AANM in the News!
Come see Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang tomorrow at the AANM!
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120920/ENT01/209200310/Arab-American-National-Museum-s-global-music-series-returns?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CEntertainment%7Cs
Geoff Johns at the Arab American National Museum!
If you’re a comic book fan, you won’t want to miss this event!
Geoff Johns, the critically acclaimed DC Comics writer, will be here on Saturday, September 8th, from 4pm-6pm! He will give a presentation about his body of work, culminating in the introduction of the new Green Lantern, Baz, who is the first major Arab American comic book superhero!
The event will be free and open to the public.
Local comic book store Green Brain Comics will be hosting a signing with Geoff Johns on Friday, September 7th, from 5pm-7pm.
Find more info about the events at this link: http://arabamericanmuseum.org/2012.geoff.johns
We hope to see you all there!
New Global Fridays Performance!
The first Global Fridays performance of the season will be Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang!
For more info and to buy tickets, follow the link: https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/events/140295356111213/
Concert of Colors poster from 1988. Check out more on the AANM Archive’s Flickr account.
The Concert of Colors is metro Detroit’s free annual diversity music festival. This year it’s being held held July 12 -15 in Midtown. More info at ConcertOfColors.com
Arab American Heritage at Montgomery College:
Dr. Ibrahim M. Oweiss from Georgetown Univ. talks about his book “A Tale of Two Cultures: A Personal Account”, at Montgomery College in Rockville
Chinese pipa master Wu Man with Tajik musicians Abduvali Abdurashidov and Sirojiddin Juraev. From the new Music of Central Asia Vol 10 from Smithsonian Folkways.
Wu Man is one of the headliners for this year’s Concert of Colors event in Detroit! She plays at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, July 15 at 3:30 pm and it’s FREE! Check it out at ConcertOfColors.com
2012 Arab American Book Award Honorable Mention for Poetry: Transfer by Naomi Shihab Nye
2012 Arab American Book Award Honorable Mention for Non-Fiction: Modern Arab American Fiction: A Reader’s Guide edited by Steven Salaita
2012 Arab American Book Award Honorable Mention for Fiction: Anatomy of a Disappearance by Hisham Matar
2012 Arab American Book Award Winner for Poetry: abu ghraib arias by Philip Metres
