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SUMMARY:Celebrating Poetry Month with Clint Smith
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books\, in collaboration with the Association of the Study of African American Life and History\, is pleased to host a program in celebration of Poetry Month with best-selling and award-winning writer Clint Smith\, author of his newly released book of poetry “Above Ground.” Join us and learn about Clint’s new collection of poetry\, his inspiration\, his creative process\, and more. \nABOUT THE BOOK: “ABOVE GROUND”\nClint Smith’s vibrant and compelling new collection “Above Ground” traverses the vast emotional terrain of fatherhood\, and explores how becoming a parent has recalibrated his sense of the world. There are poems that interrogate the ways our lives are shaped by both personal lineages and historical institutions. There are poems that revel in the wonder of discovering the world anew through the eyes of your children\, as they discover it for the first time. There are poems that meditate on what it means to raise a family in a world filled with constant social and political tumult. “Above Ground” wrestles with how we hold wonder and despair in the same hands\, how we carry intimate moments of joy and a collective sense of mourning in the same body. Smith’s lyrical\, narrative poems bring the reader on a journey not only through the early years of his children’s lives\, but through the changing world in which they are growing up—through the changing world of which we are all a part. “Above Ground” is a breathtaking collection that follows Smith’s first award-winning book of poetry\, “Counting Descent.” \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nClint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of the narrative nonfiction book\,“How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America\,” which was a #1 New York Times bestseller\, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction\, the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism\, and selected by the New York Times as one of the 10 best books of 2021. He is also the author of the poetry collection “Counting Descent\,” which won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. His writing has been published in The New Yorker\, The New York Times Magazine\, Poetry Magazine\, The Paris Review\, and elsewhere. Clint received his B.A. in English from Davidson College and a Ph.D. in Education from Harvard University.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/celebrating-poetry-month-with-clint-smith/
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SUMMARY:Sustainability Strategy: A Conversation with University of Michigan President Santa Ono
DESCRIPTION:Join PBS Books Thursday\, Apr. 6 at 8 p.m. for a conversation on sustainability and fighting climate change with University of Michigan President Santa Ono.\nOno has put sustainability and fighting climate change among the top priorities for his administration. In addition to several programs and initiatives that are being expanded or developed\, the university is serving as the lead institution for the University Climate Change Coaltion that convenes 23 leading North American universities to work toward climate action on campus\, in communities\, and at a global scale. \nInforum and The Sustainable Business Network Detroit is proud to host Dr. Ono as keynote speaker at an April 5 luncheon where he will expand on his sustainability agenda for the university. After his speech\, Q&A will be moderated by Telva McGruder\, chief diversity\, equity\, and inclusion officer for General Motors Co. Telva also is a member of the advisory board for the UM School for Environment and Sustainability. \nPBS Books will stream this event Thursday\, April 6 at 8 p.m. \nAbout Santa Ono\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. A recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is also a professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences in the Medical School. He joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. While at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. Prior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nAbout the Moderator\, Telva McGruder\nTelva McGruder is the Chief of Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion for General Motors. She was named to this position in August 2016. Telva previously led facility engineering for the GM global footprint as well as facility management strategy for North American manufacturing facilities. Responsibilities included the procurement of energy\, energy efficiency initiatives\, coordination of contractual agreements\, and material handling strategy for facility services in North America. \nPreviously\, Telva was Die Program Manager for Global Body Manufacturing Engineering. In that role\, she led the team responsible for tool and die strategy\, planning\, quality and launch for global vehicle programs.  Prior to this role\, she held positions of increasing responsibility and influence within manufacturing engineering and at several manufacturing locations where she motivated teams to rethink the possible in project execution\, maintenance\, quality\, operations and labor negotiations. Telva earned her BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.
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SUMMARY:Finding Your Roots Family Album: Series Highlights with Dr. Henry Louis Gates\, Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Behind-the-scenes stories from Season Nine and the series archive. \nDr. Henry Louis Gates\, Jr. joins CeCe Moore – Genetic Genealogist and Finding Your Roots Producer Natalia Warchol as they share behind-the-scenes stories about the show with Family Pictures USA Creator Thomas Allen Harris! \nCatch up with the last few episodes of Season 9 here or watch ALL episodes on-demand with DPTV Passport!
