Downtown Drive - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
A drive around the downtown area of North Carolina's 5th largest city, Winston-Salem. Includes Main St, Cherry St, 4th St, 5th St. and more.
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City Population: 230,047 (2010)
Metro Population: 676,673 (2010)
CSA (Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point) Population: 1,642,506 (2010)
City Area: 133.7 sq mi
Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. With a 2018 estimated population of 246,328 it is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the fifth most populous city in North Carolina, the third largest urban area in North Carolina, and the eighty-ninth most populous city in the United States. With a metropolitan population of 676,673 it is the fourth largest metropolitan area in North Carolina. Winston-Salem is home to the tallest office building in the region, 100 North Main Street, formerly the Wachovia Building and now known locally as the Wells Fargo Center.
Winston-Salem is called the Twin City for its dual heritage and City of the Arts and Innovation for its dedication to fine arts and theater and technological research. Camel City is a reference to the city's historic involvement in the tobacco industry related to locally based R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's Camel cigarettes. Many locals refer to the city as Winston in informal speech. Another nickname, the Dash, comes from the dash in the city's name (although technically it is a hyphen); this nickname is used by the local minor league baseball team, the Winston-Salem Dash.
In 2012, the city was listed among the ten best places to retire in the United State by CBS MoneyWatch. Winston-Salem has seen a surge in growth and revitalization in the downtown area with hotels, restaurants, and apartments under construction. In 2017, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal ranked the city second in their lists of the most livable downtowns in America. Winston-Salem tied with Charlotte for the highest growth in small business. WalletHub ranked Winston-Salem the third most affordable large city to start a small business.
Driving Downtown - Charlotte - USA
Driving Downtown - Charlotte North Carolina USA - Season 1 Episode 2.
Highlights include Tryon St - College St - Church St - 6th St - 5th St - Trade St - 4th St - 3rd St - Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, the seat of Mecklenburg County, the second largest city in the Southeastern United States, just behind Jacksonville, Florida, and the third fastest-growing major city in the United States.[3] In 2014, the estimated population of Charlotte according to the U.S. Census Bureau was 809,958,[4] making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area ranks 22nd largest in the US and had a 2014 population of 2,380,314.[1] The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2014 U.S. Census population estimate of 2,537,990.[5] Residents of Charlotte are referred to as Charlotteans. It is listed as a gamma-plus global city by the [Globalization and World Cities Research Network]].[6]
Charlotte is home to the corporate headquarters of Bank of America and the east coast operations of Wells Fargo, which among other financial operations makes it the second largest banking center in the United States.[7] Among Charlotte's many notable attractions, some of the most popular include the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL), the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), 2 NASCAR Sprint Cup races and the NASCAR All-Star Race, the Wells Fargo Championship, the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Carowinds amusement park, and the U.S. National Whitewater Center. Charlotte Douglas International Airport is a major international hub, and was ranked the 23rd busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic in 2013.[8]
Nicknamed the Queen City,[9] Charlotte and its resident county received its name in honor of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who had become queen consort of Great Britain the year before the city's founding. A second nickname derives from the American Revolutionary War, when British commander General Cornwallis occupied the city but was driven out by hostile residents, prompting him to write that Charlotte was a hornet's nest of rebellion, leading to the nickname The Hornet's Nest.
Charlotte has a humid subtropical climate. Charlotte is located several miles east of the Catawba River and southeast of Lake Norman, the largest man-made lake in North Carolina. Lake Wylie and Mountain Island Lake are two smaller man-made lakes located near the city.
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✅Top 10 Reasons NOT to move to Charlotte, North Carolina. It's not terrible.
Top 10 Reasons NOT to move to Charlotte, North Carolina. It's not terrible. Charlotte is a great city, like most places it has issues.
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Welcome to the world according to Briggs. Today we are doing a list of a city that is starting to grow at a good pace. Charlotte, North Carolina. Most people think it is a nothing southern city. It's actually a world-class city that is filled with good people. But, like all places, it's not for everyone. And that is what this list is all about. Things you should know before you consider moving here. Please enjoy.
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Marine Beating Cab Driver in Wilmington North Carolina
Cab Driver Beaten by US Marine John Kinosh
Gunnery Sgt. Adam John Kinosh, 31, a MARSOC Marine of Penny Lane in Holly Ridge, was charged Tuesday by the Surf City Police Department with assault inflicting serious bodily injury.
