Guided Search: Immigration/Refugees, Children

Everyone has fun summer traditions and that’s no exception for people in Sweden.  This month at Toddler Time we will read the book Summer in Sweden by Anette Henningson and learn about the great outdoor activities families enjoy together.

Can an immigrant’s story be universal in today’s America? To find out, Emmy-award winning performer Kayhan Irani excavates memory and experience to reconstruct a sense of belonging. Using video projections, live performance, and humor, Irani embodies characters from her journey and invites the audience to share their own stories. IJ curator Alex Shaw joins Irani as a guest artist.

The Philadelphia Refugee Resettlement Provider Collaborative along with The City of Philadelphia Office of Immigrant Affairs is hosting a World Refugee Day festival on July 9th from 11:00am-3:00pm at City Hall.

Playing household items — pots, cans, and spoons — alongside conventional instruments like guitar, violin, bass, and drums, Romano Drom is one of the most prominent representives of contemporary Roma (“Gypsy”) culture in Hungary. They play original compositions in the Olah Romani language in arrangements that integrate Tsollar, Lovar, Beash, and Romanian melodies with modern music from many parts of the world: Catalan rumba and Arabic and Balkan rhythms.