From Pittsburgh to Philly, here's where to catch free live music across Pennsylvania this summer.
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The 1MC summer bookshop is live. Start with these three
We’re bringing this reading list back to the top because there’s still plenty of time to discover your next great…
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Brick by brick: Over 40 LEGO beasts take over Fort Worth’s Botanic Garden
Sean Kenney's LEGO menagerie has taken over Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Over sculptures on view. Here's what to see first.
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Sound check: free outdoor concerts take over NYC this summer
New York City has hundreds of concert venues across the five boroughs. But some of the best live music this…
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What queer communities owe each other, according to Max Hovey
Max Hovey's "No Fats, No Fems" challenges queer communities to examine the prejudice within. A candid, thought-provoking debut worth reading.
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The truth about being queer in the 90s can’t be found in a history book
My Bad: A Personal History of the Queer Nineties and Beyond by Hugh Ryan is a reckoning with the reality…
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In ‘Pretend You’re Dead and I Carry You,’ falling apart is just the beginning
Julián Delgado Lopera's Spanglish novel follows a travesti father and his teenage daughter through grief, curses, and chosen family in…
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‘Fade’ at Studio Museum in Harlem finds power in the in-between
'Fade' gathers 17 artists in Studio Museum in Harlem's new home and asks them to hold the in-between.
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What the water holds in Jesmyn Ward’s ‘On Witness and Respair’
Jesmyn Ward's debut essay collection is luminous and at times repetitive, but essential reading on Black Southern life.
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DARA’s ‘Bangaranga’ won Eurovision. The word has been borrowed before, just not like this
DARA won Eurovision 2026 with 'Bangaranga,' but the song of the summer has questions to answer.
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