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This year’s Harper Distinguished Speaker, Nigel Poor will visit DU on November 14 and give an on-stage interview with Associate Professor of Art Sarah Gjertson. Poor is the co-creator and co-host of the award-winning prison-based podcast, Ear Hustle.
Thirty Colorado inmates staged "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" for nearby prisons. For some, it was the first time in years they were outside 20-foot walls and razor fences.
The production is part of the DU Prison Arts Initiative. The university partnered with the Colorado Department of Corrections to fund three years of arts programming for prisoners.
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