Arts & Culture

So far, Philadelphia’s schemes to celebrate the nation’s Semiquincentennial have had their fair share of setbacks and doubters. Is it too late to make next year’s celebration of America our best yet?

The dates you need for things to do in Philadelphia to make 2025 your civic best

This week in Philly we're celebrating the return of the Phillies, the Cherry Blossom Festival, the Punk Rock Flea Market, and the Free Library Gala, plus we have new theater productions, concerts, Cocktails for a Cause, and much more

Visit Philadelphia’s job is to bring tourists to the city. But that can’t happen if Philadelphians don’t love their city, too

The legendary rock and roll frontman’s memoir, Waiting On The Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters and Goddesses, is a Zelig-like ride through 50 years of American creative genius. He’ll be in conversation with Citizen Co-founder Larry Platt next week.

The iconic brand marketer, chef and photographer meets up with a news producer turned creator of “the UNO of intimacy”

Amid threats to undocumented workers and from outside developers, lifelong South Philadelphian Michelle Angela Ortiz doubles down on a public art project honoring the diverse stories of the S. 9th Street Market

Germantown is home to the country’s only accredited circus school. But it’s also a place where adults can hang out (literally) and just … have some fun.

In this excerpt from his memoir about life, family and baseball, Marc Vetri’s business partner looks back on the tentative early days of their legendary Philly restaurant — and the moment he got to share with his dad

Lindsey Scannepieco just won a bidding war to redevelop two iconic University of the Arts buildings. Here's how her company, Scout, plans to keep arts on the Avenue of the Arts