She now uses those same skills polished as a hiphop music promoter to get the word out about hiv and aids. Joining us today, maria davis. Hi. Thank you. So nice to meet you. And its very nice to meet you, too. And thank you for coming on this afternoon. Thank you for having me. You know, reading your story, you know, first you get angry, you know, about how you contracted the virus from a man that you loved. Mmhmm. And then you want to stand up and cheer because you really did not let it define your life. Absolutely. Absolutely. Im gonna you were doing something that you really loved the Music Industry. Youve said that it was in your blood. Yes. And then you got this diagnosis that im thinking, at the time, you felt was a death sentence. Yes, it was. I did feel like it was a death sentence, because when i was first diagnosed in 95, i found out through a Life Insurance policy, and i didnt think that i had the virus because then we thought it was a gay white mans and, you know, lo and be
12 days until christmas. Oh, we can start counting down. On the first day oh, i did not mean to open that pandoras box. Yes, you did. Erica grow in for Raphael Miranda. You dont sing, do you . Ill spare you right now. But you made me think. If this is the first day of christmas, my friend gave to me 60 degrees . Still 60 degrees in central park. We didnt lose much of the heat we got during the day yesterday. We broke record highs throughout much of the tristate. Were only down to 51 in danbury. 54 in farmingdale. Long branch right now at 57 degrees. On Storm Tracker satellite and radar, this is a threehour loop. You can see a couple sprinkle popping through sullivan county. Not a lot of rain in our area today. Right now it is 60 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Were going to stay in the 60s all day long. Of course, but when were starting out this warm, we dont have far to go before we already reach a record high. The record high for this date is 64 set in central park back in the 193
But first, the classical theater of harlem features the first noel. Its playing now through december 31st at the apollo sound stage. Jason michael webb, Lelund Thompson are here, joined by ty jones, the artistic director for the classical theater of harlem. Good morning to you. Background d on the first noel, whats it about, jay . About a family who has suffered a great loss around christmas time. Lelund, how did it come about . Years ago. Ty jones said we need to recreate a 21st century dickens, someplace that offers a place for our community to see something that gets us in the Christmas Spirit uptown. And he was, like, i think you are the guy to do it, you and Jason Michael webb. How long have you two been collaborators . Wow, a few years. This piece was commissioned back in 2012, and weve been working on this since then. So, ty, you take this idea to lelund, and now when we think of the holidays, you know, youre talking about loss, you know . Is it a tough theme to try to manage in
Of harlem features the first noel. Its playing now through december 31st at the apollo sound stage. Jason michael webb, Lelund Thompson are here, joined by ty jones, the artistic director for the classical theater of harlem. Good morning to you. Background d on the first noel, whats it about, jay . About a family who has suffered a great loss around christmas time. Lelund, how did it come about . It came about a couple of years ago. Ty jones said we need to recreate a 21st century dickens, someplace that offers a place for our community to see something that gets us in the Christmas Spirit uptown. And he was, like, i think you are the guy to do it, you and Jason Michael webb. How long have you two been collaborators . Wow, a few years. This piece was commissioned back in 2012, and weve been working on this since then. Lelund, and now when we think of the holidays, you know, youre talking about loss, you know . Is it a tough theme to try to manage into an uplifting experience . I think
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