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Action Speaks
looks at contemporary issues through the lens of history by using under-appreciated dates of the twentieth century that have changed America.
Join host/Creative Director Marc Levitt and guest panelists
for some old-fashioned community exchange in the
heart of downtown Providence’s arts and cultural district.
Click here for images from Friday, August 13th 2010: Artist Shepard Fairey, Political Activist & Author Lawrence Lessig, Computer Scientist & Engineer Brandon Edens and AS220 Artistic Director Umberto Crenca in a discussion of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copywrite Term Extension Act and 'Free Culture'. Moderated by Action Speaks Host Marc Levitt in AS220.
Click here for images from Friday, August 13th 2010: Artist Shepard Fairey, Political Activist & Author Lawrence Lessig, Computer Scientist & Engineer Brandon Edens and AS220 Artistic Director Umberto Crenca in a discussion of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copywrite Term Extension Act and 'Free Culture'. Moderated by Action Speaks Host Marc Levitt in AS220.
August 9, 2010 10:26 AM
Recorded at WGBH on June 30th 2010 Marc Levitt interviews Chez Panisse's founder and chef, Alice Waters on June 30th, 2010. In the interview, Ms. Waters discusses how and why she started this award wining, Berkeley, California restaurant, her...
August 9, 2010 10:00 AM
Friday, August 13th 2010 1998 The Sonny Bono Act (Copyright Term Extension Act): Protecting Mickey Mouse or Helping the 'Beat Go On' in the Realm of Innovation? Join Artist Shepard Fairey, Political Activist & Author Lawrence Lessig, Computer Scientist...
June 29, 2010 1:06 AM
Action Speaks is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Siegel will be our new Producer taking over from the wonderful stewardship of Cheryl Kaminsky. Those of you who worked with Cheryl can attest to her competence, diligence and dedication. She...
June 28, 2010 1:23 AM
Previous Panelist and the Artistic Director of AS 220, Umberto Crenca received a Pell Award from Providence's Trinity Repertory Theater. On the choice for this year's local award recipient, Curt Columbus, Artistic Director of Trinity Repertory states, "Rhode Island Pell...
June 7, 2010 3:39 PM
This fall's Action Speaks series, "What's Eating Us?" will feature the following panels: October 6: 1926 Father Coughlin 'On the Air' and the rise of right wing radio October 13: 1971 Alice Waters Opens Chez Panisse; Local Food and the...
August 15, 2010 11:06 AM
Still digesting last night's incredible Action Speaks with Lawrence Lessig, Shepard Fairey, Bert Crenca and Brandon Edens. I'd like to say that the standing room crowd that spilled out onto the street to watch the proceedings on TV, set up...
July 4, 2010 10:20 AM
Bert Crenca and I traveled up to WGBH on June 30th to use their studios to interview Alice Waters, the founder of Chez Panisse for the web site. I had heard how charismatic she was supposed to be, but my...
June 7, 2010 3:35 PM
We live in anxious times. Perhaps that's why we decided to name this fall's Action Speaks 'What's Eating Us'? Our topics for this fall are the following: October 6: 1926 Father Coughlin 'On the Air' and the rise of right...
January 11, 2010 1:29 AM
The Fall 2009 Action Speaks Panels on Flickr: ....
Bert Crenca and I traveled up to WGBH on June 30th to use their studios to interview Alice Waters, the founder of Chez Panisse for the web site. I had heard how charismatic she was supposed to be, but my...
Our Advisory Board meeting to finalize our fall '09 topics the other night was like a spicy Thai dinner, it burns your tongue, but you want it to continue. We develop our season mostly through consensus. I come up with...
Recorded live at AS220 on October 11th 2005 1934: Deigo Rivera's Rockefeller Center Mural Destroyed Invited by Abby and Nelson Rockefeller to paint a mural in the entrance to Rockefeller Center, Diego Rivera chose the the theme "Man at the...