Arts & Culture
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The Citizen Recommends: Philadelphia Revealed
Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University and the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts invites the public to connect — and contribute — to Philadelphia’s history through a vast collection of historical objects and artifacts
By Christina Griffith![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Velshi-And-Tango-Makes-Three-791x400.jpg)
Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Gay Penguins and Book Bans
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with authors Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, authors of And Tango Makes Three, to talk about the contemporary children's classic about non traditional families and the efforts to ban it
By Ali Velshi![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Parks-on-Tap-FDR-Park2-791x400.jpg)
Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend
This week there concerts to see, Shakespeare to experience, Quizzo to win, Parks on Tap to attend, an opportunity for civic engagement on immigration policy, and more
By Lauren McCutcheon and Christina Griffith![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Velshi-The-Poet-X-791x400.jpg)
Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Banning The Poet X
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with National Young Person’s Poet Laureate Elizabeth Acevedo about young women learning the art of self-expression against the grain of faith and family
By Ali Velshi![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/4050_Apartments_TigerProdCourtesyDHCD-791x400.jpg)
How Do We Salvage the UArts Debacle?
A longtime university president proposes turning the university’s Center City buildings into an arts community that would make the city a destination for practicing artists
By Elaine Maimon![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NYC-HUdson-Yards-791x400.jpg)
The New Urban Order: Big Events Like the Olympics Matter — Just Not the Way You Think
How cities prep for major happenings — like the country’s 250th anniversary, here in Philly in 2026 — matters just as much (if not more) than how the events themselves go
By Diana Lind![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Rocky_Statue_Photo_by_J.Smith_Visit_Philly-791x400.jpg)
Your 2024 Good (Philadelphia) Citizen Calendar
The dates you need in July, August and beyond for things to do in Philadelphia to make this year your civic best
By Lauren McCutcheon![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Cara_Schneider_Roger_Daltrey-791x400.jpg)
Roger & Me
How someone who hung a Tommy poster in her teenage bedroom came to give The Who’s legendary frontman a tour of the Ben Franklin Parkway
By Cara Schneider Bongiorno