A Year of Stories Ends With a Battle Cry

If you’ve been craving a book that hits like a hymn, a punchline, and a family secret all at once, December’s Arts Passport Book Club is your last — and loudest — invitation of 2025.

We’re closing the year with Quiara Alegría Hudes’ My Broken Language, a memoir that dances between English and Spanish, Philly grit and Puerto Rican prayer. It’s a coming-of-age story shaped by women who refuse to shrink, communities that hustle to survive, and the dangerous joy of finding your own voice. This one sings. Literally.

And because we’re ending the year the way we lived it — loud, curious, and a little irreverent — we’re pairing Hudes’ memoir with a field trip to Stageworks Theatre for John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons. Think of it as a comedic crash course in the stories textbooks pretend not to see.

A Quick Perk Check

Arts Passport members get it all:
– A free ticket to Latin History for Morons
– A free copy of My Broken Language
Books can be picked up at Tombolo Books ahead of the discussion so you can jump in early.

December Arts Passport Book Club: My Broken Language

In partnership with Stageworks Theatre

📚 Book Discussion
December 7 at 12:30 PM
Stageworks Theatre

🎭 Performance: Latin History for Morons
3:00 PM at Stageworks Theatre
(Members attend free. Non-members are welcome with regular ticket purchase.)

Bring your book. Bring your voice. Bring that cousin who still quotes Leguizamo from To Wong Foo.
This is the final Book Club of 2025 — and it’s going out in full technicolor. Join us.