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1Scientist and Spike Lee Biopic: Dr. Ronald Mallett | Black History in Richmond
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Contents4 Zest for Living: Black History Month in Richmond is eventful!
6 Calendar
11 View On: Soul Logistics
12 Living History: Dr. Ronald Mallett is making time travel realistic
18 Music & Concerts: Top 10 Music Countdown
22 Viewpoints: If you could travel back in time, where would you go?
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African American Heritage Bus Tour Guided by the Valentine Richmond History Center, examine the African American experience in Richmond’s history, and honor the impact of mod-ern Richmonders such as Arthur Ashe and Douglas Wilder. This tour hap-pens only twice a year, and includes a visit to the Maggie Walker Historic Site, and a trip through historic Jack-son Ward, frequently referred to as “The Black Wall Street of America.”
Saturday, Feb. 7, 1 - 4 p.m. Please arrive by 12:45 pm.
The African American Heritage Bus Tour departs from the Center, 1015 E. Clay St. Tickers are $23 ($20 members and children 6-18; children under 6 are free). Cost includes admission to the History Center on the day of the tour. For Reservations, call 649-0711 ext. 301. Free parking is available in the History Center lot off of 10th St. between Marshall and Clay Sts.
Monthly African American Genealogy WorkshopThe Workshops take place every 2nd
Saturday of the each month at Byrd Community House. On Feb. 14, the Guest Speaker is the Honorable Viola Baskerville, Secretary of Administra-tion appointed by Gov. Tim Kaine. Ms. Baskerville has exciting news about the Freedman’s Bureau project and she will share her story about her own passion for genealogy.
Saturday Feb. 14, 1 – 3 p.m., Wil-liam Byrd Community House, 224 S. Cherry St., Info 643.2717 Email [email protected]
There will be a hands-on genealogy research session and genealogists will be available to answer your questions and help you learn! William Byrd Community House is a Technical Learning Center for CAAGRI.
African American Trailblaz-ers Honored at State LibraryIn observance of African Ameri-can History Month, the Library of Virginia, in partnership with Capital One, is pleased to honor eight distin-guished Virginians as African Ameri-can Trailblazers. Through education, advocacy, entertainment, or armed
rebellion, these individuals refused to be defined by their circumstances, and serve as powerful examples how African Americans have actively cam-paigned for better lives for themselves and their people. Biographies of the honorees will be featured all month in an exhibition at the Library.
An Awards Ceremony takes place Feb. 26 at the Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St. To attend, call 692-3900. Those honored are:
Dangerfield Newby (1820–1859), Cul-peper Co., member of John Brown’s raiding party;
Amaza Lee Meredith (1895–1984), Lynchburg and Petersburg, architect;
Oliver White Hill (1907–2007), Richmond, attorney and civil rights leader;
Edna Lewis (1916–2006), Orange Co., chef and author;
Evelyn Thomas Butts (1924–1993), Norfolk, principal in case to invalidate the poll tax;
Claudia Alexander Whitworth (born 1927), Roanoke, newspaper publisher and humanitarian;
John Cephas (born 1930), Caroline Co., bluesman and international performer;
Leland Melvin (born 1964), Lynch-burg, astronaut
To learn more, visit www.lva.virginia.gov/trailblazers/.
