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The "Miracle on South 13th Street"
All is bright
In December, everyone has to live with a certain number of Santas, but in Alaina Johns's neighborhood, things get a little out of hand.
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Corned beef and Beethoven, a hash-up
Ode to joy
Kile Smith went back on the road and visited another diner, but this time the heavens spoke and said, “Try it, you'll like it!”
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Gaining citizenship, losing confidence
Yearning to breathe free
Maria Thompson Corley, a Canadian citizen, got her long-awaited U.S. citizenship after the election ended. So, now what?
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2016 presidential election by the numbers
How do I reconcile with thee? Let me count the ways
Anndee Hochman emptied her basket of deplorables and filled it with all the 2016 presidential election numbers she could collect. Here's the sum total of her efforts (and those to come).
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José Rivera's 'Marisol' and the warnings we missed
Get up, stand up
Chris Braak saw Villanova Theatre's production of José Rivera's 'Marisol,' and had 20/20 hindsight. He asks what place art holds in our current political climate.
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Talking turkey at Thanksgiving
Give 'em the bird
Dreading this year's post-election Thanksgiving gathering? Take a few tips from Stacia Friedman's mom on how to keep pleasant conversation flowing as easily as the Beaujolais.
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Kile Smith on standing and singing "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Standing for the national anthem
Kile Smith joined his choir to sing the national anthem at a Phillies game, but it turned out to be about more than just a perfect E-flat.
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Poet Martín Espada and the 2016 Dodge Poetry Festival
Political vampires and poetic transfusions
“It’s just words, folks,” says Trump. But with the third presidential debate as well as America’s biggest poetry event coming up, Martín Espada explains why there’s no such thing as “just words.”
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Sweet thoughts for Rosh Hashanah 5777
Remembrance of babkas past
On Rosh Hashanah, Stacia Friedman searches for the perfect complement to a sweet new year: The delicious babka of her childhood.
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Philly Fringe review 2016: Alaina Mabaso's festival wrap-up
Four times the Philly Fringe Fest made me uncomfortable
This wasn't 'BSR' associate editor Alaina Mabaso's first Philly Fringe rodeo, but sometimes she still gets weirded out. Here are four things from this year's festival that made her uncomfortable.
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