Posted on October 6, 2023 by Lexi Gonzalez

Miller Center Announces Two Free Community Performances

by Miller Center for the Arts

Miller Center Announces Two Free Community Performances

Miller Center for the Arts recently announced it will be offering two free community performances.

On Thursday, Oct. 26, Javier Avila’s performance “The Trouble With My Name” will start at 7 p.m.

Avila is a professor of English as well as a poet, novelist, and public speaker. Avila writes in both English and Spanish, and his work has earned him numerous awards, including his most recent honor as the recipient of the Cultural Arts Award given by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. In 2015, Avila was named Pennsylvania’s Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation. This award inspired Avila to take his classroom to the masses, using the power of poetry and storytelling to deliver a powerful message about unity and inclusion. Thus, “The Trouble With My Name” was born.

Tickets for this free event are now available. Click here to learn more.

Then, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, the performance “Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: A Walk to Respect” will start at 7 p.m.

How can we find our way to understanding? Where can we find common ground? Who has left us a blueprint for creating the trust that transcends differing opinions and ideologies? We may find some answers by looking back more than 150 years to the words spoken and written by Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass in this powerful staged-reading by playwright Beth Duda with original poetry by Cedric Hameed. “Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: A Walk to Respect” provides us a powerful example of two men with different opinions and agendas coming together against all odds to produce positive change.

Tickets for this free event are now available. Click here to learn more.

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