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Ongoing"Healing from the Inside Out," Parenting Skills Workshop, presented by the Daughters of Zelophehad. Bring your family together in eight weekly sessions. Tuesdays, 6 - 8:30 pm.Feb. 10, 17, 21, 24, March 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31. Dinner provided. Child care if needed. Using components from the "Strengthening Families Program," this program involves the whole family. Bring your children, spouses or primary caretakers along. Topics include communication, conducting family meetings, rewarding posi-tive behavior and handling nega-tive behavior. Share quality time with your child while learning new skills. St. Barnabas Epis-copal Church, 5155 Iron Bridge Rd. Register at 714-0007, email: [email protected]
The VCU Dept. of African Ameri-can Studies, in collaboration with the Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission and Elegba Folklore Society, invites all African Americans, aged 90 and older, who were born and raised in the Richmond area, to partici-pate in the Richmond African American Oral History Project. VCU will record each participant on film allowing future genera-tions to appreciate their personal stories and experiences. Contact Dr. Shawn O. Utsey, VCU Dept. of African American Studies, 828-4150, [email protected]
WeeklySUNDAYSOpen Mic Night hosted by DJ Williams Café Diem, 600 N. Sheppard St. 9 PM Free. 353-2500
“Bembe Sundays” Canal Club 1545 E. Cary St. featuring Flava Mix Sound, Jamecca Music Machine 9PM $10 Women free before 11:30
Live Jazz Emilio’s, 1847 W. Broad St. 8PM 359-1224
Terri Simpson & the Butter-bean Jazz Quartet, Bottom’s Up Pizza, 700 Dock St. 7:30 pm Free.
TUESDAYSHalf-off Admission, Vir-ginia Historical Society, 428 N. Boulevard, $2, 358- 4901 www.VAHistorical.org
John Conley Trio Davis & Main, 2501 Main St. (Jazz) 7:30PM 353-6641 www.davisandmain.com
DJ Williams Projekt Cafe Diem, 600 N. Sheppard St. (Jazz, R&B, Hip Hop), 9:30PM, 353-2500
Tuesday Verses, Slam poetry event Tropical Soul, 314 N. 2nd St., 8PM, $7, 771-1605
WEDNESDAYS“Say Word Wednesdays,” Tea Co, 902 W. Broad St. 8 p.m. Open Mic Sign-up starts at 7:30. $5. Tea, coffee, smoothies, pas-tries, food for purchase.
Lunch Break Science Lecture Series at Science Museum of Virginia, designed for everyone, regardless of science back-ground, a different topic each week. 2500 W. Broad St. Free. 864-1400 www.SMV.org
Open Mic Night Canal Club, 1545 E. Cary St. (Comedy/Variety), Open 7PM, Show time, 9:30 Free
Larri Branch’s open jam session, Muse Creative Workspace, 6 N. 19th St., 9 pm, Free. Led by Larri Branch and Jazz Composers’ Alliance
THURSDAYSJazz and Poetry Cosmopolitan Lounge, Ramada Inn-West, 1500 Eastridge Rd., 8 p.m. $5 In association with performance group Lyric Ave.
Chez Roue Cafe Diem, 600 N. Sheppard St. (Jump Swing & Classic Jazz) 8PM, 353.2500
Jason Jenkins Quartet (Jazz), 8 p.m. Free.Globehopper Coffee, 2100 E. Main St.
Soul Logistics Show - Delivers conscious hip hop, soul music, and informative commentary with a humorous spin. 7:30 pm, Comcast Channel 3
FRIDAYSBereavement Support Group, second and fourth Fridays, facili-tated by Dr. John MacInnes of Medi Home Health and Hospice. 800 Moorefield Park Dr. ECPI Building, free. 282-4301
Live Jazz Emilio’s, 1847 W. Broad St. 10PM - 2AM 359-1224
Live Jazz The Hard Shell, 1411 E. Cary St. 7:30PM 643-2333
Inner-Mission Fridays House, deep house, and progres-sive mixes w/DJs from NYC, Baltimore, and D.C. Godfrey’s, 308 E. Grace St., 10 PM, $ Varies, 648-3957.
"Verse-a-tile Fridays" Open Mic, 8 p.m., $5, Island menu and drink specials, Fantasy Island Cafe and Grille, 9047 W. Broad St., Info 270-4500
SATURDAYSLive Spanish Flamenco Guitar Emilio’s, 1847 W. Broad. St. 7-9PM 359-1224
ThroughMARCH 1Oyotunji: A Yoruba Kingdom in America, featuring photo-graphs by Dr. Babatunde Lawal, a Yoruba who is an art history professor at VCU. Elegba Folklore Society Cultural Center, 101 E. Broad St. Extensive exhibition of images depicting a King's coro-nation -- the pomp, the grandeur, the earthiness and the interweav-ings of Yoruba traditions that create definitive African lifestyles in America. Info 644-3900.
