Category: Arts

  • Performance added for one-woman play at Willamette U. The Salem Statesman-Journal Salem, Oregon 2014-10-13 Tom Mayhall Rastrelli, Fine Arts & Culture Writer Damaris Webb will debut her one-woman play “The Box Marked Black: Tales from a Halfrican American growing up Mulatto. With sock puppets!” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 and 25 at M. Lee Pelton Theatre,…

  • Snap! Space presents Zun Lee Snap! Orlando 1013 E. Colonial Drive Orlando, Florida 32803 Saturday, October 25, 2014 14:00-16:00 EDT (Local Time) Join us for an afternoon artist talk and book signing with photographer Zun Lee. Zun will be joining us from Toronto and discuss his series ‘Father Figure’ and sign copies of his newly…

  • Albert Chong: “The Photomosaics: Works on Paper, Wood, and Stone”, on view through November 1, 2014 Counterpath 613 22nd Street Denver, Colorado 80205 (303) 953-2692 2014-10-03 through 2014-11-01 “Angela” (2011) by Albert Chong Opening Friday, October 3, 2014, at 7 p.m., and on view through November 1, 2014, Counterpath is excited to host an exhibit…

  • Hapa changes name to Association of Multiracial People at Tufts to reflect new goals The Tufts Daily Medford, Massachusetts 2014-10-14 Yuki Zaninovich, Contributing Writer For the Association of Multiracial People at Tufts (AMPT), there is a lot in a name. AMPT, formerly known as Tufts Hapa, aims to create a community for students who identify…

  • Tangled Roots: A Performance of Real-Life Stories Celebrating Mixed Race Families Trinity Centre Trinity Road Bristol, England BS2 0NW 2014-10-19, 14:00-20:00 BST (Local Time) Free life-writing workshop and performance with Dr Katy Massey – part of our Black History Month programme On Sunday 19 October, Tangled Roots are staging a live workshop and performance event…

  • Black may be beautiful, but here’s a somewhat paler man who’s been involved with the uglier parts of the White Power movement. His name is Wesley Connor and he’s the main character in a new drama called Am I White by Austin playwright Adrienne Dawes. And this Connor guy is based on a real, actual…

  • Indie Groundbreaking Book: (1)ne Drop Independent Publisher October 2014 Craig Manning Western Michigan University Landmark Photo Essay Book Seeks to “Shift the Lens on Race” Has the social and political mindset on race in 2014 changed from where it was 100 years ago? What is the definition of “Blackness” in the modern age? These are…

  • Before the dialogue begins, before the first stage direction is explained, the complexities of race and racial identity percolate up from the script of “Am I White,” a new play by Austin writer Adrienne Dawes. Take the cast list: “Wesley Connor, biracial (passes as white), member of the White Order of Thule,” “Ryan Cahill, white,…

  • Preview: Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni questions race and identity in “One Drop of Love” ArtsATL: Atlanta’s source for arts news and reviews 2014-09-21 Kelundra Smith Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni As an MFA candidate in the Television, Film and Theatre program at California State University, Los Angeles, Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni originally set out to make a documentary about…

  • Hapa-palooza 2014 celebrates three giants of mixed-heritage Vancouver Observer Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2014-09-28 Jordan Yerman An artist, a scientist, and a poet: Hapa-palooza honours Kip Fulbeck, Ann Makosinski, and Fred Wah. “What am I? I’m what’s on your spoon when you pull it out of the melting pot!!” So writes a subject in California-based…