4,280 stories from Broad Street Review
Highlighting summer concerts in the Philadelphia area throughout the summer, including series by Lenape Chamber Ensemble, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Longwood Gardens. Gail Obenreder preview…
Are you an aspiring or emerging critic? Are you a journalist who is curious about getting started as a reviewer? Are you an arts-lover who wants an inside look at how critics work? These cla…
New exhibitions from Al-Bustan, James Oliver, and William Way, Bodies of Water at Fairmount Park, and the sounds of North Philadelphia at Vox. Kyle V. Hiller previews.
Award-winning local author Eric Smith, whose latest YA novel will be featured at the National Book Festival of the Library of Congress later this summer, rounds up his favorite new books for…
Journalist, writer, and podcaster Jo Piazza uses her research and interviewing skills to bring her works of fiction to life, including new thriller Everyone is Lying To You"where real life c…
A new production of Little Shop of Horrors, closing out People's Light's 50th anniversary season, gives fearsome new teeth to the adage that there's no ethical consumption under capitalism. …
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival stages A Raisin in the Sun to powerful effect, even if the production finds itself occasionally out of step. Kiran Pandey reviews.
The Brandywine Museum of Art's Wyeth Study Center
invigorates the storied local artist's legacy. Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm:
The Eye of the Earth features intimate works made over 70 years…
Philly writer Sara Mae talks about their new poetry chapbook Phantasmagossip, writing songs with The Noisy, and themes of gender expansiveness and past selves. Kiran Pandey profiles.
New exhibitions Queridos and Where I'm From take unique looks at "how we got here", get hands on at the PMA, and talk to spirits with Conversations with Miranda. Kyle V. Hiller previews.
As a kid, Jill Ivey loved donning American flag fashion for the Fourth of July. Today, with her own child born between two Trump administrations, she marks the holiday in a different way, as…
With partisan politics so toxically entrenched in America, it can be tough to admit that you're open to change. This Fourth of July, Alaina Johns is thinking about her conservative upbringin…
Anndee Hochman grew up reading Judy Blume, unaware of how controversial her books were. Today, after raising her own daughter, she knows what book-ban proponents do not: reading is a fundame…
Looking for Revolution-themed summer or fall day trips? Learn about the history of Fort Mifflin, Fort Mercer, and the Pennsylvania State Navy with historic sites spanning the Delaware River.…
Some American patriots fought with words or swords, but others aided and abetted the Revolution with their art, both in the Colonies and abroad. They are illuminated in The Painter's Fire, a…
The Trump administration is trying to rewrite reality and history. Cass Lewis says we're not going to let them, if writers and artists have anything to say about it.
The Trump administration has brought the United States to a crisis"but only because it revealed what has been there all along. Lindsay Gary asks if we have the courage to respond by making A…
After serving on a jury earlier this year, An Nichols was surprised by her relationship to her fellow jurors, and learned about the outsize impact jurors can have at the local and national l…
Summer movie screenings happening in the Philly area this month, including This Is Spinal Tap, Con Air, and a litany of Hitchcock seminars. Stephen Silver previews.
Previewing an exhibition that celebrates small-scale creativity, a performance that looks to laugh at a rare disorder, and a bazaar under the el in Fishtown. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
'Duet For One' by Martha Anne Toll tells a personal Philadelphia music story. Margaret Hutton profiles.
Fourth of July with Chocolate Ballerina Company, summer with BalletX, and a pair of PHILADANCO celebrates 55 years. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.
A June 22 performance of West Chester Dance Works' Rachel Harris: One Woman Over the Line at the Performance Garage celebrated Juneteenth with a vibrant, relevant imagining of one real-life …
Despite cruel NEA cuts, PlayPenn's 2025 New Play Development Conference opens on July 5. Camille Bacon-Smith sits down with conference leaders and resident playwright Lori Felipe-Barkin.
An elegant conceptual exhibition at the Brandywine Museum of Art explores conservation, the act of noticing, and the poetics of nature and art through the lens of Emily Dickinson's garden an…
