Events

Your curated list of the best semiquincentennial events, exhibits, and activities happening in and around Philly

After the fireworks and red-white-and-blue parades, Committee of 70 convened some of the nation’s most esteemed thought leaders on politics and civic life to talk about, if not the next 250 years, then at least the next few months

This week in Philly we have Festival of India, Philadelphia Caribbean Festival, Dogstar, Foo Fighters, Goat Story Time, Philadelphia Folk Festival, and so much more!

The new season, for which The Citizen is a media sponsor, includes books by Emily Wilson, Jill Lepore, Malcolm Gladwell, Andy Beshear and many others

Your guide to civic action in Philadelphia, all year long

A new public engagement initiative inside 17 historic sacred places offers a chance to experience the quieter, less-trafficked gathering spots where our founders prayed for revolution

The interim leader of the National Constitution Center is proud of the quick thinking and ingenuity of the people who pulled off the Semiquincentennial

Pulitzer Prize winning author Jon Meacham headlines a two-day deep dive into the state of our democracy, a must-attend for civic-minded Philadelphians

A Voorhees vineyard’s short documentary traces its land’s connections to the Revolutionary War and to the man whose hand engrossed the official Declaration of Independence

How a path of collective bargaining and self-determination can save us from an AI apocalypse, according to technology activist and author Cory Doctorow