Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, Shara McCallum is the author of three collections of poetry, This Strange Land(Alice James Books, April 2011), Song of Thieves (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003), and The Water Between Us (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999).
A defining figure in American Dance, Paul Taylor formed Taylor 2, a company of six dancers who bring the choreographer’s masterworks to venues around the world.
Nick Flynn is the author of two memoirs, The Ticking is the Bomb: A Memoir of Bewilderment (Norton, 2010) and Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (Norton, 2004), which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir and has been translated into 13 languages.
45 exquisite paintings by famed 19th century marine artists such as James Butterworth, Antonio Jacobsen, James Bard, Francis Silva, E.T. Baker, William Yorke, and others.
For more than two decades, Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have presented some of their best music in front of cheering crowds – sometimes in the cramped confines of a small club, sometimes in a vast arena packed with thousands.
Moving from the city to a new house in the country can be tough. Just ask Henry, who can’t find a playmate in his new neighborhood! Luckily, he’s got Mudge, a great big, 182-pound canine buddy, with whom he can share all kinds of adventures!
Jody Joseph transforms herself physically and vocally in this live nostalgic show as the mystical, ethereal Stevie Nicks and the rebellious hard rocker Janis Joplin.
Civil War Voices tells the compelling and passionate true stories of five individuals who lived through the conflict; using the actual words the characters left behind in diaries, letters, and other writings.
Since their arrival on the music scene in 1993 in a legendary residency at Los Angeles’ Brown Derby nightclub, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s irresistible live show and aggressive, musically perceptive approach has proven them over time to be the singular standout among the numerous bands that launched the Nineties swing revival.
Dancer/choreographer Brooke Broussard and video artist Benton-C Bainbridge will present a lecture demonstration with a live dancing element.
