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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 2h

CAMBRIDGE, MA: "Absurdist Performance for Absurd Times" offers an evening of music, performance art and a short, insane play by Christopher Durang.

Enjoy the experimental cabaret from Sleeping Weazel, Oct. 18 & 19, 2025.

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Absurdist Performance for Absurd Times: An Experimental Cabaret

Absurdist Performance for Absurd Times offers a madcap evening of music, performance art and a short, insane play by Christopher Durang.

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 10h

HARLEM, NY: A collective of film, television, and theatre artists announces "Let Freedom Ring," a staged reading of excerpts from recently banned books, Mon., Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m., Sister’s Uptown Bookstore and Cultural Center.

This is #artsactivism.

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A Staged Reading Of Banned Books At Sisters Books In Harlem NY

Potluck Legacy, a newly formed collective of film, television, and theatre artists dedicated to preserving and uplifting creative freedom. Proudly

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 1d

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY: The Orchestra Now plays a program that spotlights Eastern European works that confronted the Russian Empire. "Creative Resistance to Empire" includes works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, and others. Oct. 11 & 12.

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Creative Resistance to Empire - Fisher Center at Bard

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 1d

RAPID CITY, SD: Since debuting in 1971, KTEQ 91.3 FM has been a creative hub, broadcasting everything from jazz and punk to hip hop and indie rock. Managed and operated entirely by students, the station is a voice for artistic freedom in the Black Hills.
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KTEQ takes its place in South Dakota music history

RAPID CITY — KTEQ, the South Dakota Mines student-run radio station, will take its place in the state’s rock history as it is inducted into the South Dakota Rock and

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 1d

How can #artists gain power by working together and refusing to be silent? Revisit a classic children's fairy tale for some ancient wisdom.

#artisticresistance #artsactivism #creativefreedom

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The Musicians of Bremen Knew Something We Forgot

This essay explores how artists across disciplines can combine voices to defend creative freedom.

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 1d

Josh Groban's Find Your Light Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to experience a quality arts education. On Wednesday, Groban's foundation raised a record $1.5 million in support of arts education programs.

This is #artsactivism.

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Find Your Light Foundation

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 1d

Add a little arts activism to No Kings Day, Saturday, Oct. 18. Find or register an event at NoKings.org
#NoKings #democracy #creativeresistance #protest

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 1d

In the Phillipines, organizers held
workshops on theater, placard-making, poetry and zine creation. The objective was to help students develop arts skills that can be used to protest genocide in Gaza.

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Baguio groups demand justice for Palestine through creative protest

BAGUIO CITY — Artists and youth groups here staged a series of cultural performances on Tuesday, calling for an end to what they described as the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 2d

Recent episodes highlight the vulnerability of the US’s state-funded cultural sector under an autocratic populist president determined to suppress artistic expression perceived as intolerably "woke."

www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/09/a...

As censorship rises, is there a future for truly political, truth-telling art?

Amid geopolitical instability around the world the market is looking to “safe” works—and artists are searching for new spaces to speak out

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 2d

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL: Limelight Theatre debuts a stage reading of "When All The Saints Are Gathered" Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11 and 12.

The play follows the integral role St. Augustine played in the Civil Rights movement.

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 2d

MUNCIE, IN: What could possibly demonstrate #creativeresistance and support for @pbs.org more than being part of a #BobMob in Muncie, Indiana on Saturday, Oct. 11??

brendao.bsky.social @brendao.bsky.social · 2d

The Joy of Protesting! #BobMob Oct 11th #Muncie #Indiana Tired of the same old, same old protest? If you are in Muncie this might be for you! #happylittlehairdos #ArtistsProtest Protesting not just for #handmaids anymore... Be a man! Be like Bob! #BobRoss He had great hair... unlike Trump!

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 2d

This is outstanding.

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 2d

Twenty-two recipients of the MacArthur "genius" grants were announced today. About half work in the arts, and many of those engage in social justice.

