This week, we enjoy a conversation with Joe Mittiga. Joe is a husband, father, and the second-generation owner of Corby's Irish Pub in the East Bank neighborhood.
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This week on South Bend on Purpose, we are reading a selection from Galway Kinnell’s poem “When You Have Lived a Long Time Alone” and reflecting on what it might be saying about our life together in South Bend.
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When we arrived at the County 4-H fair last Friday evening, the air was thick with a mix of oils—from the deep fryers and the rides’ gears, and the grounds were packed, shoulder to shoulder in some places. Dusk approached, but still, the sky was bright blue.
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This week, we enjoy a conversation with Antonius Northern, a public servant in the truest sense—whether as an activist, artist, resident, or municipal employee, he has a record of bringing goodness to the city.
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This week on South Bend on Purpose, we are reading selections from Audre Lorde’s poem “New York City 1970” and reflecting on what it might be saying about our life together in South Bend.
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This week, we enjoy a conversation with Beth Graybill, a resident of South Bend's near-west side historic neighborhood, who is refreshingly thoughtful about her decision to make a life here.
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This week on South Bend on Purpose, we are reading Alice Walker’s poem “We Alone” and reflecting on what it might be saying about our life together in South Bend.
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Tonight at 9:00 PM, A Juneteenth Celebration will premiere on WNIT Public Television, presented by Dr. Marvin Curtis and the South Bend Symphony Orchestra.
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This week, we enjoy a conversation with Mayor James Mueller about his time leading our City government during the pandemic.
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This Saturday, Marvin Curtis and the South Bend Symphony Orchestra will present a special film on Juneteenth, the first time the company has performed to celebrate the emancipation of enslaved Africans in Galveston, Texas, in 1865.
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