Best-known as a musical composition, 'Appalachian Spring' originated as a ballet of the same name. A 1944 recording of this Martha Graham Dance Company performance is now streaming for free,…
An album of music for solo piano and songs for soprano includes works by long-time Penn faculty member James Primosch, as well as music from one of his revered mentors, John Harbison. Peter …
Perhaps more than many other art forms, dance relies on the physical energy between dancers and their audience. Adapting to life in a pandemic is a special challenge for these companies. Lea…
When germophobes were perceived as neurotic, Trump celebrated his own germophobia. What has changed?
With 'Code Blue,' the Wilma Theater engages a national dialogue and offers a possible step forward for filmed theatrical performances amid the ongoing shutdown. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Alaina Johns knows what it's like to live with chronic illness, and how it can make you feel like you have nothing left over when others need you. Can we reframe this experience to promote a…
Moore College of Art & Design's Animation & Game Arts students talk with Kyle V. Hiller about gaming's impact on their lives, and how the medium can be a platform for marginalized vo…
Daralyse Lyons wishes the people she's dated were comfortable enough with themselves to accept all of her, including her fluid sexuality.
What if a nationwide rating system governed our lives? Marc-Uwe Kling's dystopian 'QualityLand' imagines a world that might be right around the corner. Elisa Shoenberger reviews
Like its predecessor 'Love, Simon,' the Hulu series 'Love, Victor' moves the conversation about LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream media forward. But some voices still aren't part of the co…
The inhabitants of 'Ambushing the Void,' the debut collection by Philly native James McAdams, search for connection and meaning wherever they can find it, but the tables are always turning. …
This globetrotting choose-your-own-adventure experience is interactive theater through your phone, running as part of this year's SoLow Fest. Michelle Nugent reviews.
South Philly's Da Vinci Art Alliance debuts an art exhibition for the COVID era. 'Colors of Hope,' now up in the all-digital Gallery X, reminds us that better times are waiting. Pamela Forsy…
Suzanne Cloud spotlights Philly Culture United, an action campaign to save the city's funding for arts and culture.
What is Juneteenth and what does it mean for the movement happening in our current sociopolitical climate? Kyle V. Hiller considers.
The George Floyd protests helped An Nichols to reflect on her past in a white-dominated culture.
Originally commissioned to be performed at the Guggenheim, this series of short dance films features BalletX artists finding their way on unexpected stages. Merilyn Jackson reviews.
Photographer Alexander Iziliaev put one passion aside when he became a dancer. But now that he's off the stage, he can bring something to his art form that others behind the camera cannot. H…
A new short documentary, '40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic,' examines a movie that tells one story of Philadelphia. Are we writing a new history this month? Stephen Silver considers.
The second season of Hulu's hit drama series 'Ramy' follows an Egyptian American family in New Jersey. Ramy Youssef's protagonist makes a compelling anti-hero navigating violence, bias, and …
Actor, comedian, and writer Jenny Slate's Little Weirds, a vulnerable and tender collection of offbeat essays, explores friendship, self-love, divorce, freedom, and just being a total weirdo…
Silence is complicity. But what happens when you're Black and you've been silent? What are you being complicit about? Kyle V. Hiller considers a different kind of silence.
'Identidad (As We Are),' screened online at the 2020 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, reflects on Peru's tumultuous history leading up to its 2018 return to the FIFA World Cup. Christina A…
In a class on combatting conspiracy theories and misinformation in the era of COVID-19, I teach teenagers to recognize dangerous distractions from reality. But what about the conspiracies th…
America is reckoning with its racist institutions, including police forces that disproportionately target Black people and people of color. But what about the officers working inside this sy…