Genius without Borders: A Symposium in Honor of the Genius of Michael Jackson
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Exploration of the genius of Michael Jackson to highlight second annual symposium at Columbia College Chicago
Center for Black Music Research bring scholars, performers and journalists together to discuss the King of Pop
CHICAGO (Sept. 2, 2010) – The Center for Black Music Research (CBMR) at Columbia College Chicago will host Genius without Borders: A Symposium in Honor of the Genius of Michael Jackson wwwcolum.edu/GeniusWithoutBorders at various locations on and off the South Loop campus, Sept. 24–25, 2010. The biennial event, free and open to the public, is the second in the series that debuted in 2009 with a celebration of Ray Charles.
Scholars, arts advocates, journalists, musicians and music industry execs are on tap to discuss the musical, cultural and social dynamics that made Michael Jackson the most imitated and sought after entertainer of all time.
“In the wake of losing Jackson last year, this symposium will shed a different light on his accomplishments and contributions to all genres of music,” says Dr. Monica Hairston O'Connell, director of the CBMR. “The time is right to view his impact through a scholarly lens and to look at the influence his time in Chicago had on Jackson’s musical maturation.”
Businessman, entertainment executive and documentarian Ed Eckstein, son of legendary vocalist, bandleader, and matinee idol Billy Eckstine, will lead a special panel presentation in the Harold Washington Library's Pritzker Auditorium titled “It's All About the Music: An Insider's Look at Michael Jackson's Art” on Friday, Sept. 24, 7:30–9:30 p.m. The panel will feature music industry insiders who worked with Jackson, including noted musician Greg Phillinganes who directed Michael Jackson's Bad and Dangerous concert tours.
With outside-the-box papers like “The Alchemist: Michael Jackson and His Magical Pursuit of White Power” presented by Gregory Tate and “‘Smooth Criminality’: Racial Phantasmagoria & Black Fugitivity in Michael Jackson's (Dancing) Body Politic” presented by Princeton University's Daphne Brooks, there is nothing staid about this scholarly observation of the Jackson phenom.
Offered in association with the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and the college's alumni association, another aspect of the MJ weekend will be a re-creation of the choreography of Michael Jackson's Thriller video as taught by Amansu Eason, a dancer with Chicago's Muntu Dance Theater. The Dance Center will mark its 10th anniversary that same weekend with a free day-long event titled 1306—Ten Years Later (wwwcolum.edu/dance_center/performances/1306/index.php).
Finally, the CBMR will be auctioning an iconic photograph of Jackson by noted photographer and Columbia College Chicago graduate Vandell Cobb. Bidding instructions are available at wwwcolum.edu/GeniusWithoutBorders. Proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Columbia College Photography Department for student scholarships.
After graduating from Columbia in 1975, Vandell Cobb worked for 31 years for Johnson Publishing Company as a staff photographer for Ebony and Jet magazines. His photographs have been used on numerous magazine covers and in feature stories. In addition to Michael Jackson, Cobb's subjects have included U.S. presidents from Reagan to Obama, world leaders such as South Africa President Nelson Mandela and Hamas leader Khaled Mashal, and sports and entertainment figures such as Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Earth, Wind and Fire, Oprah Winfrey, Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, and Stevie Wonder. Bids will be accepted by telephone only and will close at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Symposium attendees will be able to offer live bids immediately prior to the announcement of the winningbidder at noon on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. You do not need to be present to win.
The symposium, sponsored by State Farm, NBC 5 Chicago, WVON Radio and the Chicago Defender, is free and open to the public; however, pre-registration is required for admission and space is limited. To register, and for the most up-to-date schedule of events, visit the CBMR website at wwwcolum.edu/GeniusWithoutBorders.
Tickets ($20) for “It's All About the Music: An Insider's Look at Michael Jackson's Art” in the Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library are available only through TicketWeb at wwwticketweb.com.
To learn more about Genius without Borders or the CBMR, visit wwwcolum.edu/cbmr or contact the center at 312-369-7559. Follow us on Twitter @cbmrccc or join the conversation about the genius of Michael Jackson by using our hashtag #gwb2010. Follow our live blogs at wwwcolum.edu/GeniusWithoutBorders
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Ир, это Блэки за старое взялась? 
Киньту на какой-нибудь файлообменник пжалста 
на 4:02
) я лично ничего не поняла 
Позже она войти на Twitter, выдачи извинения своих последователей: "Я жалею, что обидел никого. Заявление означало, Крис будет продолжать Michaels (SiC), наследие". [взломанный сайт]
в кино будет продолжена.
grasias!
переведите кто-нибудь плиииз и кто такой S? Шмули?