The goal of the Cooler Communities Challenge is to reduce a community’s carbon footprint and improve its resilience by showcasing students’ research and activities on climate, energy and environment to inspire people to take action.
In "The Human Element,” directed by Matthew Testa, environmental photographer James Balog uses his camera to reveal how environmental change is affecting the lives of everyday Americans.
The main stage at the Gather-In will feature folksingers Kim and Reggie Harris, a performance of Jacob’s Pillow’s Pittsfield Moves! community engagement initiative, the Soul Steps dance troupe from New Jersey, Youth Alive and Funk Box Studio dancers, and more.
In his letter to the editor, William Yehle writes: “WordXWord encourages poets to accept a greater role in the cultural landscape, to provoke and bear witness, to use their voice to advocate for social justice, to act as agents of change.”
In his talk, John Demos will discuss the history of witchcraft and witch-hunting from the Middle Ages to the present day and his long engagement with the topic.
Created and performed by playwright and actress Rachel Siegel, "Special" is based on personal experience and interviews with mothers of children with special needs.
WordXWord Festival invites poets ages 13 - 19 to participate its first annual Teen Poetry Slam Festival which will take place the evening of Friday, May 6, and all day Saturday, May 7,
WordXWord will wrap up 2015 with a story slam at the Whitney Center for the Arts on Sunday, December 20 at 3 p.m. Storytellers are invited to share their five-minute true stories related to the theme “strange holiday.”
The week's WordXWord schedule includes free workshops, story slams, a poetry sCrawl, two evenings featuring the work of teen poets, an all-star feature night with five nationally recognized performance poets
