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Though this Black History Month might look a little bit different from those we’ve seen before, there are still plenty of ways to celebrate. From informative lectures to live acrobat

Rudy Francisco "Rudy Francisco is one of the most recognizable names in spoken word poetry. He was born, raised and still resides in San Diego, California. At the age of 21, Rudy completed his B.A. in Psychology and decided to continue his education by pursuing an M.A. in organizational studies. As an artist, Rudy Francisco is an amalgamation of social critique, introspection, honesty and humor. He uses personal narratives to discuss the politics of race, class, gender and religion while simul...

Ramón Rivera-Servera appointed Dean of UT Austins College of Fine Arts Rivera-Servera comes to UT Austin from Northwestern University. AUSTIN, TX .-The University of Texas at Austin has named alumnus Ramón H. Rivera-Servera as the next dean of the College of Fine Arts. His appointment will begin July 1. Rivera-Servera comes to UT Austin from Northwestern University, where he chaired the Department of Performance Studies and the Department of Theatre in the School of Communication. He was the ...

Share this article Share this article CENTENNIAL, Colo., Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) (the "Company") today announced Kate Swann, Chief Operating Officer at Purpose, has been appointed to the Companys board of directors.   "Im excited for Kate to join our board, as shes an experienced leader with a demonstrated track record driving growth within various business models and customer sectors in the digital technology industry, nicely complementing our already divers...

Daniel McNeil 1 POSTS 0 COMMENTS Daniel McNeil is an award-winning writer and Professor whose work brings together History, Diaspora Studies, Cultural Studies, and other fields of inquiry to map the movement of people and ideas within, across, against and outside the nation-state. Following the publication of McNeil’s Sex and Race in the Black Atlantic – a book that disrupts the regimes o...

Forget now 1.1.1 $700,000 seems a lot considering that the air force already owns the helicopters, so thats just fuel, maintenance, and maybe staffing (but thatd be army pilots and police spotters? So already employed just reassigned). I do know from once living in rural parts near a usually tranquil growing area, those helicopters flying so low are really loud and annoying. Far worse than tourist flights which are at least on the way somewhere rather than circling for day...

Three years after helping to get rid of this upstart African democratic leader, the United States was instrumental in putting away Nelson Mandela for 28 years. The horror of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Chile, Grenada, Panama, Iraq (to name just a selection) were still to come…. 60 years on, Patrice Lumumba’s assassination stands as a gruesome reminder of post-colonial brutality by Peter Bolton Jan. 17, 2021 "Information Clearing House" – Exactly 60 years a...

Online theatre emerges from the wings We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement When Sally McLean first realised that COVID-19 was going to change the world, she was just finishing up work for Shorts Relief: Flicks for the Fire, a festival of short film and web series created to support Victoria’s wildlife and other bushfire-related charities. The Melbourne-based actor, director and playwright says that despite “seei...

Ucross, an artist residency program and creative laboratory for the arts in northeast Wyoming, today announced playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as its newest board member. Jacobs-Jenkins, whose work includes Everybody (Signature Theater), Neighbors (Public Theater), An Octoroon (Soho Rep, OBIE Award for Best New Play), Appropriate (Signature Theater, OBIE Award for Best New Play, Outer Critics Circle nominee), Gloria (Vineyard Theater, 2015), and War (Yale Rep, forthcoming), is a former Ucross...

Curtain Call: Community Theatre at Woodbury receives an unexpected grant Joanne Greco Rochman FacebookTwitterEmail Kathryn Farley is part of the Farley Foundation, which recently gifted the  Community Theatre at Woodbury a $5,000 grant.Kathryn Farley / Contributed photo Considering that most community theaters in Connecticut are stretching every cent they have and anxiously awaiting the reopening of their theaters, it was quite a joy for the Community Theatre at Woodbury (CTAW) to learn that t...