February 28 – Stirring the Waters
At the Curb Center, we think about how art offers more than just aesthetic experience— about how it can be a force for real-world change, a call to community, and an occasion for reflections about our society and our policies. Composer and musicologist Nolan Williams, Jr.’s new multimedia production Stirring the Waters Across America exemplifies this fruitful intersection of arts and activism, combining original music, visuals, spoken word, and dance to illuminate the history and legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
Next Friday night, February 28, the performance will make its global premiere at Vanderbilt’s Langford Auditorium at 7 pm. Free and open to the public, the premiere is co-hosted by The Curb Center, Vanderbilt Divinity School, and Vanderbilt’s African American and Diaspora Studies.
We hope you’ll join us for a production that D.C. Metro Theatre Arts has described as “exquisitely bold and utterly holy,” and a post-performance talk-back conversation with Williams, Jr. and ethnomusicologist Dr. Alisha Lola Jones. You can reserve your (free) spot here.
Written by John Shakespear
Posted on February 24, 2020