Arts & Culture

Your Guide to Philadelphia Pride 2023
Philly celebrates LGBTQIA+ Pride this year with events for families, partiers, sports fans, arts aficionados — all June long.
By Lauren McCutcheon
Art for Change: The Duality Painter
Patricia Renee’ Thomas’ vibrant paintings portraying Black women and nature balance reality and hope. Here, in the latest Forman Arts Initiative partnership, how she learned and teaches her students to do the same, in art and in life
By Logan Cryer
The Citizen Recommends: Gradually, Then Suddenly — The Bankruptcy of Detroit Screening
The newest documentary from Sam Katz’s History Making Productions exhibits a universal story about municipal problem-solving
By Ethan Young
Fun Things to Do in Philly this Weekend
Man, it's good to be in Philadelphia this week and weekend, what with Pride, The Roots Picnic, block parties and strawberries
By Emma Riverso and Lauren McCutcheon
Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with George Takei
The MSNBC host speaks with the actor, activist and author about They Called Us Enemy, a graphic memoir about Japanese American internment
By Ali Velshi
Character Lab: Keep Thinking
This month, Character Lab, co-founded by Angela Duckworth, is sharing wisdom on creativity. Today, a tip from an author and marketing professor on the value of persistence
By Adam Alter
From There, Still Here
Frankford-born-and-raised Joseph Earl Thomas has been getting raves for his new memoir, Sink, as a story of his journey out that, really, is about how he’s stayed in
By David Williams
Art for Change: The Prankster
Rose Luardo, performer, dancer, visual artist and comedian shuns stereotypes in pursuit of art that’s both thoroughly provoking and totally fun
By Logan Cryer