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Power Street Theater’s musical moves the audience by showcasing the journey of immigrants

BY CLAUDIA CEBALLOS ON JUNE 14, 2024

Playwright Erlina Ortiz delves into a myriad of emotions, resilience, brotherhood, love, and forgiveness in her unique musical work “Siluetas”. This one-of-a-kind production was released on May 29 at Temple University’s Randall Theater by Power Street Theatre Company.

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“LATINAS IN PHILLY: These are our stories” Exhibition at iMPerRFeCT Gallery Video Recap

BY CLAUDIA CEBALLOS AND ALEX PIZARRO ON MAY 15, 2024

iMPerRFeCT Gallery is currently showcasing “LATINAS IN PHILLY: These are our stories”. Curated by Ayiana Viviana, this multi-sensorial exhibition celebrates the artwork of fifteen Latina artists, including photographers, yarn artists, and painters. #Presente Media attended the Artist Talk on May 1st, where the public could hear firsthand from the artists about how their cultural and personal stories shaped their art. The colorful exhibition pieces highlight the creativity, strength, and power of these Latina artists.

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PAFA digitizes 5,000 archives of African-American sculptor John Rhoden

BY NEMESIS MORA ON FEBRUARY 27, 2024

‘Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden' is the first comprehensive retrospective of 20th-century African-American sculptor John Rhoden and is currently open at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA). To continue the artist's legacy, PAFA celebrated on Saturday, February 10, the launch of the catalog book on the life and work of the award-winning sculptor, featuring seven essays and more than 90 pages of photographs.

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The Bok Building: A Space for Cultural Rebirth for the Latine Community in Philadelphia

BY DAISY MURGUIA ON FEBRUARY 13TH 2024

The Bok Building is widely recognized as a hub for artists and a place for community events to be held without charge. Community leaders and artists share their experience with the Bok Building and the impact it has on the community with journalist Daisy Murguia. Artists share the need for a space where people can come together to collaborate and organize.

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Edificio Bok: Un Espacio para el Renacer Cultural en Filadelfia para la Comunidad Latina

POR DAISY MURGUIA. EL 13 DE FEBRERO DEL 2024

El edificio Bok es ampliamente reconocido como un centro para artistas y un lugar para eventos comunitarios que se llevan a cabo sin costo alguno. Líderes comunitarios y artistas comparten su experiencia con el Edificio Bok y el impacto que tiene en la comunidad con la periodista Daisy Murguia. Los artistas comparten la necesidad de un espacio donde las personas puedan reunirse para organizarse y colaborar.

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Afro Latinx Voices: Behind the Cloisters of the Philly Pandemic

BY SANDRA ANDINO CAMACHO ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Following are the voices of three special Afro-Latinx in Philadelphia that during the ongoing pandemic continue to lead efforts for fair representation and equal opportunity for immigrant communities in the U.S., and above all fighting racism and racist practices from deep within. 

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Identidades en Tránsito

POR CARLOS JOSÉ PÉREZ SÁMANO EL JULY DE 22 DEL 2021

Vine a lo que ustedes llaman América, un lugar en donde no tener una identidad definida te  arrincona a solo poder expresarte en espacios de indefinición como la poesía. El espacio de la  dislocación y la transmutación. Estados Unidos no genera identidades, las destruye. Las  absorbe en generalizaciones, las disuelve.  

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Identities in Transit

BY CARLOS JOSÉ PÉREZ SÁMANO ON JULY 22, 2021

When I arrived in the United States I was surprised by the Mexican people who identify with ancestral cultures and even practice Mesoamerican dances. Now, I am one of them. But, sometimes I am not. Over time, one accepts one's demonym, especially when abroad. And one finds in pre-Hispanic cultures a way to share identity with those who come from the same place.  Even when one knows that label doesn’t present the whole picture either.

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A Timeline of Arts & Culture Advocacy in 2020 Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

BY MELISSA BEATRIZ  ON JUNE 10, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to impact communities in the United States, in early March 2020, it became clear that the arts sector was being gravely economically affected. This is a timeline of what the arts had to face during the pandemic, from budget cuts, closed offices, emerging media, canceled grants to a refunding budget allocation.

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“Arts are essential” - An interview with Philly-based multidisciplinary artist Daniel de Jesús

BY GABRIELA WATSON-BURKETT, MELISSA BEATRIZ AND LAURA ANAYA-MORGA ON FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In this interview, Philly-based multidisciplinary artist and performer Daniel de Jesús shares their inspiration behind making art and its importance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Daniel de Jesús, intérprete y artista multidisciplinario de Filadelfia, habla acerca de qué les inspira a producir arte y su importancia durante la pandemia del COVID-19.

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The Intersection of Documentary and Journalism: An Overview of Double Exposure

BY MELISSA BEATRIZ ON NOVEMBER 25, 2020

This year, the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium (DX) was held virtually from Oct. 14 to 18. DX is the first and sole film festival in the United States that focuses its programming on the intersection of film and investigative reporting.

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Films to Catch at the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival

BY KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR ON NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF) is one of the city's premiere destinations for films and storytelling from the Asian diaspora. With over 80 films to watch at PAAFF, we are sharing three films from the program that are available to audiences in the United States and Canada.

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Peruvian American Entrepreneur Starts Environmentally-Conscious Business Treecup Tea

BY KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR ON OCTOBER 15, 2020

Treecup Tea founder Mark Sotomayor sets out to address the need for environmentally sustainable business practices. The tea company plants a tree in Haiti for each bottle sold to address the issue of deforestation, hence their motto “buy a tea, plant a tree.”

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