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Portsmouth Middle School students to participate in West African drumming workshop with Randy Armstrong and Fatoumata Diawara

On June 13th, world musician and teacher Randy Armstrong will lead a free educational workshop with Fatoumata Diawara focusing on West African drumming with students from Portsmouth Middle School as part of  West Africa Day in Portsmouth.

Randy is the co-founder of Do’a World Music Ensemble and Unu Mondo, and has performed across the globe. He is the recipient of numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New England Foundation for the Arts and has led workshops for thousands of students throughout New England and the U.S. …

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Robert’s of Maine Serves up 3 Courses for $14

RAIN Community Suppers at Robert’s Maine Grill in Kittery
May 8th & 15th 4-pm

Every Tuesday and Wednesday, Robert’s Maine Grill hosts a Community Supper to benefit non-profits with an inspired 3-course menu of Maine comfort food with a twist for only $14.  

Grab your friends on May 8th or 15th for a great deal supporting a great cause! …

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Gaston Kaba interview with Rene Delane of Women Who Dare

Rene Delane

As founder and CEO of  Women Who Dare, Rene Delane‘s passion is to inspire women and girls to be leaders and join with other “glass-half-full advocates” across the globe. Rene’s expertise is interviewing and meeting leaders such as Dr. Deb Delisle, Gloria Steinem, Gold Award Girl Scout Leah Schulteis, NASA female engineers and many others who faced seemingly insurmountable challenges. …

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Portsmouth turns out for “Girl Rising”

Girls’ Education as key to development

From L to R: Cynthia Fenneman, Hope Mbabazi, Bess Palmisciano, Tom Yellin and Karin Barndollar.

More than 750 people turned out on March 20th for a special screening of Girl Rising at The Music Hall, making it one of the largest audiences ever in the Film Matters series. Girl Rising is a groundbreaking film, …

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Fatoumata Diawara to Ignite the Music Hall Stage for RAIN

Portsmouth NH: On June 13th, Africa comes to the Seacoast once again as RAIN welcomes rising Malian star Fatoumata Diawara at The Music Hall to celebrate RAIN’s work bringing education and livelhioods to Niger.

Fatoumata will headline, opened by the West African percussion sounds of the Randy Armstrong World Fusion Trio, with Jose Duque and Volker Nahrmann. Randy Armstrong will lead a West African drumming workshop for high school students before the concert along with Fatoumata.  …

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RAIN Reaches Out to Malian Refugees

Families in Africa include a vast network of relations; ties are strong. Many people in Niger’s border regions have relatives in Mali who have fled in the last weeks. Arriving with nothing, they settle near family members in hopes of building a new life. Over 400 new people have arrived in the RAIN partner community of Ingui, almost doubling the size of the village. …

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