[NEohioPAL]JCC and Karamu House cosponsor panel on Racial Stereotyping March 11

Sun Mar 4 05:58:30 PST 2007

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Racial Stereotyping in American Entertainment: =20
A Forum and Discussion presented by Jewish Community Center of Cleveland and=
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Karamu House=20
Sunday, March 11, 2007 =20
1:00 - 2:30 PM =20
Karamu House =20
2355 East 89th Street =20
Cleveland  44106 =20
Scholar Caroline Jackson Smith, faculty member at Oberlin College, presents=20
observations about blackface and other forms of racial stereotyping that see=
ped=20
into American popular culture.  Professor Jackson Smith will be joined in a=20
panel discussion by Karamu House artistic director Terrence Spivey, JCC thea=
ter=20
producer Fred Sternfeld, and Karamu guest director Tony Sias. Included in th=
e=20
program are scenes from the Karamu production of The Trial of One=20
Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae and songs from t=
he JCC=E2=80=99s=20
upcoming production of Jolson & Company.  Attendees will receive special tic=
ket=20
offers to both productions.=20
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eType></st1:place>, presents observations about blackface and other forms of=
 racial stereotyping that seeped into American popular culture.  Profes=
sor Jackson Smith will be joined in a panel discussion by Karamu House artis=
tic director Terrence Spivey, JCC theater producer Fred Sternfeld, and Karam=
u guest director Tony Sias. Included in the program are scenes from the Kara=
mu production of <I>The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Lou=
ise and Safreeta Mae</I> and songs from the JCC=E2=80=99s upcoming productio=
n of <I>Jolson & Company</I>.  Attendees will receive special ticke=
t offers to both productions. </SPAN></DIV>
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