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RENE MARIE  

Instead of belting out the well-known verses of The Star-Spangled Banner, Rene Marie chose to sing the lyrics to Lift Every Voice and Sing, also known as the Black National Anthem, in Denver on Tuesday.

At Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's State of the City address, African American singer Rene Marie was scheduled to sing the National Anthem. She didn't do that, exactly. The tune was there, but the words were a little bit different.

Local jazz legend opts to sing the Black National Anthem instead of the anthem of the United States of America as opener to the State of the City address in Denver. Mayor John Hickenlooper is disappointed.

On July 1st, 2008, Chanteuse René Marie shocked Denver and the country with the singing of "The Black National Anthem," during the annual State of Denver Address.

Denver is in shock. Why? A jazz singer named Rene Marie was asked to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" as an introduction to Mayor John Hickenlooper's annual address to the city. She did... well, sort of.

Responses to my article on Rene Marie's Denver performance of The Black National Anthem have made me think about the issue in more depth. While I still believe that the venue for the message was inappropriate, the need for the message is becoming clearer.

Perhaps one of the most disappointing war epics of the 1960s is French director Rene Clement's 1966 adaptation of Is Paris Burning?, a book about the liberation of the French capital in August of 1944.

This essay is a story about Olympic sport under the dictatorship of Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. Under his dictatorial leadership, sports play an important part in the life of the Cuban Revolution since 1962.

Sport and Third World:Cuba and Laos" is a comparative analysis of the sporting system in the Third World Socialist regimes as Cuba and the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Love to read? Well so do I and I have made a list of great authors that can touch your heart and make you laugh and cry along with their creative characters!

A Few Friendly songs from the opera that even non-opera fans can enjoy

This was a wonderful adventure my husband and I had in New Orleans on March 3-5, 2003 before Hurricane Katrina hit. We really enjoyed it and even met Anne Rice at Emeril's Delmonico Restaurant.

Here's a fun quiz to see how much you know about some famous scientists.

Lavender always was and still is a very popular plant. Here is a history of lore and medicinal uses through time.

Gary Leon Ridgway was the Green River Killer who eluded police for 20 years.