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Lori Brown Mirabal’s one-woman show, Charmed Life: From Soul Singing to Opera Star, was the last performance at Urban Stages before all theatres went dark in March 2020. Sixteen months later, the show’s return to Urban Stages also means a return of in-person audiences. For this writer, the excitement of
Life is all about transitions. We are born, we age, we move forward, we learn and we mature. As innocent protected youngsters (if we are blessed by good parents) we grow into adolescents, leave home, become young adults forging independent lives. We embrace middle age and finally older adulthood and
Ever since I picked up my first Agatha Christie, I’ve been a fan of British mysteries. After finishing the Christie whodunnits, I moved on to P.D. James, Colin Dexter, Ann Cleeves, Anne Perry, Ian Rankin, Michael Dibkin, and more. Not only do I continue to read British authors, I also
With three new exhibitions, Philadelphia’s preeminent galleries investigate nuances of expression in the context of race, gender, and power structures. The Barnes Foundation has paired off Chaim Soutine and Willem de Kooning, two artists who—while pushing the boundaries of painterly composition—depicted everyday people and questioned traditional depictions of femininity. The
Birdland is BACK, upstairs now, downstairs come autumn. On the occasion of Allan Harris’ latest CD release, Kate’s Soulfood, a tribute to boyhood in Harlem, the artist packs every inch of this venue’s stage with musicians/sound. Results saturate the 70s Motown vibe his original compositions evoke. Harris is decked out
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For more than 40 years, Fern Schumer Chapman had nearly no relationship with her only brother. This estrangement not only was hurtful, but isolating. Trying to understand her own situation, Fern discovered that many others shared her fate, cut off from a sibling and suffering grief and shame. Her journey
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Lori Brown Mirabal’s one-woman show, Charmed Life: From Soul Singing to Opera Star, was the last performance at Urban Stages before all theatres went dark in March 2020. Sixteen months later, the show’s return to Urban Stages also means a return of in-person audiences. For this writer, the excitement of basking in the vibe of live performance again and sharing that with fellow audience members felt charmed indeed. And from what I could observe, the enchantment
Life is all about transitions. We are born, we age, we move forward, we learn and we mature. As innocent protected youngsters (if we are blessed by good parents) we grow into adolescents, leave home, become young adults forging independent lives. We embrace middle age and finally older adulthood and retirement. If we are lucky, we reach old age. Lots of adventures. Change happens, even if you don’t leave the city of your birth. A
Ever since I picked up my first Agatha Christie, I’ve been a fan of British mysteries. After finishing the Christie whodunnits, I moved on to P.D. James, Colin Dexter, Ann Cleeves, Anne Perry, Ian Rankin, Michael Dibkin, and more. Not only do I continue to read British authors, I also enjoy the many TV adaptations inspired by their novels that can be streamed on BritBox. So when I was challenged to name my five most
With three new exhibitions, Philadelphia’s preeminent galleries investigate nuances of expression in the context of race, gender, and power structures. The Barnes Foundation has paired off Chaim Soutine and Willem de Kooning, two artists who—while pushing the boundaries of painterly composition—depicted everyday people and questioned traditional depictions of femininity. The work of actual female artists is a focus of New Grit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Taking Space at the Pennsylvania Academy of
Birdland is BACK, upstairs now, downstairs come autumn. On the occasion of Allan Harris’ latest CD release, Kate’s Soulfood, a tribute to boyhood in Harlem, the artist packs every inch of this venue’s stage with musicians/sound. Results saturate the 70s Motown vibe his original compositions evoke. Harris is decked out in glitter sneakers, a ruffled shirt and his ubiquitous hat. His appealing, dusky vocals, though intermittently obscured, arrive soulful and precise. Sincere, genial patter fills
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For more than 40 years, Fern Schumer Chapman had nearly no relationship with her only brother. This estrangement not only was hurtful, but isolating. Trying to understand her own situation, Fern discovered that many others shared her fate, cut off from a sibling and suffering grief and shame. Her journey involved doing research, interviewing psychologists and estranged siblings, as well as coming to terms with her own situation. The result is her new book, Brothers,
