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2021-10-08 23:30:05
[…] a respected abolitionist, suffragist and orator of her day. To commemorate her dedication to equality, the Summit Suffrage Centennial Committee and the United Way, in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will build a new memorial park in Akron with an interpretive sculpture by the celebrated artist Woodrow Nash on the site of her iconic speech. The park will showcase Sojourner Truth’s journey from enslavement to activism, advocacy, and the indelible mark she made on our democracy. The outcome of this partnership of institutions is larger than the park itself, because it offers a replicable public model and commemorative framework for memorializing other underrepresented histories in Akron, a Knight Foundation community, and places around the […]
2020-03-03 23:54:00
I should have posted something about this yesterday, or earlier today, but....I can't do everything. Still, the polls are open in most states for up to four hours longer, so, here goes.You should be concerned about the health of presidential candidates. For a historical loopback, consider that Woodrow Wilson was severely disabled by a secret stroke and Ronald Reagan was in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease during at least his second term in office. I need not say much about the cognitive problems our current president has; watch any speech from beginning to end, watch the bobbles; compare with film of Trump from the 80s or 90s.Sanders is 78, had a heart attack last fall, and hasn't released his medical records.Biden is 77 and I've seen a couple of clips with frightening mental lapses, where he wanders around, starts five incomplete sentences in a row, and doesn't complete any of […]
2019-11-27 00:39:00
StockDailyDish.com: Paul Freeman enlightened us with 'Black Composers Series'
Paul Freeman Conducting the Chicago Sinfonietta Stock Daily Dish November 25, 2019 Everyone in musical Chicago — and beyond — knows how hard Paul Freeman worked to bring sorely needed diversity to classical music. The most famous facet of the late conductor’s campaign was the Chicago Sinfonietta, which Freeman established in 1987 to open up minority staffing and repertoire in American orchestral music. But Freeman made an equally important – though far less celebrated – contribution in the mid-1970s, when he recorded the landmark “Black Composers Series” for CBS Masterworks. On its nine LPs, Freeman documented signal compositions by William Grant Still, George Walker, Hale Smith, Olly Woodrow Wilson, T.J. Anderson and other black composers who had been mostly excluded from concert and recorded life in America. Thanks to Freeman’s efforts, listeners finally were able to […]
2019-09-10 09:15:08
A considerable company achievement: David Blake's Scoring a Century from British Youth Opera
[…] optimistic and libidinous Jedermann, and Holly Marie Bingham as the rather more stoical and pragmatic wife led us tirelessly through their topsy-turvy world. Joanna Harries as the pert and flirtatious Tartine, delivered a rather uncomfortable slice of reality into the proceedings. Florian Panzieri was delicious as Bertold the temporiser, their friend and composer whose compositions revealed the ugly underbelly of the times. Guy Elliott made his presence felt too with roles as diverse as Woodrow Wilson, Village Idiot and Nazi Officer. From a performance perspective this was a considerable company achievement and a genuine pleasure, pity there was just ‘so much to remember to forget’. Scoring a CenturyBritish Youth OperaPeacock TheatreFriday 6 September 2019Mrs. Jedermann : Holly Marie BinghamMr. Jedermann : Hugo Herman-WilsonBertold : Florian PanzieriDirector : Keith WarnerDesigner : Basia BińkowskaCostume Designer : Jasmine SwanLighting Designer : John BishopConductor : Lionel FriendSouthbank SinfoniaElsewhere on this blog Prom […]
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