Bill Chats: REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS

Live Arts Artistic Director, Bill T. Jones in conversation with American poet, legal scholar, educator and prison reform advocate, Reginald Dwayne Betts  For this season, the popular series includes a partnership with The New School, where Jones has been named a 2022-2023 Presidential Visiting Scholar.

The New School’s Presidential Visiting Scholars program brings major thinkers of the highest standing to the university to teach unique courses, collaborate on creative or research initiatives, deliver lectures, and participate in public programming and other special projects. As part of this prestigious appointment, Live Arts and The New School will collaborate on a series of events including public conversations, performances, classes, etc, that explore urgent and intersectional questions in these unsettling times, including identity, artist/citizen, community, climate justice.

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