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Music and Storytelling on Broadway
No full textJesse-Ray Leich is a versatile drummer/percussionist, who received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and Percussion from the University of Rhode Island in 2017. His credits are numerous and include performing as drummer/percussionist for the 2nd National Tour of the hit Broadway musical, Something Rotten!, and for Summer: The Donna Summer Musical from August 2019-March 2020. In 2022, Jesse-Ray made his Broadway debut drumming for the Jason Robert Brown musical, Mr. Saturday Night, starring Billy Crystal and Shoshana Bean at the Nederlander Theatre in NYC. The show had the opportunity to perform on the Today Show, as well as the 75th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Following Mr. Saturday Night’s closing, Jesse-Ray began drumming for the new Broadway musical KPOP at Circle in the Square Theatre. Currently, you can find Jesse-Ray subbing at Titanique, the Off-Broadway musical comedy, and the new hit Broadway show, & Juliet.
Nicholas Jemo, a native of Rhode Island, graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Rhode Island. He received his Master of Music degree in Orchestral Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in 2008, where he was the recipient of the prestigious Cecil Collins Award for excellence in brass performance. Since then, Jemo has held positions in the orchestras for the Broadway productions of The Phantom of the Opera and Bad Cinderella and performed with the Broadway productions of Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables, Evita, Mary Poppins, as well as the Christmas Spectacular featuring the Radio City Rockettes. Outside of Broadway, Jemo has performed with the New York Philharmonic to audiences in the US and abroad as well as the Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the American Symphony Orchestra, and the Rhode Island Philharmonic. Jemo has played with artists such as Lang Lang, Rufus Wainwright, Audra McDonald, and can also be heard on the first two seasons of the HBO series The Succession.
Leich and Jemo discuss how they made the transition from being URI Music majors to Broadway musicians and share some of their personal stories. Also performed are selections from the shows they have been part of, including The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, & Juliet, and Mr. Saturday Night.
This event was co-sponsored by the Kingston Chamber Music Festival. Check out the Kingston Chamber Music Festival’s press release about the event here
Cute Drawings of Terrible Things: Graphic History and Visual Storytelling as a Historian and a Cartoonist
No full textHistory and comics might seem to be opposite genres of storytelling. One is colorful, exciting, and grabs at both the eye and the emotions. The other is detailed, analytic and thorough, engaging the brain. But historians are collaborating more and more with comics artists to create engaging, accessible graphic histories for a wide variety of audiences. But what happens when an academically trained historian draws their own comics? Public historian and cartoonist B. Erin Cole discusses drawing comics as a historian, and thinking about history as a cartoonist. Also examined is their path to combining comics and history, examples of great graphic storytelling, and their in-process graphic memoir/history of growing up in atomic Colorado.
B. Erin Cole (they/them) is an independent public historian, museum professional, and cartoonist based in Denver. They have worked in the exhibits field for over a decade, first at the History Colorado Center and then at the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, Minnesota. They have developed exhibits on the environmental history of Colorado, the Chicano rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s, the Minneapolis music scene, and more. They also draw autobiographical comics about mental health, disability, and living in the modern American West. Some of their comics include “I Am A Historian I Make Exhibits” (2019), “The Desert Keeps Receipts” (2020) (both published in Contingent Magazine), and “Am I A Historian?” (2020). They are currently working on a graphic history/memoir about atomic Colorado, which they will show in-progress excerpts of. They post their comics on Instagram at @littlebraincomics and at their site, Little Brain Comics
Build on what you have: Developing strategic information literacy through curriculum mapping
Get PDFCollege-level research and information literacy instruction is a service that offers seemingly limitless possibilities that are unfortunately often whittled down to the proverbial one-shot session with its brief, surface introduction to library resources. For information literacy instructors interested in providing targeted instruction, curriculum maps are a powerful tool that allow instructors to scaffold information literacy instruction, reduce redundancy, and effectively communicate the complexities and opportunities of information literacy instruction to faculty. In this case study, I share how I used curriculum mapping as part of my work as a library liaison to the Department of Education at Salve Regina University. Creating a curriculum map of my information literacy instruction provided me with a unique opportunity to engage in transformative learning by examining, questioning, and revising my perceptions of myself within my role as an instruction librarian. Through this process, I was able to shape and redefine my instructional identity, moving from a more passive role as an instructor who taught classes when requested to a strategic partner able to communicate and implement a comprehensive vision for scaffolding information literacy skills across the undergraduate education program to enrich student learning
Markets, Businesses, and Consumption in Refugees Settlements: A Review and Future Research Trajectory
Get PDFThe global refugee crisis is increasing, and many refugees will end up living in refugee settlements, also known as refugee camps. These settlements have dynamic economic activities, and such activities deserve attention. This paper draws upon academic and practitioner work to describe pertinent aspects of consumption, businesses, and markets in these settlements, including in relation to multiple stakeholders. These stakeholders can include, for example, governments, aid agencies, private sector, and local community groups. Based on these insights, the paper identifies key theoretical areas in need of attention related to these economic activities in refugee settlements, including market change, resilience, and vulnerability, and delineates an ambitious research trajectory for the future
Evaluating the adhesion response of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS)/thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) fused interface using multiscale simulation and experiments
