Word: artsfirst
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tony- winning performance in M. Butterfly- most are probably unaware that he is on the Board of Overseers of HArvard. Lithgow has always maintained a strong interest in the well being of his alma mater, particularly of its arts community; and he is the chief organizer of ArtsFirst, a weekend- long and campus- wide celebration of HArvard's vibrant creative community that will take place from April 30 to May 2. ArtsFirst will feature over 85 performances in a wide variety of media, from theater to dance to film to music to a ableau vivant of Widener. (Free guides...
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...tell you a little but about [ArtsFirst's] history and its genesis. When Net [Rudenstine] was inaugurated, he went to a lot of trouble, and Angelica [Rudenstine] too, to create several wonderful occasions for the arts. They had some special are exhibits an evening of literature and music, this wonderful poetry and music event in a church...and I was just swept away by this..I proposed shortly thereafter to the Overseers that we create a Committee for the Arts. That was kind of my platform when I ran for the Overseers-that there be somebody from the Harvard alumni...
This was all about a year ago, Since then the weekend has taken many different forms. We met with so much enthusiasm everywhere we went that one of our main challenges was limiting the scope... it was always part of my dream for ArtsFirst that it become an annual tradition, a springtime tradition at Harvard, and become an institution, modeled on something like Head of the Charles--People anticipate it, it becomes a very familiar house-hold word, and Artsfirst becomes the signature for a really important Harvard event...
...Africa, where I'm going to be working on a movie for Brace Beresford called. "The good Man in Africa," with scan Cannery. It's a very satirical look at post-colonial British diplomats in a West African tinpot dictatorship. And I'm coming back for 48 hours for ArtsFirst. So if I can come back all the way from South Africa, just tell those freshmen they can come over from Wigglesworth. (Laughs...