Little WAC's Dr. MLK Writing Workshop

The Little Wellness Arts Group  is partnering with The Free Public Library of Atlantic City to present a special writing workshop.

We will discuss writing and charting your hopes and dreams.

It is absolutely free and all are welcome.

The date is January 16th from 6pm to 7:30pm.

Art Walk is looking for Vendors. Set Up for Free!

The next Smithville Artwalk is Saturday, April 20th from 10am-5pm (rain date 4/21). Spaces are free but you must register to participate. To register contact Underground at undergroundnj92@yahoo.com Come out and support local art. ARTISTS UNITE!!

Your Daily Inspiration: Inside The Actors Studio - Dave Chappelle

During this interview Dave discusses life and all the things more important than money, comedy and fame.

The segment that inspires me is when Dave tells his father.
"If I can make a teacher's salary acting? Then to me I made it."

Dave then goes on to explain his dad explained.

"Name your price up front. If it (acting) becomes more expensive than the price you name...quit"

Please watch and get your own inspiration...then share with someone else.

Celebrate Kwanzaa at The AC Free Public Library

25^th annual Atlantic City Library Kwanzaa program set for Dec. 1

The Atlantic City Free Public Library will celebrate Kwanzaa with a free performance for people of all ages.

The Afro-One Dance, Drama and Drum Theatre will be the featured performer at the library’s 25th annual celebration on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m., at the Main Library, located at One North Tennessee Ave.

This event combines song, music, poetry and traditional and contemporary dance with an educational element.

Dr. Patricia Reid Merritt directs Afro-One. A professor of Social Work and African-American Studies at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Dr. Reid-Merritt has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the NAACP Freedom Award.

Afro-One was founded in 1974 and emphasizes dance, drama and music in the African-American arts. Afro-One has performed at schools, colleges and universities, businesses and corporations, conferences, Kwanzaa celebrations, weddings, rites of passage, local festivals and community events. Their past performances include presentations at Rutgers University, Monmouth University, Penn State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Philadelphia Zoo, African American Historical Site at Boston, University Museum of Pennsylvania, The College of New Jersey, Richard Stockton College, Conference on Black Families in Urban America, Bell Labs, McGuire Air Force Base and Fort Dix.

Kwanzaa is a holiday of African heritage and values and is celebrated from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1.

To view video clips from last year’s Kwanzaa program, which also featured Afro-One, visit the Atlantic City’s Library’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/atlanticcitylibrary. Please call (609) 345-2269, ext. 3115, for more information.

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5 Questions..with Shawn Jones

Mrs. Shawn Regina Jones will be one of three people recieving a Little Wellness Arts Award, Sunday November 11th at 4pm at our first Arts and Music Festival at The Shore Mall!

Mrs. Jones is a successful wife and mother.

I can say she has been a beautiful friend for many years.

Mrs. Jones is also an accomplished dancer and now a accomplished dance instructor.

So when we started to encourage each other to complete our books I had no doubt that she would become a successful writer.

Three years later, hundreds of people have been touched by the words in her books Womb Rain and Pictures in Glass Frames.

I was able to get Shawn R. Jones to answer these 5 questions as she prepares to be one of our first Little Wellness Arts Center Award Winners at our Arts and Music Festival on Sunday November 11th.

Q- What Do You Want People To get from PICTURES IN GLASS FRAMES?

SRJ-I reveal the intimate details of my tragic family history and restored adult life, so my readers will trust God with the difficult circumstances they face in their own lives. I want my readers to know that even though their faith is sometimes challenged, it can also be restored.

Q) What do you think the next book will be about?

 SRJ-My next book, Watering Flowers in the Rain, is also a collection of devotions. So far the recurring message seems to be that God's provision is enough. I am also working on a poetry book, titled Gray Areas.

Q)What would you be doing if not writing? 
 
SRJ- I would still be tutoring several students a week and teaching more dance classes.

 Q) What writers influence you now?

SRJ- Bestselling author, Lysa TerKeurst. I recently read her book titled, What Happens when Women Walk in Faith. I am also a big fan of C.S. Lewis, author of Screwtape Letters. I would say those are the Christian authors I have been influenced by recently. I am also greatly inspired by Toni Morrison.

 Q)What is the best thing about being a writer?

5. The phone calls, e-mails, and warm hugs I receive from people who have been touched by my book are the absolutely best rewards I have received from my writing. Those moments are invaluable. It is in those times that I am reminded that God is working.

Words written and questions asked by Raymond Tyler

Little Wellness Arts Programs for The Artists