Monthly Archives: February 2015

I Survived the Measles

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements I had the measles. More than once. It comes in varieties, german measles, red measles, and I suppose plain old regular measles.  I caught the measles at school and I brought them home to infect the rest of us. … Continue reading →

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Flowers for the Trashman, Director’s Notes

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

“The average child can tell you more about his favorite artist than he can his own family. The everyday adult knows how to talk at children but spends little time talking to them as equal humans with viable information about themselves and their environment to offer. We are alone, traveling together on a blue ball spinning in space, more connected than ever before, and yet we are alone, isolated in our individual stories of self…” Continue reading →

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Phylicia Rashad Talks August Wilson Ahead of PBS Special

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements August Wilson, the greatest American playwright living or dead, is the subject of a PBS American Masters program on February 20. Learn more about this American genius and why I would donate 5 years of my artistic career to … Continue reading →

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The Parable of Teaspoons & Bulldozers

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

“With my teaspoon and determination I have found my way to the path my great grandparents cleared for me. I proudly embrace my lineage and overstand the instructions that came with my teaspoon. I have decided to be a hero. I will widen the path. I will leave signs. I will till the dirt my family tree grows in with my teaspoon. ” Continue reading →

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Remember Attica

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements Attica in 71 a hole in the fabric of humanity. But strong truths hang in threads of determination woven like papyrus scribed on in the blood of 39 victims of Amerikka. The truth lived left to starve and die … Continue reading →

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