Poetea

It is said that if you ask, you shall receive. Bramptonites (residents of the city of Brampton, just outside of Toronto) have ask for more cultured events and now they got it.

Knowledge Bookstore (knowledgebookstore.com), on 177 Queen street West in Brampton, will be hosting a Poetry/Spoken Word session (with herbal tea!) on Saturday January 12, 2008 at 4:30pm. Additional info is below and check out http://booity.googlepages.com/home for further info on other Poetea Events.

Little Mosque in the City

With funny CBC show Little Mosque on the Prairie, it's easy for us to forget that the Muslim religion is one of serious traditions. Traditions that many immigrants hold true to and want their children to uphold. The problem with that is in our multicultural society, some Muslim children may not want to adhere to their parents wish for them to keep up their faith. The result? Usually they are denounced from the family. In worse case scenario we have what happened to 16 year old Aqsa Parvez.

After refusing to wear the Hijab, the young student was strangled to death by her father. It was an unintentional crime but nevertheless she died from her injuries. She was probably not the first Muslim to want to not follow traditions while living in our Canadian society but her story is most tragic.

While many are quick to judge and send there harsh criticism to her family and the Muslim religion it is important for us not to forget remember the precious life that was lost.

This Christmas!

This holiday we are surely in for a treat. Instead of only having one black movie to serve us for the year (usually provided by Tyler Perry), in this season alone we have three not including movies that big stars like Denzel and Will are starring in.

Tyler Perry blessed us with a feature movie production of his play Why Did I Get Married?, which debuted at No. 1 when it came out, and was followed a month later by an ensemble cast in Preston A. Whitmore’s This Christmas.

This Christmas came in No. 2 it’s opening weekend but brought it 18.6 million, 12.6 million less than Disney’s Enchanted. Keep in mind that it was shown in far fewer theatres.
This season will also bring us The Perfect Holiday starring Gabrielle Union with Morris Chestnut.

With these three gems plus American Gangster, I am Legend and The Great Debaters (with Forest Whitaker) out on Christmas day, this Christmas will be a very special Christmas for us!