The last time this happened, I was 26. We'd just experienced yet another contentious election cycle and there was a somberness in the air, similar to the gray clouds that have been hanging in the Georgia sky for the last three days. I remember having this impulse to build community, because that's what women do. We gather. I happened to…
It has been a while since I posted on this blog. Over the past couple of years, I have added playwright to my resume and I am in the midst of the world premiere of my play, The Wash, which is being co-produced by Impact Theatre and Synchronicity Theatre in Atlanta. The script is inspired by the Atlanta Washerwomen's Strike…
When Beyoncé released her songs, "Texas Hold'em" and "16 Carriages" following the 66th Grammy Awards, I heard so many people talking about who has the cultural agency to make country music. There are some country music fans saying that Beyoncé is out of her element and others who are happy to see a new face in the genre. I recall…
There's something about time inside. For me, the 2020 quarantine gave me the chance to work on a lot of creative projects that I had neglected. One of them is my play, The Wash, which is inspired by the Atlanta Washerwomen's Strike of 1881. I first learned about the strike in 2017 during a trip to the National Museum of…
On fire because of climate change. No seriously, contemplating the future of the world's great cities is an important task. Building the future is even more important. At Night of Ideas, an event hosted by the French consulate in 100 cities around the world, artists, innovators, civic leaders and entrepreneurs, are invited to think about the future of their cities.…
"I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible." This remark from Barack Obama's 2008 campaign speech on race undoubtedly inspired artist Kehinde Wiley's painting of the…