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It happens. Eugene Delacroix's 'Louis d'Orléans Showing his Mistress.' (Photo via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Write what you know

A writer writes

When Roz Warren discovered her partner of 20 years had been cheating for the last 10, she did the thing she does best: she wrote about it.

Roz Warren

Sep 26, 2016 Essays 5 minute read

Fredric Mann, Eugene Ormandy and Van Cliburn. (Photo courtesy of the Mann Center)

On the Mann Center's 40th anniversary, remembering Fredric R. Mann

The man behind the Mann

As the Fredric R. Mann Music Center ends its 40th anniversary season, the career of its founder deserves to be remembered. Steve Cohen looks back.

Steve Cohen

Sep 03, 2016 Essays 4 minute read

Have party, will travel. (Photo by Emcee Studio Photographie)

The Fifth annual Philadelphia 'Dîner en Blanc'

A white canvas outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Those who participate say it’s a magical event. What’s wrong with an evening of fun, even if you have to bring your own entertainment and supplies? Naomi Orwin takes a look at 'Dîner en Blanc.'

Naomi Orwin

Aug 22, 2016 Essays 4 minute read

What would Ta-Nehisi do? (Photo via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Roz Warren reads Ta-Nehisi Coates

A personal (and very quiet) revolution

Roz Warren read some Ta-Nehisi Coates and decided to take action. She's offering small but useful reparations one library patron at a time.

Roz Warren

Aug 15, 2016 Essays 4 minute read

In Pennsylvania, women's paychecks don't add up. (Photo by Sarah Mirk via Creative Commons/Flickr)

Pennsylvania lags in equal pay

Boston or bust

This week, Massachusetts passed legislation that helps achieve equal pay for equal work. So, how do Pennsylvania's women fare?

Stacia Friedman

Aug 08, 2016 Essays 3 minute read

Francis Wheatley's "Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus." (Illustration via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Teens, Trump, and Shakespeare in Clark Park's 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona'

Shaking a speare at history's hangover

It's summer Shakespeare season, and Anndee Hochman asks why we keep turning to the bard. She also thinks she knows the answer.

Anndee Hochman

Aug 02, 2016 Essays 5 minute read

And the beat goes on. (Illustration for BSR by Mike Jackson of alrightmike.com)

Kile Smith digs deep into his roots

"All the Hits of the '60s!"

When composer Kile Smith needed to dig some tree roots out of his side yard, he had no idea how deep they'd go.

Kile Smithand Illustration by Mike Jackson

Jul 27, 2016 Essays 5 minute read

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The Union League's display explains the concept of an oxymoron (I kid, I kid). (Photo by Stephen Silver)

'PoliticalFest' DNC exhibitions

Political education, in museums and on the streets

Stephen Silver visits Philadelphia 2016's 'PoliticalFest' exhibitions and learns what can and cannot be taught in a museum's display.

Stephen Silver

Jul 26, 2016 Essays 3 minute read

Make America Drunk Again! (Illustration for BSR by Mike Jackson of alrightmike.com)

Creative cocktails for the Democratic National Convention

I'll drink to that!

Philadelphia bartenders, we know you're freaking out about the coming influx of DNC conventioneers. Never fear, BSR has you covered with some last-minute creative cocktail suggestions.

Stacia Friedmanand Illustration by Mike Jackson

Jul 19, 2016 Essays 3 minute read

Fairmount Park's Cedar Grove mansion. (Photo via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Historic Houses of Fairmount Park tour

These old houses and the stories they tell

In advance of the Democratic National Convention, a tour of three historic Fairmount Park homes tells the stories of our nation's painful birth.