Winter 2012 News
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With great pleasure TBE announces its association with Sally Matson’s splendid and inspiring one woman show Susan B. Anthony, The Invincible! Using Susan B. Anthony’s own words—her fiery speeches, humorous letters and revealing diary entries—Sally’s one woman play features the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, as well as Miss Anthony’s arrest and trial for voting illegally and her countless trips out West. 2012 is such a perfect time to see a performance that reminds us how hard Miss Anthony and other women fought to get the vote! Ernest J. Gaines will receive the Sidney Lanier Prize for Literature in April 2012 from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. Mr. Gaines continues to accept invitations to participate in live video conferences for events such as those sponsored by the BIG READ, but he is no longer accepting invitations that involve travel. TBE is privileged to be representing journalist James P. (Jim) RePass, Chairman of the National Corridors Initiative and recipient of the Association for Public Transportation’s 2011 Michael S. Dukakis Rail Blazer Award. Jim shares straightforward and novel ideas about transportation, mobility and freedom! He talks about transportation solutions for America that address both climate change and clogged highways. He will challenge you with views about how America can move both cargo and people cost-effectively with minimal carbon footprint and --- re the people part --- with maximum fun. Jim’s a fascinator. You’ll come away with your mind spinning with ideas and your spirit enriched and hopeful. Jim is living proof that one person can make a difference. You can, too. Daryl Hawk is someone who embodies the phrase, “When things get tough, the tough get going!” An international documentary photographer, world traveler and explorer, Daryl Hawk possesses an adventurous heart. He travels alone, free as the wind, to some of the most remote and isolated places in the world and comes home with images and adventures that inspire the entrepreneur that dwells in each of us. Mr. Hawk particularly appeals to libraries, Chambers of Commerce, high schools, and graduate and undergraduate programs in entrepreneurship. Gregory Stephens is the author of On Racial Frontiers: The New Culture of Frederick Douglass, Ralph Ellison, and Bob Marley. His thinking has never been more timely. Professor Stephens talks about an expanded definition of what it means to be an American. Gregory has an easy going way of connecting with all kinds of people. He says, "I am trying to help people develop a multi-ethnic sense of kinship, which is what Martin Luther King meant by Beloved Community, what Frederick Douglass sought, what the Bible means by One Blood, and what Bob Marley meant by One Love.” Darryl Tookes is one of the most talented singer/songwriters performing and teaching today. Check out www.newenglandmorning.com or www.darryltookes.com. TBE is delighted to be helping The Harlem Rockets book summer camp appearances for the summer of 2012. Young people love watching the Harlem Rockets perform comedy basketball and they also learn a lot when they participate in a Rockets run workshop |