Long-distance love can be a challenge. Long-distance love across continents -- well that’s another story. A story told through eight hundred and seventy four letters that singer, composer and writer Alexandra Palting is turning into a musical -- with the apt title: eight hundred seventy four. 

It’s the story, the love story, of her Filipino immigrant grandparents. But Palting also found herself in a bi-coastal relationship.  She says the letters that offered lessons and comfort for her grandmother decades ago … now did the same for her:

"Long distance taught us to be alone and yet to know that you’re loved. And to be left and know that you are still lovable."

Links: RSVP for 0874, Asian Pasifika Arts Collective,  Alexandra Palting 

Long-distance love can be a challenge. Long-distance love across continents -- well that&rsquo;s another story. A story told through eight hundred and seventy four letters that singer, composer and writer Alexandra Palting is turning into a musical -- with the apt title: eight hundred seventy four.&nbsp;
It&rsquo;s the story, the love story, of her Filipino immigrant grandparents. But Palting also found herself in a bi-coastal relationship.&nbsp; She says the letters that offered lessons and comfort for her grandmother decades ago &hellip; now did the same for her:
"Long distance taught us to be alone and yet to know that you&rsquo;re loved. And to be left and know that you are still lovable."
Links: <a href="https://baltimoreapac.org/0874-a-new-musical">RSVP for 0874</a>, <a href="https://baltimoreapac.org/">Asian Pasifika Arts Collective</a>,&nbsp; <a href="http://www.alexandramariapalting.com">Alexandra Palting</a>&nbsp;

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