NewsOutdoor Archives
Cemeteries are outdoor archives. After decades of neglect, volunteers are clearing the brush and illuminating America’s repressed histories.
EventBook Arts 25th Anniversary Celebration Kick-Off
Join us as we kick off a year-long celebration of Book Arts…
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NewsREPLAY: Stirring the Pot
Have you noticed the lettuce shortage? This week, With Good Reason is taking you back to the art of canning and preserving food.
EventColonial Foodways Virtual Cooking Demonstration
Join us and our friends at Stratford Hall for the next Colonial Foodways program featuring Justin Cherry, who will demonstrate baking in a clay oven and feature recipes from colonial …
NewsSeparate and Unequal
Desegregation took a lot of nerve from brave students, who mourned leaving behind their all-black schools to enter hostile spaces.
NewsEverybody’s Gotta Eat
Parents spend a lot of time refereeing. No, you can’t have hot fries and ice cream for dinner. Yes, please, have some more kale. We go to the dinner tables of “natural parents,” who left city life behind to bring kids closer to their food source.
EventEvicted: An Evening with Matthew Desmond
MacArthur “Genius” and Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond (Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City) discusses his book and his work on housing access and affordability as well as broader, …
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EventSHELF LIFE: The Shadow King with Maaza Mengiste and Jill Bialosky
Author Maaza Mengiste discusses her latest novel, The Shadow King, which was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, with her editor, Jill Bialosky.
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EventWhen My Time Comes and Discussion with Diane Rehm
Peabody-award winner Diane Rehm offers a moving and informative examination of the right to die movement and the facts and the misinformation surrounding this controversial practice…
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NewsREPLAY: How To Go Clubbing
Remember going out dancing in the pre-pandemic world? This week, With Good Reason takes you to a few fabulous spots for togetherness.
NewsBlack Girls’ Journeys of Resilience and Community
This webinar, recorded October 6, 2020, features an inter-generational conversation of resilience and hope between Dr. Shennette Garrett-Scott and Ka’myia Gunn. In a dialogue moderated by Ravynn K. Stringfield, they …
NewsQ&A with Shelf Life author Enrique Salmón
Get to know SHELF LIFE author Enrique Salmón…
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