Saturday morning at eight on WCLK s The Local Take, I talk with The Hammonds House Museum s most recent Executive Director, Leatrice Ellzy Wright, as she prepares to join the famed Apollo Theatre. Wright has been on the Atlanta cultural scene since she began working with the National Black Arts Festival as a curator and producer. Her knowledge and innovation changed the historic Hammonds House Museum in West End after just a few months.
I asked if she was leaving Hammonds House in good hands, and she assured us that she would be working with their new leader as she transitions from the position. She mentions that everybody wants to play the Apollo Theatre. The eighty-eight-year-old institution has begun to stretch out in Harlem beyond the stage in two new venues. Wright will start to lead the organization with innovative educational programming. She speaks about how culture can impact our community and nation.
Love On The Run featuring Walter Beasley is Bryon’s first release since
Real Love in July of 2020. This is Jazz Funk at its highest level. Bryon’s funky bass guitar is unmistakable, as Walter Beasley’s saxophone strikes the right balance providing four minutes of smooth funk Jazz. This is a song you’ll want to hear again and again, just like Morris Baxter’s Motivations! So tune in to Morning Jazz with Morris 6am-9am for Byron Miller’s
Love On The Run on Atlanta’s Jazz Station 91.9 WCLK.
David C. Linton is Jazz 91.9 WCLK Program Director and host of Serenade To The City, heard Monday-Friday at 10pm.
Craig Robinson, Entrepreneur and Board Member of Leadership Project Now
This week on The Local Take(Saturday 8am), we re continuing our conversation about business leaders who are coming together against voter suppression laws in our state and nation. Craig Robinson is an experienced chief executive, division president, and board director for global commercial real estate, outsourcing, and tech-enabled service companies. Robinson has led business units within both large global public companies and private mid-cap growth businesses. He is one of the corporate leaders motivated to support voting rights and serves on the board of
The
Leadership Now Project.
I ask Robinson if he can tell us why this is the time for business to be involved in civic engagement. He speaks about growing up in
DeKalb County Food Distribution, Saturday May 1 at 10AM
This week on WCLK s The Local Take(Saturdays 8am), we ll talk with Dekalb CEO Michael Thurmond, who wanted to let the community know about their plan to feed Dekalb County residents in need. On Saturday May 1 begnning at 10am, the county will utilize the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) to provide over 3,000 families with food boxes. Working with the DeKalb Board of Commissioners for funding, the food distributions will continue each month. They generally take place on the last Saturday of the month after this special Mother s Day event.