Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend

This week in Philly it's Dine Latino Restaurant Week, Cardi B. is live, Made in Philadelphia Market opens for the spring, new exhibits highlight our history and art communities, and much more

By Christina Griffith

Help Hard-Paddling Dragon Boat Teens Get to Taiwan

The South Philly team has qualified for the Dragon Boat World Championship in Hualien, Taiwan in August. Now they just have to pay for it. This is where you  come in

By Victor Fiorillo
Your City Defined

PA’s 3rd District

By Lauren McCutcheon
Guest Commentary

My Sparkly Crocodile Strut of Hope

The Welcoming Center’s President and CEO needs a dash of optimism going into the new year. He’s found it in our city’s 125th Mummers Parade.

By Anuj Gupta
Big Rube’s Philly

Dirty Spicy Caesar Martini, Anyone?

The iconic chef, brand marketer and photographer talks with the owner of O’Jung’s — a South Philly bar that’s changed with the times but also … hasn’t

By Reuben Harley
Photo Essay

10 Years of Bok

When the old South Philly vo-tech school reopened as artist studios and makerspaces, not even its developer imagined what it would become in a single decade

By Courtney DuChene

Working on the Edge

Immigrant-owned small businesses help power Philadelphia. But tariffs — and deportations — could devastate many of them

By Cristian Salazar
Citizen of the Week

FDR Park Steward Tara Anastasi

The park’s volunteer coordinator gets it done, from reclaiming lakes from the “phrag” to putting anyone who raises their hands to work.

By Thomas Devaney

“It’s Our Market.”

Amid threats to undocumented workers and from outside developers, lifelong South Philadelphian Michelle Angela Ortiz doubles down on a public art project honoring the diverse stories of the S. 9th Street Market

By Cristian Salazar

What Really Happened When Dylan Went Electric?

The South Philly-based author of the book that’s the basis for the biopic A Complete Unknown on what the movie missed, how the Dylan and Swift cults compare, and who owns pop culture antihero status today.

By Larry Platt