Harrison Blackman '17 publishes short story "Falling" in 'Tales from the Deep' anthology from Flying Ketchup Press

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Harrison Blackman '17 publishes short story "Falling" in 'Tales from the Deep' anthology from Flying Ketchup Press

Ready for some architectural horror? Harrison Blackman '17's short story "Falling," a fabulist retelling of Frank Lloyd Wright's construction of Fallingwater, reimagines the creation of America's greatest architectural masterpiece as a haunted house story. The story is one of many speculative fiction pieces featured in the 2022 anthology 'Tales from the Deep' from Flying Ketchup Press in Kansas City, Missouri. The book features illustrations from KC-based artist Alex Eickhoff. Purchase the book today on Amazon in paperback or ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1970151277.

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Katy Pinke - Solo Tour Across Europe

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Katy Pinke - Solo Tour Across Europe

Katy Pinke '10, multidisciplinary artist and singer-songwriter, is going on a solo tour across Europe with her music, on the heels of opening for Indigo Sparke (Sacred Bones) at Public Records, NY. She's then going to the studio to record her first full-length album. Tour dates can be found on her Instagram profile. She is holding studio visits for sales of her visual art work to support the tour, and she has also started an indiegogo page to fund the tour and recording: https://igg.me/at/katypinkesolo/x/13108349#/ . To see more of her artwork and learn about her practice, visit www.katy-pinke.com.

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Listen To The Land

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Listen To The Land

4-song EP of my country songs (music & lyrics):'Listen To The Land" (solo and duet) and "Second Chances" (contemporary solo) and "Second Chances (traditional duet). Available on most music streaming devices: Spotify, Pandora, iTunes, Amazon Music, etc. Recorded at Stormy Cooper Media, Houston TX and featuring Tiffany Baumann and Shay Domann.

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Watch the Short Film "Run"

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Watch the Short Film "Run"

The short film was directed by Camille Natta, who came to prominence in the French film industry before moving to Hollywood. This is Natta’s directorial debut as a solo director on a music video, having previously collaborated with French director Erick Zonca on the Golden Bear nominated feature film “Julia” starring Tilda Swinton.

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IVA Releases New Music

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IVA Releases New Music

On September 16th, IVA released her new record “Nobody’s Woman.” The single, “Run”, is already making a breakthrough on Spotify at 63k streams and up to 10k monthly listeners. The four-song EP features IVA’s solo songwriting as well as a co-write with Nashville luminary Kim Richey. "Run" has already garnered stunning reviews with its streaming release. The record was produced at Philadelphia’s legendary Turtle Studios by Ross Bellenoit and features IVA’s band The New Young.

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New Leadership/Faculty at Lewis Center for the Arts

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New Leadership/Faculty at Lewis Center for the Arts

Professor of Dance Judith Hamera is the new Chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts, Professor of Creative Writing Yiyun Li is the new Director of the Program in Creative Writing, and noted Black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art Tina Campt has joined the Princeton faculty as the new Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor in a joint appointment in the Lewis Center’s Program in Visual Arts and the Department of Art & Archaeology.

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Center for Performing Arts, Education, and Social Justice in San Rafael, California

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Center for Performing Arts, Education, and Social Justice in San Rafael, California

Marin Shakespeare Company, co-founded by Lesley Schisgall Currier '84, is nearing completion of a new 15,000 square foot Center for Performing Arts, Education, and Justice in San Rafael, which will house a 165-seat year-round theatre, Lobby/Cabaret space, Classrooms, Administrative Offices, and Costume/Prop/Set storage.

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Site Accessibility Services for Artists and Arts Orgs

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Site Accessibility Services for Artists and Arts Orgs

Pilar Castro Kiltz ’10 and Calvin Van Zytveld ’19 of More Canvas Consulting are expanding their services in digital accessibility to include packages designed specifically for artists. These packages are ideal for those who are interested in making most or all of the changes themselves once they have received clear instructions. For those who would rather not have to make these changes themselves, alternatives are available. Accommodating the needs of those with impairments and disabilities is a crucial responsibility for anyone who has a website.

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The City We Make Together Arrives August 16!

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The City We Make Together Arrives August 16!

Aaron 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.

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Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville KY is hiring!

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Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville KY is hiring!

The 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.

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Salamander and Sixth Finch Publish Poems by Jeanette Beebe '14 That Explore Journalism and ... Birds

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Salamander and Sixth Finch Publish Poems by Jeanette Beebe '14 That Explore Journalism and ... Birds

"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.

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Kelvin Dinkins Jr. '09 Begins Appointment as Executive Director at American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) at Harvard University

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Kelvin Dinkins Jr. '09 Begins Appointment as Executive Director at American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) at Harvard University

Kelvin 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.

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