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...follow the life of Tasha, a street-smart, scholastically bright, incredibly strong 15-year-old who narrates her own story with a colorful, spirited voice that refuses to falter or halt regardless of all that she faces: the ever-increasing violence and crime in her inner-city Buffalo neighborhood, the blatant drug-dealing of her next-door neighbor, the fact that her child, Imani, is both daughter and granddaughter of single mothers...
...admit that I was attracted to the book just because I like stories of the underdog. I'll even admit that the deal was sweetened by my personal fascination with African-American inner-city life. But this book is one that transcends those interests. I found myself reading passages again because they were so full of a simple, quiet strength of character and intensity of spirit which allows the narrator-heroine to endure the trials that occasionally strike the reader dumb with incredulity. Despite a few rough edges, the book manages to involve readers deeply in the emotional current...
...Jarvis has skillfully managed a team comprised largely of graduates of New York inner-city high schools--Artest of LaSalle, freshman Erick Barkley of Christ the King and senior Tyrone Grant of Grady--and has steered the Storm deeper into the Dance than any coach since Lou Carnesecca...
...lives from a new perspective. We find ourselves in a new world. "Songs for a New World" is a musical revue, a song cycle about these moments. With a framework that ranges from a historic Spanish sailing ship in 1492 to the mythical north pole to the very real inner city of today, this fresh new pop-influenced score will excite audiences in the show's New England premiere. Adams House Pool Theatre. 13 Bow St. $7, $5 students, $4 House residents...
...were the first to master the running man. Your roger rabbit rocks the party that rocks the party. Luckily, classes at the MAC and Radcliffe have just started, so your inner Nureyev can stretch, chasse‚ and find a beat...