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Aug. 3–9, 2012 • Caribbean Life • Brooklyn/Staten Island • Page 36TOP 10SINGLES12345678910TOP 10ALBUMS12345678910PayphoneMaroon 5 Fea.t Wiz KhalifaWhere Have You BeenRihannaCall Me MaybeCarly Rae JepsenWide AwakeKaty PerrySomebody That I Used to KnowGotye Feat. KimbraLightsEllie GouldingScreamUsherTitaniumDavid Guetta Feat. SiaLet’s GoNewsWhat Makes You BeautifulOne DirectionLife Is GoodNas...HitsPhil CollinsChannel OrangeFrank OceanUncagedZac Brown BandDoo-Wops & HooligansBruno MarsDark Knight RisesSoundtrackSpark SeekerMatisyahuBelieveJustin BieberUp All NightOne DirectionThe LumineersThe LumineersHaiti come togetherContinued from page 35tian performances.Haitian dance troupes Feet ofRhythm, Kongo – featuring PenielGuerrier, and La Troupe Makandalwill perform to the percussionand melodies of authentic Haitiantraditional music. The ra-ra groupRaram will also perform.Three of these dance groupscollaborated in a recently completedthree-part series with Centerfor Traditional Music and Dance(CTMD) as part of a five-year CommunityCultural Initiative withthe Haitian performing arts community,funded by the NationalEndowment for the Arts. About10 Haitian cultural workers andactivists, now calling themselvesAyiti Fasafas, Haiti face-to-face,have been meeting with CTMD,since last fall, to organize theseries.A memorial evening, June 30,paying tribute to the great masterdrummer and Brooklyn-residentFrisner Augustin who died of astroke in Haiti in February of thisyear was the second in the series.CTMD and Ayiti Fasafas assembledthe most talented top musiciansand dancers from the traditionalarts community who volunteeredtheir talents for the free tribute.Haiti Cultural Exchange providedrefreshments.Ninaj Raoul of Kongo said,“There’s a lot of love here,” referringto warmth in the packedRoulette theater on Atlantic Ave.,the engagement between performersand audience, and the sense ofremembering Frisner’s immensetalent and joyfulness.Jazz guitarist Ti-Pascal (AlexPascal), who isn’t usually associatedwith the “traditional” musicscene, performed with Avant-gardedrummer Andrew Cyrille who collaboratedwith Frisner on the CDRoute De Frères, released lastyear. Cyrille was planning theirnext collaboration at the time ofAugustin’s passing.Ase Dance Theatre (modern andvernacular movement), BrotherHigh Full Tempo, (ra-ra) GranChimen (troubadour), and Pat HallDancers were among those whochanneled the spirit of Frisner.Frisner’s own drummers from LaTroupe Makandal were an integralcomponent of the evening, whichalso included student drummersfrom the Makandal Haitian DrumWorkshop, classes Frisner taughtat Hunter College since 1983 andwill continue with others fromMakandal.The third program in CTMD’sseries highlighted dance. Held atEl Museo del Barrio on July 14,this event honored master dancerJean-Léon Destiné.Among his many noteworthymilestones, Destiné performedat the National Folklife FestivalMichael explains the details of his craft to Sharon and Normafrom Connecticut.Photo by Leonard McKenzieArt exhibition at consulateContinued from page 35behalf of the Westchester CountyBoard of Legislators declaring Friday,July 13, 2012 “Michael EscofferyDay” in the County.The talented, outspoken andsensitive artist, whose work spansmore than three decades acrossthe globe, was filled with enthusiasmas the afternoon gatheringremained enthralled with his masterpieces.He talked of the acceptance ofhis craft as a way of helping topave the way for other Caribbeanartists to have their work acceptedand displayed in the United States.He also thanked Loris Crawford,his long time friend, who helpedput the evening’s event eventtogether.Jean-L√©on Destin√© (right) delights the audience as he joinsthe talented Peniel in some dance moves. Photo by Tequila Minskyin Washington DC in 1941, anddanced with Katherine Dunham’sBroadway production and touringcompany of Bal Negre. Hestarted his own dance companythat played theaters, concert halls,and venues coast to coast and hasa long list of honors and awards forexcellence in the dance.During the tribute, dancer Peniel,garbed in shiny red, presentedDestiné, seated in the audiencewith an asson and bell–instrumentsintegral with vodou rituals.Destiné later came on stage andthrilled the crowd when he joinedPeniel for some dance movementsbefore he told the audience abouthis trajectory as a dancer.Five performing troupes, fromContinued from page 35express the daily struggles, triumphsand spiritual journeysof many of the artists exhibited;featured pieces will includepainting, photography, installation,mixed media, metal works,wood carvings, printmaking,textile and handmade paperminiature drawings. Participatingartists include EdouardDuval-Carrié, Yasser Castellanos,Juan Erman Gonzalez,Hugo Moro, Rosa Garmendia,Carol Jaime, Patrick DeCastro,Selina Roman, Elaine Bradford,Sarah Krupp, Patricia Roldan,Grettel Arrate, Erin Nutsugah,Flor Bosco, Agusteen JiménezChacos, and Magdalena Goudie,among others.A celebration of artists andart-making, “Diaspora Vibe 2.0”will provide opportunities foraudiences of all ages to meet,learn about art, and make artwith international, regional, andlocal artists through group andprivate gallery tours, one-to-onethose deeply embedded in the traditionalto those blending contemporarywith the traditional–allaccompanied by the talent of localdrummers, filled the evening.Ethnomusicologist Lois Wilckensaid of the three-part series,“With CTMD’s collaboration withAyiti Fasafas, the Haitian culturalcommunity has brought togetherartists from their own corners.We’ve come to know each other ona deeper level and we enjoy workingtogether. Our task, now, is tocarrying this understanding intoour respective established communities.”Full Lincoln Center Out ofDoors schedule: www.lcoutofdoors.orgA celebration of artistsconversations, and artist-leddemonstrations and workshopsto be held in venues throughoutSouthampton and the East Endof Long Island. The two-weekexhibition will include a livelyArtist Marketplace—to be heldeach weekend during the exhibition,at the Southampton Inn—offering high-quality fine art,photography, jewelry, ceramics,glass and fiber arts, and otherhandcrafted items for sale bynational and regional artists.The event is co-presented byGlobal Arts/Media, a Glen Cove,New York cultural planningfirm, and Diaspora Vibe CulturalArts Incubator, a Miamibasednonprofit arts organization.Regional sponsors andcollaborators include the 21stCentury Foundation poweredby Tides (based in New YorkCity), the Southampton CulturalCenter, the Southampton Innand East End Arts, the regionalarts council headquartered inRiverhead, New York.