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Theater for the New City to Present KILLIN' REPUBLICANS, A New Rock Opera By Dick D. Zigun

'Killin' Republicans' is a new rock opera by Dick D. Zigun, presented by Theater for the New City. Join the conversation as actress Jodie Foster, a Nigerian Afrobeat star, and her Mississippi oilman husband get drunk on a transatlantic flight. Running from November 30 to December 17 at Theater for the New City. Tickets are available at the box office.
Harvard Square Celebrates Juneteenth​​​​​​​ With Spotlight, Mirror And Book, A Fleeting Art Installation

Juneteenth or Freedom Day, commemorates the end of enslavement for African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade. While the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 publicly declared the end of slavery in the United States, freedom was not fully realized for enslaved people in Texas until June 19th, 1865. 
Harvard Square Stands In Solidarity With Ukraine with Demonstration This Sunday

On Sunday, March 20th at 4:30 p.m., Cambridge artists, Ross Miller and Yolanda He Yang, will wrap the Charles Sumner statue in Harvard Square in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. The statue is located directly across from the First Parish Church at 1446 Massachusetts Avenue.  
Enjoy A Literary Historical Travelogue About Love, Acceptance, And Enduring In The Face Of Adversity

The best kind of historical fiction is the kind that sweeps you up in its story and characters, but teaches you something about the world in the process. Beyond the Heavenly Kingdom, the second novel in The Sino-American Tales trilogy, by Li Bo (April, 2017) is the kind of novel that achieves this in spades.
'Morning Glories' Receives New Marketing Push

While dealing with the death of a close family member, Tracey A. Mash was inspired to write 'Morning Glories' (published by AuthorHouse) in hope of encouraging others that death is not the final chapter for love.
Theater For The New City's NORTHBOUND Tells Story Of Slaves Seeking Freedom

As part of a far-reaching celebration of African-American history month, Theater for the New City Executive Director Crystal Field is presenting Northbound, a play mixing real figures from the era of slavery and emancipation with a fictional story, Feb. 9 to 26.
Theater For The New City's NORTHBOUND Tells Story Of Slaves Seeking Freedom

As part of a far-reaching celebration of African-American history month, Theater for the New City Executive Director Crystal Field is presenting Northbound, a play mixing real figures from the era of slavery and emancipation with a fictional story, Feb. 9 to 26.
Show Me Arts Academy's SPREADING THE LOVE Youth Tour Launches in St. Louis

Show Me Arts Academy presents the SPREADING THE LOVE Youth Tour 2016 with kick-off performances in St. Louis at the Fair St. Louis today, July 2nd, and at the Missouri History Museum on July 6th.
Show Me Arts Academy's SPREADING THE LOVE Youth Tour to Launch in St. Louis

Show Me Arts Academy presents the SPREADING THE LOVE Youth Tour 2016 with kick-off performances in St. Louis at the Fair St. Louis on July 2nd and at the Missouri History Museum on July 6th.
The Gamble House in Pasadena to Celebrate 50th Anniversary as a Museum This Fall

January 14, 2016 marks the 50th Anniversary of the gift of the Gamble House from the Gamble family to the City of Pasadena and the University of Southern California.
TD Bank and First Book Provide Books for Children in Need

CHERRY HILL, N.J., April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank and First Book a nonprofit organization that provides new books to children in underserved communities have partnered to provide children in kindergarten to second grade access to age-appropriate books at home and in their schools through a new program, Banking On Books. First Book works collectively with publishers and schools across the United States to support the 'National Campaign for Grade Level Reading.' TD Bank has committed to supporting this program by providing a $125,000 donation to the nonprofit.
Author Charles F. Sumner Finds Renewed Sense of Faith at Wife's Deathbed

"I saw my life without her as an atonement, and I became the believer I was meant to be. I understood that I was hopeless without Him for my meaning, that unless my existence was linked to her eternity as our salvation, I had no meaning." It is this stark revelation written in Charles F. Sumner's heart-wrenching memoir, "A World of Lost Love" (published by WestBow Press).
Photo Flash: First Look at SAVING LINCOLN, Starring Tom Amandes

SAVING LINCOLN, a new film based on the true story of our 16th President and his bodyguard, has completed production. Directed by Salvador Litvak and starring Tom Amandes, Lea Coco, Penelope Ann Miller, and Bruce Davison, SAVING LINCOLN tells a unique tale in a unique way: using actual Civil War era photographs as locations, the film explores Lincoln's fiery trial as Commander-in-Chief through the eyes of his closest friend and protector - U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon. Get a first look at the film in the stills below!
Ridgefield Theater Barn Hosts THE FABLE OF THE MAN AND THE LION, 1/29

As a combined commemoration of the 150th anniversaries of the Civil War and Black History Month, The Ridgefield Theater Barn is presenting a premier reading of an original play about Frederick Douglass' life and the events related to the abolition of slavery. "The Fable of the Man and the Lion" is a new work by a South Salem playwright, Myles Gansfried, whose plays you may have seen at local theaters.

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Charles Sumner has written 1 shows including The Natural Law (Playwright).

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