This week on South Bend on Purpose, we are trying something new. Our friend John Garry is joining the show to share "prose for the city" with us—shorter episodes that will contain a poetry reading and guided reflections.
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This week we welcome Pam Blair to South Bend on Purpose. Pam is a local artist and organizer of the Poetry Den—a community-based safe stage for the spoken word hosted at the Civil Rights Heritage Center.
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“Doesn’t that place look more like an aquarium than a pumphouse to you?”
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We could go up on the tracks? is one of my favorite texts to send. Last year, I made a short film about what happens next. Today, here’s episode two, produced by Ryan Blaske.
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Over the past year, Ryan Blaske’s stories with us have centered around his simple practice of walking the city with a camera in hand. Today, he continues this thread with a new friend along for the stroll.
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Around 4:00 in the afternoon on the day we filmed Ms. Adeline—two hours after the shop was supposed to close—things slowed down enough for us to ask Ms. Adeline some questions about her life, faith, and business.
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Today, we’re releasing a selection of behind the scenes photographs from our short film Ms. Adeline, and for West.SB members, 28 Minutes with Ms. Adeline, an extended interview with a wealth of memories and wisdom, as well as some of the film's most memorable quotes.
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Nimoy Vaidya is a b-boy, originally from Kathmandu, Nepal, who moved to the U.S. in 2015. He breakdances as an avenue for personal growth and a way to help kids in South Bend.
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While many Americans spend this pandemic at home, crews of essential workers continue to set their alarms and take care of South Bend's parks and public spaces. Today, Jessica Spoor takes us around town to meet a few on the job.
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Ms. Adeline Wigfall-Jones has been cutting hair at 1131 West Washington Street in South Bend since 1976. She is 91 years old. We spent a typical Saturday, from 6:57 am to 4:49 pm, at the barbershop with Ms. Adeline and asked: “when are you going to stop?”
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