Diedre Van Walters Archives

Black Words, Black Voices, Black Magic, Black Matters Live Poetry Event

Arts & CultureHannah ProvostJanuary 6, 20210

PC: Emma Ackermman On October 24th, Basement Poetry hosted a live poetry reading at Touchstone Theatre that Diedre Van Walters, the MC of the event, framed as a form of protest. As Van Walters put it at the start of the event, these artists and poets did not share their thoughts and experiences, their ways…

Touchstone Theatre Presents Songs of Hope and Resistance

Arts & CultureHannah ProvostAugust 4, 20200

As part of the ongoing programming for Festival Unbound 2020, Touchstone Theatre put together a socially-distanced concert, called “Songs of Hope and Resistance,” to champion “diversity, community, and freedom” in the Lehigh Valley. The Touchstone ensemble felt that the pandemic and the urgent struggle for racial justice must be marked by music. Music provides our…