Alaina Johns is not going to rate her favorite 2024 reads, but she will offer you some micro-reviews, so you can figure out if you'd like to read them, too! Everyone is different, and books …
The BSR Year-End Recommend is back for 2024! Our team shares their favorite movies, books, TV shows, podcasts, newsletters, music, and more.
The final roundup of the year is here, with events to close out the rest of December. Kyle V. Hiller previews.
The Philadelphia Orchestra scores the 1992 film live this week, and it has us wondering: what Muppet do you relate to the most? Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer previews.
Building Ghosts, an absorbing new book from Temple University Press, grasps a history that we barely know with essays and photos capturing the remnants of Philly's lost and demolished buildi…
From Papal visits to sports championships to a blizzard that never was, a new book takes us inside 50 juicy, surprising years of Philly TV news in the words of Jim Garder, Larry Kane, and lo…
Peter Schmitz is a leading expert on the history of our theater scene, and his new book, Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia, takes us from the US premiere of Hamlet to the TLA and b…
Charles Burns, the cult-favorite Philly-based cartoonist behind Black Hole, is back with the graphic novel Final Cut, a new work the artist seems born to create. Kiran Pandey reviews.
As a trustee emeritus of the Barnes Foundation, author Neil L. Rudenstine is clearly biased, but his book offers interesting details about the collection of Albert Barnes, and how his fraugh…
Prolific Philly solo artist (and budding mid-life ballerino) Chris Davis is back with One-Man-Nutcracker, a deeply personal glimpse at the famous ballet as well as the yearning to dance that…
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Shakespeare in Clark Park artistic director Shamus to hear all about a new Christmas-themed show at the Drake starring Amanda Schoonover.
Holiday music outside of the (beloved) carols and Mariah Carey stratosphere happening in the Philly area this December. Gail Obenreder previews.
Sail away for a mad-cap family-friendly adventure with a heart-warming message about family and self-acceptance in A People's Light world premiere of Peter Panto: A Musical Panto. Jill Brook…
Breaking the holiday formula with a curated selection of things to do in Philly this holiday season, with festivals, food, light shows, volunteering opportunities, and more. An Nichols round…
Team Sunshine continues its long-running show, Curio and Shakespeare in Clark Park open new shows, circus holiday shows from Circadium, and much more populate the week. Kyle V. Hiller rounds…
Great Arrangements by Dolce Suono made for a compelling afternoon of chamber music, featuring arrangements of well-known and less-well-known works that differed from the composer's original …
PHILADANCO! honored director Lee Daniels, an alum of the company's classes, at a program showcasing four Black women choreographers, including company favorites as well as rising star Martha…
The Weitzman on Independence Mall honors the diversity of the modern Jewish experience with a new exhibition based on the popular social-media platform Humans of Judaism. Gabrielle Kaplan-Ma…
The Arden's stage adaptation of Peter Pan, featuring some of Philly's favorite actors under award-winning director Whit MacLaughlin, holds youngsters rapt. Jill Brooke reviews.
Quintessence Theatre Group scores a hit with a new production of the Golden Age musical Kiss Me, Kate. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Comedy from CSz Philly and PHIT, portraits of culture and community courtesy of the Weitzman, Al-Bustan, and Journey Arts, and more decorate the first full weekend of December. Kyle V. Hille…
Die Hard, the Muppets, and other Christmas classics, and a Rocky marathon highlight December movies in the area. Stephen Silver previews.
Classical music offerings from the first half of December in the Philly and the Greater area. Gail Obenreder previews.
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with actor Taysha Marie Canales for a backstage look at the Wilma/Woolly Mammoth co-production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's The Comeuppance, now extend…
Each year, Philadelphia Ballet's Nutcracker is a holiday destination for area families. Camille Bacon-Smith takes us behind the scenes to meet the young singers who make the show stand out.