Kate Scelsa

Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Fat Ham” by James Ijames kicks off The Wilma Theater’s bold new season, including two world premieres and a reimagined classic. The Center City theater, conveniently located at Broad and Locust Streets, is on the Avenue of the Arts and is easy accessible from all directions! Single tickets to The Wilma’s 2023-24 season productions start at $29 and are available now.

Kate Scelsa. Simon & Schuster, $18.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-66590-234-2 In a welcoming volume on self-care approached via practical and magical means—including tarot, astrology, witchcraft, and mindfulness practices—Scelsa (Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches) lends guidance for bettering one’s mental health by sharing her own experiences and interviewing experts in their respective fields.

Gr 8 Up–Seventeen-year-old Eleanor is the biggest skeptic in Salem, MA. She hates Halloween. A calamitous, tumultuous year has left her isolated and anxious, self-medicating with marijuana and with a complete lack of a social life. So when a mysterious, handmade Tarot guide arrives at the kitschy tourist store where she works to help support herself and her ailing mother, Eleanor finds something new to pour herself into.