Archive for ‘local history’

Feb10

Activism in Commerce (then, now)–the future looks bright, my friends!

by cartershannon on February 10th, 2012
Posted In: Converging Literacies Center, local history, Research, Teaching, Writing Democracy

Tuesday, February 7, 2012, alumnus McArthur Evans, came back to Texas A&M-Commerce to help us kick off Black History Month (I was out of state the previous week) with a 2012 version of the voter registration drive he helped organize as a student in the 1970s with the local activist group the Norris Community Club. After joining [...]

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Jan05

Psycho Ellum (on Deep Ellum in Dallas, Texas)

by cartershannon on January 5th, 2012
Posted In: local history

Latest iteration of “Psycho Ellum,” a pschogeographical approach to Deep Ellum in Dallas by Commerce-based artist, art critic, and friend Mike Odom. Brilliant! This, with voiceover by A&M-C theatre prof Carrie Klypchak. Part of a suit in progress called “Psycho Central,” exploring places under I-75 (which locals call “Central Expressway,” thus the title)Take a look/listen. [...]

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