FELA! ON BROADWAY A MUST-SEE
November 29, 2009 · Posted by Swan Lake Samba Girl ·
All photos by Monique Carboni.
If you’re in NY or are coming here at all for the holidays, definitely do not miss FELA! It’s honestly one of the best musicals — if not the best — I’ve ever seen (and I don’t often like musicals!)
It’s a very “real” musical in that it takes place in a night-club in Lagos, Nigeria — called The Shrine — founded by real-life Nigerian composer, musician, founder of Afrobeat, and human rights activist Fela Kuti (1938-1997). It’s the late 1970s and he and his dancers (mostly female) perform their unique — and fascinating — blend of ...
SLSG NAMED TOP BLOG BY ATTORNEY.ORG
November 25, 2009 · Posted by Swan Lake Samba Girl ·
SLSG has been named a top law blog in the criminal law category by Attorney.org, likely for my previous coverage of the Sean Bell shooting trial and some other related posts. This is particularly exciting because my soon-to-be-published novel is in part about the life of a young female criminal appeals attorney. I also plan to write more about the Sean Bell case. So I’m very honored!
And apropos of criminal defense attorneys, the movie Disturbing the Universe is a must-see. It’s a documentary about the life of civil rights / criminal defense attorney William Kunstler, made by his daughters. Since ...
