George Haag faces seven years in prison for allegedly trying to steal from the MAG. Everyone just wants him to get the help they think he needs.
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The realistic grief of ‘Cherry’
The characters in the Russo brothers’ new traumatic drama are people struggling with the all-too-common burdens of PTSD, addiction, and mental illness.
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Art fundraiser for Daniel Prude seeks to build awareness around mental health
An art fundraiser for the family of Daniel Prude seeks to bring together people affected by mental illness. It runs from Oct. 1-3 at RoCo and 21st Century Arts.
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Bridging mental health awareness with Free Comic Book Day
Local comic book writer and illustrator Nigel Carrington will hand out free previews of his new West African-influenced comic.
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‘Nosferatu’ exhibition connects film and mental health at MAG
Filmmaker Javier Téllez and his collaborators wanted to focus on those who are stigmatized and condemned to invisibility.
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Film review: “Hollywood Beauty Salon”
Screening Tuesday, June 14, as part of the Reel Mind Theatre and Film Series, “Hollywood Beauty Salon” is a documentary focusing on the clients of a beauty parlor located in the Germantown Recovery Community in Philadelphia. The salons is part of a program to help people cope and recover from mental health challenges and addiction, […]
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Our legal WMD’s
Unimaginable pain… unimaginable horror: Reporters and commentators have struggled for words to describe last week’s tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. And yet if it’s unimaginable, it’s only because we still won’t face gun violence head on. These killings are not rare, not in this country. A blog on The Nation’s website notes 16 multiple shootings in […]
