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Students from Food Moxie’s after-school cooking club demonstrate how to make a roasted-sweet-potato salad and eat healthily on a budget. (Photo by Brittany Barbato.)

Photo essay: Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger's Good Food for All

The art of food justice
The Good Food for All conference, presented by the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger and the Free Library of Philadelphia's Culinary Literacy Center, used art to convey key messages. Brittany Barbato was there.
Brittany Barbato

Brittany Barbato

Essays 2 minute read
"There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honor for his valor; and death for his ambition." (Photo via Creative Commons/Wikipedia)

The Public Theater's 'Julius Caesar' and the cost of free speech

Crying havoc
In the wake of controversy surrounding the Public Theater's Trump-themed 'Julius Caesar,' Chris Braak wonders when it's okay to assassinate your political leaders (onstage).
Chris Braak

Chris Braak

Essays 5 minute read
He took the words right out of your mouth. (Illustration for BSR by Hannah Kaplan.)

David Mamet's talkback tantrum

Always be closing (your mouth)
David Mamet declared a no-talkback zone around productions of his drama 'Oleanna.' Cara Blouin is talking back anyway.
Cara Blouin Illustration by Hannah Kaplan

Cara Blouinand Illustration by Hannah Kaplan

Essays 5 minute read
Some of T-VOCE's young artists. (Photo courtesy of Opera Philadelphia.)

Annenberg Center presents T-VOCE

Representing the present and future of the arts
To tackle accurate representation in the arts, we have to make sure the next generation of artists feels included. T-VOCE attempts to do just that. Alaina Mabaso considers.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Essays 3 minute read
Alas, poor Yorick, Josh Kachnycz's Hamlet knew him well. (Photo by Kendall Whitehouse)

Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre's 90-minute 'Hamlet'

Turbo 'Hamlet': Holding a mirror up to kids' nature?
Does Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre's 90-minute 'Hamlet' help or hurt Will's legacy? Alaina Mabaso considers.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Essays 5 minute read
Mama writers, this one's for you! (Illustration for BSR by Hannah Kaplan)

The "Mother List"

Write what you know
For Mother's Day, Kathye Fetsko Petrie has compiled a list of historical and contemporary writer moms worth knowing. Does your list match up? Do you even have a list?
Kathye Fetsko Petrie Illustration by Hannah Kaplan

Kathye Fetsko Petrieand Illustration by Hannah Kaplan

Essays 5 minute read
The entrance to Woodside Park. (Photo courtesy of East Falls Historical Society)

Remembering Woodside Park, Philadelphia's own amusement park

Summer in the city: 1897 to 1955
It's amusement-park season, so what better time for Bruce Klauber to recall the era of the "trolley parks," when the end of the line offered fun and entertainment for all?
Bruce Klauber

Bruce Klauber

Essays 3 minute read

Changing the climate at the Philadelphia Flower Show

Not just another pretty vase
This year’s Philadelphia Flower Show is a pleasant trip to tulip time in Holland. But how does all this play out with global warming and a climate-denying new EPA chief? A.D. Amorosi puts on the wooden shoes and reports.
A.D. Amorosi

A.D. Amorosi

Essays 3 minute read

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The National Endowment for the Arts funds programs throughout Philadelphia, such as the Mural Arts Program. "Women of Progress," mural by Cesar Riveros and Larissa Preston at 13th and Locust Streets. (Photo by Erik Anestad via Creative Commons/Flickr)

Philadelphia Writers Resist tackles NEA/NEH funding cuts

Writers go live
Organizers must get off the Internet and into a room together. Philly’s Writers Resist is about to take it to the streets. Alaina Mabaso reports.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Essays 4 minute read
Photographer Barbara Grover knew about hunger in Third World countries, but after her three-year odyssey taking pictures for 'This Is Hunger,' she wondered, "How can this happen in America?" (Photo by Barbara Grover, 2016, courtesy of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger)

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger presents 'This Is Hunger'

Empty plates in the land of plenty
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger spent three years researching, photographing, and interviewing subjects for a traveling exhibition on US hunger, housed in a trailer. Anndee Hochman goes inside.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Essays 4 minute read