Underground movement.David Dorfman's latest work explores the controversial relationship between political activism and violence. Underground, premiering in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden this month, investigates the motives, tactics, and ideals of the 1960s radical group the Weathermen Weathermen: see Students for a Democratic Society. Weathermen American terrorist group against the “Establishment.” [Am. Hist.: Facts (1972), 384] See : Terrorism . Dorfman remembers the Days of Rage The Days of Rage riots occurred in Chicago over a 4-day period beginning October 8, 1969 after 287 members of the militant group, the Weathermen, converged on the city to confront the police in the streets after protesting the trial of the group that was commonly referred to as , the Weathermen's large-scale violent protests in Chicago, and says that the volatile '60s were the foundation for his development as an artist. Through highly physical dancing, Dorfman intends to ask, "When does activism become terrorism?" Sept. 21, 23-24. See www.ybca.org. Also coming to BAM Bam (bäm), town (1996 pop. 70,100), Kerman prov., SE Iran, on the intermittent Bam River. Located on the western edge of the Dasht-e Lut, Bam is a trade center in a henna-growing region. Dates and other fruits are also grown; camels are raised. , Nov 14, 16-18. See www.bam.org. |
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