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Logan

Logan: Free Library Branch Hosts its First Drag Queen Story Hour

July 8, 2019Andrea Malizia

The month of June is Pride month, celebrating inclusion and the LGBTQ community. The Logan Branch of the Free Library brought Pride to kids with its first Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) on Wednesday morning,

Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment: Spoken Word, Comedy and Storytelling Communities Band Together For a Cause

June 4, 2014

“I don’t know half of you but I love all of you,” said MJ Harris – a rapper, teacher, storyteller, poet, actor and cancer patient – setting the tone for the first Inter Genre Story

Arts and Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment: Nonprofit Dedicated to the Power of the Personal

May 1, 2014

Lansie Sylvia was merely a fan of storytelling. She never thought she could actually do it. “I knew a lot about storytelling,” Sylvia said. “[I listened] to a lot of narrative-based podcasts and radio shows.

Josh Duncan
Arts and Entertainment

Germantown: Storytellers Emphasize Importance of Culture During Day of Peace

September 27, 2013

Children and adults gathered at the playground of the Lonnie Young Recreation Center to hear storytelling that promoted creating a culture of peace, as a part of Peace Day Philly. Observed on Sept. 21, Peace

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