The Mother: A Cantata for Ferguson

  • Starts: 8:00 pm on Wednesday, November 19, 2014
  • Ends: 10:00 pm on Wednesday, November 19, 2014
"The Mother: A Cantata for Ferguson" interweaves Brecht/Eisler’s revolutionary cantata with new texts about the shooting of Michael Brown and protests in Ferguson, MO. Following the performance, a roundtable panel will discuss the political power of performance and how we might look back to Brecht and Eisler’s works today.
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free
Link:
http://www.bu.edu/european/2014/10/09/revolutionary-voices-the-mother-in-ferguson
Contact Name
Minou Arjomand
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Sponsors: BU Center for the Humanities, Arts Initiative, African American Studies Program, Center for the Study of Europe, Jewish Cultural Endowment, School of Theology, Department of English and Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature.
Contact Email
arjomand@bu.edu
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