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3 weeks ago

Baldwin by Nicholas Boggs review the relationships that drove a genius

James Baldwin's legacy has been revitalized, particularly through Raoul Peck's documentary, despite earlier criticisms of his work and its relevance.

3 weeks ago

African people are surreal': songwriter and blues poet Aja Monet on Black resistance and love as spiritual warfare

Aja Monet blends surrealism and blues in her art, addressing themes of love, resistance, and societal absurdities influenced by historical fascism.

Humor

fromFuncheap

Brian Copeland's The Waiting Period

A solo play explores a ten-day waiting period before a suicide attempt, using humor and personal narrative to address depression and mental health stigma.

Humor

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Brian Copeland's The Waiting Period

A solo play chronicles ten days of a man's life during a mandatory waiting period before purchasing a gun for suicide, blending dark comedy with redemptive storytelling about depression.

Portland

Tennessee Williams' first hit glimmers at Lakewood Center for the Arts * Oregon ArtsWatch

Lakewood Center for the Arts' production of The Glass Menagerie faithfully adapts Williams' 80-year-old semi-autobiographical play about an emotionally repressed Southern family struggling with communication and social decline.

Act Black: posters of Black Americans on stage and screen in pictures

Many of these posters are the only surviving proof of certain shows, with no recordings of plays, and certain films, having been lost over time. They offer a history of Black Americans trying to counter harmful stereotypes and provide vital and humanizing contributions to a growing Black culture.

Arts

History

fromwww.mercurynews.com

Review: Mountaintop' in Oakland relies on warts-and-all look at MLK Jr.

An unidealized portrayal presents Martin Luther King Jr. as a flawed, divisive figure who combines sincere convictions with personal vices.

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Books

Celebrating Langston Hughes and 'The Weary Blues' * Oregon ArtsWatch

Books

LitWatch February: Langston Hughes, historian Keisha Blain, Colum McCann * Oregon ArtsWatch

Books

Celebrating Langston Hughes and 'The Weary Blues' * Oregon ArtsWatch

Books

LitWatch February: Langston Hughes, historian Keisha Blain, Colum McCann * Oregon ArtsWatch

How Toni Morrison Saw History

Preserve offensive monuments and artifacts and add counterpoints or context to confront and reveal suppressed histories and Black accomplishments rather than erase them.

fromEast Bay Express | Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda

Life saver: Reviewing Jacob Ming-Trent's 'How Shakespeare Saved My Life'

Personal connections among people, not physical theater spaces, transform lives and enable healing through Shakespearean performance.

fromwww.eastbaytimes.com

Curtain Calls: The Mountaintop' brings Dr. King's humanity to the stage

The Mountaintop humanizes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., depicting his vulnerable final night and revealing his humanity through intimate performances and evocative staging.

fromwww.mercurynews.com

World premiere at Berkeley Rep confronts race and the Bard

Jacob Ming-Trent's autobiographical, music-filled solo show blends Shakespeare, hip-hop, and personal history to transform racial hardship into masterful storytelling.

3 months ago

Mike Lew takes a 'Tiger Style!' by the tail * Oregon ArtsWatch

I really, for better or worse, know no other way to write than to write comedically,

Arts

Books