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A hot mid-morning lunch in school, Ashwood Plantations, South Carolina, 1939. Science History Institute’s Lunchtime examines the history and contemporary implications of the US School Lunch Program. Photo from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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Lunchtime: The History of Science on the School Food Tray

Sonya Clark, The Descendants of Monticello, 2024, part of Declaration House, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Steve Weinik, courtesy of Monument Lab.
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Fall Arts Preview: From the Personal to the Historic, 17 Events to Add to Your Calendar

Jūshin Satō and Takahiko Iimura at Filmmakers Cooperative. Photographer unknown, courtesy of Japan America Society for Greater Philadelphia.
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Community of Images: Japanese Media Artists in the US, 1960s-1970s

She Summers in Vienna, 2022. Music by Emily Bate and John Jarboe. Photo credit: Christopher Ash., courtesy of The Bearded Ladies Cabaret. The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents a new installation of the work.
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The Rose Garden

Soprano Kiera Duffy in Breaking the Waves, 2016, composed by Missy Mazzoli and produced by Opera Philadelphia. Photo by Dominic M. Mercier.
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The Listeners

BalletX company performs choreographer Jennifer Archibald’s Maslow’s Peak, 2024. Photo by Whitney Browne, courtesy of BalletX. 
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Over $10 Million in New Funding to Strengthen Philadelphia-Area Cultural Groups and Artists

Jon Grinspan.
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Jon Grinspan

Sonja Kostich.
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Sonja Kostich

Julio César Morales
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Julio César Morales

Sarah Pharaon 
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Sarah Pharaon

Lauren Schell Dickens.
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Lauren Schell Dickens

Will Rawls. 
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Will Rawls

Pamela Z.
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Pamela Z

Lori Fogarty
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Lori Fogarty

Kristina Newman-Scott 
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Kristina Newman-Scott

Karen Wong.
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Karen Wong

Deborah Schwartz.
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Deborah Schwartz

Edgar Miramontes. 
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Edgar Miramontes

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