BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20200308T033000Z DTEND:20200308T053000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Cantare Con Vivo: Considering Matthew Shepard DESCRIPTION:Matthew Shepard\, the Wyoming teenager who became a national figure after he was beaten and left for dead for being gay in 1998\, has inspired plays\, documentaries and books. He is the subject of this newly written 95-minute extended work entitled "Considering Matthew Shepard" that explores his life\, death and legacy. Composer Craig Hella Johnson\, Director of Austin choir Conspirare and former Director of San Francisco's own Chanticleer\, features lyrics taken from Shepard's writing well as dark passages about the group that picketed his funeral. "The piece actually became a whole lot more than just the story of the suffering\," Johnson said. "It needed to become this larger invitation to return to love. And to return to remember who we are as human beings\, in the deepest sense of our essence." X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Matthew Shepard\, the Wyoming teenager who became a national figure after he was beaten and left for dead for being gay in 1998\, has inspired plays\, documentaries and books. He is the subject of this newly written 95-minute extended work entitled &ldquo\;Considering Matthew Shepard&rdquo\; that explores his life\, death and legacy. Composer Craig Hella Johnson\, Director of Austin choir Conspirare and former Director of San Francisco&rsquo\;s own Chanticleer\, features lyrics taken from Shepard&rsquo\;s writing well as dark passages about the group that picketed his funeral. &ldquo\;The piece actually became a whole lot more than just the story of the suffering\,&rdquo\; Johnson said. &ldquo\;It needed to become this larger invitation to return to love. And to return to remember who we are as human beings\, in the deepest sense of our essence."\;

\n LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley in Kensington 1 Lawson Rd Kensington\, CA 94707 UID:e.1392.16246 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260513T052106Z URL:https://business.oaklandchamber.com/events/details/cantare-con-vivo-considering-matthew-shepard-03-07-2020-16246 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR