In Diane White-Clayton's version of Bethlehem, the sheep like to rap. Plus, the shepherds are bluesmen, none too happy about spending another cold, lonely night at work — until they happen to notice a very unusual star. Full Article at St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Georgia High School Association will place schools in regions for the 2010-14 academic years on Dec. 2. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Blogs

will continue its 2009/2010 season with Black Nativity by Langston Hughes at the Bishop Arts Theater Center opening Thursday, December 10 and run through Sunday, December 20. Full Article at Pegasus News

CLEVELAND (AP) — A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been purchased after foreclosure by a nonprofit group in Cleveland that aims to preserve it. Full Article at The Oakland Press

A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been purchased after foreclosure by a nonprofit group in Cleveland that aims to preserve it. Full Article at Taiwan News

CLEVELAND -- A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been purchased after foreclosure by a nonprofit group in Cleveland that aims to preserve it. Full Article at Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

CLEVELAND -- A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been purchased after foreclosure by a nonprofit community development group in Cleveland that seeks to preserve it. Full Article at NewsNet5 Akron

Link This | Email this | Blog This | Comments (0) November 11, 2009 Here's the updated list of starred reviews for 2009 children's books. For book covers and more information, I've created the 2009 Stars Library on LibraryThing.com. Full Article at Publishers Weekly

by Joe Siegel EDGE New England Editor Tuesday Nov 10, 2009 An exhibit that spotlights black gay men who live in Rhode Island opened at the John Hay Library at Brown University in Providence on Nov. 5. Full Article at EDGE Boston

2-4 p.m. , SaturdaysArt LabStudents explore the cultural explosion that defined the Harlem Renaissance, re-creating Romare Bearden's collages, Langston Hughes’ poetry, Billie Holiday’s soulful sounds and the works of other influential artists of the... Full Article at Mom2Mom DFW

I fell in love with Adding Machine: A Musical in 2007, when I saw the Off-Broadway production at The Minetta Lane Theatre. Full Article at D.C. Theater Scene

Abuja — It was Langston Hughes the great African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s that once asked in his 1951 collection just what happens to a dream deferred. "Does it dry up/like raisin in the sun? Full Article at AllAfrica.com

Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor -- Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' Full Article at Huffington Post

Roy DeCarava at his Brooklyn home, New York, in 1991. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

Roy DeCarava was born in Harlem as the only child of Elfreda Ferguson, an immigrant, who separated from DeCarava’s father shortly after his birth. DeCarava lived in Harlem through many decades of important changes and development to the area. Full Article at Harlem World

When local school or parks and recreation officials start talking about youth activities, the focus often moves quickly to facilities that primarily are aimed at accommodating team sports. Team sports are great. Full Article at Lawrence Journal World

Lawrence, KS - infoZine - Baraka will speak on “Racism, Imperialism and the Obama Presidency” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The lecture and reading are free. Full Article at Kansas City Infozine

1935 Mulatto, a new play by poet Langston Hughes, opens tonight at the Vanderbilt Theatre. Full Article at Playbill

Every week it's something different for sixth-grade students at Hawkins Elementary School. Last week? They took an eight-line poem by Langston Hughes and transformed it into a 30-actor drama by bringing words to life. Full Article at Hattiesburg American