Meet the Disruptor

Jeri Lynne Johnson

The founder of Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra takes the elite out of symphonic music

By Rana Fayez
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Park Love

LOVE Your Park Week starts Saturday with a citywide cleanup—and continues with park-celebrating events all week

By Josh Middleton
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City of Poetry

The city’s new Poet Laureate invites Philadelphians to see and make poetry happen everywhere

By Yolanda Wisher
Ideas We Should Steal

Make Election Day into a Holiday

They do it in India and Germany and even Puerto Rico. And more people show up to vote

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Bridging the Art Gap

With Urban Art Gallery, postman and art lover Karl Morris enriches a West Philly neighborhood in need of change

By Emma Copley Eisenberg

People Power

In a North Philly neighborhood, residents make the change they want to see

By Dave Kyu
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Free Screening of The Hunting Ground

Roar For Good brings the moving campus rape documentary back to Philly in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

By Josh Middleton
Your City Defined

The Atlas of Tomorrow Mural

Here's the story behind artist Candy Chang's massive mural on South Street — the one featuring a giant lion head, power drill and a curious turn dial

By Josh Middleton
Ideas We Should Steal

Collective Giving for the Arts

A coalition of young Cincinnatians joined together to fund free museum entry. Could that be the path to make arts in Philly more accessible?

By JoAnn Greco
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Mantua Community Family Tile Project Dedication

A community bands together to inspire revitalization efforts in a neighborhood park

By Josh Middleton