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SUMMARY:Author Talk: A Conversation with Juhea Kim & the Ballerina Book Club
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books Author Talk: A Conversation with Juhea Kim & the Ballerina Book Club \nJoin PBS Books for a captivating Author Talk featuring Juhea Kim\, acclaimed author of City of Night Birds\, in conversation with Ballerina Book Club’s Isabella Boylston and Connor Holloway\, renowned dancers from American Ballet Theatre\, alongside Heather-Marie Montilla\, National Director of PBS Books. \nThis special live-streamed event celebrates Youth Art Month\, highlighting the beauty of art and literature—because we are all young at heart and should celebrate the arts! The discussion will highlight two remarkable books: City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim\, a lyrical and immersive novel set in the ballet world. \nKim will take center stage to share insights into her writing process\, the challenges of bringing a ballet-themed novel to life\, and the deep artistic and spiritual connections between writing and dance. Boylston and Holloway—of the Ballerina Book Club—join as hosts\, sharing their love of literature and how their club\, in partnership with WNET’s All Arts\, brings storytelling of their arts education journey and ballet together in new and exciting ways. \nDon’t miss this extraordinary conversation celebrating the power of books\, the beauty of ballet\, and the art of creative expression. Be part of the PBS Books community and tune in live! \n\nAbout the Book\nA once-famous ballerina faces a final choice—to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her\, or to walk away forever—in this incandescent novel of redemption and love On a White Night in 2019\, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg two years after a devastating accident stalled her career. Once the most celebrated dancer of her generation\, she now turns to pills and alcohol to numb the pain of her past. She is unmoored in her old city as the ghosts of her former life begin to resurface: her loving but difficult mother\, her absentee father\, and the two gifted dancers who led to her downfall. One of those dancers\, Alexander\, is the love of her life\, who transformed both Natalia and her art. The other is Dmitri\, a dark and treacherous genius. When the latter offers her a chance to return to the stage in her signature role\, Natalia must decide whether she can again face the people responsible for both her soaring highs and darkest hours. Painting a vivid portrait of the Russian ballet world\, where cutthroat ambition\, ever-shifting politics\, and sublime artistry collide\, City of Night Birds unveils the making of a dancer with both profound intimacy and breathtaking scope. Mysterious and alluring\, passionate and virtuosic\, Juhea Kim’s second novel is an affecting meditation on love\, forgiveness\, and the making of an artist in a turbulent world. \nAbout the Author\nJuhea Kim is the author of the novel Beasts of a Little Land\, which was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the winner of the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award\, Russia’s largest annual award in literature. It has been translated around the world and is being adapted for television. She is also the author of City of Night Birds\, which was a Reese’s Book Club pick. A graduate of Princeton University\, her writing has been published in Granta\, the Times Literary Supplement\, the Independent\, Zyzzyva\, Guernica\, and other outlets. She is an advocate for wildlife conservation\, animal rights\, and education and aid in Africa. Born in Korea and raised in Portland\, Oregon\, Kim now lives in London. \nLearn More About Juhea Kim \nAbout Ballerina Book Club\nBallerina Book Club\, hosted on ALL ARTS\, was created as a space for readers to connect over a shared love of literature. Founded by Isabella Boylston\, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre\, the club offers a place for book lovers to engage in meaningful discussions. Inspired by her lifelong passion for reading\, Boylston sees literature as a way to explore different worlds—much like the immersive experience of dance. “Often\, people have the misconception that dancers aren’t intellectually curious\, but I’ve found the opposite to be true\,” she says. Ballerina Book Club welcomes everyone: “All you need is an open book and an open mind!” \nGet the Latest Updates from Ballerina Bookclub and Isabella Boylston \nSign Up for the Ballerina Bookclub Newsletter \nFounder\, Ballerina Book Club\nIsabella Boylston is an international ballet star and Principal Dancer of American Ballet Theatre. She has appeared as a guest star with Paris Opera Ballet\, Mariinsky Ballet\, National Ballet of China and many others. She transcended onto the big screen in the film Red Sparrow\, as well as recently starring in Laufey’s Santa Baby music video along with Bill Murray. In addition to having an active social media presence\, she runs Ballerina Book Club with her cohosts Connor Holloway and AllArts to share her lifelong love of reading. \nCo-Founder\, Ballerina Book Club\nConnor Holloway (they/them) born and raised in Louisville\, Kentucky\, is a dancer\, reader\, writer\, producer and content creator. Connor moved to NYC in 2013 to dance with American Ballet Theatre where they met Isabella Boylston and launched the Webby-nominated\, Ballerina Book Club in partnership with ALL ARTS (2020). Some favorite books include: David Leavitt’s The Lost Language of Cranes\, James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room and Madeline Miller’s Song of Achilles. \nAbout ALL ARTS\nALL ARTS is the destination for inspiration\, creativity and art of all forms. This New York Emmy-winning arts and culture hub is created by The WNET Group\, the community-supported home of New York’s PBS stations. \nThe Mission of ALL ARTS is to enrich lives through the transformative power of art by providing a free\, multi-platform portal for the arts\, accessible to everyone\, everywhere. \nLearn More and Sign Up for the ALL ARTS Newsletter \nAbout the Host\nHeather-Marie Montilla\, a dynamic integrative leader\, is an educator and nonprofit manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and libraries for over two decades\, making a positive impact in arts\, cultural\, educational\, and community-building arenas. \nHaving joined the PBS Books team as their Library Bureau Chief in Fall 2018\, Montilla is now the National Director of PBS Books and has interviewed more than 150 writers. In addition\, she is a faculty member at Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University for their Arts and Cultural/Entertainment Management Programs. Having been an Executive Director for 8 years\, Heather has a wide range of experience in management\, finance\, strategic planning\, marketing\, and fundraising. Heather holds a MPA From Columbia University\, a MLIS from Wayne State University\, and a bachelor’s from Duke University. She lives in Chicagoland\, and is married with four children\, a dog\, and a bird.
