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Register Now for Your (Free) Student Ticket to Parable of the Sower Opera on 4/14 (Monica Bouyea)

It's not too late to grab a ticket to Parable of the Sower Opera - register via Campus Groups (https://cglink.me/2dK/r1927410) to attend!  

As part of Toshi Reagon's McKeen Visiting Fellowship this year, Indigo Arts Alliance and Portland Ovations (in association with Bowdoin College) will present Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower Opera on Friday, April 14 at 7:00 PM at Merrill Auditorium in Portland (see below for additional details about the production). Transportation to the event and back to Campus after the event will be provided. 
 
Bowdoin has a limited number of tickets available for students. Please make sure that you are able to attend before registering for a ticket! We anticipate tickets going quickly for this event and encourage you to register ASAP. 
 
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Based on the landmark sci-fi novels by Afrofuturist author Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower is a genre-defying, modern congregational opera that celebrates two centuries of Black music. Written by Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon, Parable chronicles the spiritual awakening of Lauren Olamina amidst an America plagued by the products of unrelenting greed, systemic injustice and climate change denial. With an ensemble of more than 20 musicians, Parable transforms the operatic form, fusing African-American spiritualism, deep insights into gender and race, and climate activism into a new musical experience that thrills and inspires.  
 
Toshi Reagon’s tenure as the 2022-23 Joseph McKeen Visiting Fellow has provided the Bowdoin community and communities across Maine the opportunity to explore related themes including racial justice, climate justice, gender justice, and faith, most recently in February via the “Mother Voices: Transformative Intergenerational Journey” panel at Bowdoin and community events hosted by Indigo Arts Alliance and Maine Inside Out as part of the Parable Path Maine initiative.