MARCH 22From Sand: Works in Glass, Ken Daley, Richard Jolley and Joyce J. Scott are three artists who express their artistic visions using different forms of glass. 1812 W. Main St. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Sun-day, 1-4 p.m. Info 353-0094 www.visarts.org
DECEMBER 30 (Opens Feb. 1)The African American Image in Virginia, Covering almost four centuries of African American history and culture, this exhibi-tion explores various mediums to show how images of blacks have changed throughout Virginia's history. Books, sheet music, newspapers, broadsides, and much more show the way whites and blacks have depicted African Americans in society. Positive and negative images are included, and sometimes paired, as a means of examining the changing status of African Americans. Virginia His-torical Society, 428 N. Boulevard, Info 358-4901
Wednesday 2.4"Labor and Leisure: Works by African-American Artists," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard
Six Degrees of Separation Networking Event for female entrepreneurs, 11:30 am - 1 pm, BlackFinn Restaurant and Saloon, Riverside on the James, 1001 Haxall Pt., $10, Info 643-1581 Presented by Savor the Success
Thursday 2.5"Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington," Virginia Historical Society, 428 N. Boulevard Info 358-4901
"Built By Blacks" book signing and lecture, Virginia Center for Architecture, 2501 Monument Ave. Info 644-3041
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RFriday 2.6Robbin Steel Blues Band, 7 pm, Obrigado's Restaurant, 109 W. Main St. Louisa Info 540-967- 9447
Bruce Bruce, 7:30/10 pm, The former BET host hits Richmond for three nights! Richmond Funny Bone, 11800 W. Broad St. Info 521-8900
Patti LaBelle, with comedian Antoine Scott opening. Show at 7 pm. Doors open at 5. Free. First come, first served. Daniel Gymna-sium, Virginia State University.
Well Versed: In Red, featuring Jon Bibbs, Kia Elamin, Nickey McMullen and poetry by Slam Champion Archie the Messen-ger out of Baltimore at the Ca-nal Club, 8pm. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Adva nce tickets can be purchased online at www.thecanalclub.com, Plan 9 Music (Carytown loca-tion), and Tuesday Verses, every Tuesday at Tropical Soul (314 N. 2nd St.) Info [email protected]
"Black Life is Worth Saving" Town Hall Meeting, 6 - 8 pm, Bellemeade Community Center, 1800 Lynhaven Ave., Free HIV Testing On-Site, $5 Rite Aid Gift Cards to the first 20 people who get tested. Free. Info [email protected] or 828-2447.
Saturday 2.7Mike Gales and the Warriorz (Funk/Improv), Bagel Czar, 929 W. Grace St. Info 355-0064 www.BagelCzar.com
Bruce Bruce, 7:30/10 pm, The former BET host hits Richmond for three nights! Richmond Funny Bone, 11800 W. Broad St. Info 521-8900
Credit, Debt, and Money Man-agement Workshops presented by Daughters of Zelophehad in partnership with Faithful Assis-tants, Inc. Participants learn how to improve credit scores, manage debt, and the principles necessary to experience a lifetime of financial success. Based on the “Common-sense Way to Wealth” coaching
curriculum, the workshop provides the tools for financial literacy. Other dates Feb. 21 and March 7 and March 21, All Souls Presbyte-rian Church, 19 Overbrook Rd. 9 am—1 pm $15. Babysitting services available. Register at 714-0007; Info [email protected]
Chocolate Dip & Sip, 2 - 6 pm. An afternoon of fun where everything you eat and drink is chocolate. And of course, listen to our great chocolate poets! $10, Precious Memories Bookstore, 3229 Idlewood Ave.
