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I'm super excited to share that my debut picture book, that I wrote the first week of the pandemic, is being published by an imprint of Random House on October 25! Perfect for all future tigers aged 2-7. Xo
Read MoreHow to Raise an Art Star, a debut novel by Ara Tucker ‘01, is now available on Audible and Amazon Kindle (link to order: amzn.to/3vby1Tt).
Read MoreAaron Landsman has co-authored a book about the performance of democracy, and about how we can engage with communities outside our own in a way that honors difference, adventure, curiosity and creativity. The City We Make Together, published by The University of Iowa Press' Humanities and Public Life series, chronicles the creation and production of a participatory theater work called City Council Meeting in five US cities. It offers approaches to documentary and ethnographic performance-making, stories from the field, and a path toward a curriculum for civic engagement. In this particularly fractured political moment, The City We Make Together holds hope for democracy in local political action.
Read MoreCarla Schwartz's new chapbook of poetry, Signs of Marriage, is now available from Finishing Line Press.
Read MoreThe Youth Performing Arts School (Louisville, KY), a nationally recognized performing arts high school, is searching for a full-time TD/Teacher/Designer. Duties include: teaching core technical classes in Stagecraft, Design, Scenic Painting, and Drafting (Vectorworks); designing and implementing scenery for four major drama, musical, and/or dance productions; organizing and supervising crews of student carpenters; maintaining equipment for two well-equipped theaters, and scene shop.
Read MoreRachel Lyon's sophomore novel FRUIT OF THE DEAD, a contemporary reimagining of the Persephone myth, will be published by Scribner in spring 2024.
Read More"Place of Growth," acoustic quartet Hawktail’s third and most conceptual album, is a journey through the natural world—a journey designed for a single sitting. From the weightless joyride of “Updraft” to the reflective daydreaming of “Shallows,” each track sketches its own scenery.
Read More"Convincing," a poem by Jeanette Beebe '14, was published in the latest issue of Salamander, a print + web literary journal based in Boston. The poem explores what it means to be a journalist. It begins with an expert pigeon trainer who asked whether we can “compare having a poem with having a baby,” inspired by the idea that “a hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg.” Sixth Finch, an online literary journal, also published a poem by Beebe this spring: "Tremolo." There are birds in this poem, too.
Read MoreDo you wish you trained your voice every day, but struggle to show up consistently? IVA Voice Studio is launching a Daily Vocal Warmups service for those who would like to grow their voice in a supportive environment.
Read MoreKelvin Dinkins Jr., Class of 2009, began his appointment as Executive Director at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University on June 1, 2022. Their current production of the musical 1776 will play in New York City at Roundabout Theatre Company in Fall 2022. Dinkins will serve as Executive Director alongside A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus.
Read MoreMy song "If I Didn't Know Better" was awarded $1,500 by the Kurt Weill Foundation and recorded for their Lotte Lenya Competition Songbook, Volume 2.
Check out the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VizKuPbs0Pk.
Read More"Cars on Fire" is the fourth album by Blanker, the solo project of John Norwood (former PUJE guitarist and Upstate Escape frontman). In putting together this latest release, Norwood focused on distilling a wide range of demos written over the past year and a half into seven tracks of alt-rock that are equal parts rowdy and reflective. Given ongoing pandemic restrictions, the album was written, performed, and produced entirely by Norwood from his apartment in Brooklyn. As always, all Blanker projects are available free of charge. Enjoy!
Read MoreI made a painting. "La Moche."
Read MoreIn an essay in the Summer issue of @tricyclemag, Ann Tashi Slater '84 explores Buddhism and desire, Ibsen's "A Doll's House," and selfhood (https://tricycle.org/magazine/buddhism-and-womanhood/).
Read MoreFrom Nan Hu '12, VP - Strategy / Chief of Staff at Marc Jacobs:
Marc Jacobs International, powered by the creative genius of Marc Jacobs, seeks a Temp - Project Coordinator, Temp - Brand Marketing Manager, and Temp - Copywriter to join the Global Brand Marketing team based in its New York City (SoHo) headquarters. Marc Jacobs International is part of the Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) fashion division and operates in the wholesale and direct to consumer retail markets.
Check out the job postings below for more information:
Read MoreI forgot to tell you all about my first book. It is a 30 day devotional of poems.
Read MoreEmbers on the Wind, debut novel by Lisa Williamson Rosenberg, '89, will be released on August 1, 2022.
Read More"Delivering Views" is a series published by Phaneromenis70, a non-profit cultural center in Nicosia, that collects artistic impressions of Cyprus from outsiders to the island, so as to facilitate the exchange of perspectives on the island's unique cultural and geopolitical situations. In the publication "Delivering Views #29: Trio," three American Fulbright fellows in Cyprus present their creative work inspired by Cyprus in three different genres: poems by janan alexandra, 35 mm film photographs by Caroline Sager, and a short story by Harrison Blackman '17, the last presented in English and in Greek translation.
Read MoreAnne A. Cheng, Professor of English and Class of '85, lectures on Asiatic femininity and anthropomorphic objects for the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis.
Read MoreThe award-winning documentary, Making Sweet Tea, co-directed by Nora Gross '08 is now available for streaming everywhere. Find all streaming options at www.makingsweettea.com. Making Sweet Tea chronicles the journey of southern-born, black gay researcher and performer E. Patrick Johnson as he travels home to North Carolina to come to terms with his past, and to Georgia, New Orleans, and Washington, D.C. to reconnect with several black gay men he interviewed for his book, Sweet Tea.
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