Hello, newsletter friends. Wow, so much happening every day... trying to sum up a week feels wild but here are a few things worth noticing. Still/Here gets a revival News from the concert dance world is that Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is remounting Still/Here, originally premiered
Maybe because I was reading Margo's Got Money Troubles, a great novel with a young protagonist who makes a living through OnlyFans, or because I was listening to this absorbing podcast about how billionaires avoid paying taxes, or because I was able to attend a session at the
I was traveling last week, so here are a few items of interest that caught my attention over the last couple of weeks. Hope you are enjoying the full swing of fall wherever you are... A quick history of Philadelphia dance Megan Bridge is going to be writing about dance
This week I kept seeing artists do very impressive things. A beatboxer had 10 seconds left in a competition and instead of wrapping things up, he took it up a few notches and packed an entire tiny symphony into those 10 seconds. I saw an artist deliver a gorgeous, vulnerable
Hello! You can check out the 'about' page if you'd like a little context for where I'm coming from. Each newsletter closes with a Philadelphia moment, institution, or window cat of the week because I love it here. And I'm always open
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
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
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
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
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
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
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