To provide both an enriching theatre experience for students and faculty and new opportunities for women artists, the Department of Theatre Arts and Speech at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey at Newark held a competition for new plays by New Jersey women playwrights. The winning play, Leni Hamilton's "The Fortress," a story of…

This workshop presentation offers an introduction to and suggestions for a multicultural approach to teaching through music experiences. Experiences presented include: (1) "Funga Alafia," a welcome song from Liberia; (2) "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree," an American traditional game song; (3) a Japanese version of…

Saint Patrick's Day can be a day to honor the Irish for the contributions they have made to American life. Important historical figures of Irish descent and Irish folk customs are discussed. (DF)

Project Heroes is a humanities program for learning disabled children which is designed to maximize four principles--appreciation of process, acknowledgement of independence, development of a sense of worth, and skill acquisition. (SB)

Highlights the benefits of a cultural arts program for elementary schools, using as resources artists, performers, and artists from every discipline. Focuses on program administration, keys to success (e.g., variety and matching artist ability to school interest), financial requirements, and benefits. (DMM)

To bring more young adults into the Thurmont Branch of the Frederick County (Maryland) Public Library, a children's librarian and the Young Adult Advisory Committee created Teen Poetry Night, at which teens were invited to read their own poetry or the work of a favorite poet. Program planning and implementation are described. (PEN)

Discusses producing German language plays as a way to increase student facility in spoken German and at the same time promote campus-wide contact with German language and culture. (EKN)

Describes a day-long festival of art and creative activities and international cultural events for handicapped children. Children participated in many music-making and art projects. (AM)

Describes the history of the Elk Grove (Illinois) Arts Guild, which presents monthly cultural excursions, publishes a quarterly calendar of cultural events, and operates a speakers bureau. (DD)

Describes the "International Christmas Fair" developed as a part of "Project Explore: Cultural Studies" program in Fairmont, Nebraska, with an ESEA Title IV grant. Shows how a rural school teaches about the Christmas customs of Holland, Sweden, Mexico, Germany, Colonial America, and England. (AH)

Piccolo Spoleto is the youth outreach arm of Charleston's annual international culture festival; it seeks to involve young performers and young audiences in the performing arts. (SK)

This article describes the philosophy, organization, and funding of the New Jersey State Teen Arts Program, a statewide model arts-in-education project which offers all New Jersey teenagers a chance to meet working artists and to actively participate in an interdisciplinary arts experience through annual state and county festivals. (SJL)

Most typical high school programs are not meeting the needs of gifted and talented students. Programs for the gifted are often neither interdisciplinary nor differentiated as encouraged by Texas state guidelines. Gifted students can gain much from well-designed extracurricular activities. Grade weighting schemes in which gifted courses are…

Describes strategies for using cultural awareness programs in the schools. Reviews society's perspective on intercultural appreciation, presents a rationale for intervention strategies, and describes four strategies to improve intercultural awareness including student questionnaires, group discussions of culture, a true-false cultural awareness…

The article describes the gifted programs of the Chicago public school system which involve museums and related organizations as learning laboratories for students. Among factors to consider in implementing a similar program is making sure students have a long-range commitment to the project before they become involved with the institution. (PHR)