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The latest volume of ‘Travel by Haiku’ offers switchback dashes of poetry and prose. (Image courtesy of A Freedom Books.)

‘Travel by Haiku’ by Marshall Deerfield

Take a ride down Route 575
‘Travel by Haiku, volumes 6–10: Far Out on the Road with Friends’ offers free spirits a back seat in a collaborative road trip across the American West. Helen Walsh reviews.
Helen Walsh

Helen Walsh

Reviews 3 minute read
Jason Vieaux’s guitar has a voice like a living being. (Photo by Tyler Boye.)

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Jason Vieaux and Clancy Newman

Soaring to the future of classical music
PCMS presents classical guitarist Jason Vieaux and cellist Clancy Newman on a livestreamed program of mostly Latin American and Spanish classical works, with a surprising rock encore. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

Reviews 4 minute read
A necessary, radical, and groundbreaking education. (Image via Penguin Random House.)

‘Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning’ by Cathy Park Hong

Open demands for justice
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong’s ‘Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning’ explores Asian American consciousness and tackles the truth about anti-Asian hate. Christina Anthony considers.
Christina Anthony

Christina Anthony

Reviews 6 minute read
Patrick Shields's debut novel is autobiographical fiction set at a boarding school in early 1990s Philadelphia. (Image courtesy of the author.)

‘Pinball’ by Patrick Shields

Graduation games
In Patrick Shields’s debut autobiographical novel, ‘Pinball,’ set in the early 1990s, we follow a senior at a North Philadelphia boarding academy as he reckons with his past, present, and future two weeks before graduation. Kirsten Bowen reviews.
Kirsten Bowen

Kirsten Bowen

Reviews 3 minute read
Does this concept still live in our minds? Kevin Claiborne’s ‘ONE DROP.’ (Image courtesy of the artist and The Print Center.)

The Print Center presents its 95th Annual International Competition Exhibition

Deserts, believers, and flying too close
The Print Center’s 95th Annual International Competition Exhibition showcases three artists out of hundreds of entrants, and, for the first time, presents the winning art digitally. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read

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Orchestra members in tune with each other, despite their distance. (Photo by Jeff Fusco.)

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Mozart and Valerie Coleman

Listen to the wind
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s latest program brings together chamber-sized wind compositions by Mozart and Valerie Coleman. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
A deeply poignant read in its own right, as well as a reminder of what we’re missing because of COVID. (Image courtesy of Bazillion Points.)

‘I’m Not Holding Your Coat’ by Nancy Barile

A valentine to the pre-internet punk scene
Since the pandemic has left us longing for live music, Nancy Barile’s new punk-scene memoir, ‘I’m Not Holding Your Coat,’ is an especially welcome window on a bygone musical era. Chelsea Spear reviews.
Chelsea Spear

Chelsea Spear

Reviews 5 minute read
Playwright Kash Goins’s script debates more than a “justifiable homicide.” (Photo by Wide Eyed Studio.)

Arden Theatre Company presents Kash Goins’s ‘74 Seconds...To Judgment: A Radio Play’

Still listening for justice
The Arden adapts its 2019 production of ‘74 Seconds… To Judgment’ into a provocative, meta radio play. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
Kyle V. Hiller

Kyle V. Hiller

Reviews 4 minute read
A conversation inside Ubuntu House. (Image courtesy of Grasshopper Film.)

Grasshopper Film presents Ephraim Asili’s ‘The Inheritance’

Cinematic magic in a West Philly collective
Ephraim Asili’s ‘The Inheritance,’ a thought-provoking new film about a Black socialist collective in West Philadelphia, combines fictional characters with real-life appearances by veterans of MOVE. Stephen Silver reviews.
Stephen Silver

Stephen Silver

Reviews 3 minute read
Exploring the self, in community and isolation: the ensemble of ‘Redefine US, from the INside OUT.’ (Image courtesy of HopeBoykinDance.)

The Annenberg presents Hope Boykin’s ‘Redefine US, from the Inside OUT’

Dancing renewed identity
Dancer and choreographer Hope Boykin premieres ‘Redefine US, from the INside OUT,’ a personal and emotional journey that explores identity through suffering and renewal. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Reviews 3 minute read