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Theater Design Sets Stage for Art Exhibit
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Stage Sets by Red Grooms
Kelmscott Gallery, 4611 N. Lincoln (312) 784-2559
Through Aug. 26
Weird Sisters
Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland
(312) 275-5255
Through mid-August
Theater can be as much a visual art as a literary and dramatic one.
Without lighting, props, costumes and set design, a play lacks
connection to the sensory world.
Because these elements are central to the experience and meaning
of a play, they are seldom looked at outside of the context of the
pl...
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A Companion to African American History
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; A Companion to African American History. Edited by Alton Hornsby Jr., Delores P. Aldridge, and Angela M. Hornsby. Blackwell Companions to American History. (Malden, Mass., and other cities: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. Pp. xiv, 564. $131.95, ISBN 0-631-23066-1.) Beginning with George Washington
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A Companion to African American History.(Book review)
Journal of Southern History
; A Companion to African American History. Edited by Alton Hornsby Jr., Delores P. Aldridge, and Angela M. Hornsby. Blackwell Companions to American History. (Malden, Mass., and other cities: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. Pp. xiv, 564. $131.95, ISBN 0-631-23066-1.) Beginning with George Washington
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Slippers, Scarecrow and Script, Oh My - Smithsonian Previews 'Treasures of American History'
U.S. Newswire
; ... Melinda Machado, 202-633-3129, or Michelle Werts, 202- 633-3129, both of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History News Advisory WHAT: Dorothy's ruby slippers and the Scarecrow costume from "The Wizard of Oz"; Abraham Lincoln's top hat; Jacqueline ...
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Strategies for Teaching African American History: Musings from the Past, Ruminations for the Future
The Journal of Negro Education
; The existing body of scholarship on the teaching of African American history in higher education dates back to the early twentieth century, and an analysis of it helps lay the foundation for the adoption of relevant pedagogies for the new millennium. In this article, the author (a) conceptualizes
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Dorothy's Ruby Slippers, Scarecrow Are Off to See Some Spacecraft;Natl. Museum of American History Displays Treasures DuringRenovation
U.S. Newswire
; WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The rarely seen Scarecrow costume worn by Ray Bolger in "The Wizard of Oz" will dance onto display when it joins Dorothy's ruby slippers in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History's "Treasures of American History" exhibition, opening at the
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Teacher Brings African American History to Life for His Students
Los Angeles Sentinel
; Los Angeles Sentinel 03-19-1997 Teacher Brings African American History to Life for His Students. William Morris never has to look far for an African American history lesson. It's right beneath his bespectacled nose, sitting in the rows of chairs attached to desks. Morris sees history in the faces
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American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film: From 1492 to Three Kings
Film International
; American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film: From 1492 to Three Kings, Andrew Pepper and Trevor McCrisken, (2005) Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 224 pp., ISBN 0748614907 (pbk), 16.99 MCCRISKEN AND Pepper's new book adds to the burgeoning literature on how hollywood movies represent,
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Rethinking American History in a Global Age
The Virginia Quarterly Review
; Rethinking American History in a Global Age, edited by Thomas Bender. This collection of essays is a signal event in what might be thought of as the new U.S. historiography. The new historiography holds that in the past U.S. history writing was structured by a national teleology that often erased
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American History Grant.
Education Technology News
; American History Grant -- School systems developing innovative programs, including those that use technology, to teach American history could be eligible for three-year grants up to $1 million. The Department of Education is offering the Teaching American History grants (CFDA No. 84.215X). The
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