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kemati porter

Posted inGreater Grand Crossing, Stage & Screen

New, Like It Used To Be

by Josh Kaplan October 26, 2016October 26, 2016

f you ask Kemati Porter, the executive director of eta Creative Arts Foundation, about the future of her theater, she will first tell you about its past. It’s the only answer that makes sense. How could anyone understand what eta needs to be right now if they don’t know that Maya Angelou used to line-dance […]

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