African American Men's Health Forum, hosted by the American Cancer Society, Check-in 8 am. Program 9 am – 2 pm. Topics include health dispari-ties, cardiovascular, diabetes, mental health, nutrition and exercise. Free lunch and screen-ings that include body mass index (BMI), cholesterol, blood pressure, glucose, HIV, mental health and oral cancer. Virginia Urology will provide vouchers to 200 qualified attendees who can be screened for prostate cancer after the event. Guests include
Community Clovia of Radio One, Mayor Dwight C. Jones, and Dr. Lance B. Watson of St. Paul's Baptist Church. Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. Third St. Register/info 527-3795 or visit www.cancer-healthforums.org
National Black HIV/AIDS Aware-ness Day, "Get Educated! Get Tested! Get Involved! Get Treated!" Info www.blackaidsday.org
Sunday 2.8Bruce Bruce, 7:30 pm only, The former BET host hits Richmond for three nights! Richmond Funny Bone,11800 W. Broad St. Info 521-8900
Monday 2.9Spoken word artist and Apollo legend Jessica Care Moore will drop her dynamic verses onstage at Virginia State University, 7 pm, Virginia Hall's Anderson-Turner Auditorium. This event is part of VSU's observance of the 20th An-nual National African American Read-In, initiated by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English.
Wednesday 2.11RJS Make Music With Me Band, (Entertainment for young audiences), Short Pump Middle School, 4701 Pouncey Tract Rd., Glen Allen, 1-3PM
Richmond Jazz Society's Guest Educators Series Presents Mas-ter Percussionist Kevin Davis, Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Richmond's premiere Afro-Cuban band, Ban Caribe. Doors open at 6 pm, show at 7 pm . Capital Ale House Downtown Music Hall, 623 E. Main St.
Thursday 2.12RJS Bright Moments Jazz Band (Performing all-time favorites for seniors), 2:30-3:30 pm, Meadow Glen of Richmond, 2400 Gaskins Rd.
Bead-making and lampworking Open Studio Demonstration with Joyce Scott, 7 p.m., the Visual Arts Center, 1812 W. Main St.
Carol Covell with the Dave Pills-bury Toot Sweet Jazz Ensemble, 7 - 10 pm for a Valentine's Wine Tast-ing & Tapas with Jazz. $5, Curry House, 4032 Cox Rd. Info 762-4411
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LEFT: Enslaved on a Virginia plantation, Tom Molineaux (1784–1818) was trained as a boxer by his father. After beating his opponents in a series of contests, Mo-lineaux was granted his freedom. He moved to New York, then England where he trained with Bill Richmond, another former Virginia slave.
RIGHT: Mrs. N. Smith and Family, print from a glass plate negative, 1920
BOTTOM: "The Scarecrow," late 19th c. oil painting by Allen Carter Redwood (1834–1922) depicting sharecroppers or farmers.
Images Courtesy Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia
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Remembering Brown v. Board of EducationWednesday, Feb. 11
In “Law Touched Our Hearts,”:book editors Mildred W. Robinson and Richard J. Bonnie will offer an over-view of the moving stories of those who attended public school soon after the Brown v. The Board of Education decision and saw their lives and society change. Robinson is Henry L. & Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Profes-sor at the University of Virginia School of Law. Bonnie is Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law, Hunton & Williams Research Professor, and di-rector of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry & Public Policy at the University of Vir-ginia. A book signing follows. Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St.
Black Artists at the Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsHave you ever considered that a day at work could be artful? That time off could be honored in stone or collage?
“Labor and Leisure,” currently showing at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard, showcases art by black artists that represents specific as well as abstract and conceptual interpreta-tions of work and rest.
Opening today and running through May 3, the exhibit spans the history of art from the Harlem Renaissance to the present, and includes sculpture by Charles White and Leslie Bolling, the watercolor “Subway–Home from Work” by Jacob Lawrence, photographs by James VanDerZee, as well as work by Ro-mare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Lorna Simpson, Willie Cole and Rich-mond's Leslie Garland Bolling.