Kinosh is accused of assaulting Charles Hawkesworth, shattering his cheek bone to the left side of his face and nasal passage, both of which required reconstructive surgery, according to warrants.
Hawkesworth was driving a cab for Island Taxi in Surf City in the early morning hours of Sept. 9 when the attack, which was caught on video, occurred.
The video from a camera installed on the dash of the taxi shows a man, later identified as Kinosh, verbally assaulting Hawkesworth, who remains silent for much of the one-minute video, before the passenger begins punching him.
Jerry Coston, a dispatcher for Island Taxi, previously told The Daily News that Hawkesworth was responding to calls for pick up from customers leaving the Trailer Bar near North New River Drive in Surf City. Due to the heavy volume of calls, drivers were asking patrons to share cab rides home and giving them discounts to do so.
The passenger, upon learning that he has to split a cab, becomes agitated in the video, questioning several times why he has to split a cab with someone. Hawksworth tries to explain that he does not have to share a cab and asks if the passenger wants a ride home. The passenger tells Hawksworth, who was wearing a baseball cap and glasses, not to act tough and says he will crush his glasses. The passenger then begins to yell at Hawksworth saying he tried to take his money and for him to get out of the car. The passenger then appears to try and grab the keys. Hawksworth says that he is not trying to take anything from the passenger, who then begins to punch Hawksworth, knocking off his baseball cap and glasses. The video ends at 1:05:08.
Kinosh checked himself into a mental health treatment facility after the assault, according to previous Daily News reports.
Hawkesworth had two titanium plates inserted into his cheekbone and under his eye socket on Sept. 13. He retuns to the doctor in October and, if nothing has shifted or moved, he won't need any further surgical procedures.
Should a Marine accused of savagely beating a Surf City cab driver be allowed to leave the state? That's the question an Onslow County judge was faced with at a bond hearing this morning.
Three months after the brutal assault of driver Charles Hawkesworth caught on camera, Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Adam Kinosh was back in court today asking a judge to help him seek help.
At a bond hearing Kinosh's commanding officer testified that alcoholism, PTSD and a brain injury suffered in battle were the cause of his violent outburst in September and that Kinosh had been seeking counseling.
Since the attack Kinosh has been removed from his role as an instructor at Marine Special Operations Command Stone Bay, but his commanding officer testified that he was a model Marine.
A letter from the commander of Marine Special Operations helped sway the judge to allow Kinosh to seek a month-long inpatient therapy at a facility in either Virginia or Texas with some restrictions. The court authorized a 28-day stay at an approved facility if the Marine Corps provides Kinosh an escort to and from the facility and makes weekly visits to ensure Kinosh stays there. He must also report to base authorities on a regular basis about where he is and his progress in therapy.
When Kinosh is done with the program, he must return to Camp Lejeune. If Kinosh leaves the facility cannot complete his treatment, his bond will be revoked and he will be extradited back to the Onslow County Jail.
Neither Kinosh nor Hawkesworth would talk to reporters after court.
Hampton Inn Portage, Portage, Indiana - United States (US)
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Downtown Chicago is located 40 miles from the Hampton Inn Portage. The hotel is a few miles away from area attractions like the Blue Chip Casino, Indiana Dunes State Park and the Michigan City Outlet Mall. The Star Theater Complex, Valparaiso University and several Lake Michigan beaches are also within close access.All 60 guest rooms at the Hampton Inn Portage are equipped with contemporary amenities. The rooms have cable televisions, clock radios, ironing facilities, coffee makers, dataport phones and air-conditioning units. Security features include electronic locks and smoke detectors. Whirlpool tubs and sofa beds can be found in some rooms.The Hampton Inn Portage is a three-storey accommodation that provides a swimming pool and a fitness center. The hotel also features meeting rooms with audio-visual equipment. Laundry facilities, fax services and a safe-deposit box are also offered. Guests are served with a complimentary breakfast at the Breakfast Area.
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Haunted Places in North Carolina
From Charlotte to Raleigh, Greensboro to Durham, the Tar Heel state is covered in supernatural mystery, which is why The Speakeasy presents our picks for the top 10 most haunted places in North Carolina. Enjoy!
