Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend

This week in Philly we welcome PAX Unplugged, celebrate RockyFest, go shopping in Old City and Chestnut Hill, experience Black dancers and choreographers sharing history, catch rare live music and podcast shows

By Lauren McCutcheon and Christina Griffith
The Citizen Recommends

Beyond the Bridge Film Screening

The documentary, followed by a community conversation, explores a proven solution to homelessness. Join the effort November 21

By Christina Griffith
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2024

Harold Washington’s Promise

Join former Mayors Nutter and Atlanta’s Kasim Reed with New Yorker writer, scholar and activist Keeanga-Yahmatta Taylor for the screening of a story that speaks to the future of cities — and that inspired a young Barack Obama

By Larry Platt
Art for Change

The Film Director Who Faked It Till He Made It

Is Ted Passon, co-director of Philly D.A. and creator of the new Hulu documentary rom-com Patrice: The Movie, just a South Jersey guy who got lucky — or a humble visionary who just so happens to collab with the likes of Alex De Corte and Tierra Whack?

By Logan Cryer

Dune Fan? Thank Philadelphia

The weird story of how our weird city played a crucial role in launching the sci-fi blockbuster, now officially on its third film

By Christina Griffith

Erasure and the Fiction of America

What Zora Neale Hurston, Oscar-nominated American Fiction, and the sacrifice of Black women tell us about America on the cusp of Black History and Women’s History months

By James Peterson
Listen

Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on The ABCs of Book Banning

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews 101-year-old book activist Grace Linn and George M. Johnson, author of All Boys Aren't Blue

By Ali Velshi
The Citizen Recommends

Pardon Me

Shuja Moore’s short film about the benefits — to all of us — of pardons for returning citizens screens Monday in West Philly

By Rachel Wisniewski
The Citizen Recommends

Stand Up & Shout

Philly-raised filmmakers Mike Jackson, Ty Stiklorius and Amy Schatz — along with John Legend — debut their short documentary about Hill-Freedman high school songwriters November 7. Watch it on HBO — and then see the kids at our Ideas We Should Steal Festival

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

The Secret Sauce Behind Kelce

With their newest film about the Eagles captain dropping on September 12, it’s safe to say Don Argott and Sheena Joyce will be delivering Philly its most heartfelt love letter yet. Pro tip: Stay for the credits

By Jessica Blatt Press