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Four Terminally Ill Patients Walk Into A Bar…

Priti Salian

May 10, 2017 |

Bright Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India

To remove stigmas around discussing death and end of life care, four terminally ill people have been delivering stand up comedy routines about their situations. Through humor, the Laughing At Death foundation hopes Indians will be more accepting of palliative care and able to talk to family members about their wishes regarding the end of their lives.

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Two Old Theaters, One New North Shore

Sophia Paliza-Carre

April 11, 2017 |

WNYC |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

To help develop the arts scene and also increase economic development in the North Shore area of Staten Island, one family formed a non-profit organization to renovate the St. George Theatre and build it up as a revitalized performing arts space. Since 2004 when the theatre was reopened, the area has seen economic growth, and data supports the idea that cities with arts and cultural resources make for healthier and happier communities.

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Big in Bolivia: Zebras in the Streets

Isabel Henderson

March 01, 2017 |

The Atlantic |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Bolivia, La Paz

In La Paz, local government is using people dressed in zebra costumes to direct traffic and change the behavior of people who break the rules. La Paz borrowed the idea from Antanas Mockus, the former mayor of Bogota, who discovered that people are more afraid of being ridiculed than being punished. Through humor, the method has improved driving and people's moods on the streets, hospitals, and schools.

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The Sesame Street of Sex Ed: Ugandan Show Uses Puppets to Break Taboos

Amy Fallon

December 08, 2016 |

News Deeply |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

Uganda has some of the highest fertility and HIV prevalence rates in the world. Yet the government has banned comprehensive sexuality education in schools, and parents feel uncomfortable talking about the taboo subject. So Chicken & Chips, a television show about puppets, was created to educate the country’s young people about sexual and reproductive health.

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Artists and Scientists Team Up to Highlight Indy Waterways

Jen Kinney

September 09, 2016 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

Collaborations between artists and scientists can lead to unique, engaging, and educational programming highlighting important issues. In Indianapolis, the StreamLines collaboration highlighted issues related to city waterways through dance, sculpture, and outdoor installations.

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What It Takes for an Independent Record Store to Survive Now

Joel Oliphint

August 03, 2016 |

Pitchfork |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

As popular music has become digital and immaterial in the twenty-first century, record stores are hard to find and those in business struggle to be commercially viable. Used Kids record store in Columbus, OH has been in business for thirty years and is perhaps even more popular now that it was ten years ago. The current management treat the medium of vinyl not as a museum artifact, but rather as a commodity in demand by selling online, holding private events with collectors, and selling the materiality to young people.

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Actor's Gang: How Tim Robbins has cut reoffending rates

Kate Bissell

March 14, 2016 |

BBC |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

For many offenders, prison can be a tense, divisive, and anger-inducing environment, fueling the negative influences that landed them there in the first place and leading to high recidivism rates. Actor Tim Robbins - who once famously portrayed a prisoner himself - started a program called The Actors Gang to bring theater to inmates as an outlet for emotion and expression, breaking down barriers between former gang members and helping individuals to process their troubles.

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It Takes A Village to Not Marry A Girl

Didem Tali

February 25, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Malawi

Some communities in Malawi are beginning to fight child marriage their own way—with music, dance, and a few tears, using theater to motivate cultural change.

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When Opera Meets Autism

Amanda Aronczyk Mary Harris

February 23, 2016 |

WNYC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A neuropsychologist and opera singer teamed up to create a form of vocal training for people on the autism spectrum.

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Police and the Public Bridge Gap on Stage

Thomas MacMillan

February 05, 2016 |

Wall Street Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York

An ensemble of New York Police Department officers and members of the public are participating in a theater program designed to bring together the opposite sides of the nationwide debate on interactions between police and minority communities.

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