Cameroonian filmmaker and visiting Copeland Fellow, Jean Marie Teno, will be talking about his work . The presentation will take the form of an informal retrospective of his films with clips and an opportunity to interact with the audience. The presentation will be followed by a reception at the Mead Art Museum among the paintings, [...]
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THE PALMWINE DRINKARD
By Kola Ogunmola
Directed by Dr. Bode Omojola
Featuring
Mark Ojo, Singer
Bisi Adeleke, Yoruba Master Drummer
Esi Nicholl, Choreographer
MHC Students of Music 166
Produced by
Departments of Music and Theatre
With support from
The Inclusiveness Initiatives Fund
The Elizabeth Kennan Fund
M O U N T H [...]
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The Black Studies Department at Amherst College presents
Robert Farris Thompson
(Colonel John Trumbell Professor of the History of Art at Yale University)
Topic: “Eshu-Elegba in the Atlantic Context”
Thursday, November 29, 2007 @ 4:30 PM
Pruyne Lecture Hall (Fayerweather 115)
Amherst College
Robert Farris Thompson, starting with an article on Afro-Cuban dance and music published in 1958, has devoted his [...]
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New WORLD Theater presents
Mestiza Power
Written and directed by Concepción León Mora and performed by Sa’as Tun of Yucatán, Mexico
Thursday and Friday November 29 & 30
8 pm, Bowker Auditorium
Mestiza Power is a poetic, powerfully performed and beautifully-directed new work from Yucatán, Mexico. Through a series of monologues based on personal experiences and interviews [...]
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PLEASE JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL SCREENING OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY BY DIRECTOR
LALIT VACHANI
IN SEARCH OF GANDHI
THIS DOCUMENTARY WAS RECENTLY AIRED ON BBC AS PART OF THE “WHY DEMOCRACY” PROJECT
MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION
COMMUNITY ROOM
60 MASONIC STREET
NORTHAMPTON, MA
WEDNESDAY
NOVEMBER 28th 7:00-9:00 pm
This screening will be followed by a discussion with the director.
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2nd Annual Women’s Poetry Open Mic
Featuring and hosted by Patricia Smith
Date/Time: Friday, November 16 @ 7pm
Place: el Mercado Café in Holyoke, MA
In addition to performing her own explosively brilliant work, Patricia Smith will host a women’s poetry open mic. Bring your poetry!
This dynamic & interactive event is open to the public (men are [...]
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The fall is all about programming at Museums10 . . . and you are invited!
Dates: November 15 and 16
Contact: Tony Maroulis
Project Coordinator
Museums10
Telephone: 413-687-2757
amaroulis@fivecolleges.edu
All events are free and open to the public.
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass.—Museums 10 and Mount Holyoke College present the third weekend of programs for BookMarks: A Celebration of the Art of the Book. [...]
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YOUTH FILM SHOWCASE: CULTURES OF PEACE
Amherst Cinema
Saturday, November 17th @ 11 a.m.
From small gestures of kindness to heroic acts of survival and healing after
the atrocities of war and genocide, this showcase will sample and celebrate
peace-minded short videos by local youth [...]
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