A community reading w/ excerpts from the book “Inheritance of Exile:” Stories from South Philly
Join us in a conversation about belonging, home, and navigating old and new cultures, stories, and histories of immigrants growing up in South Philadelphia.
We will read together passages from Susan Muadi Darraj’s book “Inheritance of Exile” which tells the stories of multi-generational Palestinian and Palestinian-American familities in Philadelphia.
We invite you to bring your story, your feelings, and your experience navigating unfamiliar spaces and pasts. This is a collective reading event, with opportunities to create and tell your own stories and responses to the stories in the book.
Accessibility note: there is a steep flight of stairs leading up to our space.
STORY
Since 2008, Studio 34 has cultivated a community; it has offered affordable yoga classes, workshops, and art shows for those who seek healing, as well as space for wellness practitioners to provide various forms of therapy, from acupuncture to massage to psychotherapy & more.
In early 2018, community members Adrienne Dolberry and Kari Thompson took over as owners and remain committed to Studio 34 being a space of healing, creativity, and inclusivity for the West Philadelphia community and beyond.
MISSION
Studio 34 is more than a physical space.
We are an energy created by all those that enter and practice here.
This energetic space respects and honors all bodies – encouraging EveryBody/everyone to breathe and move in our healing-centered studio.
Using self-care and expression through yoga, movement, art and other healing modalities – we allow ourselves to reconnect, realign and reclaim our lives as individuals.
We believe that individual self-care directly sustains and supports our community.
We are united together in dialogue, creativity, fun, empowerment and holistic well-being.