Weston Twardowski
Biographic Data
| ID | 1708898 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Weston Twardowski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Weston |
| FAMILY NAME | Twardowski |
| SIGNATURE | TWARDOWSKI W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Torera by Monet Hurst-Mendoza (review)
Reviewed by: Torera by Monet Hurst-Mendoza Weston Twardowski TORERA. By Monet Hurst-Mendoza. Directed and choreographed by Tatiana Pandiani. Alley Theatre, Houston. May 17, 2023. When Elena María Ramírez (Jacqueline Guillén) and Tanok Cárdenas (Jesse Castellanos) ran onto the stage at the opening of Torera, the Alley Theatre's world premiere production of Monet Hurst-Mendoza's new play, the gender expectations and social roles that formed the cor…
Moving Together
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent floods in New Orleans, traditional community networks and support systems were in shambles. As neo-liberal forces moved in to privatize vast swaths of society, a clash over gentrification within the city quickly set in. Newcomers to the city pushed former residents – especially Black citizens – out of their traditional neighbourhoods and simultaneously instigated cultural battles locals viewed a…
Waking from Paralysis
Despite decades of climate science research, existing climate actions have had limited impacts on mitigating climate change. Efforts to reduce emissions, for example, have yet to spur sufficient action to reduce the most severe effects of climate change. We draw from our experiences as Ojibwe knowledge holders and community members, scientists, and scholars to demonstrate how the lack of recognition of traditional knowledges (TK) within climate s…
Entertaining the Forgotten
During the late 1920s and ’30s, performative populism played a major role in the politics of the American Deep South. In the gubernatorial campaigns of three of the most prominent populist politicians of the era—Huey Long, Theodore Bilbo, and Eugene Talmadge—performance skills and entertainment were key strategies for gaining voter support and crafting personas within a popular imaginary
Lottery Day by Ike Holter
Reviewed by: Lottery Day by Ike Holter Weston Twardowski LOTTERY DAY. By Ike Holter. Directed by Lili-Anne Brown. Goodman Theatre, Chicago. April 13, 2019. Lottery Day is simultaneously a love letter to Chicago and a clarion call to the city’s denizens to recognize and acknowledge their complicity in the problems of their city and contemporary urban life. Lottery Day, the seventh and final work in playwright Ike Holter’s Rightlynd Saga, like the …
Hartnell, Anna. After Katrina
Hartnell, Anna. After Katrina: Race Neoliberalism, and the End of the American Century State University of New York Press, 2017, pp. 256. ISBN-10: 1438464177 Weston Twardowski Anna Hartnell’s new book serves not merely as a fine examination of the tremendous economic, cultural and racial problems systemic within post-Katrina New Orleans, but deftly demonstrates how the city serves as a microcosm of the greater battles ravaging American society as…
Waking from Paralysis
Despite decades of climate science research, existing climate actions have had limited impacts on mitigating climate change. Efforts to reduce emissions, for example, have yet to spur sufficient action to reduce the most severe effects of climate change. We draw from our experiences as Ojibwe knowledge holders and community members, scientists, and scholars to demonstrate how the lack of recognition of traditional knowledges (TK) within climate s…
Hartnell, Anna. After Katrina
Hartnell, Anna. After Katrina: Race Neoliberalism, and the End of the American Century State University of New York Press, 2017, pp. 256. ISBN-10: 1438464177 Weston Twardowski Anna Hartnell’s new book serves not merely as a fine examination of the tremendous economic, cultural and racial problems systemic within post-Katrina New Orleans, but deftly demonstrates how the city serves as a microcosm of the greater battles ravaging American society as…
Lottery Day by Ike Holter
Reviewed by: Lottery Day by Ike Holter Weston Twardowski LOTTERY DAY. By Ike Holter. Directed by Lili-Anne Brown. Goodman Theatre, Chicago. April 13, 2019. Lottery Day is simultaneously a love letter to Chicago and a clarion call to the city’s denizens to recognize and acknowledge their complicity in the problems of their city and contemporary urban life. Lottery Day, the seventh and final work in playwright Ike Holter’s Rightlynd Saga, like the …
Entertaining the Forgotten
During the late 1920s and ’30s, performative populism played a major role in the politics of the American Deep South. In the gubernatorial campaigns of three of the most prominent populist politicians of the era—Huey Long, Theodore Bilbo, and Eugene Talmadge—performance skills and entertainment were key strategies for gaining voter support and crafting personas within a popular imaginary
Moving Together
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent floods in New Orleans, traditional community networks and support systems were in shambles. As neo-liberal forces moved in to privatize vast swaths of society, a clash over gentrification within the city quickly set in. Newcomers to the city pushed former residents – especially Black citizens – out of their traditional neighbourhoods and simultaneously instigated cultural battles locals viewed a…
Waking from Paralysis
Despite decades of climate science research, existing climate actions have had limited impacts on mitigating climate change. Efforts to reduce emissions, for example, have yet to spur sufficient action to reduce the most severe effects of climate change. We draw from our experiences as Ojibwe knowledge holders and community members, scientists, and scholars to demonstrate how the lack of recognition of traditional knowledges (TK) within climate s…
Torera by Monet Hurst-Mendoza (review)
Reviewed by: Torera by Monet Hurst-Mendoza Weston Twardowski TORERA. By Monet Hurst-Mendoza. Directed and choreographed by Tatiana Pandiani. Alley Theatre, Houston. May 17, 2023. When Elena María Ramírez (Jacqueline Guillén) and Tanok Cárdenas (Jesse Castellanos) ran onto the stage at the opening of Torera, the Alley Theatre's world premiere production of Monet Hurst-Mendoza's new play, the gender expectations and social roles that formed the cor…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)