15 4 / 2013
Wondering about your friends and family at the Boston Marathon?
31 7 / 2011
NPR: Is Detroit the Next Brooklyn?
The Motor City has suffered foreclosures, job losses and the auto industry’s near collapse during the last few years. Now Detroit is being revitalized and many young residents are optimistic. Host Michel Martin discusses the city’s changes with Margarita Barry, a Detroit native and founder of iamyoungdetroit.com, and Scott Harrison, who relocated to the city for work.
31 5 / 2010
In Your FACEbook.com
College students get back at campus security….
Sounds like a fun party :)
18 12 / 2009
Marilyn with Ella Fitzgerald listening to jazz at Hollywood’s Tiffany Club in 1955.
Ella Fitzgerald had become her favorite singer, and when she found out that a popular club had refused to book Ella because she was black, Marilyn took action.
Quote from Ella: “I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt. It was because of her that I played the Mocambo, a very popular nightclub in the ’50s. She personally called the owner of the Mocomabo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him - and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status - that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman - a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it”.
