It is eerily emblematic that the official opening night of August Wilson’s epic ‘Gem of the Ocean’ occurred on the eve of Black History Month, when 17 Historically Black Colleges across several states were forced to close down due to bomb threats. Wilson’s masterpiece is set in 1904, where the chains of slavery still echo disturbingly in the minds of the inhabitants of Aunt Ester’s boarding house in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. The Civil War, Emancipation, the Underground Railroad and the failed charade of Reconstruction are all as present-day to its denizens as the spirits conjured by Aunt Ester (a mesmerizing Lisa Gaye Dixon, who is a veteran of Goodman’s A Christmas Carol). Myth and redemptive hallucination, bordering on a Timothy Leary mind-trip, dominate this soul-searching drama that borders on the Shakespearean.
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Atlanta church service will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
THE ATLANTA VOICE — In a news release, the King Center in Atlanta said the 10 a.m. Monday service will be broadcast live on Atlanta’s Fox TV affiliate and on Facebook, YouTube and thekingcenter.org. The Rev. Natosha Reid Rice and Pastor Sam Collier will preside over the service. This year’s keynote speaker is the Rev. […]
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Atlanta church service will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
THE ATLANTA VOICE — In a news release, the King Center in Atlanta said the 10 a.m. Monday service will be broadcast live on Atlanta’s Fox TV affiliate and on Facebook, YouTube and thekingcenter.org. The Rev. Natosha Reid Rice and Pastor Sam Collier will preside over the service. This year’s keynote speaker is the Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church.
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Burned Out from Lingering Pandemic, Some on Front Lines Find Faith an Antidote
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With variants straining short-staffed facilities across the country, some on the front lines are experiencing added physical, mental and emotional stress. “I’m feeling burnout,” said Registered Nurse Currine Smith, who saw her medical floor skyrocket with COVID cases amid the current surge. “The stress and anxiety I feel wears down on me […]
