Arts & Culture
Mt. Airy Family Commons Founders
Parenting infants and little children can be incredibly lonely. Hannah Fenlon, Linda Joy and Hannah Newman have a solution in a co-op that already includes 80 families
By Courtney DuChene
Celebrate PA’s 250th at Carpenters’ Hall
Sure, the nation’s turning 250 this year. But so is our state’s most vital document — and Pennsylvania’s Constitution is, in many ways, the ultimate bulwark of your freedoms
By Courtney DuChene
The Kendrick Vs. Drake Proxy War Jay-Z Is Talking About
A two-year-old Citizen story is at the heart of a hip hop debate between the music mogul and a bestselling author and public intellectual.
By Michael Eric Dyson
The Ministry of Awe
The immersive art experience transforms a long-vacant Old City bank into a maze of installations, performances, and strange encounters.
By Laura Swartz
The Musical Artist Edit
The legendary marketing guru, chef and photographer shares some favorite photos and stories of Jay-Z, Snoop, DMC, Rakim, Biz Markie and other musicians he’s worked with, befriended and captured on camera
By Reuben Harley
Are Cities Finding their Footing — Or Losing it Again?
Six years after Covid, nationwide, urban recovery is real, but it’s uneven — and newly at risk. What cities are doing it right?
By Diana Lind
Same Street, New Story
The Ramblas effect: Philadelphia's experiment in pedestrian-first streets — by the woman who made Open Streets happen
By Prema Katari Gupta
History Floats
Ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary, the historic tall ship Gazela celebrates getting to 125 — with a little help from her friends
By Isaac Pollock
Taking the Stage that Trump Set
When The Wilma Theater set out to put on plays to challenge how we view the country’s 250th anniversary, they never imagined how prescient they were being, says the theater’s co-artistic director
By Lindsay Smiling
An Unexpected Happy Ending
Filmmaker Rah Crawford’s short documentary tells a hidden Philly history about 1800s slave ships — and a family of descendants who call the city of brotherly love home
By Dr. James Peterson