Compiled and Edited
By KASCENE BARKS
SUNDAY, APRIL 12
� Th Salvation Army and
Workbench Furniture are joining
fore in an effort to col ect 750
of furniture over a
three- ek period for families in
need throughout southeast
Michigan. The third ·F umiture
For Families· effort runs April 12
thru 26, 1992. A simultaneous
effort will be underway in
southwestern Michigan,
including the Grand Rapids
areas, Battle Creek, Muskegon,
Holland, and Kalamazoo. Those
interested in making a donation of
usable furniture should call The
Salvation Army at
(313/965-7760) during weekday
business hours to arrange
pick-up. All donations are
tax-deductible." Donations of
furniture made btwn April 6-26
will earn people a 15 percent
discount off any item at
Workbench Furniture's
Southfield, Birmingham, Ann
Arbor, and Grand Rapids' stores.
Consumers have until May 3,
1992 to use the discount.
(1-800-486-5930).
MONDAY, APRIL 13
� Travel Slides: Sunny Italy with
Esther Peters traveling with.. a
group of Italian-Am ric
Milan, Venic , R , ,
Rome, Pompeii, & th Romeo
and Juli city of Veron 2pm.
Franklin Libr ry, 13651 E.
McNichols. (267-6561).
I TUESDAY, APRIL 14
� -The Grapes of Wrath, - Frank
Galati' stage adaptation of John
Steinbeck's classic novel, will
eonclude the Hllbeny The e's
29th season. April 14 thru May
16. The play is a tribute to the
detenn ination and strength of the
hum an spirit and its will to
survive. TICkets and information
I Hilberry Theatre Box office
5n-2972.
I WEDNESDAY, APRIL 151
� Explorers Room.
Neighborhood Resource Center
(NRC) presents a workshop: Our
Environment In Crisis.
6:15-8:45pm. Main Library, 5201
Woodward. (341-3859).
I THURSDAY, APRIL 16 I
� Spring slide program: Explore
the copper canyon of Mexico with
Marge KaminskI. 2:30pm.
Elmwood Park Library, 550
Chene (224-0516).
WHO'S COUNTING?: 3-2-1 Contact -Extra- co-ho.t.
St phanle Yu and Z Wright u. ping pong ball. to
demonatrat th world'. rapidly expanding population In -A
Popular Little Planet. - The -Extra- I. th flrat half-hour of
an Earth Day double-f ature produced by Children'.
Televl.lon Work.hop, airing on PBS, Wedne.day, April 22
at 8pm. * r Check IocIII 118tlng.).
,
FRIDAY, APRIL 17
I SATURDAY, PRIL 18
EDUCATIO
WO SHOPS
bring (toy)frlend. 7pm.
Dougl Ubrary (833-9714).
- E er Craft. 4pm. Richard
Ubrary (935-4508).
4/1 Evening Story Time.
6:30pm. Chaney Library
(935-4314).
- Spring Story Time. 7pm.
Conely Ubrary (898-2426).
- Parenting Classes.
10am-12:30pm. Franklin Libraty
(267-6561) ..
- Easter Card & Craft. 4pm.
Ag 5 & abov. Gray Library
(267-6559) .
...__A_N_N_O_U_N_C_E_M_E_N_T_S__,t /15 Easter Bedtime Story Hour.
7pm. Children's Library
(833-1490) .
- Make Benny Bunny (a
paper doli). 4pm. Campbell
Library (297-9380).
- Family Story time. 7pm.
Redford Ubrary (935-5344).
4/18 After School Movies.
3:45pm. Gray Library
(267-6559). - Lothrop Library
4pm. (898-2414).
- Easter Craft. 4pm. Monteith
Ubrary (267-6560).
4/17 Main Library and all
branches closed for Good Friday.
4/18 �tories told by Bunny Lee &
Easter Craft program. 2:30pm.
Children's Ubrary (833-1490).
- MOVIES: 2pm. Bowen
Library (297-9381). - Knapp
Ubrary 2:30pm. (898-2414). -
job - 2-4pm FREE Lincoln
Library, E 7 MI Rd. (876-0135).
CLASS REUNIO S
� Commerce E. Commerce
HS's of Detroit, MI. Classe of
1950, 1951, 1952 & 1953.
Tentative 0 : Nov. 7, 1992.
Call: (313/746-9643).
� Mackenzie Class Reunion -
Classes of 1951, 1952 & 1953.
Tentative date: Oct. 1992
I nform on: (9746-9643).
� A booklet containing a
comprehensive listing of Detroit
Historical Society (DHS) and
Detroit Historical Department
(OHD) programs for 1992 is now
avail. thru the DHS. The booklet
contalns more than 20 pages of
information on church tours,
strolls, pub & clubs, bus tours,
walking tours, lectures,
workshops and seminars. To
receive a FREE copy of the '92
Program Booklet, send a 9 1/2 x
6 1/2, self-addressed envelope
with .58 cents in postage on the
envelope to: Detroit Historical
Society, 5401 Woodward,
Detroit, MI 48202.
I LJBRARY A�TIVITIES ,.
4/13 Bedtime Stories. Wea� pjs
raw. It asks questions, it presents
answers, and it will make you think
if you want to.
All in all, this volume is much
like other books done on the Black
empowerment theme. It tells old
stones and looks at familiar issues,
in ways that are perhaps a little
unexpected, or even shocking, but
even that is no suprise.
