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...Kuumba singers marched down the aisles of Memorial Church on Monday, soulfully greeting the multicultural audience gathered for a commemoration of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Unlike in years past, leaders of seven different religious and ethnic campus groups were invited to speak about the meaning of Martin Luther King Day in the context of their own cultural concerns. “The idea is to involve a portion of the Harvard community that in the past has not been involved,” said Om L. Lala ’06, the chair of the Harvard College...
...Human Rights Studies Summer Internship Grant. There, he worked with the South Asian Human Rights Documentation Center, an NGO in New Delhi. Butler may be an academic force with a dedication to his thesis, but in typical Rhodes fashion, he is no bookworm. He has sung with the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College almost continuously since his freshman fall. He also played violin with the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra and volunteers regularly at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter. Butler was named a Harvard College Scholar for 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. He plans to study Jurisprudence at Exeter College...
...PerformancesRuddigore, or The Witch’s Curse. Through Dec. 10. The Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players put on a classic Gilbert and Sullivan parody of Victorian melodrama. Agassiz Theatre. 8 p.m. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. $12/10 general admission, $8/6 students. (AMF)Kuumba Christmas Concert. Through Dec. 10. The 100-member choir dedicated to black creativity and spirituality performs its annual Christmas Concert. Memorial Church. 7 p.m. Free. (CNC)“Peter J. Gomes” and the Wolf. Through Dec. 10. The Bach Society Orchestra performance includes “Peter...
...Kuumba Singers concert, “We Have Heard Angels,” also encourages audience participation and enthusiasm with its gospel music and Negro spirituals. Yet Kuumba promises a different take on holiday music for this year’s Christmas concert, which will feature a more reflective tone...
...this cultural orphan has found her home on the Harvard campus. There are moments of feeling out of place, but it is crucial to realize that being out of place does not mean being unwelcome. When Kuumba sings, the individual is lost as one voice resounds. I am not black, but I am a part of that voice. And truthfully, it just feels so…right...