A free public lecture cosponsored by the Friends of African and African American Art takes place March 4 in the Marble Hall at 6 pm. Emily Smith, VMFA's authority on Modern and Contemporary Art, will discuss works in the exhibition.
Just down the sidewalk, at the Virgin-ia Historical Society, 428 N. Boule-vard, “The African American Image in Virginia” explores a different facet of Black History. Mark your calendar for the Gallery Walk on Feb. 11 at 12 noon, led by Curator Dr. Lauranett Lee. The exhibit runs through Dec. 30, with a permanent online version.
“This exhibition is about iden-tity,” said Dr. Lee. “The images show a changing state and nation. As America has grown over four centuries, the idea of how African Americans present themselves and how they are presented by others has changed and evolved.”
Most of the images displayed were created by white males. The result was often that blacks were not depicted as individuals, but as generalized repre-sentatives and caricature. The exhibit examines those images as well as the culture that gave rise to them.
“This exhibition is intended to be thought-provoking,” said Lee. “We want to help visitors un-derstand what it is that they are seeing and what it means. We want visitors to understand the world in which the image was created, the era and attitudes of that time. Some of the images are degrad-ing, but it is not cruel to show these ugly episodes of our past; if we hide them, we don’t learn. And then how can we grow?”
“Visitors are fortunate that the VHS and VMFA exhibitions are on display at the same time and are so close,” Lee said. “It is important to get different perspectives, and the more opportunities we have to explore these powerful African American images, the more we will understand about our past.”
Currently exhibiting at Elegba Folklore Society's Cultural Center, 101 E. Broad St., are photographs by Babtunde Lawal, in “Oyotunji: A Yoruba Kingdom in America.” Dr. Babatunde Lawal is a Yoruba and an art history professor at Virginia Com-monwealth University.
On Saturday, Feb. 7 at 5 pm, a Black History event that will help visitors interpret the exhibition. Enjoy African inspired food and drink. Then Dr. Christopher A. Brooks, Professor of Anthropology at VCU who has visited and studied Oyotunji, will offer remarks. There will be a performance by the So-ciety's African dancers and drum-mers, a presentation on Yoruba practices outside of Nigeria and throughout the world.
Oyotunji: A Yoruba Kingdom in America, is related to a current exhibition at VCU's Anderson Gallery, “Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art.” Both exhibitions run through March 1. Info 644-3900
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Soul Logistics is an original hip hop group who put together their own TV show that they tape in Hopewell. It’s led by Doug Evans, J.D Haze, Rodney ''Soul Singer” Stith, and Fat Thomi, “the Minister of Information.” The
four men recently opened up for Mos Def. On the TV show, they provide “inspiration plus information'' with a free
mix of local artists, conscious hip hop, soul music and informative com-mentary with a humorous spin. They represent a do-it-yourself attitude that can bring people together.
The same team had an AM radio show on WHAP for a year before deciding to try television. The show premiered in January and is directed, produced, and hosted by Doug Evans. Catch it Thursdays at 7:30 pm on Comcast Channel 3. In their own words, two of the men tell us what’s up:
J.D. Haze, Petersburg“There’s a lot of positive energy out there to reach for everyone. So take that energy vibe, apply it to yourself, and let’s be the antithesis of hate.”
“We started all together. Basically, we’re all independent artists. I have a band, Guil-lotine X. I was into that. Rodney was into R&B, and Doug was doing his thing. We weren’t too happy with the radio. So we said, ‘Let’s put our own program together.’ Initially, we were just going to see how it worked out. That just grew into TV.”
“I’m the Ambassador of Good Will for Soul Logistics. I do a segment called Rock-Tagon. I feature young artists. It can be rappers, singers, danc-ers, violinists, DJs, artists, anything. Whatever your talent is, your skill, we showcase that each week.”
