... original aspects of creativity. In the 1970's, bands such as "Dead Boys," the "Voidoids," and "The Ramones," were right at the core of punk, and poets and authors like Patti Smith and Jim Carroll composed prose and verse that critiqued society and the so-called "American Dream"." One venue, the Mercer Arts Center, was a kind of mall of entertainment containing five ... in 1973. The name CBGB's stands for "Country Blue Grass and Blues,"" but it was punk rock that emanated from bands such as "Suicide," "The Ramones," "The Dictators," "The Patti Smith Group," "The Misfits," "The Dead Boys,...

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... of Orson Welles and secondly it gave the African-American performers, usually restricted to dancing and singing for white audiences, a chance to prove they were capable of tackling the classics"(Smith 1996). A third sub-project within the FTP system was Marionettes and Vaudeville Theatre's. Marionette Theatre's developed free programs that gave live professional performances to public organizations, like schools and hospitals ... ...

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... movement in Harlem, New York, of African American actors, artists, writers, and musicians. During this time blues and religious songs became popular for many audiences with songs such as Mamie Smith's "Crazy Blues" in 1920. Many enormously successful Broadway musicals came about as well, such as Eubie Blake's Shuffle Along. The Harlem Renaissance was above all a literary movement, when famous novelists ... ...

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* "Wives and Mothers, secondary citizens in a man's world where your only possible achievement is a vicarious one." Is this the destiny of all women? According to Adlai Stevenson's address at Smith College in 1955, it was the only available destiny (Steiner 80-81). Imagine fifteen years of straight A's, being creative and brilliant, graduating from one of the most prestigious colleges in ... ...

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