The Harlem Rent Party and Fish Fry will celebrate the music, art, dance and poetry of the Harlem Renaissance Saturday inside Master Barber and Beauty Shop. Jazz bassist and orchestra conductor Harley White Jr. will team up with poet Justin Desmangles and artist Milton Bowens to showcase their talents to entertain and educate on different cultural elements that spawned from the Harlem Renaissance. “We’re talking about the time period from the end of World War I to the beginning of World War II,” White said. “But we’re not only talking about the Harlem Renaissance. We’re talking about the forces that led to it and more importantly all the art and culture after it.” The orchestra will play

Milton Bowens would like to believe that when you look at his art work you're not merely viewing paintings, his personal opinion or guarded pieces of his soul. You the viewer are being asked to confront history, truth, cultural stereo types and engage the possibilities of the future. Because when he paints he is not just engaging the viewer or confronting the critic over artistic merit, style and validity, he is confronting the use of art as a tool to communicate. He is asking questions, He is seeking solutions. Born and raised in Oakland, Calif., Milton Bowens is the fifth boy of ten children. Milton’s artistic promise began at the age of five with nothing more than a few pencils and cut