{"id":180,"date":"2012-02-17T16:10:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T16:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/photovideo\/?p=180"},"modified":"2012-02-17T16:10:27","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T16:10:27","slug":"photo-review-macy%e2%80%99s-celebrates-the-100th-birthday-of-romare-bearden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/photovideo\/photo-review-macy%e2%80%99s-celebrates-the-100th-birthday-of-romare-bearden\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Review: Macy\u2019s Celebrates the 100th Birthday of Romare Bearden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soulpittmedia.jalbum.net\/100th-Birthday-of-Romare-Bearden\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"macyspics2\" src=\"..\/..\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/macyspics2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a>By Sabrina Clark<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Exhibit Opener was on Thursday, February 9th at the Downtown Macy\u2019s.\u00a0<\/strong> It was Sponsored by Macy\u2019s and the Romare Bearden Foundation in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Andy Warhol Museum and the exhibit was borrowed from the August Wilson Center for African American Culture.\u00a0 Savoy Restaurant served\u00a0 hors d\u2019oeuvres and beverages.\u00a0 <strong>It was truly a celebration of Bearden\u2019s life and legacy that included his artwork, food and music.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 Sean Jones and\u00a0 Band played while guests admired\u00a0 the works of Romare Bearden engaging in conversation, enjoying the ambiance and culture surrounding them and the special treats like Gumbo &amp; Grits and Sweet Potato Cheesecake catered by SAVOY Restaurant.\u00a0\u00a0 Macy\u2019s also dedicated a window to Black History Month.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Macy\u2019s gave out $10 gift cards upon our arrival and a 15% off shopping pass!<\/strong>\u00a0 A book of Romare Bearden by photographer Frank Stewart\u00a0 was on sale for a special price in Men\u2019s Furnishings.\u00a0 And if you spent $50 in Macy\u2019s that evening, you received a free silk Romare Bearden scarf complete with Romare\u2019s \u201cThe Lamp\u201d artwork and his distinctively artistic signature.\u00a0 No problem for the Soul Stylista\u2026straight to the shoe department for some shoes to match and indeed I found some in two seconds flat!\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/soulpittmedia.jalbum.net\/100th-Birthday-of-Romare-Bearden\/\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sabrina Clark The Exhibit Opener was on Thursday, February 9th at the Downtown Macy\u2019s.\u00a0 It was Sponsored by Macy\u2019s and the Romare Bearden Foundation in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Andy Warhol Museum and the exhibit was borrowed from the August Wilson Center for African American Culture.\u00a0 Savoy Restaurant served\u00a0 hors d\u2019oeuvres [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soul-pitt-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/photovideo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/photovideo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/photovideo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/photovideo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/photovideo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/photovideo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"http:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/photovideo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/photovideo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/photovideo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/photovideo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}