Events
How to celebrate Indigenous People and Italian heritage
With the holiday weekend ahead, here are meaningful ways to celebrate the multicultural influences that abound in Philly
By Charissa Howard
2025 Speakers
Meet the speakers who joined us at the 8th Annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival.
By Ralph Thorn
Let’s Scale These Ideas
Meet the three groups that will pitch their ideas to funders and supporters at the first-ever Ideas We Should Scale Showcase at the Linc on November 13
By Jessica Blatt Press
Philly Music Fest
The annual event presents nine shows over seven days in venues all over town to raise money for music education in schools. Come for the bands you don’t yet know you’ll love
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
“What it Means to Carry the Weight of Death”
MSNBC contributor and award-winning journalist Trymaine Lee shared insights from his new book, A Thousand Ways To Die, at a Citizen / Free Library Author event last week
By Malcolm Burnley
Education Law Center’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
The nonprofit law firm endlessly fighting for PA students and their families is honoring three “champions” at a fundraising gala, including Citizen Board Member Jennifer Rice
By Malcolm Burnley
12 Spots to Watch the Eagles Game that Fit Your Fan Vibe
Philadelphia bars, breweries, restaurants and more places where you can get your Birds on
By Olivia Kram
Who Are this Year’s Citizens of the Year?
Our search for the next crop of local heroes is well underway — and we need your input!
By Jessica Blatt Press
A Thousand Ways to Die
MSNBC contributor Trymaine Lee’s new book chronicles the cost of violence on the Black experience in America. See him at the Free Library on September 11
By Trymaine Lee
Which Philly Ideas Do You Want to Scale?
We asked local do-good orgs to tell us why they want to grow, in our search for three presenters for the first-ever Ideas We Should Scale Showcase — the response floored us. Now, we want your input.
By Jessica Blatt Press