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Howard Zinn @ O'Shaughnessy: Voices of a People's History Start: 04/06/2009 7pm KFAI and Nonviolent Peaceforce are proud to present Howard Zinn Live at the O'Shaughnessy. On Monday April 6, acclaimed historian and activist Howard Zinn will lead this one-night-only performance of Voices of a People's History at the O'Shaughnessy in St.Paul.
This performance of "Voices of a People's History" features performances by Jearlyn Steele, Winona LaDuke, Lou Bellamy, Prudence Johnson, Isobell Monk O'Connor, Tou Ger Xiong, Robert Bly and Dipankar Mukherjee.
For tickets you can contact the O'Shaughnessy or TicketMaster
From peopleshistory.us:
"Voices of a People’s History of the United States seeks to bring to light little known voices from U.S. history, including those of women, African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants, and laborers. By giving public expression to rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past — and present — we work to educate and inspire a new generation of people working for social justice.
The goal of Voices of a People’s History of the United States is to encourage civic engagement and to further history education by bringing the rich history of the United States to life through public readings of primary-source materials.
Voices works to remind people of the eloquence of ordinary people, as well as extraordinary and well-known figures from our history. By involving well-known actors and public figures in readings, Voices also works to inspire audiences to delve more deeply into historical texts and also to see history as a lively, relevant, and contemporary subject, not just a matter of books sitting on the library shelf.
But rather than rely on professional actors alone, Voices also arranges for readings combining professional actors with students and readings also entirely of students to engage at all levels of the dramatic and educational process, from selecting texts, to interpreting them, to adding new voices to the performances.
We also work with teachers and educators in all walks of life to develop resources for the teaching and exploration of history from below. And we work with theaters, actors, and artists interested in history.
In doing all of this, Voices works to develop and informed and participatory citizenry."
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