Cross-Streets

Welcome to the tumblr home of Tara Betts. Author, professor and performer. The intersections of media come together like a street corner where all your friends meet.
thesmithian: barackobama: FLOTUS at the rally in Columbus today: “If we keep showing up, if we keep fighting the good fight, then eventually we’ll get there. We always do.” [meaningful glance]

thesmithian:

barackobama:

FLOTUS at the rally in Columbus today: “If we keep showing up, if we keep fighting the good fight, then eventually we’ll get there. We always do.”

[meaningful glance]

thesmithian: Nama…does a good job of balancing…characters like the Black Panther, Luke Cage, and the Green Lantern John Stewart, and less iconic figures like Brother Voodoo. In fact, it’s a…safe bet that he devotes more space to…Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger than anyone ever has… more.

thesmithian:

Nama…does a good job of balancing…characters like the Black Panther, Luke Cage, and the Green Lantern John Stewart, and less iconic figures like Brother Voodoo. In fact, it’s a…safe bet that he devotes more space to…Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger than anyone ever has…

more.

Happy birthday, Essex Hemphill. Brother.

Happy birthday, Essex Hemphill. Brother.

(Source: sonofbaldwin)

thesmithian: On April 18, as part of the fifth anniversary of the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the museum will present the First Awards…Among the honorees are Sandra Day O’Connor; Jessye Norman; Toni Morrison; Connie Chung; the choreographer and director Susan Stroman; Faye Wattleton, a former president of Planned Parenthood; and Chief Wilma Pearl Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. more.

thesmithian:

On April 18, as part of the fifth anniversary of the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the museum will present the First Awards…Among the honorees are Sandra Day O’Connor; Jessye Norman; Toni Morrison; Connie Chung; the choreographer and director Susan Stroman; Faye Wattleton, a former president of Planned Parenthood; and Chief Wilma Pearl Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation.

more.

goodpoets: portrait of poet Tara Betts by Jonathan Weiskopf.  outtake from my photo session with Tara for the forthcoming book & exhibition series entitled “For Some Time Now: Performance Poets of New York City.”  Included in the book are portraits that I’ve made of more than 120 members of the NYC slam and spoken word community and a collection of written works prepared especially for this project, including an incredible short essay by Tara, edited by Jeanann Verlee. The book will be available on April 22, 2012 at the book release / exhibition opening / live music & poetry showcase at the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City or via email to jsweiskopf@gmail.com

goodpoets:

portrait of poet Tara Betts by Jonathan Weiskopf.  outtake from my photo session with Tara for the forthcoming book & exhibition series entitled “For Some Time Now: Performance Poets of New York City.”  Included in the book are portraits that I’ve made of more than 120 members of the NYC slam and spoken word community and a collection of written works prepared especially for this project, including an incredible short essay by Tara, edited by Jeanann Verlee.


The book will be available on April 22, 2012 at the book release / exhibition opening / live music & poetry showcase at the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City or via email to jsweiskopf@gmail.com