U2 Fans Raise Money in Honor of Bono s Birthday for Clean Water in Tanzania
Share Article SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (PRWEB) May 02, 2021 The African Well Fund (AWF) is excited to announce its 19th annual Build a Well for Bono’s Birthday campaign. Beginning May 1, AWF invites U2 fans from around the world to donate funds in honor of the musician’s 61th birthday. This year AWF is once again partnering with The Outer Loop Theater Experience to build a well in Msona,Tanzania.
This year’s project will mark AWF’s third collaboration with The Outer Loop. The first two projects were built in the village of Mloka, providing a waterpoint at a health center as well as a community well and the rehabilitation of a school waterpoint. Msona is also located in the Mwaseni Ward of Tanzania ten miles from Mloka. The town has a population of approximately 2500 and the well will be located on the grounds of the secondary school. Cur
’13 Suits’ docudrama inspired by tragic hit-and-run death of Niskayuna native | The Daily Gazette
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More than a dozen actors both near and far will take the virtual stage this weekend in a production inspired by the tragic loss of a local man.
Called “13 Suits: A Mother’s Monologues,” it follows what happens before and after the death of Patrick Duff, a Niskayuna native who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in 2015. The driver, a young woman, fled the scene and made 17 calls to relatives and lawyers, waiting more than an hour before calling emergency services. By the time help arrived, Duff was dead and his “organ donor” status was no longer relevant.
Renaissance Theaterworks offers three works by playwrights of color. It’s an adventure. By Dominique Paul Noth - Dec 11th, 2020 08:45 am //end headline wrapper ?>Belonging. Photo from Renaissance Theaterworks.
At this moment in pandemic time, theater companies generally try to lure you back through an online production based on holiday themes. Renaissance Theaterworks in Milwaukee is trying something else.
It has taken three short plays (about an hour for all) reflecting acclaimed Black and brown playwrights slapping their surreal musings right up against natural acting situations, stretching our imagination the way a work for the stage should.
Having worked with Outer Loop Theater Experience to manhandle the technicalities, and Broadway on Demand as its host, Renaissance is taking a chance with cerebral and emotional daring, the sort progressive live theater aims at. But online we are a bit more remote and observe somewhat coldly on the ac