Topic: Philadelphia History

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

This week in Philly we have Park After Dark, the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, Halloween on the Hill, the Hoagie Throwdown, Rocky Meat Market Challenge, PHL Gaming, and much more

A read of our City’s 2,000-page constitution reveals an accidental anthropology of the weird, outdated and pointless

The leader of the National Constitution Center on the communities Philadelphia’s “firstivals” — 52 Weeks of Firsts — have created

Your guide to civic action in Philadelphia, all year long

Amid the fanfare around the nation’s 250th, Philadelphia institutions come together to explore and to celebrate the freedom of conscience

In 1991 after the preventable disease killed children in a small Christian sect in the Northeast, Philadelphia mandated vaccinations. What to do now that anti-vaxxing has gone national?

A Philadelphia City Councilmember on why it’s not too early for the city to start getting ready for our tricentennial

August marks the 130th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’s seminal research on Black Philadelphians. It’s a chance to ask — and answer — hard questions about Philly today

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