September/October 1984 RAIN Page 21 Mural executed in 1979 by Cert Neuhaus at the Zillestrasse in Berlin (FROM: Street Murals) Performers and Artists for Nuclear Disarmament (PAND) PAND New York 225 Lafayette Street #207 New York, NY 10003 PAND is a relatively new organization, formed in Vienna in 1982, with world headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. PAND affiliates are springing up all over the world—in Australia, Chile, Canada, Japan, the Soviet Union, Poland, and throughout Western Europe and the U.S. All are dedicated to increasing awareness and inspiring action regarding the nuclear threat. PAND members offer their artistic skills and talents to the many national and international groups working to bring about world-wide nuclear disarmament. PAND is still a loose network of organizations in this country. It has no national office yet, but there has been talk of making the New York office, listed above, a national office. If you are interested in finding out more about PAND, contact any of the following chapters: PAND Atlanta, Bill Fleming, 521 Harold Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30307; PAND Boston, 456 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139; PAND Portland, 2308 NW Lovejoy, Portland, OR 97217; PAND Seattle, Amy Larkin, Washington Hall Performance Gallery, 15314th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122. See Calendar in this issue for upcoming event in Atlanta. — FLS San Francisco Mime Troupe 855 Treat Street San Francisco, CA 94110 The Mime Troupe, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, is the oldest political theater ensemble in the country. Believing that “if people do not want to go to the theater, theater has to come to the people," the troupe has toured with some 60 productions to hundreds of communities in the U.S. and abroad. The shows, combining a zany and comical style with hard-hitting political messages, are always a real treat. Arrange to bring them to your community, or better yet, start a theater ensemble of your own. — FLS \Ne Are Strong: A Guide to the Work of Popular Theatres across the Americas, by Theaterwork magazine, 1983,244 pp., $14.95 from: Institute for Cultural Policy Studies 120 South Broad Street Mankato, MN 56001 This book, put together by the same folks who publish Theaterwork magazine, is a directory of some 75 theatre and performance groups around the country that fall under the term popular theatre. Listed are groups from around the U.S., and also theatres of Nicaragua, Cuba, Canada, and more. Their common link is their dedication to cultural forms that place human values above the profit motive that dominates most of American cultural forms. Besides providing addresses and contacts, the book has woven questionnaire responses with commentary by the groups about their work. There are also several major articles dealing with concepts such as cultural democracy, people's theatre, and political action. We Are Strong is an inspiration to (and tool for) all of us struggling to work in cultural forms that get little mainstream financial aid or attention. —Tripp Mikich Tripp Mikich works with the San Francisco Mime Troupe.
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