Arts & Culture
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Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Banning The Poet X
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with National Young Person’s Poet Laureate Elizabeth Acevedo about young women learning the art of self-expression against the grain of faith and family
By Ali Velshi![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/4050_Apartments_TigerProdCourtesyDHCD-791x400.jpg)
How Do We Salvage the UArts Debacle?
A longtime university president proposes turning the university’s Center City buildings into an arts community that would make the city a destination for practicing artists
By Elaine Maimon![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NYC-HUdson-Yards-791x400.jpg)
The New Urban Order: Big Events Like the Olympics Matter — Just Not the Way You Think
How cities prep for major happenings — like the country’s 250th anniversary, here in Philly in 2026 — matters just as much (if not more) than how the events themselves go
By Diana Lind![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Rocky_Statue_Photo_by_J.Smith_Visit_Philly-791x400.jpg)
Your 2024 Good (Philadelphia) Citizen Calendar
The dates you need and things to do in Philadelphia to make this year your civic best
By Lauren McCutcheon![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Cara_Schneider_Roger_Daltrey-791x400.jpg)
Roger & Me
How someone who hung a Tommy poster in her teenage bedroom came to give The Who’s legendary frontman a tour of the Ben Franklin Parkway
By Cara Schneider Bongiorno![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/The-Oval-Philadelphia-header-3-791x400.jpg)
Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend
This week there's festivals and block parties on North Broad, Lancaster Avenue, the zoo, Chinatown, plus concerts, comedy, dance, and more!
By Lauren McCutcheon and Christina Griffith![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Lauren_McCardel_Ursinus_by_Douglas-Benedict-791x400.jpg)
Recognition Now
The Berman Museum opens an exhibition of Mexican photographer Enrique Bostelmann with a mission to include more people in fine art, and help ensure art’s survival
By Sarah Jordan![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Velshi-Dragonwings-791x400.jpg)
Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Erasing Immigrant Stories
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with Laurence Yep about the immigrant experience in America and how important those stories are to our history
By Ali Velshi