Hello Letter to the Editors:

The global community reaches its 78th year of the nuclear age. What arose out of scientists' minds, militarists' strategies, and political strongmen ambition (Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman) brings the global community to the point of no return.

The bomb that exploded over Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945 and then again another explosion over Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945, was preceded by the Trinity explosion in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945,
(https://www.afnwc.af.mil/About-Us/History/Trinity-Nuclear-Test/),

Those detonations caused the immediate death of over 200,000 people and began long term exposure of radiological material which continues to harm the Human genome and historic recollection (https://thebulletin.org/2020/08/counting-the-dead-at-hiroshima-and-nagas...).

Hard on the heels of the Debbie Allen-directed Fetch Clay, Make Man (see: https://hollywoodprogressive.com/stage/champ-and-the-chump), which depicted Stepin Fetchit, the star who personified the silver screen’s shuffling, lazy, buffoonish caricature of Blacks during the 1930s/40s, another play about motion picture racial tropes is being revived. As AmeriKKKa undergoes a spate of anti-Asian hate crimes, writer/actor/ director J. Elijah Cho’s terrific Mr. Yunioshi is an acerbic, sly skewering of stage and celluloid stereotypes of so-called “Orientals.”

In his one man show, Cho incarnates 1920-born Mickey Rooney, who started out as a child performer, became a sensation at MGM where he starred in musicals, the 16-picture Andy Hardy “all-American boy” series, et al, and was the world’s top box-office draw from 1939-1941. The oft-married Rooney’s career spanned nine decades, from vaudeville to the silent screen to technicolor, television and beyond.

Saturday, August 5, 12noon, Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, 546 Jack Gibbs Blvd.

Get ready to be swept off your feet and immersed in a kaleidoscope of vibrant colors, infectious rhythms, and electrifying performances at the highly anticipated “Grand Festival” of the Adonko Ohio Ghana Festival. Brace yourself for an extraordinary showcase of Ghanaian traditions and cultural expressions that will leave you awe-inspired and yearning for more.

As the sun sets on the picturesque Ohio landscape, the stage will come alive with a dazzling array of traditional dances, live music, and mesmerizing performances that will transport you straight to the heart of Ghana. The energy in the air will be palpable as renowned Ghanaian musician, the legendary Samini, takes the stage and sets it ablaze with his electrifying presence and chart-topping hits.