by Shannon Turner | May 22, 2009 | Blog
Well, hello there, fellow travelers.I know it’s been a very long time since I’ve made a post. Truth is, I got into a bit of a rut there for a while. Too much TV, not enough friends. Too much work, not enough walks. Too much reality, not enough...
by Shannon Turner | Mar 23, 2009 | Blog
[Retroactive text being added here years later…] This is the performance I did for the 1-year anniversary of the April 16, 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech. I had curated and directed the show, which was a multidisciplinary reflection from a variety of artists...
by Shannon Turner | Oct 5, 2008 | Blog
So, for like weeks I had been hearing about this awesome fundraiser for this organization that is affiliated with Alternate ROOTS (an organization that I’ve been a member of for a long time now). This other organization is called Project South, and they’ve...
by Shannon Turner | Sep 19, 2008 | Blog
In order to fully appreciate this post, it would be very helpful to listen to the following episode of This American Life.Dear This American Life,It is rare that I have the impulse to write in to one of the shows that I listen to regularly on NPR, and I have never...
by Shannon Turner | Aug 19, 2008 | Blog
Dear Friends,You may remember that I’ve been promising you for a long time that I would write something about the performance in Blacksburg at the anniversary of the shootings. I never seemed to be able to do that in this forum, but eventually I was asked to...