"Black Man's Society"
reinforces what has been said
before. Maybe there is a need for
this because ome people haven't
gotten the message yet
Uncluttered by a lot of rhyme
schemes and metric
encumberances, this is poetry for
the common man-the common
Black man and woman. If that is the
book's mission, then the poet has
used the right
tools-straightforward language
Bush aid pens book
'Living with ghost of Willie Hor on
By CHESTER A. HIGGINS, SFt
W ASHlNGTON DC- A new book
on the goings-on in the White
House- focusing on some
communications aspect of it, is
expected to be on the market in the
spring, 1993.
It is being penned by that rarest of
political power insiders-a Black
woman. She will al 0 look at the
. ue of "living with ghost of the
Willie Horton ad," the racially
explo ive i ue from the 1988 GOP
presidential campaign that still dogs
the Bush dmini tration.
But don't expect it to be a
bashing President George Bush.
Kristin Clark Taylor, former'
. Whi te House Director of Media
Relations, the first Black female in
history to hold this job, made that
crystal clear .
AFTER SIGNING THE
contract with Doubleday in New
York, Taylor emphasized, "I'm not
out to do a hatchet job on the
dministration. I will draw on my
experience and examine ome i ues
uch politics of race and gender,
and the intricate, dynamic inner
workinp of White House life, een
from the perspective of an
,
-A- Colonial Egg Decor ng­
Decorate your egg earty
Detroiters did using common
everyday foods. 1 :30-3:30pm.
Ages 6-12 Fee: $2.
-A- Pysanky Egg Decorating -
M�gerite Maguire '11 show you
how to decorate eggs in the
traditional Slavic way using
beeswax and dyes. Bring a bag
lunch. Ages: 12 & up Fee: $5. -
D.'rolt HI.tor/c.' Mu •• um, 5401
WoodMIrd. Wd.r WNVer (833-1263).
� Job Search for teens - 0)
Resume Development: How to
focus on jobs for which you are
best suited (II) Job Search
Techniques: How to find those
jobs not in the weekend
newspaper (IJI) Handling the
interview (IV) How to keep your
Monteith Llbr ry 2pm.
(267-6560) .
- Ea er Egg Craft. 2pm.
Duffield Ubrary (898-2426). -
Lothrop Library 2:30pm.
(898-2414).
- Dye Your Easter Eg . You
must bring your own hard boiled
eggs. 2:30pm. Ch Ubrary
(935-4314).
- Tutoring: Basic Math &
Reading. 11 :30am. Conely
Library (898-2426).
- Help With Homework.
11 am-1 pm. Knapp Library
(876-0133).
I LOOK/USTEN/LEARN I
USEU
-AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISTORY, 301 Frederick
Douglas, Detroit. (833-9800).
-GRAYSTONE JAZZ, 3000 E.
Grand Blvd. (871-0234).
OTOWN, 2648 W. Grand
Blvd, Detroit. (867-0091).
-YOUTH HERITAGE HOUSE,
110 E. Ferry, Detroit. (871-1667).
� Send all
announcement to:
Michigan Citizen, P.O.
Box 03560, Hlghl nd
Park, I 48203 or call
313 869-0033.
White House press office throughout
the presidential campaign and was
appointed White House Director of
Media Relations in the newly formed
Bush Administration. She held the
position until her departure in
November, 1990, to assume a
posi tion wi th BellSouth.
Married, and' the mother of two
children, Taylor, 32, is an energetic
and charming over-achieving
gogetter. She was highly popular
with the national med.i and B h
Whi e House insiders.
Her husband, Loonie, a lawyer,
works for the General Services
Administration.
without weighty metaphors or
vague symbolism.
The poet's purpose is open to
interpretation because it is so
simply and briefly communicated
at the end of the text instead of at
the beginning: "I wrote this book of
poems to help young African
Americans believe in the dream .... "
Placing what would normally be
a preface at the end of the book
allows the reader to enter the work
with a more open mind than he
would otherwise have. And then,
the explanation of the writer's
intent, what there is of it, gives the
reader an idea of what he's reading
without telling him bow to read it.
Blacks Can Sing
Blocks can sing.
So kt freedom ring.
BOOK REVIEW
lack Man' ociety:
Black poetry for Black non-poets
African-American woman."
According to a spokesperson,
Taylor will examine "motherhood
and maternity in the White House
(ber youngest child w born during
herwor there);livingwiththegho t
of the infamous Willie Horton ad
campaign, and a historical look at the
role African Americans have played
inside the White House throughout
U.S. history." The book is yet
untitled.
Taylor, a former jOurnalist from
Detroi 1, who helped launch USA
Today, w a fonner istant p
ecretary to then Vice President
Bush in 1987, wQIked in the B h
From Smokey mountain top,
To back home
in your kitchen mop.
We know Mr. King IuJd a voice,
That made Blacks reioice:
And Mr. X must come next.
He sang so loud,
He made Blacks fed proud. ..
So let's get some more singers.
So we can clap our hands,
And pop our fingers.
• BLACKS ARE SINGERS/
"Black Man's Society," a book
of poems by Rodney R. Rhodes, is
part sermon, part testimony, and
part dream. It is sometimes soft,
sometimes strong, and sometimes
The poet uses this work to yell
in anger, to cry with sorrow, and to
laugh for joy about the entire
experience of being Black. And, if
you're lucky, you'll get to do the
same.
-BkJcIc MtIII's Society- if J'fIbIislwtl by
Dynomic PubIUJti,., iIIlHtnJit.
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s,.ftWrn.,
Why are We Taking Ufe
for Granted?
, Why are we taking life for
granted?
w� are young and black:
w� are already in the back.
We are dutroying our own.
It's tUM to be strong!
Not alone.
You must se« Black is Beauty.
Don't try to see
what you don't feel
B lack is real.