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Black Lives Matter poets: 'There's no community without unity' Performance provides needed context for George Floyd murder Bronwen Howells Walsh The plan is to do whatever I can. ~MaDarrius Maximus Seated on the grass at the Hyannis Village Green last Sunday were about 150 people, all shades and ages, pulled together by the legacy of George Floyd. "Your faces are so beautiful," host, co-organizer and podcaster Tamora Israel told the mostly masked audience. "Today, we're here to remember the life and murder of George Floyd. A man's life was taken, so we thank God for the life we have here....

Poets and musicians will gather Sunday at the Hyannis Village Green for “A-Way with Words: Spoken Word and Poetry in Solidarity,” a special event in remembrance of George Floyd one year after his murder. “As a person of color, I was trying to think of a way to get our feelings out there, but also how can we heal, and for me that always comes back to creativity. It comes back to art, it comes back to self-expression,” says event organizer Rachael Devaney. “That’s why I thought this would be the perfect way to remember George Floyd.” Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died May 25, 20...

Try out for a musical Falmouth Theatre Guild will hold in-person auditions from 6 to 9 p.m. May 19 and 20, and 2 to 5 p.m. May  22 for the lead roles in its planned fall production of the musical “Carousel.” Individual try-outs will be held at Highfield Theater, 58 Highfield Dr., Falmouth. The show is due to run Oct. 22 to Nov. 7, and all involved with the production will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. While other auditions will be in August, the five leads in this romance are being cast early so actors will have months of access to rehearsal tracks and there can b...