Created by visual artist Martha Schermerhorn, the spoken-word performance “Disturbances a Deux” explores the mysterious and the supernatural.
Spoken Word
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Artist presents a personal connection to hard history
Like much of Europe, Corsicans took part in the immigration to the so-called “new world” in search of economic opportunities. Spain’s Cedula de Gracias of 1815 encouraged Spaniards and other Europeans to settle and populate the colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico. In the 19th century, hundreds of families from Corsica (a Mediterranean island located […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: “Heart and Soul,” “Sun Boxes,” Fringe Fingers, “Spirits Within”
For me the final day of Fringe 2013 started at Writers & Books for “Heart and Soul: Medicine and Life.” This spoken-word program featured poetry and short stories written by five health professionals: family physician Pebble M. Kranz, family medicine resident Natercia Rodrigues, family therapist Tziporah Rosenberg, resident family physician Francesca Decker, and family physician […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: Nosferatu Bemshi!
A hidden, mysterious voice calling out for blood and bones.A dark figure with long claws reaching out on screen.An explosion of drum beats. The rapid-fire lyricism of the guitar. Chills. My last show of this year’s Fringe Fest took me to Writers & Books Friday night for the multidisciplinary showing of NosferatuBemshi! Part film, part […]
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Fringe Fest 2013: Merged: A Dance Concert, Dangerous Signs, Bending and Breaking
Merged: A Dance Concert, taking place at the Geva Nextstage, features the work of two locally based but nationally renowned choreographers. Heather Roffe is an assistant professor of dance at Nazareth College, while James Hansen is an associate professor and the undergraduate program director of the Department of Dance at The College at Brockport. This […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: Dead Metaphor Cabaret
First let me start by saying I never metaphor I didn’t like. And I love Dead Metaphor Cabaret; a duo that wrestles in the peace of stark beauty and a poetic emphasis on lyrics or a lyrical interpretation of poetry. But the group’s performance Thursday night at Writers & Books wasn’t so much a play […]
