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May 27, 2016

News and Artists, Photography

Start Spreading the News: How Sinatra x NYC Was Born

Artist Jonah Batambuze’s story as told to Jacqueline Lara (This post also appeared on sister site, Mpact PR) Basketball has been a defining part of my life—I played competitively from the ages of 10-21, and earned a full scholarship as …

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January 12, 2015

Culture, Events, Music

Brown Girls Burlesque Warmed Up D.C. with New Jack Swing Show

  On Saturday, January 10, NYC’s Brown Girls Burlesque (BGB) brought the house down at Black Cat  with Last Night A DJ Saved My Life: New Jack Swing Vol. II. Chicava HoneyChild, Essence Revealed, Sophie Sucre, Sake Fevah and Mandarine Moon-Fly took …

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October 1, 2014

Inspiration, News and Artists

Pushing the Envelope–When Public Art Becomes Private

I recently enrolled in an Actor’s Process class taught by Colette Yglesias Silver at Studio Theater in Washington, D.C., and was telling my colleague Nanda how I’m getting more comfortable staring nose-to-nose with classmates, and integrating a range of emotions, senses …

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March 21, 2014

Artist, Arts in the Workplace, Classes & Workshops, News and Artists

Second Act: Actress Nanda Abella on the Power of Improv

On Wednesday, April 30, Nanda Abella will facilitate an improv workshop for creative professionals at newly launched coworking space, Creative Colony, which is based in Silver Spring, MD.  Artists on a literal stage mirror the workplace, where we are on a figurative …

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