The role of art in a Protestant church in Colorado is discussed. (RW)

Africa's educational systems are undergoing a quiet revolution. As these systems move away from working exclusively in the old colonial languages, usually English or French, bilingual schools which use local indigenous languages are springing up in many regions of Africa. This paper points out the historical processes driving the bilingual…

Arguably, Muslim subjects of the diaspora, regardless if they identify as secular, religious, feminist, or queer, have taken on a new and further stigmatized visibility post-9/11. How can students and teachers located in feminist classrooms, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, safely imagine Muslim bodies and identities outside and within war propaganda,…

Language brokering describes the task in an intercultural language event undertaken by children in families with one or two non-national languages parents or caregivers. This paper examines the complex issues involved in being a language broker and explores these as they apply to a group of adolescents in Chinese families in the UK. The findings…

Describes the Adams County Children's Festival in Commerce City, Colorado, and the rewards reaped from the festival by children, county employees, and programs. (RJC)

Announces the World Festival of Theatre for Young Audiences at the World's Fair, New Orleans, June 1984. Professional children's theatre companies from several countries and a world theatre symposium will be featured. Theatre interns from universities and regional theatres will serve as hosts. (PD)

Discusses Alain Locke's 1925 text, "The New Negro," which offered the world the first comprehensive look at black literary and cultural achievements as seen through the eyes of African Americans, and which launched the Harlem Renaissance. Compares Locke with W.E.B. Du Bois and notes that Locke's contributors were nearly anyone who had…

Creating paths for the active engagement of Californians serves as a unifying theme for The James Irvine foundation as it pursues its mission of expanding opportunity for the people of California. Through the foundation's grantmaking programs in arts, California Democracy and Youth, it aspires to a California where opportunities to participate…

The claim that Hallowe'en has been eliminated from English primary schools is tested through empirical research in south-east England. The reasons given by teachers for their inclusion or non-inclusion of the subject are then explored. Finally, questions are raised about the implications of the findings for children's ongoing personal development,…

Provides six questions for teachers to consider before celebrating holidays with their pupils in order to make each celebration a more meaningful learning experience. (BR)

Discusses the role of the teacher in providing children with the opportunity to celebrate holidays and special events in order to foster respect for differences and similarities in traditions. (BR)

The Yakima Indians celebrate Christmas by dancing and feasting. (FF)

Some basic information on stimulating the arts in the community, and how to go about it, is presented. (Author)

Attempts to relate subjective emotional quality with specific vocal production techniques of Hupa Brush Dance songs. (ERB)

A brief description of the ways in which this organization supports the arts is illustrated by activities at a recent national convocation. (RW)