They Were Really Groovy

“Peace, Love and Crime Fighting! 

1970 brought us some of the hippest, coolest crime fighters in the hottest threads! They kept the streets crime free and dazzled all the foxy ladies” or at least that is what the Sistas thought.

Listen to this episode to find out who these great crime fighters were. 1970 Detective Shows

Artist of the Week

African American stories were not told during her time. At least not the truth. She became known for using her work to address social injustice towards African Americans during her lifetime. Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was a poet, painter and sculptor at the turn of the 20th Century. Born in Philadelphia in 1877, her parents were able to send her to a good school which helped develop her artistic ability.  Her parents were part of the African American middle class with successful businesses.

Fuller’s work was shown in high school projects at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. She received a scholarship to a university and after graduation, she moved to Paris, France to study with Raphael Collin. Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first African American painter to gain international fame, was also a family friend.

In 1907 Fuller won a gold medal for her work in an exhibition at the 1907 Jamestown Tercentennial. She created 150 dioramas depicting the progress African Americans had made from when slaves landed in Jamestown to the beginning of 1900.

It’s Crime Time with the Sistas

Sherlocked

Season 3 is about the genre the Sistas love the most. Murder and Mayhem.  This season they will take on all of the aspects of the Murder Mystery and how it has been told.

In Episode 1, the Sistas examine the ones who have portrayed the greatest detective of them all: Sherlock Holmes.

From Victorian England to New York City, crimes are solved, criminals are nabbed, with Watson riding shot gun it is all elementary. The Sistas try to determine who is the greatest Holmes of all.

Check out the various interpretations of the world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes

TV Show of the Week

If you haven’t seen the new Fantasy Island, give it a try. Roselyn Sanchez takes on the role as the operator of the island, as Ms Roarke. Like the old show, there is an array of guest stars which make it fun to watch. It also gives some back story to how Elena came to take over for her great uncle. They also give Elena Roarke a story of her own , complete with love interest. This show is on Fox.