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Aurora Theatre Company announces the company's 2023 Originate+Generate (O+G) commission, Bay Area hip hop music and theater collective Felonious, comprised of members Carlos “Infinite” Aguirre, Keith Pinto, Tommy Shepherd (a.k.a. Emcee Soulati), and Dan Wolf. 

The entertainment industry needs to evolve barriers between creators and the community, and this studio is offering it

On a visit to Planet Word, a new language museum in Washington, DC, Tal Goldfajn reflects on what it means to put language on display.

The series will run through the month of May and features mostly free educational, artistic, and musical events and activities including painting, beading, dance, sound baths and concerts.

SHARE “Marhaba, I’m Tamer and I’m from Lebanon,” says a voice from one of the many screens placed around a brilliantly coloured globe. “I speak Arabic,” the man says, before going into detail about how words are formed in the language. You can even interact with Tamer as he takes you through the basics of Arabic. Nearby, you can interact with another screen and learn about Hebrew. “Chutzpah has come to mean boldness or self confidence, but in Hebrew, it originally meant cheeky and...

Alicia Wright, Miss Bilikon Entertainment (right), presenting the grand prize for the Music category to Jesslyn Li Sa Williams. It was a night full of spectacular performances from nine contestants vying for a single crown: The ICON. One after another, they took the stage and wooed the crowds and the judges with their beautiful melodies, and mesmerizing poems that connect directly to the soul, and body in a very special way. However, among the many contestants vying for the ICON crown, the nigh...