Sunday, November 06, 2022

Worth a Look

Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Q&A with New Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Leader Kendra Whitlock Ingram

onStage Pittsburgh: Kendra Whitlock Ingram wasn’t looking to leave her post as head of the Marcus Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee after three years on the job. But the allure of Pittsburgh was too much to pass up. The new president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust – effective Feb. 1, 2023 – was on a Zoom call Tuesday, a little more than an hour after her appointment was announced.

Coming Out of the Shadow of Colonialism, Hula Today is Experiencing a Renaissance

Dance Magazine: In a flowing blue-green gown, her arms bare, her long hair swept up elegantly and encircled with blossoms, Kayli Ka‘iulani Carr confidently took the stage at the 2016 Miss Aloha Hula contest in Hilo, Hawai‘i. This was the modern portion of a high-pressure contest, and she danced to the aching melody of “Ka Makani Ka‘ili Aloha,” which tells a story of a heartbroken lover who summons a magical, “love-snatching” wind to recapture the heart of his beloved. Carr dazzled the judges, the audience and the social media world.

Glimpses of Life with the Sea Clown Sailing Circus Troupe

The New York Times: They arrive from the port with their colorful clothes and their well-worn musical instruments, parading through the village and performing at the various squares. Islanders view them with a mix of awe and wonder. At times they look like superheroes, moving together to the rhythm of the music, conjuring tricks like magicians.

On Holy Ground: The National Black Theatre Festival

AMERICAN THEATRE: Ben Vereen sat across from us one August morning at breakfast in the Winston-Salem Marriott, enthusing about his first visit to the National Black Theatre Festival in North Carolina; the previous he night he had been given the festival’s Sidney Poitier Award. “I was so touched,” he said. “When my buddy Stokes started reading the introduction, I thought he was talking about someone else.

Blow, Winds: Florida Theatres After Hurricane Ian

AMERICAN THEATRE: The last weekend in September, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill opened in the black box space inside Florida Repertory Theatre’s 100-year-old home in Fort Myers, despite warnings of a hurricane headed further up the west coast toward Tampa. Ninety-six hours, a sudden right turn in Ian’s path, 115 mph winds and 6 to 28 feet of storm surge later, the show did not go on.

 

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