Doug Evans, Hopewell“I’m the type of person if I see something, I say, ‘I can do that’ and I do it. We’re trying to bring a balance to music, not just to hip hop, but to music; a balance that’s missing altogether, and to bring inspiration plus information. It’s con-scious hip hop and soul music with a sense of humor.”
“All of us had our own groups or were doing our own thing, and I just thought we should get together and do something different. I got tired of hearing the same two songs over and over. It wasn’t inspiring anybody. So we got together and just put a mix tape together. We had people say, ‘I don’t listen to hip hop, but I listen to that CD.’”
“If you come to me with a CD or something that’s inspiring and it’s not the same old thing, I’ll give you a shot. That’s what Soul Logistics is about. We’re do-ing our own stuff, and we’re supporting independent artists.”
www.soullogistics.com
When Ronald Mallet’s father died of a sudden heart attack, the 10-year-old
lost his best friend. The boy plunged into sadness, and found escape in the pages of science fiction books. H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine set sail his greatest ferry of escape when he considered that a time machine could allow him to save his father’s life.
So far, his tale reads like a theatri-cal trailer. But what followed – years of study and dedication to his goals - is the true story of a remarkable man and scientist, who has presented his theories and technical specs for time travel to the world’s leading physi-cists. He’s been profiled by CNN, The History Channel and more. Film-maker Spike Lee recently bought the rights to bring Dr. Mallet’s story to the big screen.
Ronald’s road to education may have seemed as improbable as time travel: Born in Pennsylvania and raised in the Bronx, he was a first-rate student but poor, one of four children raised by a single mother. So Ronald enlisted in the Air Force, where he studied electronics, and read everything he could by Albert Einstein. He won a scholarship to Pennsylvania State University, and in 1973, earned his doctorate in Physics,
the 79th African American to earn a Ph. D. in the subject.
Today, Dr. Mallett is a professor of physics at University of Connecticut, where he’s taught since 1975. He is a member of both the American Physi-cal Society and the National Society of Black Physicists. His research interests include general relativity, quantum gravity, and time travel. His brother is artist Keith Mallett.
For many of us, your theories are exciting, but very complex. Can you put them in plain words?
It’s important for people to realize that even though the subject of time travel sounds like science fiction, the modern study of it is really rooted in Einstein’s work. Einstein showed us the way it can happen. The theo-ries are [first,] the special theory of relativity, which has to do with the speed of light. [It suggests] The faster an object moves, the more time will slow down for that clock. By clock, he meant anything that has rhythm, for example your heart rate. That would slow down, you see.
There was a very important experi-ment that was done in 1971 with two atomic clocks, the most precise time keeping mechanisms that we have. One was kept at rest in the Naval
Observatory, and the other clock was put on an ordinary passenger jet and flown around the world at the speed of sound. When they brought the passenger jet back and compared the clocks, what they found is that the clock on the passenger jet had actu-ally lost time. This means that the heart rate of the people on board had slowed down. For the passengers and everything on board, time had slowed down. The effect was very small. But the effect depends on speed, so the faster you go, the more this effect will occur. When we develop rockets that can go very fast, close to the speed of light, the effect will become so exaggerated that when astronauts come back from space, for them, only a few years will have elapsed, but they will find that actually decades have passed here on earth. They literally could come back and find that they are younger than their children, as weird as that sounds. [laughs] We know this effect is real, because we already see it on a small scale. This is time travel to the future.
Time travel to the past depends on Einstein’s second theory, the general theory of relativity. We can think of the special theory as say-ing that time is affected by speed. Einstein’s general theory of relativity
has found that time is affected by gravity. What he found specifically is that the stronger gravity is, the more time will slow down.
My work is based on the effect of gravity on time. That’s an important key. If gravity can affect time, and if light can create gravity, than what can light do? Affect time. That’s the key to my work, to use the gravity of light to affect time. What I’ve been able to show is that by getting light to circulate, you can actually affect space and time. You can actually get light to circulate a number of ways. The particular light that I’m interested in is laser light.
