Julian Parker-Burns: oral history with Russell Annis
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Skype video interview with UMass alumni Julian Parker-Burns in Kathmandu, Nepal. Parker-Burns discusses: his decision to attend UMass in the fall of 1988 as a theater major; the early history of the Butterfield dormitory; Butterfield artists-in-residence Donna Estabrooks, Terry Jenoure and Terry's husband Kamal; his decision to move into Butterfield in the fall of 1989; the role of music at in his life and at Butterfield; working in the Butterfield kitchen; the 4th floor Butterfield "steam baths" and "slip n' slides"; his work with the Butterfield Arts Group, House Council, and as head bread baker in the Butterfield kitchen; his year abroad at Exeter College of Art in England; the Butterfield Banquets; controversy over the "skull and crossbones" flag; the secession of Butterfield from the United States; his impressions of life at UMass; his graduation in the spring of 1994 and organization of the first Butterfield reunion in 1996; the closing of Butterfield and the elimination of the Butterfield kitchen circa 2000; his experience at the Omega Institute; how Butterfield shaped his life.
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