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The massacre of Tulsa's Black Wall Street
White mobs destroyed Black Wall Street in 1921. But where are the victims' bodies?
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Nearly 100 years ago, a white mob destroyed an American neighborhood called “Black Wall Street,” murdering an estimated 300 people in Tulsa, Oklahoma. That incident — known as the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — has been largely left out of US history books. Today, a century later, the city still has a lot of questions. For one, where are the bodies of the victims? As the city's mayor re-opens the search for mass graves, we take a look at what happened back in 1921…and why finding these graves still matters to the people of Tulsa.
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Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Bryan Dean Wright (former CIA ops officer) about Iran and the current escalation of conflict with the US. Bryan has a unique perspective being a former CIA agent and a lifelong Democrat. He shares his thoughts on how the recent death of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani ordered by Donald Trump could play out. Bryan lays out the most likely ways that Iran could respond and what he believes Iran really wants. He discusses why a US presence in the Middle East is vital and not changing anytime soon, unless we radically rethink our energy policy as it pertains to oil. Bryan gives an insider’s take on what exactly the “deep state” is and how they use leaks to the media like the New York Times and the Washington Post to steer the narrative in a direction more favorable to their interests. Bryan gives his feelings on the abuses of power of John Brennan, James Clapper, and James Comey. And Bryan discusses how a Trump victory against a progressive candidate like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren could actually help save the Democratic party and return it to it’s roots of supporting the working class voter.
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By Jonathan Rodriguez - The new head of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs visited the VA medical center in Fayetteville Thursday, and acknowledged his department has systemic problems that must be addressed.
But acting VA secretary Sloan Gibson also defended the efforts of the VA, which faced a withering audit earlier this week.
This idea of, 'Let's fire everybody and pull everybody's bonuses away,' that's a bunch of crap, he said.
Have we got problems? Yes we do, he said. And my commitment is we're going to deal with those problems. But I'm not going to let people sit there and say we have 350,000 people who aren't worth a crap.
Gibson met Thursday with the leadership and employees of the Fayetteville VA Medical Center and later addressed the media.
Gibson recounted changes the agency is making to address the issue as he defended VA employees, who he described as working harder for less pay than similarly qualified professionals in the private sector.
The Fayetteville VA, in a statement late Tuesday, said a big problem was lack of space for a facility with increasing demands, and Gibson reiterated that Thursday.
The biggest constraint in Fayetteville is space, he said.
Gibson announced he is adding $7.4 million to the Fayetteville VA's budget for extended hours, possibly leasing space and to pay for more contracted health care.
Gibson's visit comes days after the VA this week released the results on an internal audit showing that patients at the Fayetteville medical center wait an average of 29 days for a primary care appointment. The audit shows the Durham and Fayetteville VA's have some of the worst wait times in the country, with new patients wait 83 days.
The Durham VA didn't agree with the national audit. In a press release, a Durham VA spokesperson said they couldn't verify the audit results that showed average new patient with mental health wait times of 104 days. Sec Gibson said the numbers were in fact correct.
The data that was sent out was accurate. And they should know by now that they don't issue press releases that create a situation of dueling databases Gibson said.
Many veterans interviewed by WNCN Thursday want action.
Retired Marine Edward Kirby, diagnosed with throat cancer, said it took me a year. It goes further than you want to know and it's ridiculous -- we don't deserve this.
And Renee Elder, a 17-year retired combat veteran, said she waited more than a year for an appointment.
I served my nation and my country proudly and I think the VA should be doing more for us, she said.
Gibson became VA head last month after Eric Shinseki resigned following allegations that veterans died while waiting for care at a Phoenix VA Medical Center.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
N.C. family sues HGTV show for disastrous home makeover
A North Carolina couple turned to HGTV’s Love It or List It when they decided to fix up their home for future foster children. But now they're taking the production company to court. In an interview you’ll see only on “CBS This Morning,” the homeowners gave Manuel Bojorquez a firsthand look at the work they say falls short.
Bill and Hillary Clinton Humiliated In Seattle
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Ouch…you just know this one hurts bad to a political couple with massive egos like the Clintons.
And to make it worse, the Clintons have chosen to cash in on the Trump bashing resistance, believing incorrectly they still have a large following among the outraged Dem base.
