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Barrio's Living Library
- Jul 21, 2020
- 4 min
Front Page Story: Jada
And so it begins All eyes are on Jada Dominguez as she strides down the runway. The lights, the whispers, the rush of adrenaline and tryi...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Feb 14, 2020
- 3 min
Iron Stories: Goldy Ghuman
The park The Iron playground located on the south side of Reading is home to many memories and stories that neighbors share to this day. ...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Dec 12, 2019
- 5 min
Extreme Sports for Brown Folk
On a gorgeous weekend in May, 2019, a buddy and I spent an afternoon rock climbing in Birdsboro rock quarry. I clawed my way up a climb t...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Idalmi
Kutztown University sophomore and published illustrator Idalmi Rivera joined Reading community arts group Barrio Alegria earlier this ye...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Valois
The first video in the Barrio Stories series gives a snapshot of Barrio Alegria’s art coordinator, Valois Joubert. Valois continues to e...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Matthew
Matthew William Rivera, salió de Puerto Rico en el noviembre de 2018. Su mamá, sus hermanas y él se juntaron con sus abuelos en el lado ...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Sharibel
To label Sharibel Ureña as merely one profession or one type of artist is to fail to understand how talented she truly is. Much more tha...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Robert
Through a literal magic of his own, Robert Bara-Popa went from a socially awkward kid to a full-on performer. Robert has been featured i...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Jade
Jade Cintron’s profound love for the theater and her passion for building more mindful, just communities led her to Reading arts group ...
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Barrio's Living Library
- May 7, 2019
- 5 min
Arleny Pimentel
The Unintimidated Perfectionist On an early spring day, Arleny stops into Barrio’s headquarters during a short break at her job at the Da...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Apr 18, 2019
- 3 min
La Bendicion, The Blessing
Alba Alvarado came to the United States 15 years ago for the same reason so many other immigrants travel to this country – to create a be...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Jan 30, 2019
- 1 min
...BUT WE'RE STILL HERE! PRODUCTION
But We’re Still Here is our third Storytelling Through Dance program. On the surface it is a project that combines dance, theater, and ...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Jan 20, 2019
- 1 min
POETRY ON THE STREETs
Following a 2015 poetry contest organized by the Reading Public Library, Barrio learned that many of the poets who participated in the ...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Jan 19, 2019
- 1 min
Cancer Warrior Project
According to the American Cancer Society’s website, “Studies show that exercise is generally safe during cancer treatment, and can impr...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Jan 19, 2019
- 1 min
Storytelling Through Dance First Steps!
Did you know there was life before Rosa Dances with Wolves? It was called Odyssey. It was performed at the Reading Public Library Steps o...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Jan 19, 2019
- 2 min
ROSA DANCES WITH WOLVES
Rosa Dances with Wolves is a community production created by Barrio Alegria to engage community members that are not usually involved i...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Jan 19, 2019
- 2 min
OJOS 2017
2017's Ojos Photography Workshop part of the program program took place on August 19, 2017 from 11a.m. to 1:30p.m. On this day, the 3 ...
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