‘Because of the nature of our medium, the things I was able to show them in the beginning sparked a lot of interesting conversations. About stereotypes, for example.’
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Motivated by the Bard
Lakesha Green loves her Shakespeare. The All Walks of Life, Inc. theater arts director studied the Elizabethan acting tradition in college, and four years ago when she came on the […]
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The people’s choice
In my first installation as Savannah’s self–appointed anti–society columnist four months ago, I promised to cover every fancy party I could, as long as everyone was invited. However, as the […]
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Gettin’ SUAFy with it
Savannah is known as a town of many festivals, most of them with a fairly long pedigree. One of the more recent arrivals, however, may live up to its billing […]
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All walks of Shakespeare
Lakesha L. Green is a firm believer in the positive effect theatre can have on young people. “It changes their lives,” she says. “It gives them the opportunity to tap […]
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Collective ‘Reflections’
For the fourth consecutive year, the sound design program at AWOL has tapped the creative vein running through Savannah youth. Shattered Reflections is an eclectic, 15–track collection of music, rhymes, […]
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AWOL makes its Choices
All Walks of Life (AWOL) started in 1997 as a simple gathering of poets, musicians, and MCs at Savannah State University. Incorporated as a non-profit in 2004, the organization provides arts and […]
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Welcome to The P.R.O.J.E.C.T.S.
THIS THURSDAY AT LAKE MAYER’S PAVILION, local non-profit organization AWOL (or All Walks of Life) —which for the past decade has promoted responsibility, self-respect and hope to our community’s at-risk […]
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‘Down’ with history
THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE THIRD year that the local nonprofit AWOL (or All Walks Of Life) will present its original stage production, the Hip-Hop History Play. Incorporating dramatic elements with […]