Special Events:

May, 2008

On-air host Dr. Maya Angelou is honored with a Gracie Award from Women in Radio Television (AWRT) for XM Radio's exclusive "Oprah & Friends." Recipients of this award are recognized for exemplary programming created for women, by women and about women in all fecets of electronic media, as well as individuals who have made contributions to the industry.

January, 2008

Dr. Angelou receives rave reviews from the University of South Florida. "Working with Dr. Angelou was a privelege. Her lecture gave the audience insight into her life and the inspiration that has motivated her throughout her career. The USF Community and the surrounding Tampa area is still buzzing from her visit. She contributed to the largest ULS event to date. I recomment Dr. Angelou to any university in need of an inspiration message for its students." - Lindsey Grossman, Director of Student Programming

Fall, 2007

Dr. Angelou becomes the first African-American woman and living poet to be featured in the Poetry for Young People series of books from Sterling Publishing.

Summer, 2003

Dr. Angelou wrote and performed "It's Sacred: Church" which can be found on the CD, Church- Songs of Soul and Inspiration released June 3, 2003.  Dr. Angelou also sings "Reprise" (a Spiritual) on the CD.  For more information go to www.churchcd.com  

Winter, 2003

Dr. Maya Angelou recently won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for A Song Flung Up to Heaven.

Dr. Maya Angelou and Hallmark Cards, Inc. have collaborated to make a gift selection that offers inspiration, hope and joy.  Now available in select Hallmark stores, the collection features vases, pillows, wind chimes, frames and other charming trinkets.

With compassion and candor, Dr. Angelou's works speak to the heart, encouraging us to love life, to perservere through its challenges and to share our gifts with others.

Dr. Maya Angelou has a new book out, A Song Flung Up to Heaven.  It is the sixth installment of her autobiography, which began more than 30 years ago with her best-selling classic, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.  It features more poignant stories from her life, including her work with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.  The book is currently on The New York Times Best-Seller List for Hardcover Nonfiction.

President, First Lady and National Endowment for the Arts honor America's Distinguished Artists

 

Washington, DC - President William Clinton is pleased to announce the distinguished recipients of the National Medal of Arts for the year 2000. The President and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will present the Medal to ten artists, an arts patron, and a cultural broadcaster during ceremonies in the nation's capital to be held at Constitution Hall on December 20, 2000 at 10:00 am.

 

The Medal of Arts, established by Congress in 1984, honors individuals and organizations who, in the President's judgment, are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States.

 

· Maya Angelou, Poet and Writer  · Eddy Arnold, Country Singer  · Mikbail Baryshnikov, Dancer and Director  · Benny Carter, Jazz Musician  · Chuck Close, Painter  · Horton Foote, Playwright and Screenwriter

· Lewis Manilow, Arts Patron  · National Public Radio, Cultural Programming Division,     Broadcaster  · Claes Oldenburg, Sculpter  · Itzhak Perlman, Violinist  · Harold Prince, Theater Director and Producer  · Barbra Streisand, Entertainer and Filmmaker

For more information on the National Endowment for the Arts, contact the Office of Communications at 202-682-5570 or visit the Endowment Web site at www.arts.gov.

December 10, 2000

Dr. Maya Angelou appears in the Hallmark movie Runaway, December 10, 2000, 9 P.M. est on CBS. The movie stars Dean Cain, Leland L. Jones, Afemo Omilami, Maya Angelou, Pat Hingle, and Debbi Morgan. The movie is directed by Andy Wolk.

Pops, Angelou strike the right note

By KAREN JEFFREY

                   - Taken from the Archives of The Cape Cod Times, August 7, 2000

 

HYANNIS - Black and white, fat and thin, pretty and plain, gay and straight - these are the people that Maya Angelou considers family.

 

And last night, with a voice that rivals a cello in its expressive range, Angelou embraced an ever-growing family attending the Pops by the Sea concert on the Village Green.

"I was over the moon," said Angelou about the invitation to be the guest conductor at the annual visit of the Boston Pops Orchestra
to  Cape Cod.

 

"My family comes to Cape Cod every year," she said. "We are all family and we are all here," she said to a crowd of about 15,000 people who were obviously delighted to find themselves related to one of the world's most extraordinary women.

 

Angelou, 72, is a poet, teacher, producer, actress, playwright, human rights activist, producer and director. Last night she added conductor to this heady list of accomplishments when she took the baton from Pops conductor Keith Lockhart and led the much-loved orchestra through a rousing rendition of the "Washington Post March."

Even before this, the audience was transfixed by the power of a woman who wields language with the love and discipline that a

 wise mother affords her children. She began with a humorous reminiscence of her grandmother, who grew passionate with song
 during church services. Then, with the poem "Our Grandmother," Angelou summoned the spirits of all who have gone before:
 the Polish immigrant who landed at Ellis Island, the Chinese families who stayed behind while much-loved sons came to build
 America, the Irish who sought to escape the potato famine, and the African who came by slave ship. "We owe our ancestors," she said.

 

The concert was the 15th annual Pops by the Sea, sponsored by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. Proceeds from the concert benefit arts programs throughout the Cape. Last night's concert was expected to raise $100,000.