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Category: International
Play produced by Jessica Dermody’s Working Artist Theater Project coming Aug. 17th
- By Melanie Breault
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OUR UPCOMING GUEST, Jessica Dermody, is directing and producing with her company, Working Artists Theatre Project, a new play rooted in the Armenian Genocide of 1915 traveling through subsequent events to present day. It is a beautiful new work…
Pakistani women come to LA for “Consciousness Raising” trip
- By Melanie Breault
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EIGHT ISLAMIC FEMALE students are in Los Angeles to attend “Consciousness Raising of Pakistani Women on Contemporary Academic and Social Issues 2016.” The trip, funded by the U.S. State Department, involves panel discussions on a range of topics, including media images of women, fashion, creating green urban…
Priscilla Anany, Ghanian Filmmaker
Priscilla Anany hit the big time - the first time. Her feature, "childreN of the mountaiN," premiered at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. It's the first time a Ghanian film debuted at the prestigious New York event. By the way, she won the Best New Narrative Director Award. Priscilla, who came to the States in 2003, earned a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina and a Master's in Corporate Communications from NYU. She divides her time between New York and Ghana where she runs i60Productions, the film company she founded in 2011. There's plenty to talk about - so sit back and tune in.
‘The Beekeeper’s Daughter’ is coming to the Theatre for the New City
- By Melanie Breault
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THE AUTHOR OF 17 plays, Karen Malpede, sat down with American Theatre to talk about the remounting of her play, “The Beekeeper’s Daughter.” It tells the story of a pregnant Muslim refugee who is embraced by…
This Week is the Women Deliver’s 4th Global Conference
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THE WOMEN DELIVER’S 4th Global Conference is the largest gathering working toward and supporting girls’ and women’s health and rights in the last decade. It is also one of the first global conferences following the announcement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals…