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Black and white and political all over - The Bay State Banner
“Somnyama Ngonyama: Hail the Dark Lioness,” an exhibition of photographs by Zanele Muholi at Harvard’s Ethelbert Cooper Gallery, is an art history textbook painted black. The series of more than 80 self-portraits of the artist challenges race and representation in visual history in striking and
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Parable Path Boston: A pandemic-era artist residency tackles societal fault lines - The Bay State Banner
In 2017, the stirring chords of Toshi Reagon’s opera adaptation of Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” filled the halls of ArtsEmerson’s Paramount Center. Three years later, Reagon has returned to build her yearlong artist residency with ArtsEmerson around the tenets of
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Huntington Theatre Company presents 5-minute audio plays - The Bay State Banner
The Huntington Theatre Company has commissioned and launched a series of five-minute audio plays written by local playwrights Kirsten Greenidge, Kate Snodgrass, Brenda Withers and Melinda Lopez and performed by local
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Hibernian Hall and VLA DANCE launch free classes - The Bay State Banner
On Monday, July 6, VLA DANCE and Hibernian Hall launched their “Summer Online Movement Series” providing classes for young people ages 10–15 and adults. The series runs through August 12 with a packed class schedule on both Monday and Wednesday each week. The classes are free and hosted on
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Keith and Roxann Mascoll debut podcast about trauma and relationships - The Bay State Banner
Keith Mascoll and his partner Roxann Mascoll have launched “Living a Triggered Life,” a podcast that explores how this trauma impacts relationships. The post Keith and Roxann Mascoll debut podcast about trauma and relationships appeared first on The Bay State Banner.
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Boston’s arts community celebrates Juneteenth - The Bay State Banner
On Friday, June 19, cultural organizations around Boston came together to celebrate Juneteenth with song, dance, spoken word, panel discussions and visual art. This year’s celebration reached corners of the art world all across the city, creating one of the largest collective Juneteenth
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Black artists locked out of NU studio space - The Bay State Banner
Artists from the African American Master Artists in Residence Program (AAMARP) gathered in front of a Northeastern University studio space chanting “give us the keys” on Saturday. The post Black artists locked out of NU studio space appeared first on The Bay State Banner.
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‘Woza at Home’: Zeitz MOCAA to host online music art and cocktail event
The Zeitz MOCAA contemporary art museum will be hosting an online music art and cocktail making event this Saturday. Here’s how you can join.
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Playwright SekouWrites evolving work addresses microaggressions, racism - The Bay State Banner
While the COVID-19 pandemic has been a dormant time for some artists, Roxbury native SekouWrites has been spurred into action with his revitalized choreopoem, “Brown Boy Mad.” The post Playwright SekouWrites evolving work addresses microaggressions, racism appeared first on The Bay State Banner.
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Puppet Showplace debuts grant for black artists - The Bay State Banner
Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline has opened applications for a new Black Puppeteer Empowerment Grant Creative Research Residency for summer 2020. The post Puppet Showplace debuts grant for black artists appeared first on The Bay State Banner.
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Amherst professor Robert Hayashi teaches on race and sports. What he says sports fans need to learn now. - African American News Today - EIN News
treating people of color, particularly African-Americans, as sources of entertainment to literal debates about, ‘Can an African-American play quarterback?’ And now look
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Castle of our Skins debuts new creative residency - The Bay State Banner
Castle of our Skins has unveiled its brand new Shirley Graham Du Bois Creative-in-Residence program and the program’s first resident: vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Tanyaradzwa
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Encore Performance for Marc Raby, Birmingham Playwright
By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times The COVID-19 pandemic has been more than a health crisis for many across the Birmingham metro area. Creatives and artists have been suffering, as well, and Marc Raby, director of the Encore Theatre and Gallery in East Birmingham, has spent the past month
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‘And She Could Be Next’ — Film explores how women of color are changing the political landscape - The Bay State Banner
The two-part documentary series “And She Could Be Next” is a powerful testament to the collaboration and strength of women of color who are transforming American politics from the ground
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Photographer grapples with family history and immigrant identity - The Bay State Banner
Artist Claudia Ruiz Gustafson often thinks of her childhood in Peru and longs for an intimate connection to the motherland she left behind. Her show at Cambridge’s Multicultural Arts Center, “Historias de Tierra y Mar,” on view online through August 28, explores the push and pull of that cultural
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Legendary playwright Welcome Msomi dies at age 76
Msomi’s death comes months before he was set to be sentenced for fraud and theft over R8 million was stolen from a trust
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Fulfilling Her Passion Through Working in the Arts
The arts isn’t for the weak or the uninspired. Having the creativity to express one’s inspiration is needed in order to be successful. Amy Andrieux, the executive director of MoCADA
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