{"id":7713,"date":"2018-02-08T02:02:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T07:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7713"},"modified":"2018-02-08T07:00:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T12:00:57","slug":"immigrant-anthemblack-history-celebrated-sheen-centernew-gigs-fox-vets-cosby-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2018\/02\/immigrant-anthemblack-history-celebrated-sheen-centernew-gigs-fox-vets-cosby-wright.html","title":{"rendered":"An immigrant anthem+Black History celebrated at Sheen Center+Fox vets Cosby &amp; Wright spread their wings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and culture:<\/p>\n<p><strong>You gotta hear this.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"&quot;Everyone Comes from Somewhere&quot; by Don Arbor\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7AAAHX5w7S0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"yiv6888620291yui_3_16_0_1_1517626554935_241285\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_6408\" class=\"yiv6888620291MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_6357\"><strong>Don Arbor<\/strong>&#8216;s powerful\u00a0 new music video\u00a0 <em><strong>Everyone Comes from Somewhere\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>celebrated immigration while honoring the singer-songwriter&#8217;s\u00a0 own immigrant roots.\u00a0 T<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_6403\">he track also includes performances from musical luminaries like <strong>Barbara Higbie<\/strong> (of Windham Hill fame) and <strong>Stef Burns<\/strong>, lead guitarist with Huey Lewis and the News. Arbor <\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_6407\">was inspired to write the to counter what he sees as a disturbing tide of anti-immigrant sentiment.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv6888620291yui_3_16_0_1_1517626554935_241285\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_6420\" class=\"yiv6888620291MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_6419\">With an assist from Bay Area filmmakers<strong> Charles Koppelman<\/strong> and <strong>Irene Young<\/strong>,\u00a0 <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_6357\"><em>Everyone Comes from Somewhere <\/em>interweaves <\/span>a tapestry of images that portray America&#8217;s immigrant past and present. Bravo!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv6888620291yui_3_16_0_1_1517626554935_241285\">\n<p><strong>New York&#8217;s Sheen Center celebrates Black History Month<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Catholic cultural center located at <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_4859\">18 Bleecker Street in Manhattan is celebrating African-American history with presentations honoring <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_4858\" class=\"_Xbe\">authors and poets <a href=\"https:\/\/sheencenter.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5f5e9593e6dae691277f1e0c1&amp;id=09a28f4b46&amp;e=8784baae79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Sapphire, Major Jackson, and Patrick Phillips<\/strong><\/a><strong> and<\/strong> baseball trailblazer <a href=\"https:\/\/sheencenter.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5f5e9593e6dae691277f1e0c1&amp;id=8a94b6ba1c&amp;e=8784baae79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Jackie Robinson<\/strong><\/a> through the eyes of <em><strong>42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story<\/strong><\/em> author <strong>Ed Henry). <\/strong>Also, there&#8217;s a reading of the upcoming play <a href=\"https:\/\/sheencenter.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5f5e9593e6dae691277f1e0c1&amp;id=50afdb0567&amp;e=8784baae79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><em>Little Rock<\/em><\/strong><\/a> featuring a discussion with the playwright <strong>Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Carlotta Walls LaNier<\/strong>, one of the Little Rock Nine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>New York&#8217;s New Radio Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_5776\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_5755\"><strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_5842\">77 WABC Radio<\/strong> just launched a new midday talk show pairing my old Fox News friend <strong>Rita Cosby<\/strong> and WABC legend <strong>Curtis Sliwa<\/strong>. Rita, of course, is an <\/span><strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_5758\"><\/strong>Emmy-winning journalist and bestselling author<strong> (<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/03\/rita-cosbys-quiet-hero-secrets-from-my-fathers-past-is-a-vivid-reminder-of-the-gift-of-freedom-and-the-power-of-forgiveness.html\"><strong><em>Quiet Hero: Secrets from My Father\u2019s Past<\/em><\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Quiet-Hero-Secrets-Fathers-Past\/dp\/1439165513\"><em>)<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em>Curtis, you may also know, as the founder of the crime-fighting group the Guardian Angels. <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_5755\"><strong><em>Curtis + Cosby<\/em><\/strong><strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_5846\"><\/strong> airs from 12-3 PM pm on 77 WABC Radio in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_5775\">Curtis is entering his fourth year holding down the midday slot while Cosby continues as 77 WABC Political Editor and continues to host <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/click.mlsend.com\/link\/c\/YT04MjA4NjIxMDY2NzU5NzE5NDMmYz1oMnowJmU9MTkzMDQxNTMmYj0xNTQyNjI0MjgmZD1rNnA1aTdn.it-IAaILu0sX2_mc5heLtHzjsQxzH1DlIsgd-OqfGcw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Rita Cosby Show<\/a><\/strong><\/em> on Sunday mornings.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_5792\">Curtis notes<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_5791\"> <strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1518069985559_5810\"><\/strong>\u201cThis is an actual first in a large radio market. Two Polish Americans who are teamed together. Rita has reported from throughout the world and has made solid contacts with newsmakers and cultural figures that she has brought to the microphones of 77 WABC. And in this age of &#8220;ME TOO&#8221;, she brings a female voice to our talk radio industry that has been sorely missed.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally: Fox News anchor Kelly Wright sings up a storm on TBN&#8217;s Huckabee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Kelly Wright Performs &quot;What&#039;s Your Thing&quot; | Huckabee\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4fV8whZP3vE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and culture: You gotta hear this. Don Arbor&#8216;s powerful\u00a0 new music video\u00a0 Everyone Comes from Somewhere\u00a0celebrated immigration while honoring the singer-songwriter&#8217;s\u00a0 own immigrant roots.\u00a0 The track also includes performances from musical luminaries like Barbara Higbie (of Windham Hill fame) and Stef Burns, lead guitarist with Huey&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,238,22,25,28,31],"tags":[9277,9272,9281,9274,9273,9283,9284,1947,9271,9280,9278,9275,5265,9279,9282,9270,9276],"class_list":["post-7713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-current-events","category-fox-news","category-media","category-music","category-radio","category-television","tag-42-faith-the-rest-of-the-jackie-robinson-story-author-ed-henry","tag-77-wabc-radio","tag-black-history-month","tag-carlotta-walls-lanier","tag-curtis-sliwa","tag-don-arbor","tag-everyone-comes-from-somewhere","tag-jackie-robinson","tag-kelly-wright","tag-major-jackson","tag-patrick-phillips","tag-rajendra-ramoon-maharaj","tag-rita-cosby","tag-sapphire","tag-sheen-center","tag-tbns-huckabee","tag-upcoming-play-little-rock"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>An immigrant anthem+Black History celebrated at Sheen Center+Fox vets Cosby &amp; Wright spread their wings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2018\/02\/immigrant-anthemblack-history-celebrated-sheen-centernew-gigs-fox-vets-cosby-wright.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An immigrant anthem+Black History celebrated at Sheen Center+Fox vets Cosby &amp; Wright spread their wings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and culture: You gotta hear this. 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