All are invited to participate in lively exchanges at Rhode Island's only unjuried center for the arts.
Tuesdays: October 2 - November 6
5:30pm - 7:00pm
AS220 Cafe, 115 Empire Street Providence
Free of charge
Each forum will be recorded and broadcast from 8-9pm the following Sunday on WRNI, Rhode Island's NPR News Station, 1290 AM
Sponsored by Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities, Rhode Island School of Design, Johnson and Wales University, and the Providence Phoenix
Action Speaks is a six part series of panel discussions presented on Tuesday evenings in October and November from 5:30pm to 7:00pm.Each Action Speaks urban dialogue will be taped for broadcast the following Sunday on WRNI-1290 AM radio, Providence�s NPR affiliate. Action Speaks will continue again this year with the theme of "Under-Appreciated Dates that Changed America".
Marc Joel Levitt is the host and creative director of discussions that bring together experts from the arts, politics, academia and beyond. He will be assisted by program coordinator, Joelle Jensen, who has been handling sponsorship and communicating with panelists to work out program details. Audience participation is an important component of the experience and as always, admission is free.
Tuesday, October 2:
Battle Over Hetch Hetchy, 1913
Reservoir vs. Yosemite Valley, or utility vs. wilderness: the lines are drawn in the 20th century's first economic battle!
Bruce Sinclair, Historian of Technology
Barton St. Almond, Professor of American Civilization at Brown University
Tuesday, October 9:
First World Series Game Broadcast Nationally, 1927
The Bambino and Marconi's wireless team up to produce victory for homogenization!
Susan Smulyan, author of Selling Radio: the Commercialization of American Broadcasting, 1920-1934
Luke Salisbury, of the Society for American Baseball
Tuesday, October 16:
The Creation of Black Mountain College, 1933
Modern art, poetry and progressive education come together at a small North Carolinian college
Fielding Dawson, author of The Black Mountain Book
William Craig Rice, grandson of founder of Black Mountain College and from the Expository Writing Program at Harvard University
Umberto Crenca, founder and Artistic Director, AS220
Tuesday, October 23:
Pledge of Allegiance to include "One Nation Under God", 1954
God and America: maintaining values or keeping deviants at bay?
Steven Whitfield, author of The Culture of the Cold War and Professor of American Studies at Brandeis University
Stanley Lemmons, Church Historian of the First Baptist Church in America and Professor of History at Rhode Island College
Ronald Thiemann, Professor of Theology, Religion & Society, the Divinity School, Harvard University
Tuesday, October 30:
Stonewall Rebellion, 1969
After one summer night at a Greenwich Village bar, America's sexual politics are never the same again
Eric Marcus, author of eight books including Breaking the Surface, Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, and What if Someone I Know Is Gay?
Mariam Reumann, author of, American Sexual Character: Sex, Gender, and National Identity in the Kinsey Reports
Tuesday, November 6:
Beginning of MTV, 1981
Quick cuts, hip music, and American culture dancing across the
globe
Lynn Joyrich, of the Modern Culture and Media Department at Brown University and author of, Re-Viewing Reception: Television, Gender, and Postmodern Culture
Jack Banks, author of, Monopoly Television: MTV's Quest to Control the Music
Andy Smith, television columnist for the Providence Journal
Marc Joel Levitt, Creative Director and Host
Joelle Jensen, Program Coordinator
Poster and Postcard Design: Winsor Pop
Printing: Black Cat Graphics
