Arts & Culture
Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend
This week in Philly we have Roxtoberfest, St. Nicholas of Tolentine Italian Fest, Brian Henson’s Puppet Up, REEL OCTOBER, Collective Futures, Night of Lights in Chestnut Hill, Black-Tie GayBINGO!, and much more
By Christina Griffith
Where Friendship Becomes a Ladder
How an Igbo community in West Philadelphia creates economic mobility
By Dr. Eric Nzeribe
Things to Do This Week For America’s 250th
Your curated list of the best semiquincentennial events, exhibits, and activities happening in and around Philly
By Christina Griffith
Have We All Been Ed Sheeran?
A local businesswoman and Palestinian refugee explains what a moment in pop culture can teach us about power, responsibility, and the grace to change our minds
By Yasmine Mustafa
Bucks County, USA, the American Story We Need Now
A gripping new documentary offers an insider’s view into how PA’s third largest county and political bellwether has reckoned with a national fracturing
By Carrie Rickey
Style Iconoclast Charlie Lichtenfels
A Philly transplant shares their “Swamp Yankee” style, vintage records and classic 90s looks with the OG entrepreneur, chef and photographer
By Reuben Harley
Arts Define Philly. So Let’s Fund Them
Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector delivers. Public investment should reflect it.
By Patricia Wilson Aden
Missing the Gentleness of Dinosaurs
A longtime Philadelphia teacher on what we lose when the Academy of Natural Sciences closes its public museum
By Allaire Wohlgemuth
Early Civic-hood Education
A new WHYY-TV show is teaching young viewers how to be a better part of their neighborhoods—and in turn, how to make their neighborhoods better
By Shaunice Ajiwe
There’s (Probably) a Club for That
The guy behind Join Philly doesn’t just want people to do more things and make more friends. He wants them to stick around
By Cristian Salazar