They do not…the Clinton’s, in a now too familiar act, couldn’t give away tickets to their big speaking engagement in Seattle.
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This same problem has haunted their tour and it seems every stop they are met with plummeting demand. FromThe New York Post:
Tickets to the latest stop on Bill and Hillary Clinton’s speaking tour were going for as little as $20 on the secondary market as their 13-city adventure continued to struggle to find an audience.
The best seats in the house at Seattle’s WaMu Theater on Friday could be had for $829, a steep 54% drop from the $1,785 that the former first couple fetched when the tour was announced in early November.
But organizers soon had to slash listed prices and even offer discount ducats through Groupon to boost sales.
The official prices for Friday’s appearance ranged from $66.50 to $519, the Seattle Times reported.
FromLifezette: The former first couple kicked off the speaking program in Las Vegas in mid-November of 2018.
Live Nation Entertainment described the event as “joint on-stage conversations with the two leaders sharing stories and inspiring anecdotes that shaped their historic careers in public service, while also discussing issues of the day and looking toward the future.”
U.S. cities on the tour included Las Vegas; Sugar Land, Texas; New York City; Detroit; Philadelphia; Wallingford, Connecticut; Washington, D.C.; Boston; Seattle; and Los Angeles. Canadian stops were also announced.
Ticket holders for the Clinton speaking tour would enjoy the chance to “hear one-of-a-kind conversations with the two leaders as they tell their stories from some of the most impactful moments in modern history,” the tour description gushed.
“[The couple] provide a unique perspective on the past and remarkable insight into where we go from here.”
“From the American presidency to the halls of the Senate and State Department, to one of the United States’ most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections, they provide a unique perspective on the past, and remarkable insight into where we go from here,” the overheated description also said.
The Seattle Times this weekend described the Seattle event this way, in part: “The former president and the would-be president (and former secretary of state) vented, gossiped and inspired a true-blue, Democratic crowd. The audience included young children and senior citizens who nodded along; screamed, ‘We love you!’; and walked out feeling just a little better about things.”
“I really believe that we are in a crisis, a constitutional crisis,” Hillary Clinton told the crowd, the publication reported. “We are in a crisis of confidence and a crisis over the rule of law and the institutions that have weathered a lot of problems over so many years. And it is something that, regardless of where you stand in the political spectrum, should give real heartburn to everybody. Because this is a test for our country.”
Bill Clinton called the FBI inquiry into his wife’s use of a private server to send government emails “the single worst thing I ever lived through in my entire public life” and “phony as a three-dollar bill,” the publication also noted.
“And I hope you didn’t miss,” the ex-president added, “that [former FBI head] Jim Comey was using his own email to do official business.”
Montgomery: Greyhound Bus Station
On May 20, 1961, the Freedom Riders were attacked by a local mob at the Montgomery Greyhound Bus Station in Montgomery, Alabama. The historic importance of the Montgomery Greyhound Bus Station is limited to this one day, but the repercussions from the events of May 20, 1961, brought the Civil Rights struggle into sharp relief and caught national and international attention. The Freedom Riders were a group consisting of students and civil rights activists who used nonviolent tactics and rode interstate buses into the segregated southern states to test the United States Supreme Court decisions Boynton v. Virginia (1960), which declared that segregation in interstate travel, including bus station facilities, violated the Interstate Commerce Act.
Freedom Rides organized to test the validity and enforcement of segregation on the nation’s new interstate system, which was subject to federal oversight. The Freedom Riders were founded by the Nashville Student Group in Tennessee, who successfully deregulated the movie theaters and lunch counters in Nashville.
Some of the riders made only partial journeys, with new activists taking their places along the way. The riders consisted of a mix of African Americans and Caucasians, with clergy and students comprising the majority of the group. The early portion of the journey through Virginia and North Carolina passed with little incident. However, as the group moved deeper into the South, hostility from local citizens and law enforcement officials increased. In South Carolina, an angry mob beat the riders. Martin Luther King Jr., meeting the group in Georgia, warned, “You will never make it through Alabama.”
