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Chaucer with a Hip Hop Beat
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
by Lauren Cooper on Playing Around
The Canterbury Tales Remixed, written and performed by Baba Brinkman, a Canadian actor and rap artist, features music and turn-tablism by Mr. Simmonds, a native
Lysistrata Jones Is Nothing To Cheer About
Monday, December 19th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
There’s a great line in Lysistrata Jones which pretty much sums up my feelings about this show: “Why would I actually give up something I
The Soulful Side of House Music Captured on Film
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011
by Gina Tron on Playing Around
Last Saturday was the debut screening of the much-anticipated The Soulful Sounds of the Underground, a documentary film about House Music and the people and
Platinum—Behind the Glamorous Lives Of Hip Hop’s Elite
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
By Lauren Rhodes Much has been written about Aliya S. King’s bestselling book Platinum. The novel is loosely based on King’s 2006 article, “Behind Closed
The Bomb-itty of Errors
Monday, July 19th, 2010
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around
I’m not sure what Shakespeare would have originally thought when told that The Comedy of Errors would be presented with a hip/hop, swinging, goofy kind
Woman Around Town: Alison Li—Multimedia Tornado
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
by Jan Clarke on Woman Around Town
Alison Li is an amazing up and coming multimedia producer who is taking the film-making scene by storm. Her work includes Safe Guarded, described as
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