Elizabeth Wellington

1 month ago | inquirer.com | Elizabeth Wellington

When Tony Award winner and variety show host Pearl Bailey wasn’t enthralling audiences with her throaty voice and down home charm, she must have been working on her scrapbooks. Bailey — who came of age in North Philadelphia during the 1930s — was the quintessential mid-20th century glamour girl, best known for her starring role in the 1967 all Black version of Broadway’s Hello, Dolly! Older Philadelphians may remember Bailey as a regular on the The Mike Douglas Show.

1 month ago | inquirer.com | Elizabeth Wellington

Like many Black children growing up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Mount Airy author Hilary Beard had fond memories of Afros and Soul Train dancers. “I was a little Black girl with braids who sat between my mother’s knees every day as she combed my hair and oiled my scalp with Ultra Sheen,” Beard recalled in a recent video chat. “When I was in the seventh grade and cut my hair into an Afro, I used Afro Sheen. I grew up watching Soul Train.

2 months ago | mahoningmatters.com | Elizabeth Wellington

It's an exciting time to be a Philly writer. Peacock debuted its limited edition thriller Long Bright River based on South Philadelphia writer Liz Moore's novel of the same name Thursday. Frankford's Joseph Earl Thomas' God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer won the Center for Fiction's prestigious First Novel Prize last December. And our own Marie-Helene Bertino's Beautyland was named one of the New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2024.

2 months ago | inquirer.com | Elizabeth Wellington

It’s an exciting time to be a Philly writer. Peacock debuted its limited edition thriller Long Bright River based on South Philadelphia writer Liz Moore’s novel of the same name Thursday. Frankford’s Joseph Earl Thomas’ God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyerwon the Center for Fiction’s prestigious First Novel Prize last December. And our own Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2024.

2 months ago | mahoningmatters.com | Elizabeth Wellington

In 1993, Melanye Finister played Beneatha Younger in People's Light & Theatre Company's A Raisin in the Sun. More than 30 years later, when People's Light approached her to return to the play, she wondered why the world needed yet another theatrical production of the Lorraine Hansberry classic. Also, did Finister really want to play Lena, Beneatha's and Walter Lee Younger's overbearing mother?