Ideas We Should Steal

Hiring a Bug Czar

Philly is ground zero for bed bugs, and the only big city without a policy to help fight them. Local pest educator Michelle Niedermeier wants to change that

By Sarah Jordan
Citizen of the Week

Michelle Angela Ortiz

The South Philly artist activist works to empower immigrants and galvanize the public and lawmakers into action through compassion

By Sarah Jordan

Art vs. Art

The Historical Commission on Friday will pick sides in a debate about our past and future cultural heritage. Will they rule for mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar or the Painted Bride Art Center?

By Sarah Jordan

All the Right Moves

While other cultural organizations struggle to stay relevant, Christine Cox’s BalletX keeps growing, spreading the joy of dance to more people

By Sarah Jordan

The Art of Fair Pay

The ICA is the first museum in the country to pledge fair pay to the artists whose work it shows. Could it be at the vanguard of a movement?

By Sarah Jordan
Meet the Disruptor

Paige Price

Philadelphia Theater Company's new artistic director came in and did the unthinkable: Cancelled everything. Tonight, she launches a second act

By Sarah Jordan

More than just Bloomsday

The Rosenbach is working to shed its quiet “hidden gem” rep and become the energizing hub of our city’s intellectual life

By Sarah Jordan
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Walk In My Shoes

Cops and community members share the stage to bare their souls in a new Theater of Witness production

By Sarah Jordan

The Food Cure

MANNA’s food-as-medicine mission started out servicing AIDS patients. Now the Philly nonprofit is partnering with health insurers to save all sorts of lives—and lots of money

By Sarah Jordan

More Than Just Hope

Hopeworks, a Camden nonprofit that helps at-risk youth, is so successful, it’s facing an identity crisis. Should it expand into other cities or teach others how to do what it does?

By Sarah Jordan