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Ashley Bryan-inspired book festival to return as virtual celebration in August


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Ashley Bryan-inspired book festival to return as virtual celebration in August
Indigo Arts had planned the first Beautiful Blackbird Children s Book Festival as a block party, but was successful with the online format.
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“So Tall Within,” a book about Sojourner Truth illustrated by Maine artist Daniel Minter, will be part of this summer’s Beautiful Blackbird book festival.
Courtesy of Indigo Arts Alliance
The Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival, which debuted last year in honor of renowned Maine artist and author Ashley Bryan, will return with a virtual edition throughout the month of August.
Last year’s festival reached more than 100,000 people in 44 countries, according to Indigo Arts Alliance, which conceived and presented the event. Originally envisioned as a community block party, it evolved into a summerlong and wildly successful international online celebration of Black authors and illustrators with vi ....

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Slideshow: A year of COVID, from sudden shutdown to hopeful reopening


Phyllis Graber Jensen
Published on March 10, 2021
The email went out at 10:07 a.m. on Friday, March 13, 2020, from President Clayton Spencer.
Due to the surging pandemic, Spencer announced, Bates would immediately suspend in-person classes, asking all 1,700 students except those granted waivers through petition to move off campus in preparation for remote learning to begin in 10 days.
“My heart goes out to all of our students,” Spencer said. But, “we are at a pivotal moment with respect to both the spread of the COVID-19 virus and our ability as a college to take proactive, rather than reactive, steps.”
Thus began a year filled to the brim with reactions, proactions, and a lot of Bates teamwork, culminating in a return to campus in August and a successful so far in-person academic year. ....

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