Chicago has quietly expanded the surveillance technology’s footprint—but it’s still disproportionately listening to Black and Brown communities. The post ShotSpotter’s deafening impa…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:40PMAs police yesterday yet again applied brute force to the residents of São Paulo's 1,000-strong encampment of addicts, a group of artists is trying something wildly different• Inside Crack…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMDirector Malika Oyetimein is on a mission. She has focused her career in the theater to “Create change. To affect people with my work. To change hearts.” As the Artistic Director…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:18PMHamilton, the new musical by Tony Award Winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights), is gaining new fans everyday, including President Barack Obama. Last week, the President attended a previe…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:45PMPhoto Credit: Lyn Hughes As Broadway prepares for the return of The Color Purple this fall, let’s look back at the history of this incredible American story and its impact over the yea…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:19PMThe trailer for the latest installment of “The Hunger Games” franchise features a familiar face, 2013 Tony Award Winner, Patina Miller (Pippin). Reprising her role from the previ…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 07:39PMTheater magic is being made at The Muny Theater in St. Louis as Tony Award Winner, Heather Headley (Aida), and Drama Desk Award Winner, Ken Page (Guys and Dolls), star in Stephen Sondheim a…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 07:42PMWell children, your prayers have been answered-Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical is coming home to NYC for one night only Friday July 31st!! Created by and starring Broadway’s …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:44PMAnna Deavere Smith is perhaps one of the greatest artists of our time. She has recently created a piece that speaks to one of the greatest issues of our time: the school-to-prison pipeline: …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 06:47PMWe are entering a time where many of this nation’s ills are being brought to the forefront of social consciousness. It seems that every week, we the people are seeing more places where…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:00AM“The language of music is rhythm. Rhythm is the language of life” These are the first words spoken in the brilliant new documentary, Tap World. This film explores the vast and va…
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