Putting the Negro Leagues in Play

clipped from www.nytimes.com Putting the Negro Leagues in Play By STUART MILLER The Strat-O-Matic Game Company, an old warhorse in an age of computer-driven fantasy leagues and high-tech video games, usually relies on detailed statistics to create ratings and tendencies for hitters and pitchers. But in creating a new 103-card Negro leagues set for its board game, Strat-O-Matic found that the data was not easy to come by. Coverage of Negro leagues games was spotty, especially because many black newspapers were weeklies. Although stories abound about Josh Gibson’s prowess or Satchel Paige’s wizardry, much of what has been handed down borders on folklore. Yet Hal Richman, who founded Strat-O-Matic in 1961, was determined. Enlarge This Image Strat-O-Matic After years of research and statistical interpretation, Strat-O-Matic has a new 103-card Negro leagues set.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/sports/baseball/08strato.html

George Wein & Newport All-Stars at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, 11/17-22

clipped from www.allaboutjazz.com George Wein & Newport All-Stars at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, 11/17-22 SOURCE: Carolyn McClair Public Relations GEORGE WEIN & THE NEWPORT ALL-STARS PERFORM AT DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA NOVEMBER 17 – 22, 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM NEW YORK, NY – George Wein is a legend off the stage, but he’s made quite a name for himself on the stage as well. Catch a rare performance by the jazz impresario on Tuesday, November 17 – Sunday, November 22, at 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm when George Wein brings his Newport All-Stars to Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th & Broadway. Joining Wein at Dizzy’s are Howard Alden (guitar), Winard Harper (drums), Jay Leonhart (bass), Randy Sandke (trumpet), Lew Tabackin (tenor saxophone) and some very special guests.

Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment launches our original Survival Guide

November 06, 2009

NY: Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment launches our original Survival Guide

Allied Sister and Brothers!!

I really hope you can come out and support! And, remember – if you can’t attend the event, you can still help us reach our goal of raising $5,000 to distribute this unique Survival Guide!

Imagine learning that someone you love has just been sentenced to prison – where do you turn? What should you expect? How do you keep yourself and your family together?

Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment launches our original Survival Guide, on November 14, 2009 – a unique reference created BY and FOR people with incarcerated loved ones. And now YOU have an OPPORTUNITY to make sure that information gets into the hands of those who need it most! Don’t miss this exciting event!

FREE! IS RAISING $5,000 TO DISTRIBUTE OUR “SURVIVAL GUIDE” FOR FAMILIES AND WE NEED YOUR HELP! IF 100 PEOPLE DONATE JUST $50 EACH WE WILL REACH OUR GOAL QUICKLY! ALL DONATIONS OF $25 OR MORE WILL RECEIVE ONE TICKET TO OUR SURVIVAL GUIDE LAUNCH PARTY AND YOUR OWN COPY OF OUR SURVIVAL GUIDE! (You can request that your copy be sent to a family member of your choice, or to a low-income member of FREE!)

The Survival Guide Launch Party will be held November 14th, 2009, from 4-7pm, at La Pregunta Arts Cafe, 1528 Amsterdam Avenue, Harlem, NY (btw 135th/136th Streets).

Featuring live entertainment, a Prison Art Auction by Inside Out Art, Inc., this event is also an opportunity to announce leadership transitions as our Founder and Acting Director, Kym Clark, steps aside, and we welcome Marion Rodriguez back into the Organizer position, and other members step forward to carry various torches of our work! Bid farewell to Kym, Happy Birthday to Cheri, Kym and Denise, and make your very first donation to Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment – FREE!

Go to: www.freefamilies.us and click on the CHIPIN widget to donate, or to http://survivalguide.chipin.com/free-survival-guide-launch-party. BE SURE TO INDICATE THE NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE LAUNCH PARTY TICKET AND GUIDE when you donate!

DON’T WANT TO DONATE ONLINE? Make checks payable to our Fiscal Sponsor, “Brecht Forum”, and write “FREE Families Rally” in the memo section.

Mail to: Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment
c/o Fortune Society
Long Island City, NY 11101

Please drop us an email at prisonfamz@gmail.com or leave a phone message so we can look out for your donation. 718-706-0195.

The Survival Guide was made possible in part by the North Star Fund, and the New York Foundation, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.