The Penumbra Theater Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, announced on Thursday that it was suspending all its programming due to a lack of overall funds. Bill Stevens, the Chair of Penumbra’s Board of Directors, told Broadway World that the company “decided that it needed to curb new expenses until the income could be stabilized.” That [...]
Penumbra, One of Nation’s Largest Black Theater Companies, Suspends Programming
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A Black Pastor’s Support For Gay Marriage Costs Him His Flock
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An African-American pastor’s support for same-sex marriage costs him his congregation. Twenty-two years ago, Reverend Oliver White founded Grace Community United Church of Christ in a low-income black neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota. It was a strong congregation with 320 members — until 2005, when White stood up at a synod of the United Church [...]
