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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 Bourque
Guest Commentary

No 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 Mandel
Ideas We Should Steal

Art 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 Dennis
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Sisters 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 Gleason
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Artist Bash

The Barnes Foundation’s first Artist Bash of 2019 explores the idea of “home”

By Alyssa Biederman

The 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 Gleason

The War Against Community

What David Adelman’s new Holocaust Memorial can tell us about last week’s horrors in Pittsburgh

By Larry Platt
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Digitizing Days at William Way

Time to dig out those old photos, posters, and trinkets to help build Philly’s largest LGBT+ archive.

By Meerabelle Jesuthasan
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018

Give 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 Bogert
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018

Pedal to Porch

The Detroit group tempers the effects of gentrification by connecting newer and older residents through the power of storytelling

By Jill Harkins