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/finding-your-roots-family-album-series-highlights-with-dr-henry-louis-gates-jr/
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SUMMARY:MASTERPIECE: TOM JONES featuring Gwyneth Hughes
DESCRIPTION:The Magic of Masterpiece \nPBS Books\, in collaboration with GBH\, is pleased to host a conversation with Executive Producer and Writer of “Tom Jones” Gwyneth Hughes. “Tom Jones” will premiere on MASTERPIECE on PBS stations across the country on Sunday\, April 30 at 9pm. Join us and learn about this eighteenth century classic story still resonate today with humorous elements through an interview with Gwyneth Hughes. We’ll hear her about her work and her favorite elements. \nABOUT THE MASTERPIECE SHOW: “TOM JONES”\nThis four-part television miniseries reimagines “The History of Tom Jones\, A Foundling”\, Henry Fielding’s classic novel. A picaresque story of the title character’s complicated journey to find real love\, “Tom Jones” has delighted and scandalized readers since it was originally published in 1749. Solly McLeod (“The Rising”) stars as the hero Tom\, alongside Sophie Wilde (“You Don’t Know Me”) as the heroine Sophia Western. Written by Gwyneth Hughes (“Vanity Fair\,” “Miss Austen Regrets”)\, “Tom Jones” is directed by Georgia Parris (“Mari”) and produced by Benjamin Greenacre. For more information visit: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/tom-jones/ \nABOUT THE WRITER & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER\nGwyneth Hughes was born in London. She studied Russian at Sussex University\, becoming a newspaper reporter on the Sheffield Morning Telegraph. Gwyn’s first job in television was on the Yorkshire Television regional newsdesk. \nFrom there she became a Bafta-nominated documentary director specializing in history and true crime\, and began her move from factual into drama on episodes. Her original thriller mini-series “Five Days\,” and her Tippi Hedren biopic “The Girl\,” were both nominated for the Baftas and the Golden Globes. Her classic dramatizations include “The Mystery of Edwin Drood\,” “Vanity Fair\,” and “Miss Austen Regrets.” Gwyn is currently writing about the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British history\, affecting the lives of hundreds of village postmasters. She lives with her husband in North Yorkshire.
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Earth Month with Author Victoria Kann
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books\, in collaboration with GBH\, is pleased to present a conversation to celebrate Earth Month with New York Times Best-Selling author and illustrator Victoria Kann\, who is also the Co-Executive and Co-Executive Producer of the hit PBS Kids series\, “Pinkalicious & Peterrific.”  Join us as Victoria Kann reads “Emeraldalicious” and discusses the importance of Pinkalicious and Peter taking care of their park.  Our program will be fun for all as we explore the power of rhyming\, kindness\, and imagination. Plus we’ll discuss ways to get started recycling…Because together we can make a difference for our environment for the earth. Don’t miss this special program! \nABOUT THE BOOK: “EMERALDALICIOUS”\n“Emeraldalicious: A Springtime Book For Kids” follows Pinkalicious and Peter on their visit to their favorite park\, but on the way Pinkalicious’s wand breaks. She isn’t worried at all\, because she knows just what to do. She takes a stick\, some vines\, and a very special flower to make a magical wand. When Pinkalicious and Peter finally arrive at the park it’s covered in stinky trash! But never fear\, Pinkalicious is here with her magical wand\, lots of love\, and pinktastic rhymes to turn the trash into an Emeraldalicious paradise. Pinkalicious combines magic\, love\, and imagination to turn an ordinary place into an Emeraldalicious world. \nABOUT THE SHOW: “PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC”\nLaunched February 2018\, “Pinkalicious & Peterrific” has five seasons and seventy episodes. It is the go-to children’s series for creativity and arts. Pinkalicious Pinkerton is unique\, one of a kind\, and pinkatastic (an original word by an original kid)! Together with their friends and neighbors in Pinkville\, Pinkalicious and her younger brother Peter get into all kinds of artful adventures. Based on Victoria Kann’s best-selling picture book series\, “Pinkalicious and Peterrific\,” for kids ages 3 to 6\, models the power of teamwork and creative thinking to solve problems — and very cool\, often unexpected things occur when these colorful characters join forces. \n  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR: VICTORIA KANN\nVictoria Kann is the award-winning illustrator and author of the picture book series featuring the whimsical and effervescent “Pinkalicious\,” and the Co-Executive Producer of the hit PBS Kids series\, “Pinkalicious & Peterrific. “She wrote and illustrated The New York Times number-one bestsellers “Goldilicious\,” “Silverlicious” and “Emeraldalicious;” she also co authored and illustrated the first two books in the series\, “Pinkalicious” and “Purplicious\,” as well as “Pinkalicious: the Musical\,” which premiered in New York to sold-out audiences and continues to be performed across the country. Before that\, Victoria was commissioned to illustrate for magazines and newspapers including “Time\,” “Business Week\,” “Harper’s Magazine\,” “The Washington Post” and “The New York Times.” She is a graduate of The Rhode Island School of Design and has taught at RISD\, Parson’s and The School of Visual Arts.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/celebrating-earth-month-with-author-victoria-kann/
