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Saturday Sep. 6, 2025

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2 – 4 pm

Lecture-All We Have is Each Other: Black Artists and Collective Visions

Woodmere Art MuseumPhiladelphia

Thursday Sep. 11

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4:15 – 6 pm

Poetry Reading with Ursula Rucker

InLiquid GalleryPhiladelphia

Wednesday Oct. 15

Jake Tapper (credit Elliott O’Donovan)

6:30 – 8:30 pm

An Evening with Jake Tapper

Suzanne Roberts TheatrePhiladelphia

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