Visual artist Kosisochukwu (Kosi) Nnebe talks with Qanita Lilla about the rich sources of her artistic practice. Inspired by social theory as well as her lived experience, Kosi creates art that resists the easy consumption of blackness and allows instead for quiet, sometimes disturbing realizations to emerge. Referencing her video installation in the Brown Butter […]
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In this segment of The Rundown, Alex sits down with Dylyn Reid-Davies, local project coordinator of the Social Planning Council of Kingston. They discuss an upcoming event, a tenant community meeting that is open for Kingston residents to attend to prevent evictions in the community.
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This week Mike and Taylor review a few new films from Adam Sandler and whoever created Mario Bros. Mike reviews The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Taylor reviews two films from #Netflix, Murder Mystery and Murder Mystery 2.
Continue ReadingCONTENT WARNING: From minute 45 to minute 46 Jesse tells a revolting story about a guy who pissed out his leg. If you want to understand what that means you’re welcome to find out, but don’t come crying back to me afterwards. This week we’ve got a surprisingly feel good triple feature of beer, bods, […]
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Annelies studies women’s strategy of self-fashioning in the early modern period, specifically through their self-portraits. She examines the prejudices embedded within the practice of women looking at themselves in a mirror through vanitas prints and paintings. She is particularly interested in learning how women artists circumvented those prejudices in their self-portraits and how they came […]
Continue ReadingScience Rendezvous Kingston is coming up on May 13, 2023 at the Leon’s Centre! Alex sits down with Lynda Colgan of SRK to discuss the event and what people can expect. We also chat with Elijah, a superstar in the online community of BeatSaber and VR.
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In a post Easter/pushed back a week episode, Taylor reviews the 70s film Jesus Christ Superstar, also a hit Broadway Musical! Mike reviews Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and the two discuss first date movies, Mike’s recent VIP movie experience and we reveal the films selected from our Oscars Pool winner.
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In this segment of Today in YGK, we sit down with Mona Rahman, co-chair of the Give 30 Campaign, to discuss the campaign so far and how to contribute. We discuss the upcoming Juvenis festival, performances at the Grand Theatre, and more.
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Diabetes is a growing public health concern in Liberia; recent data shows about 2.1% of the population are living with the disease. This figure is likely a gross underestimation of the burden of disease in the country given the limited disease surveillance infrastructures and systems that exist. Diabetes places immense socioeconomic pressure on individuals and […]
Continue ReadingIn this episode of The Rundown, Alex sits down with Brenda Moore, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Food Sharing Project. They discuss the program itself, what FSP does, the lack of support and funding for school programs seen in the 2023 federal budget release, and more.
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