The Citizen Recommends

The New PAAFF Fundraiser and Spring Showcase

If you want one of Philadelphia’s most treasured film festivals to continue sharing Asian filmmakers and their stories, show PAAFF some love next week

By Christina Griffith
Ideas We Should Steal

Borrow Before We Burn

What if Philadelphia applied the Free Library model to household tools, vacuums, even party supplies? London’s Library of Things does it — saving Londoners millions

By Amanda Soskin
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Ali Velshi on How Redistricting Could Backfire on the GOP

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member is joined by MS NOW's Kabir Khanna and pollster Celinda Lake to discuss how gerrymandering could motivate voter turnout

By Ali Velshi

Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend

This week we have the return of Philly Faire, Moonwalk and Stargazing at FDR Park, Parks on Tap, the kickoff to Summerfest, Twilight in the Gardens, and much more

By Christina Griffith

Who Will Benefit From The UArts Endowment Fiasco?

A longtime university president urges the parties involved to resolve the case in the best interest of students and the city

By Elaine Maimon
Guest Commentary

You Can Prevent the Next E-Scooter Tragedy

Electric bikes and scooters are sending more kids to the ER. A local med student urges Pennsylvania to legislate a potential solution

By Tiffany A. Jackson
The New Urban Order

Utopian Pragmatism and More Mind-Blowing Ideas for Cities

In the future, we’ll be working at night, skiing atop waste plants, buying single room homes, and measuring everything with AI, according to this year’s Bloomberg CityLab in Madrid

By Diana Lind
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The Woman Question

Playwright Suli Holum brings a century-old archive to life onstage, telling story of the groundbreaking the Woman’s Medical College of PA and giving audiences a glimpse of how far women still have to go

By Autumn Demberger
Guest Commentary

What Our Love of Miranda Priestly Says About the World of Work

A Philadelphia employment lawyer weighs in on The Devil Wears Prada 2's fashion magazine editor. Could it be we relate to the domineering, anti-P.C. workaholic-in-charge?

By Jonathan A. Segal

Fixing Market East … in a Single Summer?

Can a half dozen pop-ups revive Center City’s most troublesome corridor?

By Courtney DuChene