When do you feel bold with indira and lakethia youtube. Indira etwaroo is the executive director of the billie holiday theatre in brooklyn. Thats the question indira etwaroo hears these days walking down the street in bedfordstuyvesant, brooklyn. In her artsoriented career, she also was executive producer and director of a national public radio project called npr presents. A book club of extraordinary women, wine and music. In this time we seek to tackle issues specific to black women in the performing arts, to shed light on the shared struggle, and leverage our power for the betterment of our community. The newly renovated theatre at restorationart has launched its new season with the colman domingo play dot wbgos news director doug doyle sat down with dr. One of the best books i found in this regard was the comprehensive biography of indira gandhi written by katherine frank titled indira. Etwaroo is executive director of the center for arts and culture at bedford stuyvesant restoration in brooklyn, n. Etwaroo attended temple university in philadelphia, pennsylvania to receive her masters in dance education. Prnewswireusnewswire npr and wwno announce the world premiere of npr presents water saturday, october 25, 2014 at 8. Indira etwaroo leads the billie holiday theatre to new heights.
Executive director of the billie holiday theatre dr. Tulane university new orleans premiere features alumnas. African dance and diaspora communities kariamu welsh, esailama diouf and yvonne daniel. New york public radio to record august wilsons plays. A walk into slavery is a multimedia meditation about reconnecting with ones ancestor and redefining ones purpose. The strike provoked prime minister indira gandhi to call a threeyear emergency.
Indira etwaroo, producer, scholar and nonprofit arts leader, has worked with institutions and artists across the country and the world. For the decades it was under the extraordinarily capable leadership. Advocate photo by steven forster npr presents water executive producer and director of npr presents indira etwaroo, director kenny leon, tony awardwinner anika noni rose. Etwaroo recently at the billie holiday theatre to talk about her amazing career as a producer, educator, artist and scholar. An activist scholar, her latest book, black womens mental health. Tulane university new orleans premiere features alumnas story. Indira etwaroo and playwright and actress lekethia dalcoe discuss everything from what makes them. Indira etwaroo, executive director, restorationart at. Hampton dorothy rose etwaroo went to be with the lord tuesday, aug. Indiras passion is exploring the complex intersections between community, performing arts and the topicsofourtime, leading to models of diverse artistic excellence and sustainability in. Indira gandhi left behind her a lasting political legacy and her family became one of the most prominent political names in india. Prior to npr presents, etwaroo was executive director of the greene. For technical questions or comments about wprs website, streaming or other digital media products, please use our website feedback form. Sep, 2018 joining deborah plant in the discussion will be dr.
Riveting is probably too generous a word, but it is certainly a pageturner. Indira etwaroo joined new york public radio nypr in september 2006, and worked there. Indira gandhi was the only child of indias first prime minister, jawaharlal nehru. List of books and articles about indira gandhi online. Npr doesnt have commercial budgets, but it doesnt hinder us from creating something very special and, i think, important. Founding executive producer and director, npr presents. Etwaroo joined npr in 20 as founding executive producer and. Brenda greene will explore hurstons influence on black culture and discuss her book barracoon.
She had been the founding executive producer of npr presents, and. While to get the thorough clearity about her personal life one can read a book on feroze gandhi too. Nov 30, 2018 indira lakshmanan is the newmark chair in journalism ethics for the poynter institute for media studies and a correspondent for the boston globe. Playwright august wilson in another league pulitzer prizewinning playwright august wilson was best known for a series of 10 plays one for every decade. Jun 27, 2015 but the books focus on personal history gives it unusual power.
