Category: Performing Arts

• Sometimes it snows in April

  I grew up in the northeast, where life is lived in four seasons. There’s summer, when it is hot and humid, sunny, and bright, equally tiring and energizing. There’s fall, with crisp air, apple picking, and landscapes adorned by trees of both evergreen and ever changing colors of leaves. There’s winter, when the joys of…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  April 22, 2021

  Americana, Arts, Black History and Culture, Literary Arts, Performing Arts, Sermons, Simone Monique Barnes

  Emotions, Feelings, Grief, Lyrics, music, Pandemic, Poetry, Prince, racism, Snow, Spring

• Sermon: Who is Calling Your Name?

  “Who is Calling Your Name?” Reflection and sermon by Simone Monique Barnes celebrating the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, January 20, 2019 8am and 10:15am worship services St James Episcopal Church, Austin TX Hush. Hush. Somebody’s callin’ my name. Oh, Hush. Hush. Somebody’s callin’ my name. Hush. Hush. Somebody’s…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  January 21, 2019

  Black History and Culture, Church, Ethnic, Literary Arts, Performing Arts, Simone Monique Barnes

  African American, children, Christian, church, History, Texas, writer

• Remembering Joy: RIP Maya Angelou

  Dinner with friends at a tiny restaurant in Tribeca on my birthday in 1996. It was before peak hours, so the restaurant was nearly empty. My bestie Kenya Unique Massey gave me The Complete Collected Poems (Maya Angelou). It had been on my birthday/Christmas/Kwanzaa wish list for a while, so I was surprised (thrilled) to…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  May 28, 2014

  Arts, Black History and Culture, Books, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Literary Arts, Nation Building, Performing Arts, Simone Monique Barnes, Wild Women

  Maya Angelou