Community Briefs SHORTY - St. Louis American

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ST. LOUIS AMERICAN ? JULY 31 - AUG 6, 2014

Community Briefs

SLPS / Urban

League Back to

School Fair

St. Louis Public Schools and the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. will host a Back to School and Community Empowerment Festival on Saturday, August 2 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Chaifetz Arena.

More than 100 vendors will be on hand to serve over 7,500 students and their families at this free event. Free school supplies will be given to students while supplies last.

SLPS officials will be on hand to assist with transportation, enrollment and other school-related questions and concerns. The Urban League will offer various community services, such as Head Start enrollment and utility assistance information.

Other scheduled activities include senior citizen's service area, job fair, financial literacy, HiSET registration, go-kart racing, pony rides and

a bounce house. For more information, call

314-345-2520 or visit fair or .

Walk-in school physicals and immunizations

The Saint Louis County Department of Health is now offering walk-in school physicals and immunizations at its John C. Murphy Health Center every Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

The John C. Murphy Health Center is located at 6121 North Hanley Road in Berkeley. Those interested in a walk-in school physical or immunizations for their child should arrive at the center between 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and have with them their child's immunization record and proof of insurance.

For those without insurance, proof of residency in St. Louis County is required to be considered for the department's sliding fee program.

For more information about the health department's three health centers, please visit HealthandWellness/HealthCentersandMedicalServices.

Ferg-Flor Back to

School Fair

The Ferguson-Florissant School District will host its annual Back-to-School Fair Saturday, August 2, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the district's Administration Center, 1005 Waterford Dr. in Florissant.

The event will feature free fun and activities, food, and information for students to help them prepare to return to school on Thursday, August 14. Each school in the district will have an information table where students and parents can learn more about the upcoming year. There will also be a bounce house and face-painting, as well as other fun activities for children of all ages.

FILM

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a talent comparable to James' gifts. This film lacks that.

Instead of a streamlined vision for illustrating how a poor boy from the South grew into "The Godfather of Soul," viewers are tugged back and forth with ill-placed flashbacks and chronological disorder. Scenes bounced throughout the decades of the life and career of James Brown more sporadically than an MP3 player in shuffle mode.

The film starts in the `80s, then jumps to the `60s before a double back to Brown's challenging and impoverished childhood ? and all for no

reason in particular. The middle of the film

sees more consistency and natural progression than the beginning and end, but still hints at disarray.

But the film has an invaluable asset in its leading man. Because he's so committed to nailing his performance, audiences will stay on the ride with him, even when they wonder if it was worth it. The film's failures may cost Boseman recognition during awards season, though he most certainly deserves it.

The chemistry between Boseman and co-star Nelsan Ellis as Bobby Byrd was just as convincing. Ellis effectively played against Boseman as the friend who famously stood in Brown's

shadow, both on and off stage.

And even amidst the star power of Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Jill Scott and Octavia Spencer, it's the connection between Boseman and Ellis that engages viewers most.

The heavy use of Brown's music also lends insight to his spirit and gift as a musician and performer and gives viewers an enjoyable frame of reference.

The full-length musical performances serve as further evidence of Boseman's mastery of Brown, but the film fails to uncover the man behind the music.

"Get on Up" opens in theatres nationwide on Friday, Aug. 1. The film is Rated PG-13 with a running time of 139 minutes.

SHORTY

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so I was like, `I want to be a rapper,'" Shorty said. "I didn't think that this would get me to that, or whatever. And D. Stone broke that down to me. He was like, `Yo, you don't know what kind of doors this can open.'"

So he went from being a rapper who liked to call into the radio to a radio personality who rapped. His career instantly took off. He was in the seventh grade. Shorty became a radio star before his voice had even changed.

"Sitting in the studio at 12 years old on Saturday morning, I didn't think of where radio would take me or if I would be back 12 years later or any of that," Shorty said. "I was just a kid on Saturday morning doing my show waiting to go get my J's at Northwest Plaza."

St. Louis listened to him grow up and grow into his position as one of the most popular urban jocks in the region.

He had a radio hit of his own with "Wah Wah Wow (Ol' Ratchet)" ? which became a St. Louis club classic in the summer of 2008. The song helped put the term "ratchet" ?now a regular part of urban slang ? on the map nationally.

BET and back

Twelve years of experience means that Shorty has been in radio for half of his life, and what started in St. Louis has since gone national and come back again.

He and the Beat parted ways just before the station changed formats. He moved to Hot 104.1 FM. Then an opportunity for a slot at Radio One's Detroit affiliate Hot 107.5 FM became available.

This time around, a 19-yearold Shorty jumped at the opportunity.

"I had never been there before a day in my life," Shorty said. "God works in mysterious ways. I just let him show me

n "I get to bring some of the following and attention I've gained from all these cities and platforms and bring it back to my city."

? Shorty Da Prince

what He's got. I thought, `If I go there and do terrible, home is still going to be there.'"

Shorty didn't have to worry. He soon became the top jock in Detroit, which paved the way for him to land a co-host spot on BET's popular countdown show "106 and Park."

BET eventually opted to whittle the "106 and Park" hosts down to rapper/actor Bow Wow (now known professionally as Shad Moss) plus a rotating female co-host.

"It kind of knocked me off of my block," Shorty said. "But I got back in my zone before I found out about the St. Louis thing ? and it was like, `Now they're bringing me home.' I'm excited about what I'm about to do."

Shorty made his way back to radio. He's currently

syndicated in the major markets of Washington, D.C. and Cleveland.

"Radio One is showing me love ? and giving me a heavier workload," Shorty said. "But I told them to come on."

Two days before his return to Hot 104.1, his electric energy about the whole idea of it was infectious.

"Shout out to Boogie D. and the whole Radio One family," Shorty said. "The hardest thing about all of this was they told me ? and then told me I couldn't tell anybody. The toughest thing was trying to not let it out."

Shorty Da Prince (with DJ Cuddy) will be on air weeknights from 7 p.m. ? midnight on Hot 104.1 FM. For more information, visit .

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