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Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the most important authors of southern African-American literature in the 20th century. Hurston, born in 1891, grew up in Eatonville, Fla., just north of Orlando. The award-winning author, anthropologist and folklorist is said to have been an important part in the Harlem Renaissance, where a wave of black writers, artists and playwrights attracted a mainstream audience in the 1920s and 1930s.
Among several novels, short stories and plays, Hurston's most recognized work is Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), which in 2005 was turned into a television movie starring Halle Berry and Ruby Dee. Since 1988, Eatonville has hosted a festival named a...
Among several novels, short stories and plays, Hurston's most recognized work is Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), which in 2005 was turned into a television movie starring Halle Berry and Ruby Dee. Since 1988, Eatonville has hosted a festival named a...
Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the most important authors of southern African-American literature in the 20th century. Hurston, born in 1891, grew up in Eatonville, Fla., just north of Orlando. The award-winning author, anthropologist and folklorist is said to have been an important part in the Harlem Renaissance, where a wave of black writers, artists and playwrights attracted a mainstream audience in the 1920s and 1930s.
Among several novels, short stories and plays, Hurston's most recognized work is Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), which in 2005 was turned into a television movie starring Halle Berry and Ruby Dee. Since 1988, Eatonville has hosted a festival named after Hurston that celebrates black heritage and the arts. Hurston died in 1960.
Among several novels, short stories and plays, Hurston's most recognized work is Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), which in 2005 was turned into a television movie starring Halle Berry and Ruby Dee. Since 1988, Eatonville has hosted a festival named after Hurston that celebrates black heritage and the arts. Hurston died in 1960.
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In 'Gleam,' testing limits and breaking traditions
Watching "Gleam" at Center Stage is like visiting a distant era that actually wasn't all that long ago. This play takes place between 1903 and 1928 in a rural Florida town. Its residents' customs and speech patterns seem closer to 19th-century...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Thomas Jefferson, Customs and Tradition, Literature
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At Akwaaba B&B, curl up with writers
Sun StaffAuthor Walter Mosley's room is dark and mysterious with midnight-blue walls, black velvet drapes and lamps that shine interrogationlike spotlights across the walls. It's a room befitting the popular creator of a series of detective novels. Toni Morrison'...Tags: Arts, African Americans, Dupont Circle, Illinois, Ghana
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Youth votes
Sun StaffYesterday morning, 17-year-old Jay Sacci slept late, visited Dunkin Donuts for a chocolate frosted and a vanilla cream, did a load of wash for his mom and voted for the future of Baltimore. At 11:15 a.m., he took the five-minute stroll from his house...Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Television, School Examinations, NPR
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This Sunday: Van Vechten's Renaissance, Watergate, Szymborska and more
Jacket CopyThis week's book coverage includes Emily Bernard's book on Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance, Thomas Mallon's novel on Watergate and a remembrance of poet Wislawa Szymborska... -
Amelia Island has a full calendar of upcoming events
Postcards from FloridaFrom the perennial Shrimp Festival to the newer Fernandina Film Festival, Amelia Island has a full slate of family-friendly events on the schedule for 2012. Here's a look: Amelia Island Book Festival: February 17-19 With two full days of programs, socials... -
10 things you might not know about skin color
1 Melanin, the pigment that gives color to skin (and eyes) is produced in cells called melanocytes. Every person has about the same number of these cells, regardless of race, but those with darker skin have larger cells that produce more pigment....Tags: Mikhail S Gorbachev, Superman (fictional character), George Hamilton, The Simpsons (tv program), Black History Month
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Eatonville gardens tour
Orlando SentinelEatonville is the childhood home of author Zora Neale Hurston and was the first incorporated African-American community in the nation. This year’s Zora Neale Hurston festival in Eatonville will include a tour of the gardens and yards of the small...Tags: International Travel, Facebook, Eatonville
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Lectures to explore Zora Neale Hurston masterpiece
Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," is regarded as one of the most influential works for both African-American and women's literature. But when it was first published, the novel was controversial and often panned by critics...Tags: Arts, Plantation, Coral Springs, Nova Southeastern University, Libraries
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ZORA! Festival includes first garden tour of Eatonville
When Maye St. Julien's father moved his family from Mississippi to Eatonville about 70 years ago, among the things they brought with them was a hickory sapling.
At the time, the tree was small enough that her father, Floyd Johnson, was able to pull it...Tags: Festive Events, Philosophy, Gardening, Entertainment Events, Eatonville
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Zora! Festival celebrates Eatonville
The annual Zora! Festival kicks off Saturday with an event that celebrates Eatonville, the historic black community that has hosted the festival since its inception in 1990. Just three days then, the festival honoring Eatonville's most famous resident,...Tags: Arts, Music, Rollins College, Culture, Zora Neale Hurston Festival
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Dance shows, exhibits, movies and more honor Black History Month
We don't really know Africa … at least not like Sam Spear Jr. knows Africa.
The Delray Beach retiree has been traveling throughout the continent for more than 20 years, even before he met his wife who has shared these trips for the past 10 years....Tags: Mount Vernon, Arts, Fine Artists, Culture, Delray Beach
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An author's irrepressible spirit comes through at Court Theatre
When George C. Wolfe's "Spunk" was first staged at New York's Public Theater in 1990, it was greeted as a kind of rediscovery of the fiction of Zora Neale Hurston, the author of the 1937 novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," who fell out of popular...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Minority Groups, African Americans
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