Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Tickets can be found at ordoesitexplode2.brownpapertickets.com . Does it stink like rotten meat? Or does it explode? Or Does it Explode? 2:16 PREVIEW My Tipping Point. Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. 3. The Great Depression was a time of hardship for many Americans, but for the citizens of Harlem it was made worse by past and present discrimination. will perform live via Zoom at 7:00pm (ET) on February 11 and 12, and at 8:00pm (ET) on February 13. 2009 Preview SONG TIME Or Does It Explode? Examples: *President Truman's Committee had 3 reasons to So, does gasoline explode? Let me know if I can reserve a ticket for you! ...Or Does it Explode? examines Black Harlem from the 1920s through the Depression and New Deal to the outbreak of World War II. 1:21 PREVIEW Someday. 45 min The virtual “house” will be limited to 60 “seats” Tickets: $1 Suggested Donation: $1 to $99 1 ticket per email address. This line is represented by a fist punching through water as it highlights the theme of anger and violence. About what does it mean to do justice to one another.” “Or Does It Explode?” will run from February 3 through February 27 at the Balch Street Theater in Akron. This is a popular misconception among people that gasoline kept in a can explode if kept in the sunlight for a long time. is part lament, part indictment of a society that hasn’t done better for our youth, part hope embodied in the faces and aspirations of the adolescents. The work reveals a potentially explosive contradiction. Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? 2. Product Description “…Or does it Explode” is a thrilling man-hunt historic murder mystery about what’s possible in a society that obstructs justice in favor of a false and temporary (400 years) sense of security. 1. Liquid gasoline can’t explode but if gasoline is vaporized in the presence of oxygen/air then vapor gasoline – air mixture can explode when ignited. This is a work-in-progress virtual reading of an excerpt from ...Or Does it Explode?.This theatrical piece uses poetry, dance, and other contemporary theatre forms to explore questions of what it means to be Black, male, and young in the 21 st century. Her work illuminates the forces that shape black urban activism. It was a simple yet salient reflection on the dream of equality and liberation for black people, but also a foreboding of what occurs when it, the dream, is indeed deferred. "Or Does It Explode is an outstanding book that expands our knowledge of African-American, urban, labor, and political history. Or does it explode?” Langston Hughes wrote this poem in the 1930s. The last line in this poem states “Or does it explode?” this explains the last outcome that can happen when a dream is put aside. 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