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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 28 July 2018
Auctioneer: Rosa Parks house has buyers, working out details

By MICHELLE R. SMITH lease the price. for people curious about
Associated Press Parks moved to Detroit in Parks.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — 1957, two years after refus- Mendoza brought the
The auctioneer selling the ing to give up her seat on house back to the U.S. ear-
house where Rosa Parks a bus to a white passenger lier this year and displayed
sought refuge after flee- in Montgomery, Alabama. it in Rhode Island as he
ing the South amid death She stayed for a time in her searched for a permanent
threats said after the auc- brother's tiny, wood-framed place to reassemble the
tion on Thursday there are home with 17 other rela- fragile structure for the final
buyers interested, but it will tives, according to family time. It is now packed in
take a few days to work out members. shipping containers await-
the details. The house eventually was ing its new home.
The house was included in abandoned and ended up He has said he hopes it will
an auction by Guernsey's in In this April 1, 2018 file photo, visitors view the rebuilt house of on a demolition list before be displayed so the pub-
New York as part of a larger Rosa Parks at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, R.I. Parks' niece, Rhea McCau- lic can see it. The auction
sale of African-American Associated Press ley, bought it for $500 and house has said the pro-
cultural and historic items. It donated it to American ceeds of the sale will be
was listed with a minimum tion by a buyer who had X," including handwritten artist Ryan Mendoza in an split between Mendoza
bid of $1 million, with a pre- trouble entering a bid on- notes by Malcolm X and attempt to preserve her and Parks' family.
sale estimate of $1 million line. He did not release the Haley, which sold to New aunt's legacy. Mendoza Mendoza, who was in Ber-
to $3 million. buyer's identity. York's Schomburg Center took it apart and shipped it lin for the auction, followed
It didn't sell during the auc- Among the other items of for Research in Black Cul- to Germany and reassem- the sale online and initially
tion, but Arlan Ettinger, of interest that sold was Alex ture, Ettinger said. It was bled it in his yard in Berlin, thought it had failed to sell
Guernsey's, said he was Haley's manuscript of "The sold after the auction, and turning it into a work of art after bidding did not reach
approached after the auc- Autobiography of Malcolm he did not immediately re- that became a destination the minimum of $1 million.q

Willie Nile delivers depth, danceable defiance

By KILEY ARMSTRONG human condition, fueled He grapples with greed; There's also a taste of Nile's
Associated Press by the never-say-die rock environmental destruction; artistically licensed religious
Willie Nile, "Children of Para- revolution, hit the sweet homelessness. The title cut imagery.
dise" (River House Records) spot on lots of levels. references a destitute boy In "Gettin' Ugly Out There,"
"I wanna be a painting; I "Don't let the (rhymes with planning a border crossing. the Baby Jesus flees town
don't wanna be a sketch." suckers) kill your buzz!" urg- Some intros sneak up the on a train, wondering what
Willie Nile, who embraces es Nile — a musical mantra fuse, then — BOOM! — in- he's going to "tell the Old
this noble objective in the that's useful for so many stant earworm. Man." Amid angelic-sound-
song "Lookin' for Someone," situations. "I, I — I, I defy you!" the ing backing vocals, the This cover image released by
delivers depth and a dose Touches of whimsy and ten- band declares. album's finale offers hope River House Records shows
of danceable defiance in der love songs buffer the The equally rowdy, fan-in- and reassurance: One day, "Children of Paradise," a
his best album to date. uppercuts. But Nile can't spired "Rock 'n' Roll Sister" is "All God's children gonna release by Willie Nile.
His timely depictions of the stay out of the fray for long. sheer joy. sing."q Associated Press

Meghan Trainor: Demi Lovato's openness has helped me

By PABLO ARAUZ PENA I just didn't know it was that But you just feel like, 'Ah,
Associated Press bad. And I didn't know she I wish I did something.' I
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — was struggling so much." wish I knew," Trainor said
Meghan Trainor says Demi Lovato's hospitalization while promoting her album,
Lovato's openness about comes a month after she "Treat Myself," out on Aug.
her battles and troubles released a new song called 31.
helped her cope with her "Sober," indicating that she "And I'm sure all her fans
own struggles. relapsed after six years of feel like that right now —
Lovato's representative sobriety. just what can we do to help
said Tuesday that the sing- While Lovato has been her? But I know she's just so
er was recovering after she seen as a role model for strong," she added. "Just as
was reportedly hospitalized speaking openly about her a fan, I know she's so strong
for an overdose. issues with drugs, alcohol, and she'll come back and
"She actually helped me depression and more, mu- she'll be better than ever."
get through my stuff be- sic fans have also looked The entertainment world
cause I was watching her up to Trainor, who has been Meghan Trainor poses for a portrait at Hotel Amarano, Thursday, outpoured support onto
and was like, 'I know I'm an advocate for body posi- July 26, 2018, in Los Angeles to promote her upcoming album, Lovato this week, includ-
not alone,'" Trainor said in tivity and has denounced "Treat Myself." ing Ellen DeGeneres, Bruno
an interview with The As- bullying. Associated Press Mars, Lady Gaga and Ari-
sociated Press on Thursday. Trainor, 24, said that if she ana Grande.
"But I can't imagine what had known about Lova- "I wish I could've been there I sang at the Grammys with In an interview Thursday,
level she's going through to's condition sooner, she more for her or reached her once. And I do all these actress Shay Mitchell said
and what her family is go- would have said some- out more and checked on awards shows and I get to she's "sending light and
ing through right now. And thing. her. Because I've only, like, say hi a little bit. love" to Lovato.q