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Live. Love. Engage. tells the story of Gloria Grace Rand's journey of self-discovery and spiritual awakening that began when her sister was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Gloria candidly relates how growing up with an alcoholic father and abusive mother contributed to unconscious limiting beliefs about self-worth which hindered her ability to succeed in business.

Augusta Savage was arguably the most influential American artist of the 1930s. A gifted sculptor, Savage was commissioned to create a portrait bust of W.E.B. Du Bois for the New York Public Library. She flourished during the Harlem Renaissance, and became a teacher to an entire generation of African American artists, including Jacob Lawrence, and would go on to be nationally recognized as one of the featured artists at the 1939 World’s Fair. She was the first-ever recorded Black gallerist, and worked to advance equal rights in the arts. And yet popular history has forgotten her name.

The decadence of the 70s and the sordid underbelly of Hollywood! Llana Lloyd’s epic Glitter Goddess: Queen of the Sunset Strip informs brilliantly about the trials and tribulations of growing up in the 50s and 60s with a domineering lesbian mother. As she grows older, we watch Llana blossom into a glitter rock 70s scenester, driven by her drug addled worship of Alice Cooper.