Arts & Culture
Ban the Block Party Ban
The city’s new policy has banned 922 blocks from having parties. Philly 3.0’s engagement director explains how cops have complicated a beautiful process
By Jon GeetingBarnes Jawn(t)s
By inviting community activists to serve as docents and make up the stories behind its art, the Barnes is disrupting itself—and connecting to its founder’s anti-elitist philosophy
By Colin LodewickThe Citizens Project
Can increasing civic engagement keep people out of jail and off the streets in Philly as it has in New Haven?
By Jill HarkinsSocial Justice Symposium for Teens
The annual Free Library event, started by librarian Erin Hoopes, returns this weekend with an agenda for change
By Patrick BilowAll the Right Moves
While other cultural organizations struggle to stay relevant, Christine Cox’s BalletX keeps growing, spreading the joy of dance to more people
By Sarah JordanBeyond the Books
Fairhill’s Lillian Marrero library branch brings the poorest Philadelphians services that expand the definition of literacy far beyond the stacks. It’s a model for the future of libraries
By Syra Ortiz-BlanesThe Art of Fair Pay
The ICA is the first museum in the country to pledge fair pay to the artists whose work it shows. Could it be at the vanguard of a movement?
By Sarah JordanQUEST
The North Philly-based documentary airing tonight on PBS marks the beginning of a conversation about inner-city trauma, race, class and politics.
By Jamie BogertWe (Too) Are Philly
Philly’s Poet Laureate invites the city of many to celebrate the many in the city
By Raquel Salas RiveraSteven Brill at The Free Library
His new book, Tailspin, may be the most important explanation yet of just how we got here
By Larry Platt