Philadelphia native Mike Smaczylo wants to build a different future for education and its residents. Christina Anthony profiles.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:30PMShwarga Bhattacharjee’s new exhibition at DVAA explores the immigrant experience through paintings, illustrations, and sculptures. Christina Anthony profiles.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:51PMChristina Anthony thought she was good at coping with stress, until she discovered she wanted to be a stand-up comic.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:56PMThe student-driven music and career skills program is solving systemic problems with systemic solutions as it helps youth and young adults in the community. Christina Anthony profiles.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:27PMThe new executive director talks about exploring activism through fashion design, her upbringing in Puerto Rico, and leading the future of Taller Puertorriqueño’s community of Puerto Rica…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:43PMNetflix's second season of Gentefied returns with an even more intimate look into the Latinx experience in the US by diving into the topic of undocumented immigrants, deportation, and famili…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:28AMTheatre Exile opens its 25th anniversary season and returns to in-person performances with Extreme Home Makeover. Christina Anthony previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:00PMEnjoy the season and get into the spirit of Halloween with this family-friendly original musical from Philly artist Ryk Lewis. Christina Anthony previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:41PMUrsula Rucker teams up with Intercultural Journeys for a second season of Close Ups, a series of hour-long performances and conversations. Christina Anthony previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:29PMPoet, essayist, and novelist Morgan Parker’s Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night is a poetry collection exploring Black identity through humor, trivialities, power, vulnerability…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:05PMKelli S. Williams is a 2021 Mural Arts Philly Black Artist Fellow, and she's using stop-motion animation and comedy to challenge how we think. Christina Anthony profiles.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:00PM‘Moments of Love,’ the third season of the Netflix series ‘Master of None,’ follows a queer Black couple discovering what brings them together, and what pulls them apart. Christina A…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:58PM‘La Nave Del Olvido,’ getting its Philly premiere at the 2021 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, follows a 70-year-old woman exploring a new love in a small Chilean town. Christina Antho…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:34PMPoet 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 c…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:45PMNetflix's ‘Malcolm & Marie,’ the first Hollywood feature conceived and created within the pandemic, follows a couple trading uncomfortable truths on the night of a fraught film premi…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:42PMNetflix’s ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is a hit, and as a woman who loves chess, Christina Anthony knows why the story rings true.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:27PMWhen your family lives with its own complicated experience of oppression, assimilation, and success, talking about racial justice can be especially challenging. But for Christina Anthony, it…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:29PMActor, rapper, and activist Riz Ahmed's new concept album, ‘The Long Goodbye,’ asks what “home” means to immigrants and their descendants. Christina Anthony considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:41PMThe Last Dance, now streaming on Netflix, is a 10-part documentary series spotlighting Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty leading up to their last run at a championship in 1997-98.…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:04PMThe pandemic led Christina Anthony to foster a homeless cat for two weeks, and she remembered that our relationships with animals can say a lot about our relationships to people.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:18PMActor, comedian, and writer Jenny Slate’s Little Weirds, a vulnerable and tender collection of offbeat essays, explores friendship, self-love, divorce, freedom, and just being a total weir…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:39PM‘Identidad (As We Are),’ screened online at the 2020 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, reflects on Peru’s tumultuous history leading up to its 2018 return to the FIFA World Cup. Chris…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:53PMThe 7th-grade besties of Hulu’s ‘PEN15,’ played by real-life adult friends looking back on their teen years, help us see the past with compassion and humor—and recognize racism. Chri…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:43AM‘Gentefied,’ now streaming on Netflix, captures the duality of the immigrant experience, reminding us that life is about not just surviving, but thriving. Christina Anthony considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:28PMChristina Anthony grew up renting a Bollywood movie with her family every weekend. She looks back on three films—which you can now stream on Netflix or Amazon Prime—that shaped who she i…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:31PMChristina Anthony tried to meditate for years, until a Vipassana retreat in Vietnam reset her perceptions. Here’s what she learned.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:48PMTeatro del Sol, in Residence at the Arden, presents ‘Oedipus El Rey,’ a modern twist on Sophocles’s tragedy through the lens of the Chicano experience. Christina Anthony reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:40PMPeople’s Light brings ‘Shakespeare in Love’ to the stage as fan fiction exploring the inspiration of one of the most iconic love stories of all time. Christina Anthony reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:28PMThe national tour of 'Hello, Dolly!' lands at the Academy of Music, continuing to dazzle while remaining faithful to Gower Champion’s original. Christina Anthony reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:05PMInterAct’s ‘Man of God’ exposes the danger between vulnerability and shame, as four teenage girls far from home discover that someone is watching them. Christina Anthony reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:28PMThe Walnut’s ‘A Woman of No Importance’ proves that Wilde is still very much a welcome force on our stages. Christina Anthony reviews.
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