Nick Fuller Googins Reads the News

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A new SPACE civics exercise where community members publicly read a curated selection of news items, articles, nonfiction passages, & more

Writer, novelist, and educator Nick Fuller Googins reads a selection of new and historical news items in this short-form public forum, featuring movement accompaniment by Liz Mulkey, Jenny Dignan, Elliot Gardiner-Parks, and Meghan Walsh....READS THE NEWS is a new and recurring SPACE program where select community members publicly read a curated batch of news items, articles, historical passages, reviews, or other material before a live audience, with musical accompaniment.SPACE's ...Reads the News program positions the humanities as essential tools for collective meaning-making in a moment of widespread information overload, political volatility, and reading burnout. At a time when the news is both difficult to engage with and impossible to ignore, ...Reads the News shifts the practice of media consumption from the private to the public, allowing for historical context, new perspectives, and ethical reflection.Reading lists will be shared and sourced at the event.Nick Fuller Googins is the author of the novels, The Frequency of Living Things and The Great Transition. His short fiction and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Men’s Health, The Sun, The Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. He lives in Maine, and works as an elementary school teacher. He is a member of the Maine Writers &amp; Publishers Alliance, as well as the National Education Association, the largest labor union in the United States.Choreographer, creative movement director, dancer, actor, and somatic teacher Liz Mulkey has more than 20 years of experience teaching somatic movement, dance, and fitness—including a decade on faculty at Loyola Marymount University. She is passionate about helping people feel joyful in their bodies and catharsis through movement.Her work has been performed and screened nationally in classic and atypical venues: art galleries, community art-walks, pop-up shows, beaches, parks, shopping centers and theaters. She’s currently creating dance films and live performance as well as performing with dance, film, and theater companies.

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