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Archive for August, 2008

I’m facilitating a Master Class in Cali

I am facilitating a Fall Course:
ID 195 Internship in Feminist Activism (1/2 credit) Scripps College
You do not have to be a student at Scripps College to participate.
THE CLASS IS FULL. MORE INFORMATION

This Is My Ticket

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Watch Barack Obama’s full historic speech at the 2008 DNC
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Michelle Obama ROCKED her speech at the DNC Watch It

Hush na

CONGRATULATIONS TO STAMP LAB FOR WINNING THE ARTSPARK COMPETITION IN THEATRE FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE OF HUSH (Austin, TX 8/2008)

The ArtSpark Festival is sponsored by the HBMG Foundation.Woo-Hoo!
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Stamp Lab is: Florinda Bryant, Cheryl Coward, Ana-Maurine Lara and k. terumi shorb. Stamp Lab Affiliated Artists for ‘Hush’ are: Ashleigh N. Stone, Stacie Engeling, Dino Foxx, Sean Medley, David Ohlerking, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Melissa Recalde, David Whitbeck and Jason Wilkinson.
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Here is the Stamp Lab HUSH Crew with their winning $7,000 check: Ashleigh Stone, Melissa Recalde, Wura Ogunji, Ana Lara, Cheryl Coward, Sean Medley, Wesley Bryant, Florinda Bryant (not pictured:kt shorb, Dino Foxx, Stacie Engeling)
For more inforamtion go to: stamplab.org

Naked Stages

I’m just back from a fabulous few days of Inspiration/hard work and fun working with the Naked Stages Series in Minneapolis, MN curated by the one and only Laurie Carlos assisted by Molly Van Avery.

May Lee Yang, Beverly Cottman, Juma B Essie and Byrd Shuler have been working with Naked Stages since January 2008. They are each creating a new work which will show in October 2008 at Intermedia Arts. I was invited in to do a workshop intensive/and I was able to be present for a non-public showing that they did for each other and their directors. THEY ARE OFF DA CHAIN!!

I ate WELL!! Felt Loved and beautifully cared for. And I got to ride in da car with my big sista Laurie. Kim Thompson drove us around town in her fly vehicle.

And I got to hang out with phenomenal actor Sonja Parks (former root wy’mn company member)
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Bernie Mac

Bless him on his Journey..

Bernie Mac died at age 50

dandi in NYC

Check out these photos by Sabelo Narasimhan from the delta dandi staged reading
that Freedom Train Productions produced 8/6 & 8/7 2008…

I am extremely Grateful to the cast: *Maisha Azadi, Courtney D. Ellis, *Denise Lock, and Andre St Clair Thompson/to the Freedom Train family/to the community that supported - nurtured - and showed up for us!! I learned so much - about how to move the Work forward/about Joy and community….THANK YOU EVERYBODY!! Next up on da Train: Harrison David Rivers & Aurin Squire’s…For info go to: freedomtrainproductions.org
*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

P.S. Did you see all those supastars in the audience?
P.S.S. Austin, TX was representn in da house ya’ll.