Vol. 26, No. 10
May 26, 2005 |
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WHUR-96.3 FM Extends Support to Community's Youth and Cancer Patients
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WHUR 96.3 FM - Howard University, for the past two weekends, has been involved in two community service projects to benefit District of Columbia youth and cancer patients.
On Saturday, May 21, the Metropolitan Police Department “Confidentials” defeated the “WHUR 96ers” 56-44 during a benefit basketball game to help send underserved youth to overnight summer camp at Camp Letts in Maryland.The benefit game, featuring WHUR on-air personalities Tony Richards, TC, George Willborn, Herman Washington, Jeff Brown and others, raised more than $2,000.
“We are thankful for the hundreds of WHUR listeners who came out to help the many deserving children in Washington,” said Coach Jeff Wims. |
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During the previous weekend, on May 13-14, the station participated in the American Cancer Society’s “Relay for Life,” helping to raise nearly $20,000 for research, education, prevention and patient services. “Cancer touches the lives of us all, and WHUR wants to be on the front line in helping to make it a thing of the past,” said General Manager Jim Watkins. “We look forward to partnering again with the American Cancer Society in the battle to defeat cancer.”
Howard Site of Groundbreaking Symposium on Works of August Wilson
In April, Howard University became the site of a groundbreaking symposium on the works of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson, 2004 recipient of the doctor of humanities degree honoris causa. Entitled “Situating August Wilson in the Canon and in the Curriculum: A Two-Day Symposium,” the event drew panelists from as far away as Spain and as close by as Shenandoah University. All were eager to engage in discussions about the dramatic works of one of the foremost interpreters of the African-American experience.
According to symposium organizer, Dr. Sandra G. Shannon, English professor and Black Theatre Network Vice President, “The symposium was the first gathering of its kind—both nationally and globally—with the twin agendas of affirming Wilson’s place within the academy and paving a way for the study of his plays in the classroom.” |
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Conveniently timed to coincide with the opening of The Piano Lesson at D.C.’s Arena Stage, the symposium also featured intriguing conversations with actresses Phylicia Rashad and Rosalyn Coleman and actor Charles S. Dutton, each of whom shared revealing details of their experiences in performing in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and Gem of the Ocean. Additionally, the event coincided with the completion of Radio Golf, Wilson’s 10th and final play in his promised and delivered dramatic cycle.
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