Art
This South Philly Artist Is Turning Her Block Into a Get-Out-the-Vote Art Exhibit
South Philly artist Maria Möller has shown her site-specific and public art works in galleries, vacant lots, libraries, motels and all sorts of other other […]
How True Is Philly’s History? A Bella Vista Art Exhibit Asks the Question
There is something about living in world-historical times that leads one to reflect on history. Maybe it’s the search for historical echoes. Or maybe it’s […]
Just Listed: Starter Condo Atop the Academy House
You know the old real estate saying: The three most important things about a piece of property are location, location and location. In which case, […]
This Philly Artist Is Creating a Positive Space for Mental Health Conversations
Since 2011, local artist and West Philly youth arts teacher Shanina Dionna has been an advocate for mental health, especially through her visual art. With […]
Wonderspaces Isn’t Another Pop-Up “Experience.” That’s a Good Thing
“Experiential” art installations aren’t a new concept. A few of their hallmarks: long lines, poppy color schemes, themes evoking nostalgia and happiness (Ice cream! Candy! […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Not Just Fishtown Anymore
Did you celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday? Fishtown certainly did, beneath the steady gaze of its new light-pole toppers: the wild turkey and white […]
A Brewery With a Mission Is Opening in Spring Arts
A new mission-driven brewery is about to open in Spring Arts. Triple Bottom Brewing will open tomorrow — Thursday, September 12th — at 4 p.m. […]
Your Guide to Philly’s Most Exciting Theater Season in Years
With Hamilton mania in full swing and the Fringe Festival — as well as a renegade competitor — about to begin, a look at the […]
On the Market: A True Loft Condo in Hawthorne
There are plenty of buildings out there that style themselves “lofts.” Just about any old factory or warehouse that gets converted into apartments or condos, […]
Experimental Filmmaker Tiona Nekkia McClodden Doesn’t Care If You Miss the Point
The Rundown Age: 38 CV, abridged: Pew Fellow (2016); Guggenheim Fellow (2019); fellow in art and activism, Bard College (2018-’19); works exhibited at the Museum […]
Apartment Profile: 1217 Spring Garden
There’s still some jockeying for position among the various terms used to describe the neighborhood roughly bounded by 6th Street on the east, Broad Street […]
On the Market: Neotraditional Rehab in Rittenhouse Square
Most of the time, when one buys a house for sale, the furniture’s not included in the deal. I wouldn’t expect it to be part […]
Carl Dranoff Breaks Ground at Broad and Spruce at Last
Today’s midday ceremonial groundbreaking for the Arthaus, Dranoff Properties’ new 47-story condominium tower at Broad and Spruce streets, was at once a triumph, an anticlimax […]
The 23 Best Things to Do Around Philly in May
Concerts The Who A shameless money grab, true, but I’ll bite at the chance to see them play “Baba O’Riley” in our ballpark. May 25th […]
Police Say This Guy Stole Art from Penn’s Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Some people make what they do look so absurdly easy. Case in point: this man who is currently being sought by the FBI’s art theft […]