Celebrating Bethlehem's Southside Culture
Ebony’s Flaws: Spoken-word Performance Lyrics: See black is beautiful, I’d never change my color for another But sometimes I feel like I can’t trust the others or my brothers so it’s hard for me to stand here screaming black lives matter When genocide became a cycle since that crack pipe shattered And it’s so hard to…
Corporate America: Spoken Word Performance Corporate America: Lyrics This land is not a country it’s a corporation That has been funded by the ignorance of Your frustration Stuck in this whole without a ladder or rope As we go back n forth about that lives has matter the most We’re all divided and I see no…
“Refuse Fascism” Spoken Word Performance “Refuse Fascism” Lyrics They want to cut family ties, that have been knotted since history, With more stories than the tallest building, Small, but we are building! Brick by brick, from the wall they use to oppress us, to impress upon them! We will… Refuse Fascism Resist Hatred Right wrongs…
“The American Dream” I woke up today in the dark… Where other people’s words were clouding my judgement… Where every mirror was either blacked out or shattered… To them my wounds don’t matter as long as they can keep their stature… I WOKE UP TODAY… IN THE DARK.. I couldn’t feel my heart..beat As I…
On Thursday, July 23, people from the Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia came together over Zoom to share their insights and reactions to Danez Smith’s powerful and haunting poetry collection, Don’t Call Us Dead. The Queer Poetry Reading Group discussion was hosted by the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, and sponsored in part by the Lehigh Valley…
“RYDA” Spoken Word Performance “RYDA” Lyrics I’m Rydin, I’m Rydin, I’m Rydin, I’m Ghost (Aye) Where I’m going? No one knows I’m Rydin, I’m Rydin, I’m Rydin, I’m Ghost (Aye) Where I’m going? No one knows I’m Rydin, I’m Rydin, I’m Rydin, I’m Ghost (Aye) Where I’m…
“To be black in America right now is a wound. Nothing seems to exactly describe the pain in my lower back, my chest, blooming between my lungs, hanging so, so heavy in my heart. My grief is miles deep, ancestral deep. I think of my father, my brother, my sister. I think of both of…
On July 14th, BAPL began a series of workshops about race and racism facilitated by Linda Wiggins-Chavis. This series, called “Dialogues on Racial Justice: An Introductory Workshop Series on Issues of Systemic Racism in the United States,” continues the much needed work of grappling with racism in our communities in order to facilitate necessary institutional…
As part of their digital events series during the Covid-19 period, Touchstone Theatre is offering “deep listeners of the Lehigh Valley and beyond” an absurd, hilarious, and suspenseful radio play called “Iso/Nation Presents.” The radio play is part of Touchstone’s “Fresh Voices” program and is made by Sean Patrick Cassidy and Adam Ercolani, Touchstone Theatre’s…
This featured photo, “Southside Public Library,” by Ryder Griffith at Southside Proud, is licensed by CC. BY-NC 2.0. Bethlehem Area Public Library (BAPL) is taking action on the call by the Black Lives Matter movement and The Fight 4 Black Lives to have difficult conversations about race and racism in our communities and across America….