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CAPTURE THE BLOCK: STORIES FROM WARD 15

Recorded 2/21/2021

Hosted by Ana González and Josh Short. Featuring interviews with Court King, Andrea LaFazia, Cindy Miranda, Jenny Sanchez, Meg Sullivan, Keilly, Michelle, and music performances by Luis Gilberto. 

Interviews conducted by Ana González, filmed by Oliver 'Syde-Sho' Arrias, edited by Ana González and Oliver Syde-Sho' Arrias, technical support by Max Ponticelli.

Special thanks to WaterFire Arts Center, The Manton Avenue Project, and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. 

CAPTURE THE BLOCK: STORIES FROM WARD 15 is presented by The Wilbury Theatre Group as part of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities' Culture is Key ​initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Rhode Island Foundation. 

WATCH THE INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS

ABOUT CAPTURE THE BLOCK:
​STORIES FROM WARD 15

​In the Fall of 2020 ​The Wilbury Theatre Group was commissioned by  the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities to participate in Culture is Key, an initiative to “understand, test, and evaluate the role of cultural participation on our state’s civic health.”

Working in collaboration with journalist Ana González of The Public's Radio and with support from ONE Neighborhood Builders, The Wilbury Theatre Group interviewed neighbors willing to share their experiences of loss and resiliency in the COVID-19 pandemic. 

On Sunday February 21 at 6pm these interviews were livestreamed on The Wilbury Group's Facebook and YouTube pages in a special event, hosted by Artistic Director Josh Short and Journalist Ana González.
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View the press release

About the 'Culture is Key' initiative
by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
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As part of the Culture is Key initiative, five Rhode Island cultural organizations will undertake pilot projects where they will collaborate with local journalists to test and evaluate ways to further integrate civic engagement into cultural programming. These organizations span diverse disciplines including museums, libraries, theaters, festivals, and youth programming. Each has a strong track record of delivering quality cultural experiences for diverse audiences across the Ocean State. The organizations are listed below and more details about their projects is forthcoming. Learn more about the 'Culture is Key' initiative here.

ABOUT OUR
COLLABORATORS

Ana González is the host and producer of Mosaic with The Public's Radio. She's proudly Puerto Rican and Irish, and loves meeting new people almost as much as she loves meeting new dogs. Before coming to The Public's Radio in 2019, Ana worked with the WHYY Media Labs in Philadelphia and ran her own video production company, EARF. In 2017, she produced and directed a feature-length documentary about hip hop history in Rhode Island, Almost Dope. Ana is a 2015 graduate of Brown University.

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The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities seeds, supports, and strengthens public history, cultural heritage, civic education, and community engagement by and for all Rhode Islanders. As the only dedicated source of funding for public humanities in Rhode Island, we are proud to support museums, libraries, historic sites, schools, preservation and historical societies, community and cultural organizations, individual researchers and documentary filmmakers to bring Rhode Island’s stories to life and to amplify the state’s many diverse voices. www.rihumanities.org

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ABOUT

An award-winning*, not-for-profit professional theatre company, The Wilbury Theatre Group engages our community in thought-provoking conversation through new works, reimagined classics and adventurous playmaking. We are idealistic, ambitious, and stubborn in our resolve to create theatre that entertains, enlightens, and inspires.

​*WINNER of the 2018 National Theatre Company Grant from the American Theatre Wing (The Tony Awards).

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