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Discovering the Baroque Above a Torture Chamber

August 31, 2011 by John Thomas Dodson 2 Comments

On a narrow street in the Colonial City area of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, there is a building called Museo Memorial de la Resistencia Dominicana, the Memorial Museum of the Dominican Resistance. A converted home, with a central patio surrounded by two stories of walkways and rooms, its walls are covered with quotes from the heroes and survivors from those who resisted against many oppressive governments during the Twentieth Century, including the government of Trujillo, the dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from … [Read more...]

John Dodson

John Thomas Dodson has been asking questions about how the arts can be used in building communities. Currently Music Director of the Birmingham Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra, Lexington Bach Festival And and  Conciertos de la Villa de Santo Domingo, … [Read More]

Creative Destruction

What if we took a step back and asked some pretty big questions?The arts aren't dead, and they're … [Read More...]

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