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December 5, 2020

Jennifer Katona, Ph.D. Open a New Window Weaving Arts Education in Today’s Classrooms

How do I make sure every kid gets that kind of emotional connection to their education? The Arts are how you do that. I am passionate about working with schools…

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November 19, 2020

Gianmarco Soresi, Stand-Up Comedian: Healing Through Humor

Lindsay-Elizabeth Hand, and directed by three-time Emmy Award-winning photojournalist

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October 1, 2020

Iman Aoun: Breaking Down Walls &Cultivating Hope Through Theatre

For over thirty-five years, Iman Aoun, a theatre-maker from Palestine has dedicated herself to advancing her mission of “breaking down walls” that exist as both physical and psychological phenomena by…

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September 16, 2020

Bunny Yan: Fashion Edutainer

With fashion being the 2nd biggest polluter, we need to consumeand produce smarter. Guess what? The solutions exist, now we needto implement! Through this series, I want to show the…

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July 14, 2020

Maggie Stern: Sock Art Celebrates the “Sole” of America

My socks celebrate women who have changed the world for the better and never gave up fighting for what they believed in: justice, honor, the right to vote, equal rights.…

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June 24, 2020

Valerie David: The Pink Hulk, a One-Woman Warrior’s survival story from cancer

Put on your Super Hero Cape when you listen to Valerie David’s podcast: The Pink Hulk, a One-Woman Warrior’s survival story from cancer. But her show is NOT just…

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June 3, 2020

Aizzah Fatima airing her “Dirty Paki Lingerie”

So, what’s a young Muslim woman born in Saudi Arabia, raised as a US citizen in Mississippi, only to defy all the odds by moving to NYC to become…

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April 17, 2020

Coping with Covid-19: Just Get Messy!

An interview with children’s author Rita Meade The impact of reading out loud books to kids is transformative in so many different ways. Children respond differently to the “messy message”…

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April 15, 2020

COVID19 Can’t Stop The Arts!

Gary Morgenstein's A TOMATO CAN'T GROW IN THE BRONX Tweet

February 13, 2020

Alexa: Play First Online!

First Online With Fran's podcast

October 28, 2019

Raising awareness of our civic responsibility: KILL SWITCH

September 25, 2019

All About Image/We Are The Elite

July 25, 2019

The LPTW Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award

At a time when international diplomacy is challenged, we are proud of the role that artists play as cultural diplomats and the creative, educational, non-political dialogue that is engendered through…

April 10, 2019

It’s All A Game: an interview with Erin Cronican, Executive Artistic Director, The Seeing Place Theater

The take away for audiences who come to see The Maids is to “make people stop and think about how they treat people, particularly people who are in service; that…

January 28, 2019

OLD RINGERS: a new comedy by Joe Simonelli

February 1 ~ 23 Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm Sunday February 10th & 17th at 2pm

October 15, 2018

JAC ANNOUNCED IT IS PUBLISHING MARCINA ZACCARIA’S VILLAGE, MY HOME

In a chaotic business world, do we know the difference between astrophysics and Buddha? Can it all be solved with yoga? Featuring characters at various points of their lives, Village, My…

July 20, 2018

Ripple Effect Artists: Guarding the Bridge

July 18, 2018 was Nelson Mandela International Day: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Change your perspective. Visit those dark spaces. Shed…

April 2, 2018

Marsha Mason Joins THE TRAUMA BRAIN PROJECT

Post-Performance Discussion With: PURCHASE TICKETS Produced by:Pat Addiss, ExecutiveKatherine ElliotShannon Lower With the Generous Support of:Cathy Russell — The Theater CenterEllen Stone Belic