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Support for Forum comes from Broadway SF, presenting Parade, the musical revival based on a true story.

From three-time Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown comes the story of

Leo and Lucille Frank, a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in Georgia. When Leo is

accused of an unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice,

and devotion.

The riveting and gloriously hopeful parade plays the Orpheum Theater for three weeks only, May 20th through June 8th.

Tickets on sale now at Broadway, sF.com.

From KQED.

This is Forum. I'm Farida Javala Romero and Formina Kim.

Reina Grande's new historical novel, A Ballad of Love and Glory,

tells the story of a romance during the Mexican-American War that ended in 1848 and said the southern border we have today.

The novel is also about the St. Patrick's Battalion, made up of soldiers of European descent,

many Irish, who deserted the U.S. Army and instead fought for Mexico during that war.

Seven years in the making, the book is the first work of historical

fiction for Grande, who's known for her memoirs, The Distance Between Us, and A Dream Called Home.

Grande was born in Iuala, Guerrero, Mexico, came to the United States as a kid. She studied

writing at UC Santa Cruz and Antioch University.

Here to talk about a ballot of love and glory, the legacy of the Mexican-American War,

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