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Mary Hinkson, a Martha Graham Dance Company Alumnus and Figurehead, Dies at 89
A Martha Graham Dance Company alumnus, Mary Hinkson, who channeled an unrivaled dramatic force for dance, died Wednesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 89 years old. 7-Year-Old Violinist Wants to Play for Peace and Stop Violence in Ferguson
Leah Flynn, a 7-year-old violinist from Sanford, Florida, is hoping to play her violin for peace in the torn town of Ferguson, Missouri.Flynn, who is only in second-grade, has been playing the violin since she was 5 and practices daily with her father. She has performed as a soloist at many different concerts and venues.After viewing the violence and protest happening in Ferguson shortly after the shooting and death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Police Officer Darren Wilson, the talented child felt that she wanted to do something to help the suffering town.“She said to me, ‘Mom, what’s going on?’ And I explained to her, because I have to — I told her what’s going,” her mother Paula Flynn told WOFL. “She said, ‘But it's not right these people look so sad; maybe I could do something for them.”
