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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Julissa Arce

The MSNBC host speaks with the author about You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Julia Alvarez

The MSNBC host speaks with the author and poet about a YA novel about immigrant identity that's been banned since the 1990s

By Ali Velshi

Critical Race Theatre

Former Roots Crew member Dice Raw first made his name chronicling his Philadelphia history through music. Now, as head of Philly’s legendary New Freedom Theatre, he’s telling the stories of Black Americans throughout all our history

By James Peterson
Art for Change

The Romantic Realist

The next in a series with Forman Arts Initiative profiles painter Sarah McEneaney, whose paintings are celebrated for their sincerity and attention to detail

By Morgan Nitz
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Meg Cabot

The MSNBC host speaks with the YA author about the inevitability of teen sex

By Ali Velshi

10 Small, Under-the-Radar, Black-Owned Businesses You Need to Know in Philly

Supporting small businesses supports Black families, communities, other small businesses, and dreams

By Abigail Chang
Integrity Icon 2023

Who is Your Public “Fun Hero?”

We’re looking for the parks, pools, arts, more happy-making people who fill our city with joy. Nominate a City worker as an Integrity Icon by March 31

By Jessica Blatt Press
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Jane Golden’s Arts Agenda

Mural Arts Philadelphia’s executive director delivered a message from the arts to candidates at a forum last month. Here’s what she told them

By Jane Golden
Art For Change

The People’s Projectionist

Klip Collective founder Ricardo Rivera, known for dazzling projection pieces, cites music as his main inspiration, in the latest in our partnership with Forman Arts Initiative

By Logan Cryer
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Grace Lin

The MSNBC host speaks with the bestselling children's author and illustrator about the very unlikely banning of her storybook, A Big Mooncake for Little Star

By Ali Velshi