How did your father inspire your life’s work?
My father was a television repair-man. I loved my father very deeply. The sun rose and set on him. He spent a lot of time with all of us. He worked very hard and was good at what he did. But he still had time for us. He was always trying to explain things to me. He did things like take us to the park, to museums, and it was just wonderful. He looked like a very happy, robust person. What we didn’t know was how weak his heart was. He
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MallettHe’s Overcome Every Obstacle,
Time May Be Nextby Cesca Janece Waterfield
Dr. Mallett ’s memoir, Time Traveler: A Scientist’s Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality (Basic Books) has re-
ceived high praise from many, and captivated f ilmmaker Spike Lee, who is writing a screenplay
based on it.
Spike Lee joined Dr. Mallett when the scientist spoke at New York’s Guggenheim Museum.
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died totally unexpectedly of a massive heart attack. It shattered my world. I went into a depression as a result of that. I really didn’t want to live. I didn’t care about anything. But I loved to read. He gave me that. About a year after he died, I came across H.G. Wells’ book The Time Machine. That changed everything for me be-cause I had this inspiration, if I could build a time machine, I could go back and see him again and maybe save his life. It was my secret goal. I knew al-ready that people were worried about me. I thought that if I told them I wanted to build a time machine, they would think I really had gone over the edge. So I kept it to myself, even though I was 11. That helped me, my secret. When I was around 12, I came across this book that was about this genius Einstein, who actually died the same year my father died, in 1955. Einstein said that time was not something that just flowed inde-pendently of us, but that we could actually change time. I knew that if I could understand Einstein, that eventually I could use that to build a time machine. Einstein became my second inspiration. Eventually, I knew I would have to go into physics.
Even after getting your teaching posi-tion at University of Connecticut, you remained cautious about discussing some of your theories. Why?
Time travel was something that was considered to be something so far on the fringes, it wasn’t talked about openly. What I had to do was use a cover story. The cover story that I used - and this was the basis for my career - was the study of black holes. Even though black holes are strange objects, they are a legitimate [subject of study.] A black hole is simply a star that has started to collapse. As the star collapses, the gravity around the star is so great, the light that tries to escape from the star gets pulled back to the star. So all you see is a black hole in space.
It turns out that not only does it affect light, but it also affects time be-cause the gravity of a black hole is so great, that as a clock gets closer, time slows down nearly to a halt. So I felt that by studying black holes, I could study about time. I was able to build my career around that. That was my surface cover story. But underneath all
that, I was always studying about how I might eventually build a time ma-chine. It wasn’t until I had tenure that I came out of the time travel closet.
How did the Spike Lee movie come about?
Spike Lee teaches at New York University. Two graduate students of his read my book and took it to him. This was March of last year. Spike had been invited by University of Connecticut. He had the Physics Department contact me. At first I thought they were just kidding. Then he emailed me and I gave him my book. He was going back to Italy to finish filming Miracle of St. Anna. When he came back from Italy, he
told me he wanted to make a feature film out [the book]. Then it was like Hollywood – “I’ll have my people contact your people.” We signed a contract back in June.
I’ve had a chance to visit him a number of times now. He asked me to give a lecture to his film class. Recently, I was invited to give a talk at the Guggenheim in New York City. Spike and his wife Tanya came to the talk and it was wonderful. He’s been working hard on the script and it’s very much in develop-ment. Over the years, I had seen many Spike Lee movies. I’m a real movie buff. I really was a fan of his. To have this happen is really fan-tastic. I think he will make a really
inspirational and exciting movie.
With such a remarkable personal story, what thoughts will you share with young people?
When you have a dream, it may be very hard, but it’s worth fol-lowing. When you have a passion, when you have a dream, even though it may seem impossible, you should follow it. We are now in the age of the impossible happen-ing, with President Obama. That would have been something that people thought would not happen. Young people should realize that whatever their dream is, if they are willing to work and follow it, they will be able to achieve it.
