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Gender-expansive joy, Cannonball Platform, and horses

Welcome, new readers! You can check out the 'about' page if you'd like a little context. Each newsletter closes with a Philadelphia moment, institution, or window cat of the week because I love it here. And I'm always open to suggestions, feedback, responses at

Let's have a parade

This week's dispatch will be a short one as I am home sick in bed instead of gallivanting about town seeing shows. 😢 Let me live vicariously through you and tell me what you're seeing and what you think about it! New FringeArts leadership If you are

Crowding around the kitchen table

Here we go! It's time for Fringe! It's time for fall! Let's go dance it out! If you are new here, welcome. This newsletter is intended to be my little drop in the bucket to parse what's going on in the Philly

One last Fringe guide, bit of grant advice, and one wild catch

Hello buddies! Welcome, new friends! This is the last post in the 'quiet phase' of this newsletter before we go public next week, so if you have thoughts, advice, commentary, hot takes, please let me know! More Fringe recommendations Last week had Fringe guides for those who might

Are you a banana or a maestro?

Hello, new readers! It's nice to see you here! If this is your first rodeo with Solid Seam, you can check out the 'about' section and let me know what you're hungry to hear about. This week has a couple of Fringe guides in

A year-end round-up before Fringe

Plus a pet peeve and institutional fails I know it’s not actually the end of the year, but we’re about to be inundated with Philly Fringe shows (hooray!) and before there’s a whole new slate of works to think about, I wanted spend a little time with

Let the truth be sobbed out

This week truly felt like the dog days of summer – days that fade into each other and just last forever. It's still light! There's still time! It's still summer! I loved it, even as the Fringe guide arrived and plenty of season announcements, promising

resting, moving, and Freezing

With the sudden surge of enthusiasm for Kamala Harris in the wake of Biden's departure from the presidential race, it was a week in which being on Twitter was actually fun again. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the VP candidates audition for the #2 spot on the ticket and

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