As ICE presence grows, Allentown artists find their voice at gallery show

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Magnus Mateo stood before a crowded room inside a former cigar factory on Fourth Street on Wednesday night and repeated a single line between stanzas of a spoken-word poem.

“I am not a dire threat to the American way of life.”

The refrain ran throughout the piece at “ICE BREAKER,” an art show organized at the Alternative Gallery in Allentown. The event drew visual artists, poets, zine makers and dozens of community members…

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