1 August, 2015

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Billie Holiday: The Centennial Collection Frantz Fanon: The Wretched of the Earth

“If the audience members didn’t laugh, it wasn’t funny. If they didn’t gasp, it wasn’t surprising. If they did not sit forward in their seats, it wasn’t suspenseful.”
–David Mamet

18 July, 2015

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London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir,  Walter Süsskind Conductor: Handel's Messiah Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita

“Thoughts that think in straight lines cannot see round corners …”
–Dr. Samuel Ravengai, a friend and colleague in the theatre department

11 July, 2015

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Various Artists: Negro Prison Camp Worksongs Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom and Presley Chweneyagae: Relativity

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”
— Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain

27 June, 2015

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J.B. Lenoir: Alabama Blues! Charlotte Gordon: Romantic Outlaws

“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”  
–Rumi

20 June, 2015

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Omi: Cheerleader Credo Mutwa: Indaba, My Children

“If you catch me dreaming, please don’t wake me ’til I”m done . . .“
–Anthony Hamilton, Pass Me Over

13 June, 2015

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Ali Akbar Khan & Asha Bhosle: Legacy Donna Haraway: Simians, Cyborgs, and Women

“Birthdays was the worst days, now we sip champagne when we thirsty.”
–Notorious Big, Juicy