Planning Memorial Day Weekend outings? We’re rounding up festivals, parades, and notable public art with a 250th theme, from Germantown to North Philadelphia to Old City to the waterfront.…
A new solo show from Jennifer Childs takes audiences inside her closet for the stories that made her the comedy actor she is today, inspired by a lifetime of outfits. Walt Maguire reviews.
Semiquincentennial events continue to pack the Philly-area calendar, from new art installations to print-your-own Declaration events, a wide variety of tours, new theater, and lots more. Wal…
Curio mounts the world premiere of local playwright John Bellomo's Sacco & Vanzetti: A Tragedia Dell'Arte, restaging a famous 20th-century trial with a 16th-century flair that still feel…
April is overflowing with events continuing Philly's 250 theme, including an exhibition about fireworks, art shows, a call for photos, circus arts, ceramics, a symphony, a Mummers dance work…
Conor McPherson's The Weir is a ghost story about the living, now onstage with Irish Heritage Theatre at Plays and Players. Walt Maguire reviews.
Welcome to our new monthly guide to Philly-area events celebrating America's 250th birthday. We've got art and poetry, participatory textiles, feminist furniture, medical history, and lots m…
A new adaptation of Molière's Tartuffe gets its world premiere at Performance Garage with The Kammerspiel, a theater troupe dedicated to intimate and subversive productions. Walt Maguire re…
A small, free-to-visit exhibition in Penn's Van Pelt Library reminds us that protests during America's 250th birthday resemble those that rocked Philly in 1976. Walt Maguire reviews.
1812's annual satirical variety show is back for its 20th year with a strong cast and design, but some missed opportunities in its sketches. Walt Maguire reviews.
Josh McIlvain of Philly's Automatic Arts is back in this year's Fringe with his popular Slideshow, a performance built around a real-life carousel of a stranger's vintage family photos. Walt…
A new Fringe experience from juggler Greg Kennedy is more collaborative workshop than performance, mixing art with engineering to take the audience inside a craft that dates back to Leonardo…
When plans got underway for Philly's celebration of America's 250th birthday, organizers didn't know that the beautiful and historic Wanamaker Building would go empty with the closure of Mac…