Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend

This week in Philly we have a Super Bowl Parade, a Portuguese circus, the new Body Worlds exhibit at The Franklin Institute, President's Day celebrations at Franklin Square and the Weitzman, and more

By Lauren McCutcheon and Christina Griffith
New Urban Order

Which City Did Winter Best?

10 cities that beat back the cold with spectacle and sport

By Diana Lind
Citizen of the Year Awards

Citizen of the Year Jalen Hurts

Our Super Bowl MVP champions women, loves to do good for Philly kids — and is The Philadelphia Citizen of the Year

By Lauren McCutcheon
Guest Commentary

Run To Run Your Election!

Think you have what it takes to make democracy work? Committee of Seventy’s CEO on how and why you should become one of 5,100 elected poll workers this year.

By Lauren Cristella
Citizen of the Year Awards

Lifetime Achievement Larry Magid

The legendary concert promoter and rock and roll impresario didn’t just help create the 60s and 70s counterculture. He rocked the world, but he’s as Philly as they come

By Larry Platt

Where to Find Trump’s Disappeared Data

The administration removed hundreds of federal web pages containing critical information about Americans. Fortunately, it still lives at Philly-based PolicyMap, whose director walks us through what just happened — and why it’s too soon to panic

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
How to Really Run a City

Cities Under Siege

A plane crashing on a neighborhood. Terrorists in New Orleans. Trump. In the latest episode, podcast hosts former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter and former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed talk with a disaster expert about how mayors must plan for and manage catastrophes

By J.P. Romney
Guest Commentary

DEI is Good For Business

The CEO of Philly’s Forum of Executive Women has the data to prove it.

By Meghan Pierce

Poetry in Emotion

A pair of Germantown poets play host to a series of workshops and art installations that explore the untapped emotions of gun violence

By Delaney Parks
Guest Commentary

What to Do with Market East … Right Now

Pop-up retail? Parklets? Public art? All of these, a former city planner says, are “Meanwhile Uses” that can start to revive the Center City corridor

By Amanda Soskin