Category: Performing Arts
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Giving Thanks For Heavy D
Thanksgiving is a day for reminiscing and being thankful for bounteous harvests, for friends, for family, for blessings, for being alive. We’re even thankful for television moments that bring us together, making us laugh, celebrate, and reminisce. Perhaps for you the holiday invokes Theo and Heathcliff Huxtable carving a turkey in faux Julia Child voice.…
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In the News: Using theater to transform a nation: South Africa’s Athol Fugard
Excerpts from the New York Times article on , “His Next Stop: Driving Out Apartheid’s Ghost,” by Celia Duggard The Fugard [new theater named in honor of the esteemed, white, South African playwright, Athol Fugard] is among many privately organized efforts — in culture, education and social services — that aim to help South Africa overcome…
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10 Reasons Why I‘m Happy Avatar Did Not Win Best Picture
I’m SOoooooOOoo glad Avatar did NOT win best picture at this year’s Oscar’s. OMG I couldn’t stand Avatar. In the words of Men on Film: “Hated it.” I was (and still am) mad that we splurged to see it at a high-end lux level cinema, paying $50 for the privilege (not to take away from the…
Simone Monique Barnes 