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Heather Raffo with Special Guest Laith Nakli
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books celebrates Arab-American Heritage Month in conversation with award-winning actor and playwright Heather Raffo\, author of “Iraq Plays: The Things That Can’t Be Said: 9 Parts of Desire; Fallujah; Noura” and British-Syrian actor and producer Laith Nakli. Join us to learn about Heather Raffo’s important work about the lives of Iraqi women as she returns to the subject on film and through a distinctly American lens\, setting a new version in Michigan after the U.S. invaded Iraq 20 years ago. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR: Heather Raffo\nHeather Raffo is a singular and outstanding voice in the American theater whose work has been championed by the New Yorker as “an example of how art can remake the world”. Having helped forge a new genre of Middle Eastern American theater\, she’s spent her career writing and embodying stories of Iraq: from the lives and dreams of Iraqi women in her seminal work 9 Parts of Desire (2003)\, to the suicidal ideation of an Iraq war veteran in the opera Fallujah (2012)\, to the restless longings of an Iraqi refugee architect\, in Noura (2018). \nA multi award-winning writer and actor\, she’s toured nationally and internationally: from The Kennedy Center to The Aspen Ideas Festival and from London’s House of Commons to the U.S. Islamic World Forum. Her newly released anthology\, HeatherRaffo’s Iraq Plays: The Things That Can’t Be Said\, brings together two decades of her most groundbreaking contributions to the American theater and speaks to the bravery required to be at the forefront of a movement.  Her latest Migration Play Cycle: A New Theatrical Platform\, of which the play Tomorrow Will Be Sunday is a part (Kennedy Center River Run festival\, Creative Capital Grant\, UN Sustainable Development Goal) is her most ambitious theatrical imagining in scale and scope\, and situates themes around migration and the global economy.  Being raised in the Midwest and the daughter of an Iraqi immigrant\, Raffo has committed her artistic practice to working across all kinds of borders: on mainstages and in rural communities; with the military and in the Middle East; in swing states and in refugee facilities.  She is uniquely positioned to explore what migration means for an ever-evolving American and global identity. \nABOUT THE BOOK/PLAY\nThe Things That Can’t Be Said: Three Plays About Iraq is a trilogy of plays by renowned Iraqi American playwright/performer Heather Raffo including 9 Parts of Desire\, Fallujah: The First Opera about the Iraq War\, and Noura. \nIn these three works Raffo explores the indelible effects of war on Iraqis\, Americans\, and the refugees caught between the two cultures. When considered together\, these three works give voice to nearly two decades of rarely examined traumas that have reshaped cultural and national identity for both Americans and Iraqis since the events of 9/11. \nHeather Raffo is a renowned playwright and performer whose work has been described by The New Yorker as an example of “how art can remake the world.” An American with Iraqi heritage\, her work is seen as a rare bridge between western and eastern cultures. \nWith ongoing debates about the legacy of America’s foreign wars and future role in the Middle East\, this volume offers a uniquely historical and deeply human perspective on the political issues of our time. Spanning a decade and a half\, together these works form a mosaic of untold stories that were ground breaking in their time and continue to profoundly impact communities and classrooms internationally. \n9 Parts of Desire (2003): “First Choice/The Best Shows in London” by The Times\, and as one of the “Five Best Plays” in London by The Independent. Its award winning\, Off-Broadway premiere ran for nine sold out months and was a critics pick of the The New York Times\, Time Out\, and Village Voice. The play then received productions in nearly every major regional theatre market in American before being translated for international productions in Brazil\, Greece\, Sweden\, Hungary\, India\, Turkey\, Malta\, France\, Iraq\, Egypt\, and Israel. It was the first commercial hit on a national and international stage by an Arab American playwright helping to birth a new genre of Middle Eastern American Theatre. \nFallujah (2016) received its world premiere at Long Beach Opera before transferring to NYC Opera. The first ever opera about the Iraq War it tells a U.S. Marine’s account of the battle of Fallujah it focuses on moral injury and veteran suicide. \nNoura (2018) won the L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award and was hailed “The Most Ambitious Premiere” of the Women’s Voices Theatre Festival by The Washington Post and “stirringly powerful” by The New York Times. Told from inside the marriage of an Iraqi family\, the play explores the lingering cost of exile for both recent refugees and more established American immigrants. Drawing inspiration from Ibsen’s A Doll’s Hous and championed as a first of its kind feminist refugee narrative\, it is already being included in university curriculum both in America and abroad.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/author-talk-heather-raffo-with-special-guest-laith-nakli/
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