Meet the Author: Rosa Pryor-Trusty – African American Community, History & Entertainment in Maryland

About this event

Join us at the Museum of Historic Annapolis and ‘remember the yesterdays’ of African American entertainment and community in Baltimore and surrounding Maryland counties. Meet Baltimore author, journalist, and musician Rosa “Rambling Rose” Pryor-Trusty as she shares stories and images from her book, African American Community, History & Entertainment in Maryland. In this presentation, she shares memories of restaurants, bowling alleys, media personalities, jazz musicians, beaches, and other cultural highlights from the 1940s through the 1980s. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session and book signing with Ms. Pryor-Trusty. Cost: General Admission: $7. Free for HA members, Military, and children 17 and under. About our Presenter: Rosa “Rambling Rose” Pryor-Trusty, a native Baltimorean, has been an R&B music enthusiast since 1957. She started as a singer, songwriter and musician, playing saxophone and piano for the group she founded, “Little Johnny and the Twilight’s”. Rosa’s trade name is “Rambling Rose”, a name that was given to her by the late great Nat “King” Cole when she was touring in the 50’s. Rosa was the Entertainment Editor, Account Executive and Entertainment Columnist for the Baltimore Times and the Annapolis Times for ten years. From 1997 to 1998, she wrote an entertainment column for the “Buzz N’Around Baltimore Magazine”. Rosa is the co-author of a collector’s item book called, “African America Entertainment In Baltimore”, which was published in June 2003 and sold out first print in six weeks and now the book is in its third print. Rosa is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of the Rosa Pryor Music Scholarship Fund, Inc. created in 1991. The fund provides money for aspiring musicians, ages 5-17, to pay tuition and purchase instruments. She is also founder & CEO of an entertainment company with her husband, William “Shorty” Trusty, called RoseGarden Entertainment Enterprises, Inc. This is a company that provides entertainment,…