Month: October 2018

  • Month: October 2018
October 17, 2018 | Events, Theatre, Race and Equity,

Arts Activism in America: Igniting Change

  This past weekend, ArtsEmerson was honored to be a part of the 10th Annual Boston Book Festival! Beyond interacting with our community and meeting so many of you, we...

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October 12, 2018 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

A PECULIAR LOVE STORY BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DAVID DOWER

  In interviews, Liza Jessie Peterson often talks about The Peculiar Patriot as a love story. Her heroine, she points out, was modeled on the people she would see waiting...

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October 11, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity,

The Peculiar Patriot: An Extended Reading Guide

Not only is Liza Jessie Peterson a remarkable playwright, performer, and activist, but she is also an accomplished author in the genres of spoken word poetry and non-fiction. Peterson published...

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October 10, 2018 | Events,

Don’t Miss The Lukas Book Awards’ 20th Anniversary Celebration

Join us for a lively discussion of how books that explore pressing social and political issues spark dialogue and affect perceptions. The Nieman Foundation, Columbia University’s Journalism School, ArtsEmerson, and...

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October 10, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity,

Measure for Measure and #MeToo

Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure is an unexpectedly modern play. Though it was written in the 17th century, each time it resurfaces it brings along a modern context. Struggling against the...

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October 5, 2018 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

My False, Your True by Artistic Director David Dower

  “Who will believe thee, Isabel? My unsoiled name, the austereness of my life, My vouch against you and my place i’ the state, Will so your accusation overweigh That...

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October 4, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity,

Mass Incarceration In Massachusetts

The United States is the world’s leader in incarceration, with more than 2.2 million people in the nation’s prisons and jails–that’s 716 out of every 100,000 citizens behind bars. In...

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October 2, 2018 | Theatre,

Everyday Quotes from Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare is one of the most prolific playwrights of all time but did you also know he is the inventor of many English words and sayings we still use...

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