On February 21, 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina a jazz legend was born. We know her by her stage name Nina Simone; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon. Nina was born the sixth child into a non-wealthy family where both her parents were ministers and her father a handyman as well. Nina began playing the piano by the age of 3. She showed talent at a young age that could not be overlooked. Nina’s parents, mother Mary Waymon and father John Waymon acknowledged her talent well and the fact that she was able
and Alabama – during the racial raids; to Nigeria, Canada, London, France, Germany and Holland. She toured with Bill Cosby during the late 1960s and Richard Pryor opened for her shows when he was first starting out. The Nina Simone estate has created the Eunice Waymon-Nina Simone memorial project to support both the short- and long-term educational goals of individuals on career paths who need economic assistance.
Nina Simone, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, was a composer, pianist, singer, equal rights activist commonly associated with jazz music. She was born February 21 1933 and died April 21 2003. Simone aimed to be a classical pianist while working a broad range of styles such as classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel and pop. Her stage name came during the time she performed at the Midtown Bar & Grill on Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City to fund her private piano lessons. The owner of the bar insisted
Usher is paying tribute to one of the most outstanding legends in music, Nina Simone, and he has redone her 1958 song titled “My Baby Just Cares For Me.” This is off a compilation album titled “Nina Revisited…A Tribute to Nina Simone” which will be released on July 10th. Nina Simone was a song writer, a singer, pianist and an activist. She is one of the most diverse musicians in history as she is an artist that was not specific to any genre. She did jazz, blues, R&B, folk, pop, gospel and classical
it cannot be called foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is much more subtle, like seeing a dead bird or something. Foreshadowing is definitely not like what is in Spring in Fialta, which is more like, “Yup, she’s gonna die.” For example, the lunch with Nina where, “for the last time in her life, was busy eating the shellfish of which she was so fond,” (Nabokov 427). There are many more statements, some not quite as direct as these, but direct nonetheless such as when Victor is imagining her: Had I
supply him with three ships the Pinta, the Nina, and the Santa Maria. A total of about 90 crew members sailed aboard the three ships. In addition to the officers and sailors, the expedition included a translator, three physicians, a servant for each captain, a secretary, and an accountant. On October 12, 1492, at 2:00 in the morning he spouted a small island, which he called San Salvador. In January, the Santa Maria was wrecked off the coast of Espanola. The Nina, with Columbus in command, along with
El Nino: Past, Present, and Future El Nino is both an atmospheric and oceanic phenomenon affecting weather patterns all around the world. It is complemented by La Nina in a cycle that occurs approximately every 4 years, varying as much as every two years to every six years (Wang 1999, 3331). La Nina has almost the opposite effect, however differs in its strength and duration randomly, as does El Nino (Fedorov 2000, 1998). The cycle is often paraphrased as ENSO, standing for El Nino-Southern Oscillation
first passage could be improved by explaining where he was, what the disaster entailed, and who the funny-looking guy was, its honesty far outweighs the literary correctness of the second passage. Once again, in Hall's analysis of the narratives of Nina Chan, he seems to be putting too much focus on what is correct, and not enough on what makes an interesting work of literature. The impromptu theme does rely heavily on clichés in the first few sentences; however, the narrative uses so much language
born the daughter of a loving mother, Mah, and a run-out-on-the-family father whom cursed Leila with a last name Fu. As Leila said herself, "Fu in our dialect sounds like the word for bitter" (18). She became the oldest with two other sisters, Ona and Nina, whom both came from Mah's second husband, Leon. Leon loves his biological daughters like a true father should; meanwhile, Leon also loves Leila, his daughter only by marriage to Mah. Leon expresses how much he loves his daughters by saying "Five sons
community of the capitol. Thus, Toomer was born, as Nathan Pinchback Toomer into an upper class Negro family in Washington D.C. on December 26, 1894. Shortly after Toomer's birth, his caucasion father deserted his wife and son, and in 1996 Toomer's mother, Nina Toomer, gave him the name Nathan Eugene (which he later shortened to Jean). At the age of ten he was stricken with severe stomach ailments which he survived with a greatly altered life. He showed strength early - when faced with adversity, rather than
