Arts & Culture
A Fierce Kind of Love
A new Fringe Arts festival launches with the revival of a play about the intellectual disabilities rights movement—which is really a story about humanity
By Katherine BourqueNo Future For Philadelphia History?
A good government advocate faults City Hall for the announced closure of the Philadelphia History Museum. Have your say about it tonight.
By Brett MandelArt for the Aging
A Portland program is helping senior citizen artists connect more with their community and even make extra money. It could be a boon for Philly’s growing senior population
By Celeste Hamilton DennisSisters in Freedom
Sam Katz’s History Making Productions launches Womens History Month with a look at a little-known story about female abolitionists
By Siobhan GleasonArtist Bash
The Barnes Foundation’s first Artist Bash of 2019 explores the idea of “home”
By Alyssa BiedermanThe Citizen’s (Alternative) Giving Guide
Tis the season to give. But need in Philly extends well beyond the holidays. Here, some ideas for helping Philadelphians who have less—all year round
By James Meadows and Meerabelle Jesuthasan and Siobhan GleasonThe War Against Community
What David Adelman’s new Holocaust Memorial can tell us about last week’s horrors in Pittsburgh
By Larry PlattDigitizing Days at William Way
Time to dig out those old photos, posters, and trinkets to help build Philly’s largest LGBT+ archive.
By Meerabelle JesuthasanGive Us Our Crowns
High schoolers from around the city answered the call for solutions to Philly’s problems. One team takes their project—to halt the schools to prison pipeline—to Aspen
By Jamie BogertPedal to Porch
The Detroit group tempers the effects of gentrification by connecting newer and older residents through the power of storytelling
By Jill Harkins