The American Museum of
Natural History in
collaboration with the People's Poetry Gathering present
Cultural and
Biological Diversity
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Saturday, April 5
11:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Experience the vital link between humanity and the
natural world through verbal arts, live music and
dance,
a drum workshop, and films.
With Chilean poet
Cecilia Vicuña,
finah Kewulay Kamara with traditional
jalis from West Africa, and La Troupe Makandal from
Haiti. |
| Poet Cecilia Vicuña •
Photo by George Hirose |
This program is presented in conjunction with theCenter for Biodiversity and Conservation's thirteenth
annual Spring Symposium, Sustaining Cultural and
Biological Diversity in a Rapidly Changing World which
seeks to reexamine and redefine the place of humans
within nature, and to achieve a clearer understanding
of the connections between biological, cultural, and
linguistic diversity.
American Museum of Natural History
Kaufmann and Linder Theaters, first floor
Leonhardt People Center, second floor
Free with Museum admission
http://www.amnh.org/programs/specials/cbc/
For information, call the Museum's Department of
Education at
212-769-5315 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00p.m.
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