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WALLER CREEK CONSERVANCY ANNOUNCES CREEK SHOW 2017 PROGRAMMING AND ARTISTS Six Austin-Based Design Teams Light Up the Night November 10-18

Waller Creek Conservancy announces the return of Creek Show taking place November 10-18, 2017. Free and open to the public, explore six luminescent, site-specific art installations along Waller Creek between 5th and 8th Streets, all created by local talent. Celebrate Austin Art Month Friday, November 10, with the public opening of the show including a live DJ on the creek. Participate in hands-on, family-friendly activities … Continue reading WALLER CREEK CONSERVANCY ANNOUNCES CREEK SHOW 2017 PROGRAMMING AND ARTISTS Six Austin-Based Design Teams Light Up the Night November 10-18

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Black History, Black Women, Celebrating the Vision, Inspiration, Poetry

Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde was born in Harlem on February 18, 1934, to West Indian immigrants Frederick Byron and Linda Belmar Lorde. She was an introverted child who did not speak until she was five years old. When she began to communicate, she answered questions with poetry that she had memorized. The limitations of her poetic store forced her at 12 or 13 to compose her own … Continue reading Audre Lorde

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Beauty, Black Women, Poetry

CHALLENGE ME (A TRIBUTE TO BLACK WOMEN)

I am a fabric, that stands without seems, on the mind of others as I take my stand. Holding forth the armor of life, I bestow a crown of wisdom to my offspring for matters to come. My mind flows through the cathedral of sphinx, with the ability to shatter dimensions. Challenge me, as I walk this life into existence, without holding my weapon of … Continue reading CHALLENGE ME (A TRIBUTE TO BLACK WOMEN)

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