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The Tradition virtual Book Discussion
Tue, May 11, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Online
Join a facilitated public book discussion of the 2021 One Book, One Philadelphia selection, The Tradition by Jericho Brown. Wide-ranging conversation will be prompted by the themes in this Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poems. Reading the book beforehand is not required to…
Looking Out and Building Up: Imagining Black Masculinities After Patriarchy
Wed, May 12, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Online
Moving through the themes of Black masculinity discussed in Jericho Brown's The Tradition , this intergenerational conversation will focus on deconstructing and reimagining the narratives and myths that define life for Black men and other Black masculine people. Panelists will explore…
The Tradition virtual Book Discussion
Tue, May 18, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Online
Join a facilitated public book discussion of the 2021 One Book, One Philadelphia selection, The Tradition by Jericho Brown. Wide-ranging conversation will be prompted by the themes in this Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poems. Reading the book beforehand is not required to…
LGBTQ Teen Workshop: Welcome to My House: Queerness and the Culture Clash
Wed, May 19, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Online
"Take the Mic" is a virtual series of spoken word workshops that invites teens to explore the themes of The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, the 2021 One Book, One Philadelphia Young Adult selection, and their own multiple identities using poetry and theater exercises. In this…
The Tradition virtual Book Discussion
Mon, May 24, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Online
Join a facilitated public book discussion of the 2021 One Book, One Philadelphia selection, The Tradition by Jericho Brown. Wide-ranging conversation will be prompted by the themes in this Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poems. Reading the book beforehand is not required to…
Boundless Love: Black Queerness and Spirituality
Tue, May 25, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Online
Presented by Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library Jericho Brown writes in The Tradition about religion and spirituality from his personal perspective and lived experiences of being a queer Black man, reflecting on both the ugliness of institutional violence and the beauty and…
The Tradition virtual Book Discussion
Wed, May 26, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Online
Join a facilitated public book discussion of the 2021 One Book, One Philadelphia selection, The Tradition by Jericho Brown. Wide-ranging conversation will be prompted by the themes in this Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poems. Reading the book beforehand is not required to…
How to Build a Home: Queer and Trans BIPOC Dance/Movement Workshop
Thu, May 27, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Online
Presented by West Philadelphia Libraries This co-collaborative creative space asks participants to remember permission, intimacy, safety, play, and connection in our bodies, led by dance and performing artist Shanel Edwards . We are rebuilding a home that remembers our traumas but does not…
The Tradition Reading Circle: Queer, Trans, Two-Spirit and Gender Non-Conforming
Tue, June 1, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Online
Join a space to create conversation about our nuanced experiences presenting and living out queerness in an anti-queer world. We will use Jericho Brown’s The Tradition to guide recollections of our joy, alienation, pain, and pleasure as queer, trans, two-spirit and GNC people. A…
How to Build a Home: Queer and Trans BIPOC Dance/Movement Workshop
Thu, June 3, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Online
This co-collaborative creative space asks participants to remember permission, intimacy, safety, play, and connection in our bodies, led by dance and performing artist Shanel Edwards . We are rebuilding a home that remembers our traumas but does not require them, leaving oppressive systems…
The Tradition virtual Book Discussion
Thu, June 3, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Online
Join a facilitated public book discussion of the 2021 One Book, One Philadelphia selection, The Tradition by Jericho Brown. Wide-ranging conversation will be prompted by the themes in this Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poems. Reading the book beforehand is not required to…
Breaking the Tradition
Tue, June 8, 2021
12:00 P.M.
Online
Presented by Haverford Library and the People's Emergency Center Join the Men’s Coffee Talk Think Tank at the People’s Emergency Center, along with ACT UP and the AIDS Health Foundation, for conversation that will focus on challenging white supremacy in the healthcare…
Re-Creating a New World: One Book, One Philadelphia Finale with Jericho Brown
Wed, June 9, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Online
Join us to celebrate a season of discussing The Tradition . Following a reading and conversation with One Book, One Philadelphia 2021 author, Jericho Brown, and Philadelphia poet Ursula Rucker, we’ll listen to an intergenerational panel of artists, activists, and community space-holders.…
VIRTUAL - Sarah Schulman | Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
Tue, June 29, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with Jason Villemez, editor of the Philadelphia Gay News A decades-long activist for queer rights and female empowerment, Sarah Schulman is the author of more than two dozen novels, non-fiction books, screenplays, and stage plays. Her other work has appeared…