No full textThis paper implements reactive forcefield molecular dynamics (MD) simulation to evaluate the mechanical performance of the fusion bond line formed between acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). The simulated interfacial adhesion responses, as obtained from MD simulation, are further implemented as the interfacial properties between ABS and TPU in an upscaled cohesive zone-based finite element analysis (FEA) model for macroscopic response evaluation. Such upscaling enables fair comparison of the simulated macroscopic stress–strain response with experimental results obtained for 3D printed ABS/TPU hybrid samples with a fusion-bonded interface. Overall, the stress–strain response predicted from a FEA-based model shows a good correlation with the experimental data signifying good predictive efficacy of the simulation approach. Thus, by interactively linking the molecular structures of the polymers and the processing parameters with the macroscale interfacial adhesion response of the fusion bond line, the experimentally validated comprehensive approach presented in this paper paves the way for atomistic engineering of the molecular structures as well as efficient fine tuning of processing parameters to meet desired macro-scale performance needs besides enabling exploration of the mechanisms and atomistic origins of the interfacial damage at the fused bond line
Improving the Creep Resistance of Hardened Cement Paste through the Addition of Wollastonite Microfibers: Evaluation Using the Micro-Indentation Technique
No full textThis paper evaluates the creep behavior of wollastonite-microfiber-reinforced hardened cement paste. A parametric study was performed for cementitious mixtures with partial replacement of cement using wollastonite. The samples were subjected to uniaxial compression and microindentation experiments. The compressive strength significantly improved by up to 30% for the mixture containing 10% wollastonite fiber. Microindentation experiments were performed to evaluate the creep response and time-dependent performance of both the control and the wollastonite-fiber-reinforced samples. Approximately 36% increase in creep modulus was observed with 10% wollastonite fiber content. This indicates a significant improvement in creep behavior, which can be attributed to the micro-reinforcing effect of the fibers. No significant impact was observed for time characteristic of creep with the incorporation of wollastonite fibers. Overall, the study establishes a cost-effective, sustainable, and efficient route to enhance the creep behavior of hardened cement paste for a wide range of infrastructural applications
Don’t Look Up: Hyperobjects and Bland Branding
Get PDFPopular reviews of Don’t Look Up have been polarised, ranged from admiring to dismissive. This Netflix comedy satirises the difficulty of compelling the uninterested to care and the failure of government to tackle our imminent extinction. As such, we are left with the question as to whether it is still possible, in 2022, to find humour in a film about the end of the world? Ultimately, the film is the product of the discourse it satirises; the star-studded cast and their activist message is lost in a failure to hold to account those most responsible for global warming by focusing not on the systemic but the individual. In looking towards object-oriented ontology, this review attempts to unpack the politics of care-lessness which envelops the hyperobject of global warming and the political systems of profitisation and branding which surround it
The Influence of the Pandemic on Decisions Occuring During the Last Few Years
Get PDFThe notion that present value of cash flows is often improperly estimated in financial models concerning capital improvements and abandonments is a fundamental problem in decision analysis in management and associated decisions and affects estimation of and valuation of intellectual property. Previous studies indicate the usefulness of estimation theory in financial in financial accounting. During the Covid Pandemic of the past few years decisions by governmental and health authorities in the United States and the World were often dictatated during the Pandemic by short-term political influences which included disinformation by some who wished to rake advantage of the misuse of the health Pandemic for political gain and/or financial power and short-term financial gain. Previously this was show to be true as the media with the aid of self-promotional activities by many who were attempting this kind of gain. Furthermore the Pandemic in the United States and other nations is receding in drfamatic ways and many restrictions of the Endemic era are nolonger in use. This was the result of Mask restrictions and increasing but not universal vaccine programs many states and nations
My Best Friend\u27s Closet
Get PDFMichelle Leys, founder of My Best Friend\u27s Closet, spoke about how good design can lead to good business in the form of a pop-up consignment shop. She accepts 100 consignors who consign good quality clothing and accessories that they no longer want in their closets. The sale operates twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring, at the Elks Lodge in Newport, Rhode Island
Organic Culture Media for Sustainable Carotenoid Production from Microalgae
Get PDFAntioxidants, particularly those carotenoid produced in microalgae, can be increased by induced stress, including light, nutrients, and salinity. Nutrient stress can be achieved by using imbalanced nutrients to boost antioxidant production without compromising the growth, that is, biomass. Culture media is an important factor in microalgae production because it is affecting growth and biomass production, as well as the biochemical content of microalgae. Synthetic or conventional culture media is considerably expensive for mass culture and the supply is limited, especially for developing countries. Therefore, there is a need for cheap and easily available culture media. This chapter discusses the use of organic media to culture several species of microalgae and cyanobacteria (Arthrospira platensis) for antioxidant production, particularly of those total carotenoids and beta carotene. The antioxidant content data mainly comes from our research with several organic culture media, such as fermented water hyacinth biomass, soybean processing waste, and Acadian Marine Plant Extract Powder (AMPEP). Carotenoid can be used for pharmaceuticals, including for anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and anti-obesity. Also, they can be used in aquaculture to increase cultured animals’ health and immunity. Using organic media that may also serve as waste stream microalgae, which is aiding in a sustainable microalgae culture. Additional data presented in this chapter come from literature reviews of similar research topics