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MacArthur Fellows - MacArthur Foundation

The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to ...

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 2d

CORAL GABLES, FL: Artists Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares mark Banned Books Week with “Banned Pending Investigation,” a monumental wall of currently and historically banned books staged inside the Books & Books flagship in Coral Gables.

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"Banned Pending Investigation" by Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares | Books & Books | Things to do in Miami

Artists Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares, in collaboration with the Books & Books Literary Foundation, mark Banned Books Week with “Banned Pending Investigatio

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 2d

"Born in a century defined by upheaval and transformation, Tadashige Ono (1909–1990) found his artistic compass within the Proletarian and Farmers’ Art Movement—a current of #creativeresistance that coursed through the early 20th century."

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Japanese Art from Edo to 20th Century – Modern Tokyo Times

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 2d

Ignorance *still* equals fear and we are swimming in ignorance.

This is #artsactivism.

Keith Haring (1958-1990), "Ignorance = Fear / Silence = Death," (1989). Photograph: © Keith Haring Foundation

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 2d

This is #artsactivism that still resonates today.

Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954), "Relocate Destroy, In Memory of Native Americans, In Memory of Jews," (1987) from the series American Policy. Photograph: © Whitney Museum of American Art.

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 4d

"The big picture for us is to make as much impact with art as possible. Art transcends time and place…while Artivism is a business, it’s also a movement, a philosophy."

#Artivism is arts activism.

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 4d

LOS ANGELES: This year’s lineup for the free ARRAY 360 film festival features films that grapple with migration, identity, resistance, and collective liberation. Through Nov. 8, 2025.

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Home | Events @ ARRAY

Welcome to ARRAY Play, your portal to ARRAY's film screenings and events — always open to the public. We host films made by underrepresented filmmakers that include ARRAY Releasing titles as well as r...

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 4d

The New York Times hailed "Mexodus" as "an electrifying theatrical experience."

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#theatre #theater #offbroadway #mexodus #musical

MEXODUS | A Live-Looped New Musical | Official Site

This fall, get plugged into a live-looping hip-hop musical unlike anything you’ve seen before. MEXODUS makes its New York Premiere at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre.

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 4d

"Mexodus" is a groundbreaking hip-hop musical that uncovers the untold story of the Underground Railroad that ran south into Mexico.

Fusing bold storytelling, inventive music, and live musical looping, "Mexodus" has been extended through Nov. 1, 2025.

This is #artsactivism

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 5d

SPRINGFIELD, IL: The University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery will present “A Radical Turn,” an exhibition featuring the work of artist, curator and anti-war veteran Aaron Hughes. The exhibition opens Oct. 13 and runs through Nov. 20.

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Aaron Hughes brings anti-war art to UIS Visual Arts Gallery

UIS hosts Aaron Hughes’ “A Radical Turn” exhibit Oct. 13–Nov. 20, featuring anti-war veteran art and archival materials.

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 6d

#FallOfFreedom is coming.

This Nov. 21-22, the cultural community across the country will unite in a bold celebration in defiance of the fascism and censorship that is sweeping the nation.

Learn more about participating artists+venues and how to get involved at falloffreedom.com.

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 7d

LUDINGTON, MI: The Ludington Area Center for the Arts will host Artists as Catalysts for Social Change, a juried exhibition on view through Oct. 31, 2025, in the art center’s main gallery.

This is #artsactivism.

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Artists as a Catalyst for Social Change | LACA Online Store

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Abbetuck @abbetuck.bsky.social · 8d

Less gas! More ass!

"The upcoming Emergency World Naked Bike Ride protest highlights a broader trend in Portland’s activist culture: the use of creative, nonviolent demonstrations to draw attention to pressing social and political issues."

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Trump Orders Troops To Portland Amid Protests

Portland, Oregon, has once again found itself at the epicenter of a national political storm, as President Donald Trump escalates his rhetoric and actions against…

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