Making Grief Visible

03/16/2026

All the Empty Rooms has won the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Film.

Thank you to everyone who helped bring us to this moment: Steve Hartman, Lou Bopp, the team at Netflix, our incredible ensemble of filmmakers, and many more.

The empty rooms in our film belonged to four young children: Hallie, Gracie, Dominic, and Jackie. All of them were killed in school shootings.

To their families: Thank you for trusting us to help share their stories. We couldn’t be here without you. �

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Director:
Joshua Seftel

Producers:
James Costa
Trevor Burgess
Conall Jones

Editors:
Erin Casper
Steve Maing
Jeremy Medoff

Director of Photography:
Matt Porwoll

Music:
Alex Somers

Sound Design:
Peter Albrechtsen, MPSE

Colorist:
Kath Raisch

Executive Producers:
Adam J McKay
Kevin Messick
Steve Kerr
Rev. Dr. Conrad Fischer, MD
Roy and Mary Judelson
Phil and Cheryl Milstein
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Regina Scully
Melony and Adam Lewis
Claire Aguilar
Lisa Cortes
Sigrid Dyekjær
Anna Bick Rowe
Jon Levin
Kim Magnusson
Eric Nichols

Co-Produced by:
Avi Bond
Michael J Gray
Sarah McCarthy

Consulting Producers:
Dr. Chethan Sathya, MD
Fred Guttenberg
Jody Snider
Ilene Gutman
Erika Frankel

Co-EP:
Chelsea Noll-McClintock

03/13/2026

03/12/2026

03/12/2026

As the family archivist, holding on to these objects is my way of keeping everyone here just a little bit longer, writes Meghan O’Sullivan. “I hope they don’t mind.”

03/11/2026

Three days before his death in October, the longtime radio host posted a photo from the park in Center City.

🔗 Read more: https://www.phillyvoice.com/rittenhouse-square-pierre-robert-bench-fundraiser/

03/09/2026

03/08/2026

🎨 Art & Dying at The Center

What can art teach us about how we view life’s final chapter?

Join us for Art & Dying, a thoughtful small-group experience exploring death through artwork from The Fralin Museum of Art’s collection. Guided by an art educator and a hospice death doula, this is not an art history lecture — it’s an open conversation inviting curiosity, reflection, and shared perspectives.

📅 March 31, 2026
🕠 5:15–6:45 p.m.
📍 The Center at Belvedere
540 Belvedere Blvd., Charlottesville, VA 22901

✨ Free to attend
⚠️ RSVP required due to limited space: hopva.org/events

Come ready to look closely, think differently, and connect through art and conversation.

The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia
The Center at Belvedere

03/04/2026

03/03/2026

"Never Can Say Goodbye should be required reading for every single human being. With poetic precision and radical tenderness, Darnell Lamont Walker invites us into a sacred threshold where love and loss meet. This is a guidebook for the heart." ―Justin Michael Williams

Join us and Hospice of the Piedmont this coming Saturday evening (3/7) at 7 PM in the shop for a reading and conversation with Darnell Lamont Walker, who will speak about his new book, Never Can Say Goodbye.

03/02/2026

In remembrance of Isaiah Zagar (1939–2026), Philadelphia’s prolific muralist and creator of more than 200 mosaic environments.

Over decades, Zagar transformed walls, alleyways and buildings into radiant, immersive surfaces of tile and mirror, bringing his personal story – family, faith and community – into the public realm. Deeply inspired by art brut and visionary environments, he reshaped the urban landscape into a living artwork.

Two of his sites remain open to the public through Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, ensuring that his legacy continues to inspire.

Read more:
https://www.phillymagicgardens.org/statement-regarding-isaiah-zagars-passing/

Explore Zagar's stunning environment in Raw Vision 49:
https://rawvision.com/products/issue-49