Classics label 3% pledge donations, the single largest source in were uniquely situating feat, cracker 1 year, including a streamed online. The estate of the playwright august wilson has, for the first time, granted the rights to record all 10 of his plays about africanamerican life in the 20th century to new york public radios jerome l. Black theater reparations billie holiday theatre new windows festival dr. This is not a political biography, but indira s life was part of the unfolding history of india, intricately woven with indias past and future. We want to take a 360 look at how protest in fact can be a conduit for affirming human dignity, said indira etwaroo, executive director of the center for arts and culture at restoration. Oct 21, 2014 it is fitting that the premiere of the show will be held at the historic saenger theatre, which reopened after its own dramatic water story posthurricane katrina, said indira etwaroo, executive producer and director of npr presents. Indira etwaroo, producer, educator, scholar and nonprofit arts leader, has worked with leading cultural institutions including bam, new york public radio, and npr. Get a sneak peek of the annual members conference of the association of performing arts presenters. Indira etwaroo became executive director of the bedfordstuyvesant restoration corporation and the billie holiday theatre, which is part of the organization and was founded in 1972 as a destination and breeding ground for black artists. Hughey has been arranged for a theatrical production, 12 angry men. Kariamu welsh is a professor emerita of dance at temple university. The popularity and profile of african dance have exploded across the african diaspora in the last fifty years. All of indiras men and women lifestyle news,the indian express. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover indira.
New orleans premiere features alumnas story october 21, 2014 8. When indira gandhi was brutally assassinated in 1984, she had lived through indias tortured liberation from the british empire, the bloody era of partition and the monumental difficulties associated with creating and sustaining the worlds largest and most troubled democratic nation. Join your industry colleagues from january 9, 2015 for the worlds leading gathering of. Founding executive producer and director of npr presents. The billie holiday theatre presents reparations through. View indira etwaroo s business profile as executive director at the billie holiday theatre. Literary salon rediscovers the legacy of zora neale. First published in india and france in 1980 when mrs gandhi was out of power, it now assumes an extra importance in view of her tragic and untimely death. Indira etwaroo, producer, scholar and nonprofit arts leader, has worked. Her responsibilities have included strategic content development and innovation, funding stream diversification, multiplatform digital expansion and audience development.
Indira has produced a sundry of multiplatform events, broadcasts and live video webcasts to reach. Npr, following the lead of other news and radio organizations, is widely expanding its live stage shows, with a slate of nearly two dozen events planned nationwide in the coming months. Indira etwaroo 94 is the executive director for the center for arts. Indira etwaroo is the founding executive producer of the jerome l. Etwaroo completely realizes the importance of theater in the black community.
New york public radio to record august wilsons plays the. Performance space in the wnyc, new york public radio with two videos in the cspan video. Diouf is the founding director of bisemi foundation inc. Book coedited by professor gregory parks premieres as. Indira etwaroo garners various titles such as producer, educator, artist, and scholar.
The series about water will feature elements of music, theater and storytelling to focus drought in the west and mudslides in the pacific northwest, among other issues. In bedfordstuyvesant, ready for the billie to return. Mar 19, 2001 its a great book, written with crisp detailing and delicately traversing through the life of indira ji. Indira etwaroo is an executive producer for greene jerome l. Feb 15, 2007 based on interviews and other source material my truth is a rare and vitally important book. Indira gandhis most popular book is the discovery of india.
Indira etwaroo, the executive director of the billie holiday theatre in brooklyn. The story of the last black cargo is a nonfiction work by zora neale hurston. Etwaroo took her fulbright scholarship to ethiopia to work with refugee somali women and children, for which she received the emerging doctoral scholar award and the graduate research award from the national congress on research in dance. Bedford stuyvesant restoration center announces fall arts. The unseen indira gandhi is full of anecdotes indira gandhis personal physician recollects her cool composure under pressure and her evolution into a leader. Producing a biography that is both readable and comprehensive let alone one stuffed to the gills with minutia about indira gandhis and her familys personal and political lives is no small feat, but katherine frank accomplishes it admirably. Brenda greene, executive director of the center for black literature. Find contacts direct phone number, email address, work history, and more. She served as an aide to her father, who was prime minister 194764, and as minister of information in the government of shri lal bahadur shastri 196466.
The theatrical readings are part of a larger event series. She has worked with institutions across the country and the world to explore the complex intersections between community, performing and visual arts and the topicsofourtime. Indira gandhi speaks on democracy, socialism, and third world nonalignment by gandhi, indira and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Npr adds to live shows, with almost 24 planned the new. About us bedford stuyesant restoration corporation. Indira etwaroo 94 received the thomas jefferson professional achievement alumni award. Ballerina misty copeland hopes to inspire youngsters with. Reparations tells the story of a recently widowed white book editor. Every month we meet and sit down with women who remind us of what it means to live a bold life. We know what we see online, we know how the media covers protest, but we want take a step back and actually give the stage to artists. On january 26, 2015, she was appointed as executive director of the center for arts and culture at bedford stuyvesant restoration corporation, recently rebranded restorationart.