Despite the threats, the Freedom Riders continued their journey. Just outside of Anniston, Alabama, segregationists firebombed one of the buses and a mob attempted to attack the riders as they fled the burning vehicle. When the second bus reached Birmingham, Alabama, a mob with similar intentions also assaulted the riders, who were dragged away and beaten nearly to death. The Freedom Riders were not allowed to leave the city for five days as Bull Conner, Birmingham’s Public Safety Commissioner, effectively held them hostage. The situation in Birmingham resulted in a standoff between President Kennedy and Alabama’s Governor, John Malcolm Patterson. After negotiations, the Freedom Riders left the Birmingham bus station to Dothan, Alabama, by way of Montgomery. With a law enforcement escort, they departed. John Lewis, a student activist who later would become a key figure in the civil rights movement and a U.S. Congressman, was one of the Freedom Riders on this portion of the journey.
After they dealt with Jim Zwerg, the attackers focused on the African Americans Freedom Riders.
The Montgomery police force arrived ten minutes after the bus’ arrival, and arrested the most violent member of the mob, but made no real effort to detain or arrest the vast majority involved in the beatings. An injunction barring the Freedom Riders from Alabama was read to Lewis, who was lying on the pavement. Now outlaws in Alabama, the scattered Freedom Riders made for the home of Reverend Solomon Seay, Sr., who offered his residence as a refuge. The riots continued until Floyd Mann called approximately 70 highway patrolmen to the scene.
20 people were seriously injured, including John Seigenthaler, who was a personal representative of the President. President Kennedy, realizing the State officials would not help the Freedom Riders, dispatched Federal marshals to Alabama. Reporters and photographers recorded the attack, but much of their equipment was destroyed. The Freedom Riders, desperate, called on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for help. On Sunday, may 21, 1961, more than 1,000 people, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other prominent civil rights leaders, gathered at the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama to show their support for the Freedom Riders. Outside the church, an angry crowd gathered. The National Guard used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
On May 24, 1961, the Freedom Riders departed Montgomery from the Trailways Bus Station. 300 National Guard troops cordoned off the street, providing protection as the group departed for Mississippi. According to historian Raymond Arenault, the events in Montgomery transformed the Freedom Rides and subsequently the Civil Rights movement. Although they were later arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for “breach of peace” and over 350 went to jail for 40 days and endured hardships, they continued in the civil rights struggle after their release. The attacks in Montgomery garnered worldwide attention and forced the federal government to intervene to solve civil rights issues.
Durham, North Carolina | Wikipedia audio article
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Durham, North Carolina
00:00:59 1 History
00:01:08 1.1 Pre-establishment
00:02:58 1.2 Antebellum and Civil War
00:05:31 1.3 Reconstruction and the rise of Durham tobacco
00:06:38 1.4 Incorporation
00:07:40 1.5 Early growth (1900–1970)
00:12:23 1.6 Civil Rights Movement
00:14:49 1.7 1970s – present
00:16:40 1.8 Downtown revitalization
00:19:44 2 Geography
00:21:02 2.1 Cityscape
00:21:10 2.2 Climate
00:21:45 3 Demographics
00:25:07 4 Economy
00:25:24 5 Culture
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00:28:58 5.2 Visual arts
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00:31:56 7 Politics
00:35:48 8 Education
00:35:57 8.1 Primary and secondary schools
00:37:32 8.2 Colleges and universities
00:38:48 9 Media
00:39:54 10 Transportation
00:44:28 11 Notable people
00:44:37 11.1 Born in Durham
00:44:45 11.2 Residents of Durham
00:46:49 11.3 Other People Associated with Durham
00:47:43 12 Sister cities
00:48:15 13 See also
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Durham is a city in and the county seat of Durham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 251,893 as of July 1, 2014, making it the 4th-most populous city in North Carolina, and the 78th-most populous city in the United States. Durham is the core of the four-county Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Area, which has a population of 542,710 as of U.S. Census 2014 Population Estimates. The US Office of Management and Budget also includes Durham as a part of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area, which has a population of 2,037,430 as of U.S. Census 2014 Population Estimates.It is the home of Duke University and North Carolina Central University, and is also one of the vertices of the Research Triangle area (home of the Research Triangle Park).
