Wonderful Committee Partners and all these organizations for helping us get the word out. I want to introduce janice and kelly and just minute that i want to ask you to silence your phones or any other noisemakers he might have with you tonight so we can just share everything. I hope many of you have visited gramercy books. We are right down the street. We invite any of you who have not been there before to come in we have been open for just over three years and we have hosted 300 events during that period. [applause] besides being a fullservice independent bookstore we intend to connect the community with authors launching important books and thats exactly what we are doing tonight. You receive a program when he came in and i want to quickly give a shoutout to three other events that are listed there. We have eight events every month per first two legend james ride. His latest novel won the National Book award for fiction. Hes also the author of the 1995 classic the color of water one
Texas to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For nine years, weve traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the book scene to our viewers. Watch more of our visits at cspan. Org. Amarillo is in the center of the texas panhandle. We affectionately call ourselves the capital city of the texas panhandle. We are approaching 200,000 people in this next census area census. Thats a marker for us. Its one of the most unique things, travel around and talk to other mayors, our superpower here in the city of amarillo is that we think regionally. While we do have geographic boundaries that define how many people live inside our city, we truly dont think that way. We think regionally. We think of world communities that belong to us. We are their city. Right now, we are standing in the historic depot. Its significant because when you think about building the entire city of amarillo, the materials for building our city came through this depot. They arrived by rail right here. Our city has
High for me ok and joy in the stream can you name 5 women autists most people caught but museums around the world are working to change that you can share your thoughts on why Representation Matters and i live chat on twitter. Female autists remain dramatically under represented and undervalued in the industry a new social Media Campaign supported by 1500 museums around the world is drawing attention to the inequality by promoting the stories of work of female artists women make up hall of all visual artists today but only a fraction of their work is represented a major Museum Collections women of color are often fat even worse and out what by women sells for 40 percent less than the work of their male counterparts on the representation of women and can translate into some very real wealth consequences the girl ago Anonymous Group of autists who fight sexism and racism in the art world explain why. Barden record culture and the earth the. Earth is told through the works. Thats basicall
All mass on thursday just 2 weeks ahead of its awards ceremony of the academy had faced a wave of criticism after polanskis film talked nominations despite new Sexual Assault allegations against him. So youre going to build a model build a god. In the Roman Polanskis film about alfred gerry 1st a jewish french officer unfairly accused of spying for germany in the 890 s. It has been well received by critics it picked up the grand jury prize at last years Venice Film Festival and it topped the French Box Office for a while. But screenings in france were also met with widespread protests the outrage intensified in january when the season academy and outs that the film lead the nominations the academy initially defended its actions saying it could not be expected to take a moral stance. That it was a lengthy fled the us to avoid imprisonment after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 13 Year Old Girl in 1978 and in november 2900. 00 french actress valentino manyi allege that polanski
Made in germany. Your business magazine t w. Earth the home for saving global indias tells stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost Green Energy Solutions by global ideas being by a new series of global 3000 on d. W. And online. Greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to the show well its a slow burning saga that keeps flaring up director Roman Polanski is at the center of another uproar in france and also coming up. Much more than just music a brand new exhibition. In frankfurt revisits the contribution. To surrealism. And. Start last weeks storm goal way on the west coast of ireland begins its European Capital of culture for 2020. Theres been a dramatic new developments in the ongoing controversy about french film prize nominations for Roman Polanskis latest film an officer and a spy aboard. Thats the french equivalent of the oscars resigned on mass on thursday just 2 weeks ahead of its awards ceremony the academy had