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Irna Landrum: Black, Queer, Lefty Reclaims Nature, God, and Politics.

In New Orleans, I lived about a mile and a half from the Mississippi River. I’d hear the train at night. Across the tracks was an itty bitty farm with a couple cows, chickens and goats, where my daddy used to get our eggs. Beyond the farm was a winding road and a green hill. Beyond the hill was a levee and the river. 

In Minneapolis I ride my bike to the Mississippi all the time. I’ve…

August Nimtz: Geography of a Black Communist.

  Contingency and geography. If I had been hired at the University of Chicago — my dream job — I would probably have ended up in the Communist Party. That’s where the CP was strong in the Black community. Angela Davis was a hero to our generation and organizing around her case was the focus of work in Chicago in 1971. But I ended up in Minneapolis…

Photo by Eric Mueller

My father grew up…

Marcie Renden: Writing Indigenous Lives.

We are more resilient than we are traumatized. Art keeps us thriving, not just surviving. I try to make room for other Native artists. Every time someone steps forward, it makes room for others to step forward.

Photo: Eric Mueller

I grew up in the Red River Valley. I had a fine childhood until I was six. There were struggles–we were extremely poor–but I was happy.  I was with my family.…

by Oscar Wilde

Hawthorne Valley School‘s twelfth grade is busy in rehearsals for a play often celebrated as “the wittiest play in the English language.”  This “serious comedy for trivial people” is a side-splitting send-up of the social conventions of late Victorian London.  Come and enjoy what the seniors have done with Wilde’s high farce and witty dialogue! There will be some new songs by Eric Mueller too! Some roles are triple-cast, so feel welcome to come often!

The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde

 June 1-3, 2017 at 7:30pm 

at the Hawthorne Valley School Hall

Reservations: 518-672-7092 x 100

Tickets: $12 / $6  

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