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The Joyce Theatre
Artistic Director: Nicholas Leichter
Choreography by: Nicholas Leichter
Music Composed by: MIA, Basement Jaxx, Lionrock and Monstah
Starring:
Lauren Basco, Monstah Black, Wendell Cooper, Leandro Damasco JR,
Nicholas Leichter, Aaron Draper, Stephanie Liapis, Mathew Heggem,
Alex Martin, Dawn Robinson, Bryan Strimpel, Laurie Taylor,Kate Vincek
NICHOLAS LEICHTER (Choreographer/Artistic Director) has taught throughout the United States and at festivals in Africa, Asia, Canada, and Eastern and Western Europe, and he has been on faculty at Tisch School of the Arts, (Tisch Dance and Experimental Theater Wing), Bates Dance Festival and the American Dance Festival in Durham, New York, Russia, Korea, and Shanghai. Leichter has created over 25 works for his own company, including Carmina Burana and Rite of Spring commissioned by the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Sweetwash with Eisa Davis for The Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach Community College, and the trilogy of Killa, A Space Funk Invasion and the nationally acclaimed The Whiz in collaboration with Monstah Black. Recent commissions include The Barnard Project, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, University of The Arts, je danse donc je suis in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and The Chicago Dancing Festival. Leichter has been artist-in-residence and guest artist at many institutions including CSU Summer Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, Hollins University, George Washington University, University of Houston, Muhlenberg College, and Idaho State University. Leichter received the 2006 Mariam McGlone Emerging Choreographer Award from Wesleyan University. He has received 2 Choreographer Fellowships from NYFA, (2002, 2008) and the first National Performance Network/Network of Cultural Centers of Color Artist-of-Color Residency Award at Sacramento State, (2008). He received the 2009 Copperfoot Award for Choreography from Wayne State University. Leichter is the 2012 Young Arts Mentor in Choreography, a 2013 Young Arts Master Teacher and a '12/13 Artist in Residence at Pentacle.
Founded in 1996, New York City based Nicholas Leichter Dance has performed in over 50 cities in 17 states and 12 countries at venues including The Joyce Theater; the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House with the Brooklyn Philharmonic; The John C. Wright Theater at CSU Fresno; The Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach Community College, FL; The Jefferson Center in Roanoke, VA; Modlin Center for the Performing Arts at University of Richmond; Central Park Summerstage; The Dorothy H. Baker Theater at Muhlenberg College, PA; Reynolds Industries Theater at Duke University; Diana Wortham Theater in Asheville, NC; Bates Dance Festival; The Broadway Center in Tacoma, WA; the Fabuleus International Theater Festival in Leuven, Belgium; Kaohsiung Jazz Dance Congress in Taiwan; Freedance in Ukraine; Time to Dance in Riga, Latvia; Just For Laughs Festival, Montreal, and Dialogue de Corps Festival at the Centre de Développement Chorégraphique La Termitière in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso at the invitation of the United States Department of State. In recognition of his unique approach to contemporary dance, Leichter has received support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Joyce Theater Foundation, New York City, with major support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Performance Network, New York Foundation for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, The 92nd Street Y New Works in Dance Fund, the American Music Center Live Music for Dance Program, New York State Council on the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) through the National Dance Project (NDP) with generous support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the MetLife Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts
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NICHOLAS LEICHTER DANCE ' FREE THE ANGELS '/ 2001/
The Joyce Theatre
Artistic Director: Nicholas Leichter
Choreography by: Nicholas Leichter
Music Composed by: Stevie Wonder
Starring:
Lauren Basco, Clare Byrne, Wendell Cooper, Daniel Clifon,
Nicholas Leichter, Aaron Draper, Jaren Kaplan, , Amy Larimer,
Holly Handman-Lopez, Dawn Robinson, Will Rawls
NICHOLAS LEICHTER (Choreographer/Artistic Director) has taught throughout the United States and at festivals in Africa, Asia, Canada, and Eastern and Western Europe, and he has been on faculty at Tisch School of the Arts, (Tisch Dance and Experimental Theater Wing), Bates Dance Festival and the American Dance Festival in Durham, New York, Russia, Korea, and Shanghai. Leichter has created over 25 works for his own company, including Carmina Burana and Rite of Spring commissioned by the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Sweetwash with Eisa Davis for The Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach Community College, and the trilogy of Killa, A Space Funk Invasion and the nationally acclaimed The Whiz in collaboration with Monstah Black. Recent commissions include The Barnard Project, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, University of The Arts, je danse donc je suis in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and The Chicago Dancing Festival. Leichter has been artist-in-residence and guest artist at many institutions including CSU Summer Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, Hollins University, George Washington University, University of Houston, Muhlenberg College, and Idaho State University. Leichter received the 2006 Mariam McGlone Emerging Choreographer Award from Wesleyan University. He has received 2 Choreographer Fellowships from NYFA, (2002, 2008) and the first National Performance Network/Network of Cultural Centers of Color Artist-of-Color Residency Award at Sacramento State, (2008). He received the 2009 Copperfoot Award for Choreography from Wayne State University. Leichter is the 2012 Young Arts Mentor in Choreography, a 2013 Young Arts Master Teacher and a '12/13 Artist in Residence at Pentacle.
