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Basra-boston Connections at Arts at the Armory
Courtesy of Brown Paper Tickets | Posted on August 18, 2016
Where
Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA
Map
(617) 718-2191
When
Fri, November 4, 2016
20:00:00
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About
On Saturday, October 1 and Friday, November 4, the Basra-Boston Project presents a free evening of new work, offering the fruits of connections among scholars and artists at the University of Basra and their counterparts in the United States (principally in the Boston area).
Works to be presented include workshop performances of two plays written for the project: "In the Reeds" by Amy Merrill and "Brides Look Forward" by Johnny E. Meyer. Also, in a special dual-nation presentation, the events will include a video from Iraq of Panorama Joy, composed by Qays Owda Qasim for the project. Following the video, Boston musician Jorrit Dijkstra will improvise around Qasims composition....