Ricardo Khan and the Performing Arts Alliance to be Honored at Theatre Communications Group 2021 Gala
The Our Stories Gala will be held virtually on Zoom and take place between the two parts of TCG’s Virtual Conference: Our Theatre Ecology. by BWW News Desk
Theatre Communications Group has announced the 2021 TCG 60th Anniversary Gala: Our Stories will be held virtually on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 7:30pm ET with an afterparty to follow. The Gala will honor Ricardo Khan and the Performing Arts Alliance, and both the Gala and virtual live afterparty will be hosted by drag superstar Shequida. Dr. Michelle Ramos, the board chair of PAA and Vision Keeper of Alternate ROOTS, will offer remarks on behalf of PAA. To learn more about the Our Stories Gala, and the programming it supports, click here or email Gala@tcg.org. Please email Corinna Schulenburg for press reservations. Purchase tickets here.
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra is presenting a multimedia program of classical music, jazz, poetry and visual art called âMusic for Days Like This,â featuring artists representing the Black, Indigenous and people of color communities, composers, and creators from across the state, playing original compositions as well as time-honored favorites written by celebrated Black composers including Dorothy Rudd Moore, Florence Price, and Scott Joplin.
Reuben Jackson, known for presenting VPRâs Friday Night Jazz and curating the Smithsonian Institutionâs Duke Ellington collection, will be presiding over a star-studded cast of characters, including former United States Poet Laureate Rita Dove, prominent composer, musician, and University of Vermont professor Ray Vega, as well as work by Middlebury professor and composer Matthew Evan Taylor and many more contemporary composers. Paintings by Vermont-based visual artists Crystal Stokes, Julio Desmont and Alan Blackwell will b