Books: "Get Up, Stand Up"  Fikisha Cumbo Together Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston created The Wailers. Bob Marley and Peter Tosh wrote the reggae anthem, "Get Up, Stand Up" which inspired the title of the book. The author, Fikisha Cumbo, through text and photographs relives the era of emerging international popularity of reggae with its independent free flowing lifestyle, intimately documenting these two icons of this music from 1975 through 1983. Legendary singer Roberta Flack, Marley’s friend, writes the foreword. Fikisha allows the reader to vividly witness these years with Tosh and Marley in their Jamaican homes, “on the road”, in rehearsals, in concerts and through totally uncensored interviews. This book is a rare gem because it is the only published work to date on Marley and Tosh. Fikisha first heard reggae in 1975 when her friend visited Jamaica bringing back the albums, CATCH A’FIRE, BURNIN’, and NATTY DREAD which ignited her passion for reggae. Through friends who managed Tosh and worked in Marley’s band she was around Tosh and Marley in New York. Her first portrait photos are those taken during her 1975 interview with Bob who inspired her when he told her in his Kingston home, “You take some different kind’a photo.” The book has 22 chapters with 16 pages of color photographs contributing to over 240 that have never been seen before. Chapters 2 and 3 are brief biographies of Marley and Tosh, chapters 3 through 16, 20, and 21 are the author’s actual experiences with these great artists, chapter 17 looks at their impact on society while chapters 18 and 19 listen to Tosh and Marley’s mothers, Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt and Neville Garrick. The “So Dem Seh” chapter gives tributes, comments and anecdotes from friends, artists and associates. There is a brief glossary and an extended bibliography. An exploration of Rastafari and Marcus Garvey round out the book in the appendix.

Rafael Tufiño, Pintor del Pueblo / Painter of the People March14 through August 24, 2003 Organized by Fatima Bercht, Chief Curator; curated by Dr. Teresa Tío for the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan This exhibition will be Rafael Tufiño's first major retrospective in the United States, presenting the entire breadth of his work (prints, paintings, drawings and sculpture), as selected from the major retrospective held in Puerto Rico from July 6 through October 7, 2001. Tufiño (b. Brooklyn, 1922) is one of the central figures in the history of twentieth-century Puerto Rican art. A member of Generación del Cincuenta ("The Fifties Generation"), Tufiño has been of one of the major forces in founding and furthering modern Puerto Rican art-both on the Island and in the Caribbean diaspora of New York. Tufiño was one of the founders and leaders of the Island's print tradition, and has been one of the hemisphere's most distinguished poster-makers, an illustrator of books and stories, a draftsman and letterist. The expressive and gestural purity of his draftsmanship became a trademark of Puerto Rican graphics of the 1950s and 1960s. Tufiño consistently depicted the Puerto Rican people in all their daily expressions, working and celebrating. Tufiño made many images of dance, music, and religious festivals, and El Museo will offer public music and dance programs and folk art demonstrations as programming to accompany the exhibition. It is the northernmost outpost of the Museum Mile, located at 1230 Fifth Ave. between 104th and 105th Streets, next door to the Museum of the City of New York. Wed. - Sun. 11AM -5PM. 212.831-7272.