As I was coming of age during the Vietnam War, if anyone had predicted that 40 years later I would travel through the Mekong Delta in a sampan, I would have chalked the vision up to someone’s LSD ... Read more >>
The following is a compilation of calls to artists that I am happy to share with the field. Please feel free to contact me with opportunities that you want to be included in a ... Read more >>
It’s been more than three weeks since we have returned from our Center Stage trip to Pakistan and I have been pondering what to say in this blog. How do you capture a trip like this? ... Read more >>
The following is a compilation of calls to artists that I am happy to share with the field. Please feel free to contact me with opportunities that you want to be included in a subsequent ... Read more >>
I am finding it difficult to highlight any single experience from my Center Stage trip to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, so I've been putting off writing this post for several days. It's not ... Read more >>
It amazes me how much cultural immersion can happen in just 10 days.
Knowing I just scratched the surface, I feel like I have so much more understanding of the cultural life in Morocco after ... Read more >>
The last (but not least!) of the Center Stage 2012 ensembles to arrive in the U.S. was Jogja Hip Hop Foundation (JHF), a group of DJs and rappers who incorporate Indonesian pop and gemalan music, ... Read more >>
In November 2012, Center Stage welcomed two very funny men to the U.S., Danish Ali and Ali Gul Pir, also known as Very Live. While on tour in the U.S., they were eager to see what made Americans ... Read more >>
The following is a compilation of calls to artists that I am happy to share with the field. Please feel free to contact me with opportunities that you want to be included in a subsequent ... Read more >>