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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

Mar 23, 2021 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.)

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

Mar 22, 2021 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

Mar 22, 2021 Reviews 5 minute read

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

Mar 22, 2021 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

Mar 19, 2021 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

Mar 16, 2021 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

Mar 16, 2021 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

Mar 15, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Transported to the world of ‘Sanctuary’: Francesca Forcella in Stephanie Martinez’s ‘Her Blood a Wild River.’ (Photo by Andrea Yorita.)

BalletX Beyond presents Maddie Hanson, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, and Stephanie Martinez

Continuing Beyond

BalletX concludes its spring season of world premieres as it began, dancing with the camera in three new short films by choreographers Maddie Hanson (‘Virtuality’), Gustavo Ramirez Sansano (‘Hernando's Hideaway’), and Stephanie Martinez (‘Her Blood a Wild River’). Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.