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

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

Recognition Now

The Berman Museum opens an exhibition of Mexican photographer Enrique Bostelmann with a mission to include more people in fine art, and help ensure art’s survival

By Sarah Jordan

The 60 Wrd/Min Art Critic Comes to Philadelphia

Close to 30 Philadelphia artists brought their work to Broad Street, where an esteemed Chicago art writer typed up fast yet incredibly insightful reviews. Here is the result.

By Lori Waxman

Memo to Madam Mayor: Strengthen Bonds Among Museums

In the next in a series of political and policy advice to presumptive Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker, the National Liberty Museum CEO calls for deeper investment in the city’s cultural institutions — a driver of democracy for all Philadelphians

By Alaine Arnott

Art for Change: The Institutional Critic

The next in a series with Forman Arts Initiative profiles Maia Chao, whose anthropology-informed art practice challenges institutions of museums, schools, and more

By Morgan Nitz

Who Gets To Be In The History Game

Drexel is set to take over the orphaned Atwater Kent historical collection. But the Historical Society, and City Council, might have other ideas. What’s all the fighting really about?

By Larry Platt

The Citizen Recommends: Visual Meditations on Black Masculinity

The African American Museum in Philadelphia’s exhibit features the work of 55 women and non-binary people of the African diaspora

By Kiersten A. Adams