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"Radio Killed the Radio Star" Music Video - The Buggles

From CNET's article "The Day that Video Killed the Radio Star"...

On August 1, 1981 -- 35 years ago today -- a channel launched that was to change music history. Music Television, or MTV, kicked off for the first time at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, with the now legendary words: "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll."

Then the opening chords accompanied Trevor Horn of The Buggles singing the first line of "Video Killed the Radio Star."

It turned out to be prophetic choice for the channel's first music video. By October 1981, record sales of the artists played on MTV but not radio stations were starting to boom. Radio stores were reporting overall sales rising up to 20 percent, while bands such as Adam and the Ants, Men at Work, Judas Priest and Bow Wow Wow started to enjoy popularity in America.

If you haven't yet, watch this amazing music video above!

Click here to directly access the Music Video.

Click here to read CNET's full article.

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"Rio" Music Video - Duran Duran

Sing Street's Connor and his friends make music videos for their band. As seen in the original 2016 film, Connor is a fan of Duran Duran and watches the "Rio" music video on MTV.

If you haven't yet, watch this amazing music video above!

Click here to directly access the Music Video.

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The Music of the 80s

Excited to lose yourself to the music of Sing Street? Well, take a listen to these tracks that fueled the decade and inspired the world of John Carney's 2016 film.

To access the Spotify playlist directly, click here.

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Remembering Biafra Click the link icon at the top of the photo to check out Remembering Biafra-a timeline and online database of resources sponsored by the Institute for African Studies at George Washington University.

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“As a young woman, [being a debater] really helped me learn to believe that people would listen to me when I spoke and taught me a lot about confidence.”

During Berkeley Rep's production of What The Constitution Means To Me, writer and performer Heidi Schreck sat down with CBS Bay Area Focus to discuss her show. In this interview, she recounts her exploration of four generations of her family, a woman’s right to privacy, and her search for young debaters from the surrounding area to join her onstage during her piece.

To watch more of Heidi's interview on CBS, please click here.

Video by KPIX CBS SF Bay Area

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“I am one of the few women in many generations of women in my family to grow up in a house free from domestic violence, and I wanted to investigate why that was.”

Before What The Constitution Means To Me loops its way back to New York, the show made a stop on the West Coast at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. In this behind-the-scenes look, creator and performer Heidi Schreck discusses how the American Constitution gave (and deprived) four generations of women in her family the rights they sought out, and how her play investigates this historic document in the present day.

To learn more about Heidi and her play click here.

Video by Berkeley Repertory Theatre

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New Play Explores Freedom in the 19th Century (Midday on WNYC)

Photo Credit: Joan Marcus

In an interview with guest host Nancy Giles, director Lileana Blain-Cruz and actor Harriett D. Foy of The House That Will Not Stand discuss how life was for women of color during this moment in history as well as what it means to be working with an all-female cast.

To listen to their conversation, please click here.

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You’re Supposed to Laugh, Then Cry (Theatre Development Fund)

"I really wanted to create something where people could go and laugh in one breath, and in the next experience a deeply emotional moment." - Marcus Gardley

In a TDF exclusive, plawyright Marcus Gardley discusses being likened to Federico García Lorca, finding inspiration from the women in his family, and creating moments of call and response for audiences of The House That Will Not Stand

To read more, please click here.