[HCCN] Fwd: Art Exhibit - "Paintings by Antonio Guerrero - Political Prisoner"

[Judith Robbins]

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THIS IMPORTANT EVENT




Begin forwarded message:

> From: Steve Burke <sburke at midcoast.com>
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> To: Midcoast P&J Statewide list & Let Cuba Live list
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>                       Let Cuba Live - Art Exhibition
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>         Paintings by Antonio Guerrero - Political Prisoner
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> Glickman Library, University of Southern Maine, 314 Forest Ave.,  
> Portland, Maine.
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>                      January 17 -   February 18
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>      Reception on Wednesday, January 19 at 6:00 PM - Food and  
> Refreshments
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>      A program featuring the renowned actress Vinie Burrows starts  
> at 7 PM
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> The display is at the 5th floor exhibition space  - Reception and  
> program on the 7th floor
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>     View Antonio Guerrero's paintings, hear his poetry, and learn  
> his story.
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> Nationwide showings of  these 30 paintings are aimed at raising  
> awareness of Antonio's unjust imprisonment and that of four other  
> Cuban men who defended their country from terrorist attacks  
> launched from the United States.
> A worldwide movement demands their freedom.
>
> Ms. Burrows will discuss the case of the Cuban Five and read some  
> of Antonio's poems. In her presentation, she will relate working to  
> free the Five to ending  racial oppression and securing world  
> peace. She dedicates her program to Rev. Lucius Walker. The Pastors  
> for Peace leader fought for human rights and a "people's foreign  
> policy." He died on September 7, 2010.
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> Vinie Burrows has performed in Broadway theaters, and on radio and  
> television.  The New York Times calls her "a magnificent  
> performer."  New York Post reviewer Clive Barnes wrote, "she is one  
> of the reigning divas of the Black  theater."
> In one - woman shows performed around the world Ms. Burrows has  
> acted out the lives of Black women, in Africa, in the struggle for  
> civil rights, and in the American theater.
> At the United Nations she serves as Permanent Representative for  
> the Women's International Democratic Federation.
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> For information about Antonio Guerrero and the Cuban Five, go to  
> www.letcubalive.org, www.freethefive.org, or www.thecuban5.org.
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> Let Cuba Live of Maine and the University of Southern Maine  
> Libraries are co-sponsors of this event.
>              For more information, call  (207) 743-2183.
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>      "One day my prison shirt will be left hanging" - a pastel by  
> Antonio
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