Review: IceHouse Tonight’s “Dogcatcher”
As national news outlets highlight the efforts of lawmakers to protect voting rights, artists and activists from Bethlehem’s IceHouse Tonight have created a thought-provoking virtual play that responds to these attacks on democratic processes and the racism that still shapes election and voting participation. The seven part series, called Dogcatcher, follows a small-town PA football…
Lehigh Valley Environmentalism and Equity in the Outdoors
The Lehigh Valley Sierra Club’s recent meeting was a workshop-style dialogue for Sierra Club members to consider equity in the outdoors. The discussion was premised around the question of who feels safe or unsafe in outdoor spaces and doing outdoor activities. The main goal for the meeting was to investigate how the mainstream environmentalist community…
Save Our Swifts: Civic Development For the Birds
The swirling hurricane of thousands of tiny black birds plunging into the Masonic Temple chimney at the gateway to the southside…
Basement Poetry Presents: “BLK Rage Poem” by kiki nicole
*this poem was originally published in The Shade Journal “BLK Rage Poem” Lyrics: About kiki nicole: kiki nicole (they/them) is a…
Basement Poetry Presents: “What have you lost?” by Kevelis Matthews-Alvarado
“What have you lost?” Performance: “What have you lost?” Lyrics: “What have you lost” is not a question i ask myself on a daily…
Basement Poetry Presents: “Unite” by Baby the Poet
Live Performance of “Unite” “Unite” Lyrics Today I might make you Uncomfortable or feel away With some of the things Ive…
Basement Poetry Presents: “Black Lives Matter” by Zena Goodwin
“Black Lives Matter” Lyrics Whenever I state that “Black lives matter,” the words “All lives matter" get hurled back and they…
Basement Poetry Presents: “The Freedom Dream” by kiki nicole
Let me compare myself to my black ass self: -Thiahera Nurse “The Freedom Dream” There is a queerness to my survival—I…
Black Words, Black Voices, Black Magic, Black Matters Live Poetry Event
PC: Emma Ackermman On October 24th, Basement Poetry hosted a live poetry reading at Touchstone Theatre that Diedre Van Walters, the…
Annual “Homecoming” Event, Festival Unbound
On October 2nd, Touchstone Theatre hosted their annual “Homecoming” event as part of Festival Unbound 2020. In some ways celebration, in…