My Mister Rogers

Catching up with writer Tom Junod, the real protagonist of the new movie A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

By Larry Platt
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2019

The (New) Sound of Philly

Hill-Freedman World Academy students created an album that showcases the power of music to unite. Check out this story from June, and then see the students perform at our Ideas We Should Steal Festival

By Jessica Blatt Press
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We Are the Seeds

PAFA’s new landscapes exhibit is the jumping off point for this weekend’s celebration of the people missing from those paintings: Local Native Americans

By Katherine Rapin
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We The Women

Philly graphic artists Michele Cooper and Kelly Holohan asked 32 designers to put their thoughts about women’s issues into a series of posters. They’re for sale to support women’s advocacy

By Jill Harkins

Is the Best Human For the Best?

The winner of this year’s Raju Foundation essay contest, based on the Art Museum's new futurist exhibit, ponders the ethics of genetic engineering

By Mary Cipperman
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The Nomads

The 28th annual Philadelphia Film Festival culminates on Sunday with a so-Philly film that explores our schools, our sports and our underdog spirit

By Jessica Blatt Press
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Visual Meditations on Black Masculinity

The African American Museum in Philadelphia’s exhibit features the work of 55 women and non-binary people of the African diaspora

By Kiersten A. Adams

How Diverse is Your Art Collection?

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts leads the way among American museums in buying art by women and African Americans. It’s about time.

By Sarah Jordan
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“The Most Revolutionary” Exhibit

A new LGBTQ History Month show at William Way casts a thoughtful eye on three important American decades

By Nick Fiorellini

Upholding Nowak’s Vision

Reinvestment Fund launches three initiatives in Jeremy Nowak’s honor that marry the late Citizen chairman’s singular commitment to thinking big—and doing even better

By Jessica Blatt Press