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By Hannah Morgan
The last thing I thought about this morning when I turned on my computer was how far the energy that powered it had come from. Same thing when I got dressed; I was more concerned if my clothes matched than what distance they had traveled, or what had powered the factory they were made in. But that is the difference between me and Cassie Meador. She thinks about these things.
Rejoin our 2011–2012 storytellers for a rich discussion on the impact of the arts on their lives. Do you experience the extraordinary with your eyes, your ears, your heart or your mind?
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By Sydney Held
In Edward Albee's Everything in the Garden, "green" has a double meaning. Jenny and her husband Richard's garden is flourishing with green but their income is diminishing. The protagonist Jenny decides to disobey Richard and take a job, selling her body for money, in order to keep up with their wealthy inner circle of friends where money seems to be valued above all else. The performance was a reminder to me that the grass will always seem greener on the other side.
By Robert Lee Wolfe III
It's difficult to entertain a conversation about classical music in the twenty-first century without addressing the decline of the form. The spattering of remaining young musical aficionados regularly laments the sea of gray heads amid the array of empty seats at most classical performances.
February 22, 2012
By Dave Eberhardt
This blog was submitted through our Share Your Story webpage by Dave Eberhardt. Aside from some light edits, we present his story as it was provided to us.
The Fortune’s Bones project and Ms. Barnwell’s work looks impressive. As a member of CORE (vice chair) in Baltimore in the 60s and later a peace protester imprisoned for an anti-war protest, I can identify — I hate it when these things get co-opted — as we used to say — by any power structure, which hopefully it won’t be.
By Robert Lee Wolfe III
Diversity is one of this generation's most controversial buzzwords: many say that it represents a means to a broader understanding of the world, while others assert that a focus on diversity can lead to an emphasis on breadth that discourages students from plumbing the depths of their respective fields.
By Sydney Held
The Harlem Renaissance is known for its smooth jazz music and inspiring literature of a cultural revolution. I expected to feel overly immersed in the culture of this time period and was pleased instead to encounter a timeless story of the bonds of sisterhood and family loyalty in this production of The Old Settler. The production stayed true to its time period with costuming, scenery, music and the impeccable accents of the cast, but place this story in 2012 College Park and the story's message rings just as true.
By Robert Lee Wolfe III
When most people think of chamber music, they think of talented musicians playing complex classical pieces that haven't changed in hundreds of years. Such an arrangement is not the sort that typically encourages innovation within the field of music. One may thus find oneself appropriately skeptical of a chamber music performance that generates hype. By the same argument, one finds oneself appropriately refreshed when the hype is entirely warranted.
By Peter Liu
On the evening of February 4th, I braved the cold weather to attend the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company's second showing of their East Coast premiere of Light Moves at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. The audience had the pleasure of hearing Margaret Jenkins herself speak before the show. She exclaimed that this would be the third time her company performed at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and that her company had started working on the Light Moves project over a year ago. She explained that the show was inspired by the element of inquiry and tried to answer questions through dance.