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Although he's done serving as a Post Falls City Council member, Lynn Borders is not done contributing his time and talents to the River City. “He hasn’t quit," Post Falls Mayor Ron Jacobson said Thursday evening. "He’s retired from the city, but he hasn’t quit." Jacobson has known Borders for nearly 44 years. They lived a few doors apart when Jacobson and his family first moved to Post Falls, so their daughters grew up together.
La MaMa has announced more than 40 productions and multiple world premieres for its upcoming 2022-23 season.
According to "The Dark Star from Harlem" website, the book-turned-musical, written by Glynn Borders, uncovers the journey of 19-year-old Josephine Baker, from her arrival in Paris in 1925 to her rapid rise to stardom in Europe. As a young Black woman and member of La Revue Negre, she navigates fame in a foreign land, a new language and racial acceptance during the violent Jim Crow era. Thompson said she was shocked to learn she won. “It didn't register for me what was happening," she said. "I really felt grateful because of all the hard work that we all put into it was recognized. The b...
Mainland, FSU graduate wins theatrical award Erica Van Buren, The Daytona Beach News-Journal © Photo Provided Iris Beaumier as Josephine Baker and James A. Pierce in The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker. Beaumier won best lead actress and Pierce won best male featured. What does a Mainland High School graduate have in common with actors Samuel L. Jackson and Viola Davis? All three have earned prestigious AUDELCO VIV Awards, which honor Black theater in New York City put on by nonprofit theater companies. Tai Thompson, who graduated from Main...