bethel Theological Seminary, where she earned an M.A. in Theology. She attended Logos Bible College, in , and became a licensed, ordained pastor. Her work in the prison community exceeds the expectations and call of duty in the community.
Barb Davis White: A Common Sense Approach to Government
According to the non-partisan Citizens Against Government Waste, Congress rammed 11,160 earmarks totaling $17.2 billion into spending bills during the 2008 fiscal year.
“This year, Congress approved a federal budget with a $685 billion deficit and last year approved a budget with a $450 billion deficit,” said Davis White. “We spend on programs we don’t need, and spend inefficiently on those we do need. My opponent, Congressman Keith Ellison, proposes expanding government on your dime. He advocates a new federal department of peace. Government programs that bloat the system forcing taxpayers work ever longer and harder.”
Recent information from the Heritage Foundation claims that of the $25,117 the US Government redistributes, on average per household, $455 goes to mass transit/highways. “This is grossly inefficient. The dollars flow to Washington, flow back to the states minus administrative costs and with loads of strings attached. Local control and local decision making are side-stepped,” explains Davis White, noting that a common sense approach is to have the state to collect the taxes and determine whether the money should be spend on buses, roads or railways.
Davis White comments that this Congress has witnessed unprecedented hikes in fuel and food prices, and has refused to take action on Social Security. Also this Congress has constructed an incoherent energy policy. Yet Democratic Congressional aspirants threaten to reward this governmental dysfunction by hiking taxes. “We need a different approach: A common sense approach.”
In 2001 and 2003, Congress signed tax cuts which lowered income tax rates, stimulated the economy, aided job creation and increased personal and business investments. These are set to expire if Congress allows. The Death Tax rate, capital gains rate, rate on dividends — all expire. It is unlikely that a congress led by the opposition will approve $1000 tax credit per child, marriage penalty relief, or the tax rate cuts. As a result, Americans will face alarmingly higher taxes at a time when we are also facing high fuel
Barb Davis White is ready to move in the direction of change for your families, wives, husbands, children and grandparents of the 5th congressional district of Minnesota. Her passion, enthusiasm and commitment about changing the course of the current funding streams to help create education, employment, wealth and independence for all people is one that is not new, but sidetracked by the current Democratic machine in the 5th district.
You can contact Barb at www.barbdaviswhiteforcongress.org or call (612) 558-8278.
