Arts & Culture

Look at you, Philly! You got through the year — and it wasn’t all bad. In fact, some of it was downright … spectacular. Let’s review.

Do one thing a week that makes you a better citizen of your city. Here, some ideas to get you started

From fireworks to nice dinners to hangover-curing brunches the next day—here are all the best ways to celebrate New Year's Eve in Philly this year.

This week in Philly see STOMP, Disney On Ice, and The Disco Biscuits! Celebrate Kwanzaa with the family, see the Menorah lighting, take a walking tour, and catch Washington's historic Delaware River crossing

Jake Dombroski’s Collage Philadelphia is building a community around the most accessible of art forms, including in a show now open at the Athenaeum

Evening WURDs host and Citizen contributor James Peterson launches a short story club on his program this Thursday night. Everyone is invited

Comedian and Tattooed Momedy co-host Tan Hoang prefers to thoughtfully zig where other stand-ups reflexively zag — and that’s working out just fine for her

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, to discuss her coming-of-age-novel and the targeting of LGBTQ+ stories

How an unpretentious neighborhood coffee shop in Fairmount is becoming the go-to for politicos from the New York U.S. congresswoman to Mayor Parker to Tony Watlington

The Citizen’s annual guide to gifts for the people — and the city — you love. (Suck it, Amazon. We’re shopping local!)