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River City Living: Newport Laundromat Becomes Stylish Home

Mon, 06/28/2021 - 19:04 RCN Newsdesk This week s Beyond the Curb brings us to Newport where a former laundromat was transformed into a stylish home. The urban living video series produced by the Catalytic Fund introduces us to developer Duane Cronin of Diversified Capital Management. Located in Newport’s historic East Row neighborhood, the architecture of the building stands out. However, simple changes like recessing the front door, adding a dormer and a new gable window make it look more residential than commercial. Inside, once the washers and dryers were carted off and the dropped ceiling was removed, the beautiful roof truss structure was revealed. Cronin decided to highlight the old beams by vaulting and paneling the ceiling and adding a loft level at the back of the house.

7 Must Read YA Black Girl Magic Books

The first time I heard the phrase “Black Girl Magic” was during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio when Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas were showing the world just how amazing they are. I have always been obsessed with the summer Olympics despite having little interest in sports otherwise, and like millions of others, I was watching. It was so special to me to see these strong Black girls being so celebrated. But Black Girl Magic had existed before that moment. Popularized by CaShawn Thompson in 2013, it’s a concept that celebrates Black girls and women persevering and stands against the negative stereotypes, misogynoir, and racism that we deal with on a regular basis.

Can Black Pain in Books Bring About Black Joy?

I heard a powerful interview on CBC Radio’s literary show, The Next Chapter one day, and I’ve been thinking about pain ever since. Shelagh Rogers, the host, was interviewing Joshua Whitehead, an Oji-Cree, Two-Spirit scholar from the Peguis First Nation on Treaty 1 territory in Manitoba. He’s also the acclaimed author of the novel Johnny Appleseed. At some point in the interview, he talked about pain but not in the way you think. The main character of his novel, the titular Johnny, is a reflection of the kinds of violence indigenous youths are subjected to, and particularly the kind of sexual trauma indigenous communities continue to deal with as a result of Canada’s residential school system. But Joshua voiced a way of thinking about pain I hadn’t considered. As he explains, Cree language imbues various ‘objects’ with spirit: rivers, rocks and even the planet itself. But what about pain? Joshua poses the question to Shelagh: “if we can animate our pain, is that so

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