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your family and friends along and check out one of the following events. You’ll be glad you did. BY DARL ENE C . DONLOE – ART S & ENT ERTAINMENT EDI TOR SANTA FE GOTTA HAVE ART The year, 2010, marks Santa Fe’s 400th anniversary, making it the second oldest city and the oldest capital in the U.S. Today the city is an international art market filled with the work of artists of every type including American Indian, Spanish Colonial and contemporary. The city is celebrating by highlighting some of its popular markets. ART Santa Fe celebrates its 10th anniversary from July 15-18. July 24-25: Traditional Spanish Market – features handmade traditional, Spanish Colonial arts. A contemporary Hispanic Market is held during the same weekend on the Santa Fe Plaza. www.spanishmarket.org. August 12-14: Whitehawk Ethnographic Art Show, an annual show with more than 150 dealers, featuring Oceanic, Pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial, African, Oriental, Indonesian, and other ethnographic art from around the world takes place at the Santa Fe Convention Center; http://www.whitehawkshows.com. August 15-17: The 32nd Annual Whitehawk Invitational Antique Indian Art Show, one of the largest and longest running shows for historic antique Indian art, featuring a wide range of indigenous art treasures will be on dis- play; http://www.whitehawkshows.com. August 21-22,: The Santa Fe Indian Market 2010 will feature more than 1,000 Native American artists from across North America. Info: www.swaia.org Jonathan Butler BEACHIN’ JAZZ FESTIVAL Time Warner Cable presents the 23rd Annual Long Beach Jazz FestivalAugust 13, 14 and 15, 2010. The Festival, a three-day event, takes place at the Rainbow Lagoon Park on Shoreline Drive in Long Beach, Calif. This year’s theme is ”Jazz Up Your Summer.” Aug. 13 roster includes: The Original Jazz Crusaders, featuring Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson and Wilton Felder; an All-Star Tribute to Grover Washington Jr., featuring Al Jarreau & The George Duke Trio, Boney James and Melanie Fiona. On Aug. 14 the show will include a spe- cial tribute to Grover Washington Jr., featuring Ronnie Laws, Tom Scott, Chante Moore, Paul Jackson Jr., Dave Koz, Jonathan Butler, Sheila E., Melanie Fiona, and Saxophonist Shilts, front-man for the urban, funky jazz band Down To The Bone. Sunday, August 15, Al Jarreau and George Duke with his Trio, bassist Marcus Miller, trumpeter Christian Scott, the Al Williams Jazz Society and conguero Poncho Sanchez with his seven-piece Latin jazz ensem- ble, take the stage. For information: (562) 424-0013, or www.longbeachjazzfestival.com. MORE ART The 49th Anacortes Arts Festival takes place Aug. 6-8. The Washington festival will see the streets filled with 260 juried booth artisans, first class fine art exhibitions and culinary art with an international selection of foods. For information: www.anacortesartsfestival.com. The Vermont Festival of the Arts is set for July 28 through Labor Day. There will be more than 125 exhibits, performances and workshops. Fun for the whole family. There are 50 events for kids, 50 free events and 50 locations. For information: (802) 496-6682. Georgia is full of festivals in July and August. Lazy Daze Festival in Winder (July 31); Southern Fired Arts Festival in Flowery Branch (July 31-Aug. 1); Tom Watson Watermelon Festival in Thomson (Aug. 7); Mountain Moonshine Cruize-In in Hiawassee (Aug. 12-14); Summer Shade Festival in Atlanta (Aug. 28-29); Festival Peachtree Latino in Atlanta (Aug. 29). For information: www.southfest.com/Georgia Sheryl Lee Ralph MERGE SUMMIT The Merge Summit 2010 is set to take place Aug. 26-28, 2010 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The three-day conference, covering music, television, film, content, management, development and production, integrates faith and entertainment and provides a platform and educational forum for men and women of faith to interface and partner with executives and talent in the entertainment industry. Celebrity participants include: Chrisette Michele, Niecy Nash, Suzanne de Passe, Pauletta Washington, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Sheryl Lee Ralph. For information: community@themergesummit.comor (323) 468-9470. 8 Black Meetings & Tourism July/August 2010: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com Happy 4th of July! Celebrate America’s independence by not only eating barbecue and hangin’ with the family. Bring