Arts & Culture
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Philadelphia
When Philly celebrates Native Americans, you should, too. Even after the long weekend ends
By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff
The Film Director Who Faked It Till He Made It
Is Ted Passon, co-director of Philly D.A. and creator of the new Hulu documentary rom-com Patrice: The Movie, just a South Jersey guy who got lucky — or a humble visionary who just so happens to collab with the likes of Alex De Corte and Tierra Whack?
By Logan Cryer
The Kindred Podcast
It’s easy to forget that we humans are literal animals. Two Philadelphia-area sisters remind us, one audio episode at a time
By Courtney DuChene
John Jarboe, the Artist Who Ate Her Twin
The Bearded Ladies Cabaret founder has a new interactive installation at the Fabric Workshop and Museum that is an earnest, absurd and macabre expiration of queer selfhood
By Logan Cryer
Windows Into the Soul of America
Sonya Clark’s video installation, The Descendants of Monticello explores what freedom means from the panes of Declaration House historical site
By RJ Rushmore
Shaw Lewis of Expect Lace
The style icon and photographer talks undergarments with the owner of a popular intimates boutique and a jewelry concept shop on Main Street in Manayunk
By Reuben Harley
The Abbott Elementary Blues
A local public elementary school teacher on what the Philly-based sitcom misses — and what teachers really need
By Bet Mizgala
Chubby’s Fantastic Flavors
The iconic photographer and chef introduces us to his buddy’s new ice cream shop that’s all about distinctive, down-home flavors and restoring community in the heart of Southwest Philly.
By Reuben Harley
Note to Self — There Are Still Hostages
Activist Liz Hirsh Naftali was in Philly this week to speak at a screening of Sheryl Sandberg’s October 7 documentary Screams Before Silence. Her gripping family story and her fight to keep the hostages front of mind reminds us that human rights transcend politics
By Larry Platt
“They Are Still With Us, In A Way”
In the first episode of a new Citizen podcast about the survivors and co-victims of gun violence, we meet Laura Madeleine, who turned her terror over a school shooting into the Soul Shots Portrait Project. The seventh exhibition of the Philadelphia chapter is on display until August 27
By Julien Suaudeau