Category: Arts

  • ‘Alien Citizen’ delivers a raw, moving sociological odyssey The Williams Record: The Independent Student Newspaper at WIlliams College since 1887 Williamstown, Massachusetts 2014-09-24 William Walker, Staff Writer If there’s anything that students at the College love to think about, it’s identity. Indeed, the big questions about who we are, what we want to do and…

  • “Am I White” by Adrienne Dawes Salvage Vanguard Theater Presents the Word Premiere of Am I White by Adrienne Dawes Performances run October 1- 18, 2014 VIP Opening Night Performance: October 4, 2014 Salvage Vanguard Theater 2803 Manor Road Austin, Texas 78722 Telephone: (512) 474-SVT-6 (474-7886) Salvage Vanguard Theater announces the third and final MADE…

  • Meditation on President Obama’s Portrait Lens Blog: Photography, Video and Visual Journalism The New York Times 2014-07-25 Maurice Berger, Research Professor and Chief Curator Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture University of Maryland, Baltimore County Dawoud Bey’s photograph of the man who would soon be president was taken on a Sunday afternoon in early…

  • Black Fathers, Present and Accountable Lens Blog: Photography, Video and Visual Journalism The New York Times 2014-09-19 Maurice Berger, Research Professor and Chief Curator Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture University of Maryland, Baltimore County An anxious little girl hugs her father as a shark swims overhead in an aquarium. A man feeds his…

  • Here’s Why Louis CK’s Kids Are White But Their Mother Is Black In ‘Louie’ Business Insider 2014-09-18 Aly Weisman, Senior Editor There’s one mystery on FX show “Louie” that has never really been addressed. While Louie’s ex-wife “Janet” is played by black, Jamaican actress Susan Kelechi Watson, his two daughters are very white, very blonde…

  • Elizabeth Liang finds home: Performance at Williams College ’62 Center The Berkshire Eagle Pittsfield, Massachusetts 2014-09-17 Madeline Vuong, Special to Berkshires Week & Shires of Vermont WILLIAMSTOWN — “Where are you from?” It’s an easy question on the surface, but a more complicated matter if you’re Elizabeth Liang, a child of mixed-race parentage, who grew…

  • The Octoroon: A Tragic Mulatto Enslaved by 1 Drop The Root 2014-09-09 Image of the Week: A sculpture addresses the ramifications for those who were mixed-race. John Bell, The Octoroon, 1868. Marble, 159.6 cm high. Town Hall, Blackburn, U.K. This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with…

  • Monica Pearson Show with Fanshen Cox Monica Pearson Show KISS 104FM, Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 2014-09-14 Monica Pearson, Host Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Award-Winning Actress, Producer and Educator “One Drop of Love” Listen Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni’s radio interview with Emmy Winner Monica Pearson on KISS 104 FM in Atlanta here (00:34:47). Download the interview here.

  • One-Woman Multimedia Show ONE DROP OF LOVE Comes to The Fox Theatre, 9/21 BroadwayWorld.com Atlanta 2014-07-10 The Fox Theatre is presenting One Drop of Love on Sunday, September 21 at 3 PM and 7 PM in the Fox Theatre’s Egyptian Ballroom. The show is a multimedia solo performance exploring family, race, love, pain and a…

  • Join the Greatest Minds Society of Georgia State University for a Discussion on Racial Identity with Playwright Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni of “One Drop of Love“ Georgia State University Speaker’s Auditorium 44 Courtland Street, SE Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Thursday, 2014-09-18, 13:30-15:30 EDT (Local Time) Who are you? What’s your identity? Where do you come from? What’s…