Soundar rajan, a wellknown tamil author of short stories, novels, television serials, and screenplays. Exclusive prepublication extracts of the book indira. At npr, where she will continue to contribute, etwaroo said, what counts most is the integrity of the work. Her responsibilities have included strategic content innovation, funding stream diversification, multiplatform digital expansion and audience development. Indira etwaroo, executive director, restorationart and the billie holiday theatre, and dr. Presented in partnership with kqed november 5, 2014. Reparations tells the story of a recently widowed white book editor who. Wilsons widow and executor of his estate, and indira etwaroo, executive producer of the greene space, announced wednesday that. Indira gandhi has 23 books on goodreads with 1195 ratings. Buy my truth book online at low prices in india my truth.
Trump, you dont know pittsburgh like i know pittsburgh. It becomes inevitable, therefore, that politics forms a backdrop to her public and often private actions. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Indira etwaroo, producer, educator, scholar and nonprofit arts leader, has worked with topnotch cultural institutions including bam, new york public radio, and npr. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Indira the life of indira nehru gandhi frank, katherine on. Yvonne daniel is a professor emerita of dance and afroamerican studies at smith college. Npr brought a few personal finance experts together and a crowd showed up for a lively discussion of debt, retirement and living the good life. Joining deborah plant in the discussion will be dr.
Nov 14, 2012 the estate of the playwright august wilson has, for the first time, granted the rights to record all 10 of his plays about africanamerican life in the 20th century to new york public radios jerome l. D, is a producer, educator, scholar, and nonprofit arts leader. Cspan has agreements with retailers that share a small percentage of your. If indira gandhi had not decided to call elections in 1977, would we have had the resistance to throw off this yoke. The sense of liberation and idealism when emergency was lifted was genuine. Participants are driven by the mission and not the remuneration. Indira etwaroo business profile the billie holiday. Indira etwaroo, producer, scholar and nonprofit arts leader, has worked with. Oct 23, 2019 the world premiere of a walk into slavery, based on hollis kings recent visit to africa, was conceived and directed by dr. Later she attended longwood university in farmville, virginia, where she received her bachelors degree in music education in 1994.
Ep105asha parekh and helen in kapils showth may, 2017 duration. Misty has come from a very challenging background, said indira etwaroo, the newly appointed executive director of the center for arts and culture at bedfordstuyvesant restoration corp. At the table is a monthly close up on women living boldly in the performing arts. Unveiling of the book indias indira a centennial tribute. Indira gandhi was born indira nehru on 19 november, 1917, in allahabad to kamala and jawaharlal nehru. Indira soundarajan tamil novels tamil ebooks online pustaka. Npr presents brings multiplatform live events to communities around the country in collaboration with our member stations, says indira etwaroo, executive producer and director of npr presents. Afghanistan agricultural amendment areas ashok asian assessment bangladesh became bureaucracy cabinet central changes china cm cm conflict congress party constitution court crisis csir decision defense delhi democratic dennis dalton diplomatic domestic dominant economic and political elections elites external family planning foreign policy. The story of the last black cargo the center for black literature at medgar evers college, in partnership with restorationart, presents rediscovering zora neale hurston. Indira s passion is exploring the complex intersections between community, performing arts and the topicsofourtime, leading to models of diverse artistic excellence and sustainability in.
The billie holiday theatre presents reparations through different. The world premiere of a walk into slavery, based on hollis kings recent visit to africa, was conceived and directed by dr. Apapnyc 2015 advance program by association of performing. But just as they came together after world war ii to clean up the sootfilled air that once blacked out the sun, becoming a model for environmental campaigns elsewhere, civic leaders steadily. Indira etwaroo is the executive director of the billie holiday theater in brooklyn, ny which currently is running the world premiere of lekethia dalcoes a small oak t.