Mikki Kendall's 'Hood Feminism' argues that feminism is a movement that forgot Black women. Reviewer Lindsay Gary wonders whom the book is truly addressing, and why it ignores long-establish…
Virtual galleries and digital museum tours have met a whole new era in the pandemic. Helen Walsh takes a look at Drexel's Fox Historic Costume Collection, which you can find on Google Arts &…
Josh Hitchens examines 'The Lighthouse' and 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire,' two acclaimed recent films with similar premises of island isolation, but vastly different methods of telling queer …
Suzanne Cloud was getting more messages than usual"and the contents were worrying. Instead of inhaling vinegar, she's talking with her friends about some critical thinking in the age of COVI…
'Synthesizer Pioneer' from Centaur Records offers a survey of the quirky music for Moog Synthesizer from veteran Philadelphia composer Andrew Rudin. Peter Burwasser reviews.
When you push by Roz Warren without a mask on during your workout, she's tempted to trip you. But she's decided on something a little safer.
In the face of a proposal to kill Philly's office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Kyle V. Hiller says positive pessimism will help the arts bounce back.
What were you doing in mid-March, when the realization that this pandemic was going to derail the world hit you? Was it like other moments before disaster struck? Anndee Hochman considers.
Let's be honest about one of the toughest things in lockdown: unless you live with a partner, your sex life is on hold. Marta Rusek talks to Philly experts on keeping things spicy anyway.
It touches us from birth to death, but how much do we really think about fabric? Kassia St. Clair's 'The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History' unspools an exciting world, from mummies t…
Local author Christina Rosso-Schneider's debut is a collection of feminist fairy tales in which women fight against the "beasts" of the patriarchy"even by becoming beasts themselves. The co-…
Readers respond about defunding the arts, AIDS activism and COVID-19, Beethoven and the amateurs, and anxiety in isolation.
How do the past and present influence the lives of three generations of a Black family? Jacqueline Woodson's novel, 'Red at the Bone,' looks at a mother-daughter relationship from a unique p…
How do we balance anything during life in lockdown? We don't. But here's how writer and mother Cass Slattery is learning to cope.
Last week Mayor Jim Kenney released a proposed 2021 budget, revised for life during and after the pandemic. It would eliminate the city's arts office.
With its spring season canceled and its return date uncertain, Opera Philadelphia moves to make five recent productions available for streaming. Cameron Kelsall considers.
Some people are exclaiming about the benefits of canceled meetings"but if that means even more emails than before, Alaina Johns isn't ready.
As art by people in prison becomes a sought-after prize for museum exhibitions, Treacy Ziegler wonders how artists, curators, and the public grapple with questions of moral judgment and acce…
'Gentefied,' now streaming on Netflix, captures the duality of the immigrant experience, reminding us that life is about not just surviving, but thriving. Christina Anthony considers.
Music of our times, for our times: Gail Obenreder reviews an album from the Delaware Symphony Orchestra featuring stellar solo sounds from Brasil Guitar Duo.
Longtime ACT UP Philadelphia member Jose de Marco talks with Joshua Herren about what we should learn from AIDS organizers in the COVID pandemic.
Fredricka R. Maister has lived with anxiety her whole life"and in some ways, it made her better prepared to handle life in a pandemic.
Horticultural inspiration is growing this spring with Linda Eirhart's 'The Winterthur Garden Guide: Color for Every Season.' Pamela Forsythe reviews.
Kyle V. Hiller, once an aspiring meteorologist, spends Earth Day considering how climate change is directly linked to COVID-19 and the economic crash.
Brilliant designers make for brilliant television. Gail Obenreder reviews 'Abstract: The Art of Design,' an original Netflix documentary series.