• Freedom-Makers: Maroons and the Underground Railroad

    Virtual Event

    This offering will be a virtual visit to the "Underground Railroad Tree" in the Guilford Woods of North Carolina. The 300-year-old Tulip Poplar tree is a living monument and witness to the freedom-seekers who were part of this eastern seaboard launching point of the Underground Railroad during the early 19th century. The great tree is ... Read more

  • Freedom’s just another word for…Improv

    Virtual Event

    Learn the story of Curtain Up! Anxiety Down!, a program that has helped to free people through improv from the debilitating impact of social anxiety. This online one-time event will include film clips of our class and upcoming documentary Tightrope and opportunities for participants to experience the way we play in our class. Curtains up! ... Read more

  • Experience improvscience Community Office Hours

    online

    Come play with us during improvscience Community Office Hours! The community office hours are held weekly for those who work and organize within and adjacent to Dr. Raquell Holmes and improvscience.  The  Zoom room is for people to work, plan, and create with others. If you want to collaborate with friends on projects, bounce ideas ... Read more

  • The HEARTbeat of Freedom

    online
    Virtual Event

    The HEARTbeat of Freedom is based on the famous Fourth of July speech by Frederick Douglass delivered on July 5, 1852. We will present three different renditions of an excerpt from this speech. You will HEAR with your EAR this operatic ART and I know it will touch your HEART. We will begin with the ... Read more