Page 22 RAIN September/October 1984 Scenes from San Francisco Mime Troupe productions o/Factwino (left) and Squash (right) (Photos by Michael Bry) Musician Tod Parks of Snohomish, Washington (Photo by Brent Thorgren; FROM: Homegrown Music) Alternate ROOTS Little Five Points Community Center 1038 Austin Avenue Atlanta, GA 30307 404/577-1079 ROOTS, which stands for Regional Organization of Theatres South, is a coalition of professional, community- based performing-arts organizations and individuals in the Southeast. It is devoted to the support and encouragement of southern performing artists committed to making their art where they are, out of who they are and what their communities are. It provides access to artistic resources and technical assistance in administrative areas to increase the self-sufficiency of its members. ROOTS also produces major performance festivals periodically. — Tripp Mikich Appalshop PO Box 743 Whitesburg, KY 41858 Appalachian media arts and educational organization, located in rural Kentucky. Included within Appalshop are a film production unit, June Appal Records, printing and photography, TV, and radio. Perhaps the most successful cultural project of its kind, Appalshop has been working to preserve, document, and nourish Appalachian mountain culture, history, change, and social "confrontation” with imposing forces in the region (such as strip mining). It also includes the fine work of the Roadside Theatre. —Tripp Mikich
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