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The Friends of the Libraries and Umbra Search African American History invite you to join us for Performing the Archive: At Buffalo, a dramatic and immersive account of the creation of a new musical about race and American identity. |
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Performing the Archive: At Buffalo
The Creation of a New Musical |
Thursday, October 5, 2017 | 7:00 p.m.
Coffman Memorial Union, Coffman Theater
University of Minnesota, 300 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, MN
Parking and directions
Dessert reception will follow the program.
Reservations required by September 28.
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About the Event |
At the World’s Fair in Buffalo, New York, three exhibits give radically conflicting visions of blackness in America and leave behind a fragmented archive of newspaper articles, photos, and letters.
Scholar-Artist Dr. Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin chronicles how her national team aims to perform this archive virtually verbatim on the theatrical stage through At Buffalo, a new musical in development. |
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About the Speaker |
A professor in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies and the Institute for African American studies at the University of Georgia, Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin, Ph.D. creates artistic works based on archival research and writes about late 19th century black performance bridging the worlds of academia and arts/entertainment. She holds a degree in Afro-American Studies from Harvard University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Performance Studies from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her book Laughing After Slavery is forthcoming. |
About Umbra Search |
Umbra Search African American History makes African American history more accessible through a search tool, umbrasearch.org, digitization, and public programming and education.
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About the Friends of the Libraries |
The Friends of the Libraries is a vibrant group that combines advocacy for the Libraries with an exciting outreach program celebrating the love of book, authors, knowledge, and curiosity. |
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Event Co-Sponsors |
This event is co-sponsored by the Givens Foundation, whose funding is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. |
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