Allen University News September 24, 2014 Confluence: Poetry and Song The Humanities Division of Allen University showcased a major performance titled Confluence: Poetry and Song on Friday September 19, 2014. Close to sixty people attended the magnificent event that featured the reading of poetry written by Kevin Simmonds and poems set to music by Simmonds and sung by Soprano Veletta Brinson. The evening ended with projected multidisciplinary pieces, excerpts from Haiti: After the Earthquake. Excerpts featured images by photojournalist Andre Lambert, poet Kwame Dawes, soprano Valetta Brinson and composer Kevin Simmonds. The audience gave a standing ovation asking for an encore. Kevin Simmonds and Veletta Brinson closed the evening with a rousing rendition of Summertime. For more information on this event, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at 803.255.4742 or visit our website - www.allenuniversity.edu. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2014meeting-form.html for the October 26-28, 2014 HBCU Library Alliance 6th Membership Meeting in Atlanta GA!