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SUMMARY:Gary Tyler - Art as Resilience | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:For over four decades\, Gary Tyler has worked at the intersection of art and social justice. After enduring nearly 42 years wrongfully imprisoned at Angola State Penitentiary\, Tyler uses his textile-based practice to highlight issues of mass incarceration\, instilling messages of hope and resilience. \nTyler first learned to quilt to support the Angola Prison Hospice program\, where he was a volunteer. Notably\, Tyler was the President of the Angola Prison drama program for almost three decades\, using the position to promote a culture of community\, civic responsibility and introspection. \nMaterial\, symbolism\, and quilting traditions are central to Tyler’s work. Since his release in 2016\, Tyler’s appliqué quilts feature motifs of transformation\, self-portraits and intricate allegorical landscapes\, depicting memories of his time incarcerated\, including the legendary Angola Rodeo and his time as president of the drama program. Through his work\, Tyler honors the lives of those depicted and creates a dialogue around the lasting impact of mass incarceration and its roots in slavery\, with the hope of inspiring meaningful change. \nGary Tyler is a 2019 and 2020 Art Matters Awardee\, and in 2024 he received an honorary Doctorate Degree in Art and Design from the Massachusetts College of Art & Design. Tyler was awarded the 2024 Right of Return Fellowship by the Center for Art and Advocacy\, as well as the Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize\, which recognizes an artist who has made a significant impact on society with their work. His work can be seen at the Historical New Orleans Collective Museum in New Orleans\, and is in the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington\, D.C. as well as the City of Santa Monica’s Art Bank. \nPresented in partnership with the Library Street Collective\, with support from the Prison Creative Arts Project. The Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons is the largest curated exhibition of art by incarcerated artists in the world and features art from every prison in the state of Michigan. The 29th Annual Exhibition will run from March 18 through April 1 in the Duderstadt Gallery on the University of Michigan campus. All of the art is for sale and the proceeds of the sales go to the artists themselves. \nThis project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan. \nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public. \nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/gary-tyler-art-as-resilience-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:PBS Books Readers Club - 'The Women' by Kristin Hannah
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books Readers Club welcomes international best-selling author\, Kristin Hannah to discuss her powerful and most recent novel The Women. The episode premieres on March 26th at 8PM ET as a PBS Books Facebook Live event\, on the PBS Books YouTube channel\, pbsbooks.org\, and the PBS app. \nIn The Women\, Frances “Frankie” McGrath\, a twenty-year-old nursing student\, impulsively decides to join the Army Nurse Corp after her brother is shipped out to fight in the Vietnam War. Her life is changed forever as she is thrust into the chaos and destruction of war\, where friendships are forged\, tested and lost. As she faces the violence and trauma of war\, Frankie also struggles with the challenge of returning home to a nation torn apart by political division\, feeling just as lost and out of place as the soldiers who fought beside her. \nThe Women shines a spotlight on the unsung heroes of the Vietnam War — female nurses who served courageously\, risking their lives to care for others in the midst of danger. \nIn honor of Woman’s History month\, our PBS watch-alike is Call the Midwife\, a period piece about nurses\, midwives and nuns from Nonnatus House as they serve the expectant mothers in London’s East End. Watch past seasons now on the PBS app. Season 14 premiers on March 30th on PBS. \n\nAbout the Author\nKristin Hannah \nKristin Hannah is the award-winning\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 novels. Her last book\, The Four Winds\, was the biggest selling hardcover fiction title of 2021. Her previous novels\, The Four Winds\, The Great Alone\, The Nightingale and Firefly Lane were all named Goodreads Best Historical Fiction and her international blockbuster\, The Nightingale\, won the coveted People’s Choice Award for best fiction and was a selection of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club in 2023 and named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon\, iTunes\, Buzzfeed\, the Wall Street Journal\, Paste\, and The Week. In 2018\, The Great Alone became an instant New York Times #1 bestseller\, as did The Four Winds when it was published in February of 2021 as well as becoming #1 on the Wall Street Journal\, USA Today\, and Indie bookstores’ bestseller lists. It was selected as a book club pick by the both the Today Show and the Book Of the Month Club\, which named it the best book of 2021. Firefly Lane\, her beloved novel about two best friends\, was the #1 Netflix series around the world in the week it came out. A former attorney\, Kristin lives in the Pacific Northwest. \n\n About the Hosts\nPrincess Weekes\nPrincess Weekes is an award winning writer and video essayist who works at breaking down the intersections between race\, gender\, and pop culture. Formally an Assistant Editor at The Mary Sue\, co-host of Netflix’s The Geeked Podcast\, and co-host and co-writer on the PBS Digital Series It’s Lit. On weekends she works as a bookseller at a local bookstore. When not reading or writing she can be found playing TTRPGs of cuddling with her cat\, Lola. \n\n\nLauren Smith\nExecutive Producer and host of national PBS programming at Detroit PBS\, Lauren develops content for PBS and other distributors of public media for broadcast\, streaming\, and other digital channels and has executive-produced and/or produced over 60 national broadcast and programs. Her passion is to develop inspiring\, entertaining\, and educational content alongside the best national and international talent\, and to engage important content with communities across the country. Lauren loves to read and has worked to develop and produce PBS Books content for nearly ten years!
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