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Ryan Gosling Takes Photos for New Book, 'Congo Stories'


For their new book released this week, 'CONGO STORIES', NY Times bestselling author John Prendergast, Congolese activist Fidel Bafilemba, and Ryan Gosling traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo to document by turns shocking, enthralling, inspiring stories of individual heroism. 

The Studio@620's 2014 Studio Honors Event THE MAGIC OF COMMUNITY Set for Tonight


The Studio@620 has announced this year's Studio Honors will be held tonight, November 1st at 6:20 PM for the first time at the historic Coliseum in St. Petersburg.

Kean Human Rights Institute to Screen THE GOOD LIE, 10/8


John Prendergast, Kean University's Human Rights Senior Fellow, will present a screening of The Good Lie on October 8 at 7:15 p.m. in the state-of-the-art STEM Auditorium, located in Kean's STEM Building. The premiere will be attended by Mr. Prendergast, an internationally acclaimed human rights activist, who appears in the film and has a longstanding relationship with the University.

The Studio@620's 2014 Studio Honors Event THE MAGIC OF COMMUNITY Set for 11/1


The Studio@620 has announced this year's Studio Honors will be held on Saturday, November 1st at 6:20 PM for the first time at the historic Coliseum in St. Petersburg.

George Clooney Expands Human Rights Satellite Project


During a speech yesterday, May 20, at the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity dinner, George Clooney announced a significant expansion of the Satellite Sentinel Project, an initiative he co-founded three years ago. While it will continue to use satellite imagery to monitor and warn against human rights abuses in war-torn Sudan and South Sudan, the Satellite Sentinel Project will expand its focus to undertake forensic investigations to reveal how those committing mass atrocities are funding their activities and where they are hiding their stolen assets.

Win a Red Carpet Date with George Clooney for MONUMENTS MEN NY Premiere!


You and a friend will have the chance to hit the town with George Clooney to benefit the Satellite Sentinel Project. Get a firsthand look at what it's like to be George Clooney on a premiere night when you and a friend will be flown to New York City.

Photo Coverage: GQ's The Gentlemen's Ball - Red Carpet


GQ's The Gentlemen's Ball at The Edison Ballroom on October 27, 2010 in New York City.

Photo Coverage: GQ's The Gentlemen's Ball - Inside


GQ's The Gentlemen's Ball at The Edison Ballroom on October 27, 2010 in New York City.

Photo Coverage: Goldberg, Rashad, Perez and More at the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts


William Ayers, Jimmie Briggs, Ruby Dee, Alvin Epstein, Melissa Fitzgerald, Maxine Greene, Margie Gillis, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill T. Jones, Herbert Kohl, Francis Lucerna, Leonard Lopate, Winter Miller, Tom Oppenheim, Rosie Perez, John Prendergast, Phylicia Rashad and Anna Deavere Smith are among the many artists that participated in the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts.

Mira Sorvino & Jeffrey Wright Open Harold Clurman Festival


Kicking off the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts, the Stella Adler Studio hosts Art and Social Activism Spotlight on Africa, a panel discussion with Melissa Fitzgerald (actress, The West Wing, activist, Voices of Uganda), John Prendergast (author, Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond, chair of ENOUGH Project), Mira Sorvino (Academy award-winning actress, Mighty Aphrodite, ambassador Amnesty International), Winter Miller (playwright, In Darfur) and Jeffrey Wright (actor, W., Angels in America, spokesperson for All for Africa), on Friday, October 17 at 7pm at Cooper Union's Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY.

Goldberg, Perez, Rashad and More to Participate in Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts


William Ayers, Jimmie Briggs, Ruby Dee, Alvin Epstein, Melissa Fitzgerald, Maxine Greene, Margie Gillis, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill T. Jones, Herbert Kohl, Francis Lucerna, Leonard Lopate, Winter Miller, Tom Oppenheim, Rosie Perez, John Prendergast, Phylicia Rashad and Anna Deavere Smith are among the many artists that will be participating in the upcoming Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts.

Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie Perez Discuss Art and Social Activism at Clurman Festival


A celebration art and social activism begin on October 17th when the Stella Adler Studio of Acting kicks off its third annual Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts.

Sorvino, Goldberg, Rashad and MORE Headline Harold Clurman Festival


The Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts will kick off with a symposium discussing Art and Social Activism: Spotlight on Africa with participants Nima, Elbagir, Mira Sorvino, Winter Miller, Melissa Fitzgerald, John Prendergast and others.

Photo Coverage: Public Theater's In Darfur Reading


The Public Theater offered New Yorkers a free staged reading of Winter Miller's In Darfur in Central Park for one night only, on Monday, July 9th.

London's Donmar to Present Staged Reading of 'In Darfur'


The Public Theater has announced that The Donmar Warehouse in London, in association with producer Arielle Tepper Madover, will present a staged reading of Winter Miller's In Darfur on July 9, the same day that The Public will host a reading of the play at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

Panelists Announced for 'In Darfur' at the Delacorte, 7/9


The Public Theater has announced the participants for the talkback to follow the free staged reading of Winter Miller's In Darfur in Central Park.

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