Elisabeth Perez-Luna
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Cities and immigrants: Three views
Three mayors talk about how their cities treat undocumented immigrants. When mayors sit and talk, especially if their cities have ...
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ListenSerious and playful looks at American art, politics assembled for PAFA show
A new exhibition that explores American politics through art is stirring some emotions for its whimsy and the richness of works that rang ...
9 years ago
ListenPhilly Latino Film Fest has Puerto Rican accent
Puerto Rican filmmaking figures prominently in this year’s Philadelphia Latino Film Festival with stories that explore identity, hu ...
9 years ago
ListenWeaving the dreams of veterans with music, poetry to translate experience of war
War has always been part of our history, and stories about the war experience have populated our culture as long as we can remember. ...
9 years ago
ListenA migrant’s pilgrimage to freedom and safety at the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts
It’s not usual for a performance to use great balls of fire, rivers of sand, water, videos, puppets and a transformed urban landsca ...
9 years ago
ListenFor a day, walking in the shoes of refugees
Every day, we hear reports about refugees fleeing areas of conflict. But how does it really feel to be one among the 15 million di ...
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ListenPacking a lesson in perseverance, play about disintegrating school staged at Suzanne Roberts
Ever wonder what happens to the teachers, administrators, the whole universe of people who work in a large urban high school when it shut ...
9 years ago
Listen‘ReForm’ recreates shuttered North Philly school in Tyler installation
Every empty building has a story to tell. When it comes to a shuttered North Philadelphia school, it’s a whole neighborhood of stor ...
9 years ago
Listen‘The Wrath of the Gods’ mixes masters, graphic novels and Greek heroes
There’s nothing like a good story that mixes mythology and heroes contorted by torture to inspire artistic greats such as Rubens, M ...
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ListenDay of the Dead traditions very much alive in Philadelphia [photos]
Celebrating the memory of the dead has been a pre-Columbian tradition since the Aztecs ruled Mexico. With colonialism, Catholic celebrati ...
9 years ago
Listen‘Separated Families’ paints immigrant family stories right on Philly streets [photos]
Is a mural still a mural if it’s not on a wall? Michelle Angela Ortiz thinks so. She likes the idea that people can literally ...
9 years ago
ListenPope’s Mass resonates with Spanish-speaking parish in Chester County
Pope Francis’ encouragement to remember the traditions each immigrant family brings with them to their new country rang true to the ...
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