“In Black America, hair is the personal and political all rolled into one.” Since Africans first arrived in America, traditions in black hair culture have remained dominate as new innovations have taken shape and form. Beauty mogul Madam C.J. Walker seized the social and political power by capitalizing on black hair care products becoming a pioneer of American enterprise.
Could it really only have been 120 years ago that Delaware Street was the center of the political universe on Election Day? Relive Indianapolis’s glory days of presidential politics by visiting the Benjamin Harrison House on Election Day. (You can’t get a beer until the polls close, what else is there to do?)
After worrying about “Russia Resurgent” for 15 years, this year we got to see something of what it will look like: a giant whacking and whacking on a pesky smaller neighbor. Depressing, but something we should care about? (The answer is “yes”).
Dr. Mark Stranger of the University of Tasmania engages in perhaps the second most important exploration of the implications of genetic engineering to come from Tasmania in recent years.
Provocate’s vote for Top Human: Nelson Mandela. This year Human #1 turns 90 … celebrate his birthday with one of his best friends and allies, filmmaker Peter Davis. Watch Davis’s documentaries that helped promote the anti-apartheid cause and that will shape history’s understanding of this great cause of the 20th century. Then ask Davis what Mandela is like without his halo.
Celebrate World Food Day with an energy-filled event featuring special entertainment, displays by hunger organizations, opportunities to get engaged in the battle against hunger, and much more! Skip your lunch and donate your lunch money to those in need.
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In a focus group discussion on the role of traditional medicine in the management of HIV and AIDS in Western Kenya in August 2008, a male participant described traditional medicine as “Jesus Christ in a bottle”. One month later, Bob Einterz, in a speech accepting the Indianapolis International Citizen of the Year Award on behalf of the IU-Kenya AMPATH program, said that charity and justice are the core values governing its work. This talk will explore the possible parallels between the response of Christianity and Traditional Medicine to HIV and AIDS in Africa, based on the words of these two very different persons in very different contexts.
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Mudslinging, false accusations, the cult of personality. No, it’s not the 2008 elections. It’s “Phaedre’s Love,” the contemporary response by Sarah Kane to “Phedre,” the 1677 play by Jean Racine … both of which are being presented by Butler Theatre.
Mudslinging, false accusations, the cult of personality. No, it’s not the 2008 elections. It’s “Phaedre’s Love,” the contemporary response by Sarah Kane to “Phedre,” the 1677 play by Jean Racine … both of which are being presented by Butler Theatre.
Mudslinging, false accusations, the cult of personality. No, it’s not the 2008 elections. It’s “Phaedre’s Love,” the contemporary response by Sarah Kane to “Phedre,” the 1677 play by Jean Racine … both of which are being presented by Butler Theatre.
NUVO gives Provocate 2007 Cultural Vision Award
Provocate featured in Indianapolis Monthly
"Award combines film, activism: Festival to recognize social justice of Sept. 11, Congo in discussions,"
Indiana Lawyer April 16, 2008 ... on Provocate's Eric Parker Social Justice Award at the Indianapolis International Film Festival
