poetry
“Paradise Lost: Reclaiming Destiny,” a movement adaptation of Milton’s epic poem
March 15, 2017The show features highly athletic movement—including acrobatics, rope swings, chains, contortion, and more. It’s a powerfully physical form of ballet, a kind of modern-day Spartacus.
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“Maya Angelou – And Still I Rise”: The caged bird sings!
January 20, 2017Directors Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack have given us a captivating documentary about the extraordinary writer, actress, singer, poet and activist Maya Angelou.
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100,000 Poets for Change celebrated in Oakland
October 11, 2016Poetry, music and film came together as artists and community gathered to join a celebration of artists around the world who are working for peace, economic and social justice.
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Independence Day: Let America be America again
June 30, 2016In a time when demagogues try to convince us that America needs to be "great again," Hughes reminds us of the dream of what America could be.
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This month in LGBTQ history: A poem to the continuing struggle
June 6, 2016"First job, keep her talking, keep / her alive. Get help. Where? How?"
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