{"id":68240,"date":"2016-01-03T19:58:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T00:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=68240"},"modified":"2025-01-10T17:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T22:04:32","slug":"from-porgy-and-bess-to-the-ame-church-shootings-charleston-a-focus-of-spoleto-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/01\/03\/from-porgy-and-bess-to-the-ame-church-shootings-charleston-a-focus-of-spoleto-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"From &#8220;Porgy and Bess&#8221; to the AME church shootings, Charleston a focus of Spoleto 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_68242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68242\" style=\"width: 645px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Porgy-and-Bess-Spelato-Festival-USA.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68242\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68242\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Porgy-and-Bess-Spelato-Festival-USA.jpg\" alt=\"Porgy and Bees (Photo from Speleto website)\" width=\"645\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Porgy-and-Bess-Spelato-Festival-USA.jpg 645w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Porgy-and-Bess-Spelato-Festival-USA-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Porgy and Bees<br \/>(Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/spoletousa.org\" target=\"_blank\">Speleto website<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CHARLESTON, S.C.\u2014The Spoleto Festival USA is preparing for its 40th season and Charleston, the city it calls home, is the focus of a number of productions.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy amoxicillin online <a href=\"https:\/\/azpsych.org\/general\/october\/html\/amoxicillin.html\">https:\/\/azpsych.org\/general\/october\/html\/amoxicillin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The internationally known arts festival unveiled its schedule Sunday for the 2016 season that runs from May 27 through June 12.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy synthroid online <a href=\"https:\/\/azpsych.org\/general\/october\/html\/synthroid.html\">https:\/\/azpsych.org\/general\/october\/html\/synthroid.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>For the first time, the festival is staging \u201cPorgy and Bess,\u201d the famed George Gershwin opera set in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Another event is a multimedia production by artist Carrie Mae Weems commemorating the victims of the shootings at Emanuel AME Church last year.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy azithromycin online <a href=\"https:\/\/azpsych.org\/general\/october\/html\/azithromycin.html\">https:\/\/azpsych.org\/general\/october\/html\/azithromycin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Nine black parishioners were killed in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The festival has also commissioned a song in response to the tragedy that will be sung at a concert by jazz singer Rene Marie.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the festival go on sale Jan. 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLESTON, S.C.\u2014The Spoleto Festival USA is preparing for its 40th season and Charleston, the city it calls home, is the 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