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On his new song “Lust,” Kendrick Lamar paints a picture of what has been the reality for many Americans: “We all woke up, tryna tune to the daily news / Lookin’ for confirmation, hopin’ the election pring! g in the S in h T e e h wasn’t true… Time passin’, things change / Revertin’ back to our daily T r : o h m t 11 & h y t r , poet June 7 m il f programs, stuck in our ways.” The temptation to make like a hermit t, s r e a l Ag ft. music, MIT List Visual gh NH, Al u o and seal ourselves away is strong. To ignore what’s happening ! r o t Arts Center b r s e e @Pet May 19, 2017 - Ju nic F /10) around us and pretend that life is perfect. But as comedian Hari o ly 16, 2017 r t -plusElec le, 6 Kondabolu has tweeted every day of the Trump presidency. This show brings lode Somervil 6/11) r e to h ge th ( t er a group of twelv ( d “REMINDER: THIS IS NOT NORMAL.” It’s a shame we need r o e national artists to o e b g M s ic d e interga examine the rece The ing N Elks Lo atures a smor ive and reminders, but we do. Political complacency is as AmeriT nt multidisciplina ‘ towards affect by e fe t ry turn m focusing on art wo @So ambridgeterborough, NH across the crea 501(c)3 can as apple pie. rks that exOplore bodies are shaped a ll ED how e , C a P , modified, or affec m K W m u in & o e t s T C u fr u I o t , , n M w To help in this consistent reminding of the masses,The s ted byYSth t s le lo their interaction. W s n a b t e day e Gla DIY rt ev Many contempora O DA , ONeEintensity of his five round, d by Th t music and a to our T g e Harvard Film Archive has graciously programmed ry r iz ar e modes of addres S tis n d W ts a n en E g u ga ge with e, Or tinc s and content th T ENU TIME m in of uniqu al spectrum. and dis at Vis te ing the by stellar lic a slate of films for this Summer of Trump, dubbed g e yet at the same s D th in r er r e ed b O iv to ic d aff ect, time eschew sent b ph s “d an ed imenGtaOlity and ex geogra fit that curate arded artists, Pu SUMMER CINEMA OF RESISTANCE. Per their nd host ity. The exhibition pressivways” a ro eg gh dab l presents works th r le -p y n ib u ll o s s a n e n c o at variously inves press release: “These screenings will be deio c g t our intimate relat a r a a n d n n g o tigate in ionships with objec ri selectin in affordable a 10 erb e Sp crim and signed to spark discussion, beginning in our ts; works that ac vehicles for affec t e y e it n t as n tive engagement u , P in th eels und ol commu or transactions of 1, J AM p theater directly after the screening. Whenincluding objects y f o o o desire, Da M-12 that carry the tra e ksh Thing gh it aleh adst e on Nicway ces of things we ever possible, we will have the filmmaker o see but have to tru 3P g o r P o u t in igh T can’t y B st, intuit, or perceiv e ‘T th H ol , The Altho clude y at Thea oetr present; at other times, we may have e in ways that are related to vision o omMcGra A t S h M not or hearing; and ds urc sé. ts in Bod nity e’s p nd 561 erville a works that are en a guest moderator—an activist, a hiswith actions of int r o h i m a e h u e 1 To gaged So erpersonal care, e 1e n C ic exp ghlig Hom omm us th DAY orig a unlik tru a torian or a community organizer.” st, J i int im g i , r t , acy, or love. l t Artists included y 2ues2 AM ita ec ew h 6/7 the C 0. P ERY sellin ? No he are Andrea Bü Da nM -1 Un Among the films screened will be scl Calle, Alejandro e f k n r ttn t 1 l e V P er, t v Sophie / a E e e Ef G, a ry o d a ts h Cesarco, Jason e3 n 6 ent artis No c wit fest Dodge, Felix Go Luis Valdez’ ZOOT SUIT, Spike a ea lez-Torres, Antonia tiv nd thmbrnidegr o n DIN rive o r a g b nz m aHirsch, Jill Magid, ern ry, a Cma anishopYATlleHA lic li serh hurch pani r 50 ced? t han ronic be a Park McArthur, Lis t Tan, Erika Vogt, l e Lee’s DO THE RIGHT THING, a bra all 55 BERidge M ub Era C d a Susanne M. Wint y om /ove onvin - jus Elect woul mer bb i Vambr e p h’s U erling, and Anick n and Jean Renoir’s LIFE IS c i Go L E , c w U r An Inventory of Sh L c s t C th A a Yi. a t he " cs t , elc ms immers is curated ing oen ble ot lis g at /ALllyange isa a ical Fair , not COO rlode ent i ere. lude ), qu OURS. Huldisch, Curator, , S Drea o Bo lla K Bats by % He l s / b nr d $ c e e t ) iette n lin $1v5i a MIT List Visual Ar eld @# igh , C ev clas Arts .. OK LLY oth al ta ive h u in YC sab o t a d ts Center. The exhib s, ! y’s N rutch oi, I chofi Pensa D s is accompanied by s n N R nS e ,G rs e ner anl ition ) rea Ki /8, D Mal /live able der. OTA ay M tion miss men ms ( an e ren a 96-page fully illu Din ck St nson s So ner (R / And ll Alte rtino t h i strated catalogue -W. Logan Freeman r a 6 lished by Prestel/D m h d e T d d w un Tru rk Jo Field ontai righ an, K ie Ma t W yg n n puba a r C a elMonico in associa r y e i on 9, an ings Affor and air? e’s 2 ntern ssive n th okwo Food f all t for M l e ( M iliy rms alt Va ), G ee tion with the MIT o a l Visual Arts Center. i Jah kwo go (W l, Joe ham, tardo ren K / o o d s s h d d e o m 0 r a 6 List Edited by Henriet Bo m Po sexu h Gra h Bas s, Da ) rea e! Th r $5 fres Has l and the ation en, B ), an e list asse t i te Huldisch, the ca Fro , Mid a, Se Josep ngra DMAN logue features es e fo nd the na de pt tasay contributions do) onpk oid ( es G FOO Ko (LA let am ok V k d a . by Eugenie Brinkem cs tian Ged (a.k sociate Professor, "Br work ees a it up natio inclu l tem bella ras omp e’ve s ka a, AsBa w, M. まつり op Literature Section c g n l r Ko Cla 食品 , MIT; Johanna Bu na of t nd h uch and nnica ), Isa Gen or a ons w er Director and Cura ph lle and rton, m y f a tor of Education an n sto i D s r a r n aCh chi fa calz g so to t tyr (PV dde rag ulati d Public Engageme vol lSe the New Museum; A w by e n l s h it nt e at w e and Emily Watlingt ua lo urin nd th iner . Ge this em s. Vis on, Curatorial Rese a f Assistant, MIT Lis t cha ic arch t Visual Arts Cent ea 's err ing o onta H), M ts of tron drum - Mi f er l and graduate stu l r u History, Theory an c C dent d Criticism of Ar foo samp her, w (O the g l ele ur ea t and Architectur a yo - Maryam Yoon lc Cla ct t e, MIT. e n e u e Sq iant Diss erim G n). p x Hassle is an amazing group. As an l, e pa (Ja pirica engineer, the organizational structure em kind of makes my spleen hurt, but it’s a fantastic bunch of genuine people who are serious about supporting creativity. I volunteered because DIY venues are awesome. They provide space for music and The United States currently incarcerates 2.2 million people—significantly more than any other art and ideas that otherwise do not have a country. We disproportionately imprison people from minority and low-income communities. place to connect to people. And they direct The experience of prison and its lingering after-effects—including barriers to welfare, housing, more money to artists instead of landlords employment, voting, and education—leave formerly incarcerated people even more likely to and infrastructure. I also wanted to find like- remain poor and marginalized. Though the US spends upwards of $86 billion on corrections minded people and discover the local new music each year, incarcerated people are given few resources to prepare them for re-entry. 90% hidden under rocks and jammed into the nooks of incarcerated people will be released, but 40% will return to prison within three years. and crannies of this Greater Boston Area. Hassle At the Petey Greene Program, a nonprofit that recruits and coordinates volunteers to reminded me of Occupy and BLM, because when I tutors in local prisons, we collaborate with college students to try to make a difference first heard of them I thought, what? Wow. how is this in the lives of incarcerated people. Education is one of the most effective ways to organized? Jazz hands? decrease crime and the costs of incarceration. Formerly incarcerated people who took After signing up, and waiting, and then confusing classes in prison are 43% less likely to return to prison than those who did not, and a emails, and texts with no context, I found out. This UCLA study found that $1 million spent on education prevents almost twice as many distributed network of volunteers is focused on making crimes as the same amount spent on corrections. shows happen, so sometimes there’s nobody in the office Since the recession, however, many Departments of Corrections have cut reto pick up the phone. And there’s no office. There is tons sources for all educational programming, and students face underfunded and to do though, so if you’re curious come see a show or Black understaffed classrooms. This is where the Petey Greene Program can make a Market on June 18 in Central. Or sign up as a volunteer. difference. By working with the educational programs in prisons, we can signifiAgain even. We need more people writing for the site, copycantly improve outcomes for the students. editing that writing, promoting and learning what post-face- If you’re interested in getting involved, contact us at boston@peteygreene. book means. Or just drop off the Compass at some coffee org or apply directly at peteygreene.org/volunteerapplication. shops. Especially in the summer, it’s great fun to help something -Eleanor Roberts big and ambiguous convert dark spaces into colorful ones, and then turn the volume up. -Sean Bradley
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