Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Seattle, WA

Photo: Santana Shelton as Opal in John Sayle’s Honeydripper.   Seattle’s annual Langston Hughes African American Film Festival offers up both feature length and short films by independent film makers from around the world that portray a wide variety of Black life.  The event always attracts a very  passionate and diverse crowd, who appreciate films by and about people of African-decent [...]

Jimi Hendrix Memorial Grave Site, Seattle, WA

Although Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) had verbally requested to be buried in England, his body was returned to Seattle and interned at Greenwood Memorial Park, Renton, Washington, approximately 30 minutes south of Seattle.  Today, the gravesite contains the remains of Jimi Hendrix, his father Al Hendrix, and grandmother Nora Rose Moore Hendrix . The [...]

Jimi Hendrix Commemorative Statue, Seattle, WA

This bronze statue of Jimi Hendrix (a Seattle native), considered one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock music history, is located in front of the corporate offices of AEI Music Networks on Broadway Avenue, just north of Pine street in the Capital Hill/Broadway area of Seattle. Jimi Hendrix Commemorative Statue 900 E. [...]