Founded in 1996, New York City based Nicholas Leichter Dance has performed in over 50 cities in 17 states and 12 countries at venues including The Joyce Theater; the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House with the Brooklyn Philharmonic; The John C. Wright Theater at CSU Fresno; The Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach Community College, FL; The Jefferson Center in Roanoke, VA; Modlin Center for the Performing Arts at University of Richmond; Central Park Summerstage; The Dorothy H. Baker Theater at Muhlenberg College, PA; Reynolds Industries Theater at Duke University; Diana Wortham Theater in Asheville, NC; Bates Dance Festival; The Broadway Center in Tacoma, WA; the Fabuleus International Theater Festival in Leuven, Belgium; Kaohsiung Jazz Dance Congress in Taiwan; Freedance in Ukraine; Time to Dance in Riga, Latvia; Just For Laughs Festival, Montreal, and Dialogue de Corps Festival at the Centre de Développement Chorégraphique La Termitière in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso at the invitation of the United States Department of State. In recognition of his unique approach to contemporary dance, Leichter has received support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Joyce Theater Foundation, New York City, with major support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Performance Network, New York Foundation for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, The 92nd Street Y New Works in Dance Fund, the American Music Center Live Music for Dance Program, New York State Council on the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) through the National Dance Project (NDP) with generous support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the MetLife Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts
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Harlem Federal Theatre Project Production of MacBeth
In 1935, in the middle of the Great Depression President Franklin Delano Roosevelts Administration created the Works Progress Administration Federal Theatre Project (FTP) as part of the New Deal economic recovery program. Negro units, also called The Negro Theatre Project (NTP), were set up in 23 cities throughout the United States. This short-lived (1935-1939) project provided much-needed employment and apprenticeships to hundreds of black actors, directors, theatre technicians, and playwrights. It was a major boost for African American theatre during the Depression era.
These units were situated throughout the country in four geographical sectors. In the East, the most productive units were located in New York City, Boston, Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Newark, New Jersey. In the South, units were placed in Raleigh, North Carolina, Durham, North Carolina, and Birmingham, Alabama. In the Midwest, they were situated in Chicago, Illinois, Peoria, Illinois, and Cleveland, Ohio. In the West, units were in Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles, California.
The best-known and most active FTP was The New York Negro Unit (1935-1939). Located at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem, it staged some 30 productions. Two white directors, John Houseman and Orson Wells, headed it in 1935. Three black directors, Edward Perry, Carlton Moss, and H. F. V. Edward replaced them in 1936. The units most popular production was the Haitian, or voodoo, Macbeth (1935), an adaptation of Shakespeares play set in the Caribbean, under the direction of Wells. Other productions included Frank Wilsons folk drama Walk Together, Children (1936), which described the forced deportation of 100 African American children from the South to the North to work for menial wages. Arna Bontemps and Countee Cullens The Conjur Man Dies (1936), a farcical mystery in three acts, dramatized Rudolph Fishers mystery-melodrama. Also in 1936, J. Augustus Smith and Peter Morrell co-authored Turpentine, a social drama in three acts and ten scenes which focused on the evils of the Southern labor camp system. George MacEntee's The Case of Philip Lawrence (1937) was a courtroom melodrama. Haiti by William DuBois (not to be confused with W. E. B. DuBois), appeared in 1938 as a historical drama about the overthrow of a Haitian government. The Negro Youth Theatre, a popular subdivision of the New York Negro Unit, produced Conrad Seilers social drama Sweet Land (January 1937), which toured the streets of New York with the production during the following summer.