Released in 1996, Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman — which screens at Lightbox Film Center on Wednesday — was a milestone of independent filmmaking: It […]
Friday, February 16 Love, Lies and Taxidermy @ Drake Theatre Inis Nua Theater Company performs Alan Harris’ comedy about young love. Directed by Tom Reing. […]
We’ve got Invincible, Silver Linings Playbook, The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon (a personal fave), and now “the untitled Jon Dorenbos story” is […]
Duke is Tops @ South Street Cinema | Thursday, February 15 William Nolte directed this 1938 musical starring Lena Horne. Later released as The Bronze […]
Ex Files StorySlam @ Punchline | Wednesday, February 14 First Person Arts puts on its biggest StorySlam of the year. Chris Lundy hosts an evening […]
Russia’s infamously corrupt legal system has an upside: dash cams. According to Wired, a functioning camera on your dashboard is as essential as headlights and […]
Friday, February 9 Philly Theatre Week @ area theaters Theatre Philadelphia’s 10-day celebration of local theater continues through February 18. Among its 80+ events are: […]
If you haven’t been to South Street Cinema yet, well, you really should. The upstart screening room at has become an unexpected hub of culture […]
Body & Soul @ Lightbox Film Center | Wednesday, February 7 Paul Robeson plays dual leads in Oscar Micheau’s 1925 silent “race film,” presented here […]
Tango Fire @ Merriam Theater | Wednesday, January 31 Led by German Cornejo, the Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires is well-known for their choreography […]
Sensitive Guys @ The Drake | Through February 11 InterAct Theatre Company presents’ MJ Kaufman’s satirical play set on the campus of a small liberal […]
Since reading Elizabeth McCracken’s Niagara Falls All Over Again — a stunning novel about a comedy duo at the twilight of the vaudeville era — I’ve been […]
Bodymania @ Lightbox Film Center Short films from the ’60s and ’70s with overt sexual themes that reflect their time period. Lisa Crafts, animator/creator of […]
Mary Shelley @ The Rosenbach | Wednesday, January 17 Jennifer Summerfield performs her one-woman play about Frankenstein author Mary Shelley on the last day of […]
The World Premiere of Sigma Kids @ World Cafe Live | Thursday, January 11 I mentioned this in my Philly Loves Bowie Week roundup last […]
