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NATIONAL BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL

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By YEMI TOURE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/19/2008

DAY 8: Friday, July 25

The day's best bet

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Veronica Redd (as matriarch Josephine) battles lovingly with her controlling daughter, Clarice (Keena Redding Hunt) in "Hallelujah Street Blues, " a new play by Valetta Anderson at Horizon Theatre.
 
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Hip-hop is seldom viewed with a critique that is sharp, sensitive and informed. Now comes the film "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes." Young filmmaker and self-proclaimed "hip-hop head" Byron Hurt sizes up masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in the culture. The film is part of a wide-ranging Day of Hip-hop, including six other films, panels and a multimedia exhibit. Times vary. Films $8. Woodruff Arts Center.

Best of the rest ...
"Art, Beats and Lyrics"
A multimedia hip-hop show, including visual art, turntablists, video, graphics, break dancing and a show of rare sneakers. Ages 21 and older only. 7 p.m. Free, but online reservation required at www.jackdaniels.com/age.aspx. The Foundry at Puritan Mill.
International Vendor Marketplace
Swaths of fabric, handcrafted jewelry, sculptures, fashions and other merchandise from vendors around the world. 3-10 p.m. Also Saturday and Sunday noon-10 p.m. Free admission. Centennial Olympic Park.

DAY 9: Saturday, July 26

The day's best bet
The year was 1939, and the film superhero of the day strode the plains in "The Lone Ranger Rides Again." Across town, in the colored section, Herb Jeffries laced up his chaps in "The Bronze Buckaroo" and sparked the black cowboy movie genre. Jeffries, now 96, a vegan and a yogi, will speak at a retrospective that includes a documentary of his life and, yes, a screening of "The Bronze Buckaroo." 11:45 a.m. $8. Woodruff Art Center.

Best of the rest ...
"A Sign of the Times"
A play dramatizing the Iraq war, gas prices, the election, racial tensions and going green. 7 p.m. Free. Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Performing Arts.

Sunday's happenings
"World Music Festival"
Local and international music greats, including Mausiki Scales of Atlanta and Hugh Masekela of South Africa. Noon-10 p.m. Free. Centennial Olympic Park.
"International Vendor Marketplace." Swaths of fabric, handcrafted jewelry, sculptures, fashions and other merchandise from vendors around the world. Noon-10 p.m. Free admission. Centennial Olympic Park.

For more on National Black Arts Festival events, see accessAtlanta.com/arts.

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