“The Nina Variations” were performed by Nipissing's Theatre Arts course this week. The play is based on the final scene of Anton Chekov's “The Seagull” written by Steven Dietz. After being asked to write a new adaptation of “The Seagull,” Dietz could not stop thinking about the final scene between the two, and he has said “I could not focus on the rest of the play at all. I was mesmerized by the magnitude of this single fateful encounter” (Burns). He never wrote the adaption of “The Seagull” and
When I was told that Nina Simone was to have her own biopic, I was initially interested and excited over who they would cast for the influential songstress; however, when I heard that Zoe Saldana would play her, confusion took me over. Upon seeing pictures of Saldana wearing darker makeup and a prosthetic nose for the part, I became further confused. Many black activists and actors have voiced their outrage at this problematic casting, yet Simone's daughter has gone out of her way to defend Saldana
The character selected is Nina Sayer from the movie Black Swan. The case study is written as if she is talking to a professional. General Information Demographic Information The client’s name is Nina Sayer; she is a white female in her 20s. Sayer is unmarried and has no children and lives with her mother. Religious background is unknown. Presenting Concern Nina has been under intense stress due to her determination to be the head ballerina for an upcoming show; she is a perfectionist and ballet
in global temperature, mainly affecting ecosystems and populations worldwide. Among these effects or consequences are sea-level rise, drought, floods, loss of mangroves, and the intensification of storms and climate processes such as El Nino and La Nina. Recent studies have focused on sea-level rise and the global effects. Over the past 100 years, sea levels have increased by 10 to 20 centimeters (World Bank, 2003). Moreover, arctic sea-ice has continued to shrink up to 10 percent or more of its total
Picture yourself going about your regular day, on your home after work and you hear that there’s a storm brewing. There’s still dinner to prepare, get the family fed, kids homework done and maybe some TV time after before bed. Watching the news you see that the storm was upgraded to a tropical depression, you can expect high winds and rain. After hearing this you decide to batten down the hatches so to speak, you close your shutters, get flashlights and maybe shutoff your gas. Feeling sufficiently
In Liz Garbus’ documentary, What Happened, Miss Simone?, displays the life of musician and activist Nina Simone. The documentary follows different experiences of her life that were critical to the development of Nina Simone over the years. Born in Tryon, North Carolina by the name of Eunice Waymon she aspired to be a classical pianist, but as she got older and began playing in bars she changed her focus to performing and singing. The film then describes the success of her career and her involvement
What are El Nino and La Nina? El Nino and La Nina are unusual weather patterns that form in the period of 10 months. El Nino and La Nina both impact climates all around the world, each different in countries and regions. Normal weather patterns are when low atmospheric pressure is over northern Australia and Indonesia, and when high atmospheric pressure is over the Pacific Ocean. Winds move east to west over the Pacific. The east flows of the trade winds carries the warm surface waters to the west
months . But how long will this last? And then what? The Onset of La Nina After an El Nino event, weather conditions usually return to normal. However, in some years the trade winds can become extremely strong and an abnormal accumulation of cold water can occur in the central and eastern Pacific. This event is called La Nina. Where El Nino refers to a body of unusually warm water astride the equator by South America, La Nina describes a sea that's abnormally cool. Two independent computer models
Nina Sayers is known as a timid, fragile childlike Caucasian female in her mid-twenties, currently working as a ballerina for the ambiguous New York Ballet Company. Most of her daily activity consist of improving her abilities as a ballerina. If she is not at the academy practicing she is at home practicing or doing anything to make her reach perfection. She is a talented ballerina with great potential, who strives for perfection in every aspect of her life. Her greatest desire is to become a
In what ways do formal qualities used in Nina Zur’s artworks enhance the idea of transition? Exam session: May 2015 Subject registered in: Visual Art Candidate name: Darina Sokolova Candidate number: Word count: 3226 Abstract This essay is about how formal qualities enhance the idea of transition in Nina Zur’s artworks. Nina Zur is a Russian artist specializing in figurative and naturalistic works with a high degree of detail It is focusing on four artworks of the same artist that