Arts & Culture
Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend
This week in Philly we have a street fest, live comedy, a local author, fresh theater and dance, the Penn Relays, fundraisers with fine food, and a festival of WOE! (It's better than it sounds).
By Lauren McCutcheon and Christina Griffith420 and Beyond — What’s the Deal with Weed in PA?
Marijuana’s official holiday is approaching. How you can celebrate, get a medical marijuana card, and help PA join its neighbors in legalizing recreational pot
By Lauren McCutcheon and Christina GriffithArt for Change: Art Is a Verb That Means Change
The Forman Arts Initiative hired its first executive director, Adjoa Jones de Almeida, to shape their vision for an exhibit and engagement space centering their vast art collection and local community. Just don’t call it a museum
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyThe Citizen Recommends: Early Morning Rave for Voting
Daybreaker co-founder Radha Agrawal brings her non-alcoholic, early morning dance party back to Philly to celebrate our freedom to celebrate (and vote). Join the fun outside City Hall on April 12
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyDune Fan? Thank Philadelphia
The weird story of how our weird city played a crucial role in launching the sci-fi blockbuster, now officially on its third film
By Christina GriffithListen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club reads Hunger by Roxane Gay
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member talks with Roxane Gay about her memoir Hunger, her raw story about being a Black woman in a big body in America
By Ali VelshiArt for Change: A Grand and Gorgeous Abstraction
Odili Donald Odita draws on a unique combination of traditional African art, minimalism, and pop culture influences in his abstract paintings that respond to contemporary social issues. The latest in a series with Forman Arts Initiative
By RJ RushmoreThe Citizen Recommends: The Sicilian Inheritance
In her new Philly novel, bestselling author and podcaster Jo Piazza explores a century-old murder, women’s strengths — and her own unresolved family mystery. Then, she turned it into a true crime podcast
By Olivia Kram