4,170 stories from Broad Street Review
Yolanda Wisher & the Afroeaters pay a visit to the Barnes, a restorative healing workshop at Theatre Exile, Jingle Jawn, and more. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up the week.
The new director of public art in the Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy wants more public art in the city to reflect more identities. Anndee Hochman profiles.
A thousand guilders for your music! Gail Obenreder previews Tempesta di Mare's holiday offering.
An assortment of holiday films, including off-beat and lesser-known classics. Stephen Silver rounds up.
People's Light and Hedgerow Theatre perform A Christmas Carol, but in two very different ways. Gail Obenreder reviews the two productions.
A local news outlet in Swarthmore shows us how not to cover a community and the dangers of appealing to a section of an audience that dances around its own racism. Amy Beth Sisson considers.
Anndee Hochman considers her decades-long journey of finding what it means to play, integrating play into life, and the life lessons learned from a year of "fun" prompts from friends.
AAMP, Brandywine River Museum, Penn Live Arts, and Opera Philadelphia serve up offerings for post-holiday festivities. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Grounds for Sculpture and Klip Collective collaborate for an after-hours multi-sensory experience created with a unique synthesis of video projection, light, and sound as a bridge between te…
BSR podcaster Darnelle Radford gets theater critic Cameron Kelsall in the digital studio for this chat about why it's ok to narrow your focus, what the critic's job really is, and more.
Almost two years into a pandemic, life in 2021 is tough for almost everyone. Roz Warren says that every day, you have a chance to make it better"or worse.
Pennsylvania's abolitionist Quakers ended slavery in the commonwealth long before any other state, right? A new book from Temple University Press explains that there's a lot more to the stor…
The Garbologists, a world premiere from Philadelphia Theatre Company, searches for deep meaning in a dirty job but offers a fairly thin character study instead. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
BSR podcaster Darnelle Radford gets associate editor Kyle V. Hiller in the digital studio for this chat about what we build without even realizing it, the real BSR agenda, and more.
A week decorated with contemplative paintings and sculptures, documentaries, and yes, flamenco. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Choral Arts Philadelphia and Philadelphia Bach Collegium present a performance of two unpublished oratorios by Giacomo Carissimi. Gail Obenreder reviews.
The Sharp Dance Company presents its fall home series, the Other Side, with a collection of videos and live contemporary and modern dances with a touch of hip-hop flair. Camille Bacon-Smith …
Taking from Nancy E. Davis's meticulously researched book of the same name, Lloyd Suh's The Chinese Lady introduces audiences to the first Chinese woman to arrive in America for a story that…
After years of preparation and community engagement, the Delaware Art Museum debuts a new vision for its world-class permanent collection. Gail Obenreder visits.
Fast-rising conductor Rafael Payare made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut with a program featuring a world-premiere Clarinet Concerto that highlighted the virtuosity of Ricardo Morales. Came…
Philly poet and author Esther Greenleaf Mürer translates two novels by noted Norwegian author Jens Bjørneboe, who is less well-known here. Both Winter in Bellapalma and Ere the Cock Crow…
In Sam Gridley's new Philly-set novella, a now-privileged teacher grapples with her anarchist past as she continues to join left-wing activists. Walter Bilderback reviews.
Rare plays from Tennessee Williams, a mural for Cecil B. Moore Freedom Fighters, and honoring the ancestors. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Hip hop artist Raphael Xavier turns his talents from the dance stage to the screen with production of Swerve: The Movie. In the short film, Xavier plays a BMXer who mentors a teenage rider a…
BSR podcaster Darnelle Radford gets editor-in-chief Alaina Johns in the digital studio for this chat about how our team handled the shutdowns, what we need to watch for in the future of arts…
