Have you ever sat down and thought about what would happen if landfills finally overflowed? It seems that artists who are using found materials to create their masterpieces may have come across that thought. Making use of eco-friendly materials for art is nowhere near a new practice, but it is becoming more essential considering the …
Decades ago, I sat in a room at the Rockefeller Foundation as a few of us, chosen from across the country, were tasked with helping the Foundation select playwrights who might receive precious grant money from a since-discontinued Fellowship for American Playwrights Program designed to support new play development. I served on this panel for …
The Botswana Poetry Festival project was born through a collaborative effort of the Gender Affairs Department office in Molepolole and the Maruping Poetry Organization to foster cohesion, community engagement and involvement through literatures and spoken word arts. The Gender Affairs Department believes arts are vehicle for both edutainment and infotainment. On the 31st July 2018, …
I was talking with a friend, whom I had not spoken to in a long time and he asked me If I forgave my brother. I evaded his question and later while reflecting on my reaction, I realized that I was furious because I couldn’t answer his question. How do you forgive someone you love …
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Every generation or so since the late 1960s, a new play encapsulating the gay experience opens in New York. The Boys in the Band, Torch Song Trilogy, Love! Valour! Compassion!, and Angels in America have defined their respective gay moment and how the general society is reacting to it. Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance is the …
I’m not falling out of love our bed is disaster even when made. the metal underbelly of the futon gives way creating a divet in the middle. i crawl in to feel the mattress, too-thin, its lumps where the frame crosses underneath. i remember its stains beneath the sheets; i don’t know who else slept …
Cold War exploits in Culver City, folklorico holiday festivities in Orange, Cerritos and Northridge, swans return to downtown, Nutcrackers explode all over, and more SoCal dance this week. 5. Flamenco that keeps on going Led by master guitarist Antonio Triana, this edition of Forever Flamenco dubbed Noche de Triana boasts a quartet of dancers including …
Just a second passed, and your life was taken in the blink of an eye. Joshua, a kid riding his skateboard home from school is gone. Oh God, why? Screams echo from apartments, homes, schools, family, friends screaming out your name in agony, knees slamming down to the floor. Shush. In the lives of us …
First, an explanation. Seven is a documentary play that has “made the rounds.” It is highly political and has played all over this country in different productions. It is not possible to give individual credit for it even when such credit is due because, whether accidentally or by intent, it’s difficult to tell exactly which …
Africa is gifted with a blessing of spoken word artists, literalists, wordsmiths and poetry arts activists. Recently in Zimbabwe dub poet and UNESCO Affiliate Chirikure Chirikure and fellow poets hosted a lineup of great writers and poets through the now the highly recognized literary arts fete, Litfest Harare in partnership with Glasgow University, Daves Guzha’s …
THE INAUGURAL FREEDOM VOICES POETRY WRITING PRIZE GOES TO NIGERIA AND ZIMBABWE Read More »
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