Dr. Mallett's beloved father was a gifted television repairman who enjoyed explaining electronic and scientific concepts to his young son. His unexpected death in 1955 would ultimately inspire his son's life work.
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Exams. To practice real estate, he must affiliate himself with a broker, who has the authority to supervise licensed salespersons.
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There are two different types of Real Estate Brokers; Principal or Supervis-ing, and Associate Brokers. Principal or Supervising Brokers are responsible for supervising Associate Brokers and salespersons. Associate Brokers are agents that have completed the requirements to be licensed brokers, but have chosen not to move into more supervisory roles. A major difference between brokers and agents is that brokers can be paid a commission directly for practicing real estate and an agent can only be paid by a broker. When you sell your house, the commission is paid to the brokerage, or Real Estate Company. The brokerage then pays the individual agent that handled the transaction. I’ll tackle the ques-tion of how Realtors get paid in another column.
A friend of mine is a Realtor. She surprised me by stating a price for my home that seems low. Another agent suggested a price that was higher and closer to
what I expected. Which one should I work with?There are a lot of variables that are involved in answering your question. First of all, choosing a Realtor to sell your home should be based on more than just suggested sale price. The marketing plan that your agent will im-plement may be even more important than the suggested price. Your home could be priced perfectly, but if that “perfectly priced” home isn’t marketed correctly, your odds of selling are decreased considerably. You should ask your friend and the other Realtor to each present you with a marketing plan that details what they will do to get your home sold for the best possible price in the least amount of time.
The next step is to have each of them put together a Comparative Mar-ket Analysis (CMA) for your property. This will help you compare which of them is actually closest on the price. A CMA will put together a list of homes that are active (currently for sale), pending (under contract) and sold homes within the last three to six months. This CMA will com-pare your home to the others based on the following criteria: Location, Square Footage, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, list price, days on market and sold price. There are other factors, but these basic ones should give you a clear picture of a range of where your home should be priced. The CMAs will explain how the two agents were so far apart on their initial assessments of your suggested price. Now after seeing both marketing plans and CMAs, choose the Realtor that best supports his or her opinion with the facts.
Dell Claiborne is Associate Broker with LET Properties, LLC. A native of the Rich-mond area, he says his interest in Real Estate began the first time he and his sister played Monopoly. He specializes in assisting first time homebuyers and training new agents. Dell lives in Richmond’s North Side with his wife Robin and daughter Lillian.
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The Rinkey Dink CaféA Jazzy Joint Kenny Crockett2550 S. Crater Rd Petersburg, VA804.898.1721
Hidden Treasure Restaurant219 East Clay Street (3rd Street & Clay)$7.99 Lunch Buffet804.225.9048
Jannie Holloway-Ashburne, MSLicensed Professional Counselor
Specializing in working with women's issues: Depression, Stress,
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Each week, Urban Views Weekly asks our neighbors what’s on their minds, and then shares their “Viewpoints.”
If you could go forward or back in time to any era, where would you choose to go?
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Dr. Ronald Mallett, Storrs, Connecticut"Of course, if I could go back, the first thing I would do is go back and see my father. But outside of that, to me it would be really exciting to go to the distant past and see what ancient Egypt and Rome were like. That would be really excit-ing to see what those ancient civilizations were like in their heyday."
Jaynee Sasso, Our Personal Finance Contributor"I would travel back to the age of the pyramids. Egyptian culture is very fascinat-ing to me and I would love to meet the people that contributed to the birth of such a great nation."
Linda Pate, Our Books Contributor"I would like to go back to the era of early 1800's during Abraham Lincoln's Presidency. I would want to be a part of the meetings that took place when he made the decision to free the slaves, and to hear how his Cabinet did not agree. I would love to hear the conversations."
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Dr. Milondra ColemanEquipping Them to Lead (ETL)
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