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To celebrate Ella Jenkins on her hundredth birthday in August, we asked a group of musicians how Ella has inspired them.
Igor Xoyon shares the journey and successes of Nimaläj Kaqchikel Amaq’, a Kaqchikel language immersion school located in Chimaltenango, Guatemala.
The program's goal is to enable adults to become speakers who, in turn, may pass the language to others, especially as older first-language speakers become fewer and fewer.
In 2018, an awareness-raising and training workshop with youth led to a program focused on revitalizing the Iyasa language.
Karen Collins of Compton, California, has made a name for herself in the last twenty years as a miniatures artist and educator.
No matter the genre of singing, or where we’re from, our vocal exercises are meaningful.
Learn how Williams designed her project, about the social life of cups, and the importance of changing expectations about who can be a potter.
Els monstres de la por: el Liceu adapta un mite grec per explicar la crisi de les persones refugiades
Des del 1993, 33.293 persones han mort ofegades en alta mar al Mediterrani i a l’Atlàntic intentant arribar a un lloc segur on poder reprendre les seves vides.
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