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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute At Ringling College to Present LISTENING TO WOMEN Series

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ringling College will present 'Listening to Women,' a six-session series celebrating women who have reshaped industries and made a difference in today's communities.
Choral Artists Receives Grant From Community Foundation Of Sarasota County For Upcoming THE CHILDREN'S MARCH

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County recently granted $15,000, from the Martha Leiter and Nancy Streetman Fund II, to Choral Artists of Sarasota to help fund its March 2023 concert of “The Children's March,” a dramatic work that uses song and narration to tell the story of a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights era.
Ring In The Holidays With Choral Artists Of Sarasota's PEACE O EARTH, December 11

Choral Artists of Sarasota's 44th season, entitled “United in Song,” continues with “Peace on Earth,” Sunday, December 11, 7 p.m., at Church of the Redeemer, 222 S. Palm Avenue, Sarasota.
The Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company Unveils A PORTRAIT OF GEORGE TAKEI

Today, the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company unveils its newest piece, “A Portrait of George Takei.” The 5-minute performance is the latest from the Company's year-long video series paying tribute to the social justice icons from the National Portrait Gallery's on-going exhibit, “Struggle for Justice.” As the first-ever dance company in residence at the Smithsonian Institution, the Company is committed to gracefully magnifying still works into powerful interpretations of the very real struggles these heroes faced.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Awards Scholarships

This year's recipients and their respective benefactors are: Todd Bellamy II, Alan P. Kurland Artist Development Scholarship; Charlotte Corporan, Dr. Jody Beresford & Dr. Robert Mayer Artist Development Scholarship; Ariana Fitzgerald, Marie McKee & Robert Cole Artist Development Scholarship; Amaya Glover, Shelley & Sy Goldblatt Artist Development Scholarship; Tay Marquise, Jack & Priscilla Schlegel Artist Development Scholarship; Astrid Victoria McIntyre, Kitty & John Cranor Artist Development Scholarship; Maicy Powell, Marian Moss Artist Development Scholarship; and Aleah Williams, Charlayne Hunter-Gault Artist Development Scholarship.
WBTT Presents VIRTUAL VOICES Program, 'Telling Our Stories In The Black Theatre'

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will reinvigorate its WBTT Voices program with a special offering, “Telling Our Stories in the Black Theatre,” on May 4.
Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative Presents 'Diversity, Equity & Inclusion In The Visual Arts'

The Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative, a nonprofit organization that promotes using the unifying power of the arts to nurture inclusion and diversity across the regional arts and cultural landscape, presents 'Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Visual Arts,” part of its free Arts & Racial Justice Panel series, Monday, January 25, 5-6:30 p.m., via the Zoom webinar platform.
FST Announces Featured Guests For Women's Suffrage Centennial Celebration Taking Place August 20

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announces the lineup for its virtual event on August 20, 2020, celebrating the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. Award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault, City of Sarasota Mayor Jen Ahearn-Koch, and Suffragist Project Director Kate Alexander will each speak at the theatre's special online celebration, along with a slate of talented artists.
George Takei Will Be Honored By International Festival Of Arts and Ideas

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present its 10th Annual Visionary Leadership Award to actor and activist George Takei at an Award Luncheon and Ceremony on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale (155 Temple Street).
Rosanne Cash To Receive Visionary Leadership Award Today

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present its 9thAnnual Visionary Leadership Award to activist, author, and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, Rosanne Cash, at an Award Luncheon and Ceremony on February 26, 2019, at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale (155 Temple Street).
Rosanne Cash To Receive Visionary Leadership Award February 26

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present its 9thAnnual Visionary Leadership Award to activist, author, and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, Rosanne Cash, at an Award Luncheon and Ceremony on February 26, 2019, at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale (155 Temple Street).
Claudia Rankine To Receive 8th Annual Visionary Leadership Award

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present its 8th Annual Visionary Leadership Award to celebrated poet Claudia Rankine, recipient of a 2016 MacArthur Foundation Genius Fellowship, at an Award Luncheon and Ceremony on Thursday, March 8 at 12:00 PM at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale (155 Temple Street).
Anna Deavere Smith Receives George Polk Award for Journalistic Work in NOTES FROM THE FIELD and More

Long Island University (LIU) has announced the winners of the 68th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism, continuing the University's longstanding tradition of honoring and celebrating the impact of courageous and authentic journalism on our national and global discourse.
Majora Carter to Receive Arts & Ideas' 7th Annual Visionary Leadership Award

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present its 7th Annual Visionary Leadership Award to Majora Carter, noted revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, at an Award Luncheon and Ceremony today, January 25 at 12:00 PM at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale (155 Temple Street).
Majora Carter to Receive Arts & Ideas' 7th Annual Visionary Leadership Award

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present its 7th Annual Visionary Leadership Award to Majora Carter, noted revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, at an Award Luncheon and Ceremony on Wednesday, January 25 at 12:00 PM at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale (155 Temple Street).
Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s PBS Documentary Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise to Premiere Today

At an evening reception and screening hosted by the Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation at the Times Center in Midtown Manhattan last night, major civic and civil rights figures celebrated the newest PBS series by Emmy and Peabody-award winning Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON to Host Post-Show Scholars Panel at New Federal Theatre

On Sunday, October 30, immediately after the 2:30 PM matinee performance of 'Zora Neale Hurston, a theatrical biography' by Laurence Holder, New Federal Theatre will have a scholars' panel on this 'queen of the Harlem Renaissance,' who was a prolific novelist, playwright and journalist of the 1920s and 30s.
Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s PBS Documentary Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise to Premiere 11/15

At an evening reception and screening hosted by the Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation at the Times Center in Midtown Manhattan last night, major civic and civil rights figures celebrated the newest PBS series by Emmy and Peabody-award winning Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise.
Late ESPN Anchor Stuart Scott to Receive 2015 Mickey Leland Humanitarian Achievement Award

The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) has named the late ESPN anchor, Stuart Scott,the recipient of the2015 Mickey Leland Humanitarian Achievement Award.
WOMEN'S MEDIA CENTER LIVE WITH ROBIN MORGAN Syndicated Around the World with AirPlay Direct

The third season of 'Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan', which debuted last Saturday, Sept. 6, announces its new syndication partnership with AirPlay Direct, which is now distributing the weekly radio show to over 9,000 broadcasters and radio members around the world.

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