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The numbers don't lie. (Photo by Canadian Pacific via Creative Commons/Flickr)

2016 presidential election by the numbers

How do I reconcile with thee? Let me count the ways

Anndee Hochman emptied her basket of deplorables and filled it with all the 2016 presidential election numbers she could collect. Here's the sum total of her efforts (and those to come).

Anndee Hochman

Nov 15, 2016 Essays 4 minute read

Stand up for your rights. (Photo via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

José Rivera's 'Marisol' and the warnings we missed

Get up, stand up

Chris Braak saw Villanova Theatre's production of José Rivera's 'Marisol,' and had 20/20 hindsight. He asks what place art holds in our current political climate.

Chris Braak

Nov 14, 2016 Essays 5 minute read

Tread lightly this Thanksgiving. (Photo via PublicDomainPictures.net)

Talking turkey at Thanksgiving

Give 'em the bird

Dreading this year's post-election Thanksgiving gathering? Take a few tips from Stacia Friedman's mom on how to keep pleasant conversation flowing as easily as the Beaujolais.

Stacia Friedman

Nov 13, 2016 Essays 3 minute read

An appreciative crowd stands at the Phillies game. (Photo by SLGCKGC via Creative Commons/Flickr)

Kile Smith on standing and singing "The Star-Spangled Banner"

Standing for the national anthem

Kile Smith joined his choir to sing the national anthem at a Phillies game, but it turned out to be about more than just a perfect E-flat.

Kile Smith

Oct 25, 2016 Essays 5 minute read

Poet Martín Espada has a few words about the current political climate. (Photo by T. Charles Erickson)

Poet Martín Espada and the 2016 Dodge Poetry Festival

Political vampires and poetic transfusions

“It’s just words, folks,” says Trump. But with the third presidential debate as well as America’s biggest poetry event coming up, Martín Espada explains why there’s no such thing as “just words.”

Alaina Johns

Oct 18, 2016 Essays 4 minute read

Exhibit A: Chocolate babka. (Photo via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Sweet thoughts for Rosh Hashanah 5777

Remembrance of babkas past

On Rosh Hashanah, Stacia Friedman searches for the perfect complement to a sweet new year: The delicious babka of her childhood.

Stacia Friedman

Oct 04, 2016 Essays 4 minute read

GOATPIG gets ready to shred. (Photo by Barry Kirsch)

Philly Fringe review 2016: Alaina Mabaso's festival wrap-up

Four times the Philly Fringe Fest made me uncomfortable

This wasn't 'BSR' associate editor Alaina Mabaso's first Philly Fringe rodeo, but sometimes she still gets weirded out. Here are four things from this year's festival that made her uncomfortable.

Alaina Johns

Oct 04, 2016 Essays 5 minute read

Making progress one panel at a time. (Photo by Bi Jean Ngo)

Asian Arts Initiative, PAPA and InterAct's Beyond Orientalism forum (third essay)

Beyond the talk

Bi Jean Ngo is a member of Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists, and she's proud of the work achieved at the Beyond Orientalism forum.

Bi Jean Ngo

Sep 29, 2016 Essays 4 minute read

Not so fast, gatekeepers. (Photo via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Asian Arts Initiative, PAPA and InterAct’s Beyond Orientalism forum (second essay)

Diversity is a construct

When Lucas Nguyen attended the Beyond Orientalism forum at Asian Arts Initiative, he was dismayed at what he heard during a question-and-answer session.

Lucas Nguyen