Rebecca Davis will be performing Saturday, January 30th in Shafer Auditorium. From the news blurb:
“Darfur” is based on The Devil Came on Horseback, an Emmy-nominated documentary film. T-shirts will be sold after the performance to benefit Global Grassroots, a charity that provides education to women in southern Sudan.
She is also giving a workshop on Friday from 3-5 PM titled Creative Process and Social Change.
Related, seen on Inside Allegheny:
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies Vika Gardner will present a lecture, “A History of Islam in America: Black Americans and Islam,” at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27 in Campus Center 301/302 as part of the Allegheny Faculty Lecture Series. Gardner will examine the varieties of Islam practiced in 18th- and 19th-century African-American communities. She also will discuss some of the ways that local adaptations of Islam among black Americans in the past century have created spiritual zones of empowerment for those Muslims. All are invited and welcome. Refreshments will be served.
The events I've pointed to here are in the "FYI" category: I thought you might be interested in either the talk and/or the dance performance. Both should be good.
I was very glad to see so many of you last night at the show, and I look forward to class tomorrow.
