Podcasts Culture Philadelphia Community Podcast 3-3 Insight Part I Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati Vessels, Early Childhood Book Challenge

3-3 Insight Part I Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati Vessels, Early Childhood Book Challenge

Published: March 1, 2019, 11:06 p.m.

b'Guest Host Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati speaks with Ron Ragin about the world premiere of Vessels in which seven women explore the transcendental possibilities of music during the Middle Passage. Set in an interactive, sculptural environment that invokes those infamous ships, this interdisciplinary, speculative history work explores singing as a survival tool. https://www.annenbergcenter.org/event/vessels (4:48)

Vanesse also speaks with Matt Ridenour, Innovation Lead for OPENIDEA Early Childhood Book Challenge.
https://www.openideo.com/challenge-briefs/early-childhood-book-challenge (9:38)

Finally Vanesse grills Loraine Ballard Morrill for her feature \\u201cWhat is Philadelphia Reading?\\u201d (14:17)'