Welcome to Season Nine of TV Talk with theSistas. We won Best Audio Programming for the ACM Hometown Media Awards this year making us an award-winning podcast. We thought it was only fair that we up our game.
In Season Nine, we are going to talk about stories that shed new light on our stories. Our stories being those of African Americans, women and our own personal stories.
In some episodes, we will have guest that will bring a new dimension to our storytelling. While other episodes will be the same fun you have grown to expect.
So hang out and enjoy Season Nine. Listen Episode 0
She was a good example of how to spend your life. She was a legendary singer, songwriter and philanthropist. She created music that won 11 Grammys. She co founded a theme park. She founded an organization that supports child literacy. She was one of my heroes. She is Dolly Parton. She died in August. The world is a little less bright.
Now booking commissions. 🎨✨ For years my work has lived in galleries, publications, and community spaces — telling stories that deserve to be preserved. Now I want to tell yours.
Portraits. Family legacy pieces. Custom visual storytelling for your brand or milestone. Whatever it is, let’s make it something that lasts.
uppcreative@gmail.com to inquire | Limited spots each month #CommissionsOpen #BlackGyrlArt #ChicagoArtist #MultidisciplinaryArtist
Dancing During the Storm is a collection of stories from projects that I have written over the years. They represent a desire to praise God despite the storms in my life. As the saying goes, you are going into a storm, in the middle of a storm or coming out of a storm. All of these stories tell of people who enjoy the life that God has given them and live it to the fullest. Each character has a storm in their life which they are going into, in the midst of, or coming out of.
The first story is about the first man to ever encounter a storm and the impact on his life.
The second story is about a court case that changed the lives of three of the women involved. A Victim. A Juror. A Judge. The impact of the trial changed their thinking, yet prepared them for all that life threw at them.
The third and fourth story is a science fiction tale of the journey of a young woman who searched for peace and quiet after spending the last two years on a planet that had to resemble hell. As she emerged from the storms of her life, she saw that things were not as easy as she thought they would be.
The fifth story is another science fiction story that showed a divided world on the brink of war and two women meet to decide the fate of all the women on the planet. This meeting determined if it would either draw everyone together or increase the divide. Would it be treason or slavery?
The sixth story two bullets changed the life of a man who had cruised through life on the back of rich parents and affluence.
Enjoy these fun, thought provoking stories, and hear the underlying intent.
Season Nine isn’t just pop culture commentary — it’s African American history, women’s history, and personal history, told through the shows, music, and movies that raised us. Guests, deeper dives, same fun.
Nolan represents all the young African American men who have died too young. Hate is taught and cultivated like fine wine. Surely, God will send karmic results to the purveyors of this.
My work has been shown at Pullman National Monument, Evanston Library, and CAB Art Gallery — and published in Obsidian, The Argyle Literary Magazine, and Levitate. That same care and craft goes into every commission I take on.
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