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Kayleb Rae Candrilli's newest poetry collection, 'Water I Won't Touch,' explores what it means to live amidst crisis"ecological crisis, addiction crisis, and the crisis of endemic transphobi…
Opera Philadelphia concludes its 2021 digital series with 'We Need to Talk,' an exciting collaboration between composer Caroline Shaw and poet Anne Carson. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Inis Nua's virtual presentation of 'How to be Brave' reminds us of the power of a small story well told. Joshua Herren reviews.
George Gershwin and Duke Ellington take their place beside Stravinsky in the latest digital offering from the Philadelphia Orchestra. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
In part 1 of our One Year Later series, Cameron Kelsall spoke with Philly artists about the moment shutdowns began. Now, he looks at what emerged as the shutdowns lasted for the next 12 mont…
Movie fans have been waiting a year to get back to movie theaters. Stephen Silver visited Bryn Mawr Film Institute on its reopening day, contemplating the future of in-person moviegoing.
'Beethoven in Beijing' follows the Philadelphia musicians who helped open doors between the US and China in the 1970s and beyond, and the artists and leaders of China's thriving cultural sce…
'Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself' is a film adaptation of a theater production that combines storytelling, magic, and audience participation to explore the complexities and contradictio…
The streaming regional premiere of Dominique Morisseau's 'Pipeline' showcases the pluck and polish of South Camden Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
It's hard enough to navigate our identities IRL. What happens when we're reduced to a Zoom box or other distanced communication? Anndee Hochman considers.
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra continues its distanced season with a livestream of rich musical narratives from Smetana, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky. Gail Obenreder reviews.
'Concrete Cowboy,' Ricky Staub's directorial debut, provides a compelling and beautifully rendered look at the subculture of Black horsemanship in North Philadelphia. Stephen Silver reviews.
In her new memoir, playwright Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes writes about coming of age as part of a large Puerto Rican family in North Philadelphia. Kirsten Bowen reviews.
'Muddy Dragon on the Road to Heaven,' a new collection from Pennsylvania poet Grant Clauser, evokes the hope of searching for home in a broken world. Kelly Conrad reviews.
Rennie Harris Puremovement offers embodied history for our times in a livestream performance from the Annenberg. Melissa Strong reviews.
After a pandemic cancellation last season, pianist Richard Goode returns to Philadelphia Chamber Music Society with a striking program of Bach, Beethoven and Debussy. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Abigail Adams's famous "remember the ladies" letter returns to Philly for the first time since she sent it to her husband in 1776, and composer Melissa Dunphy gives it new life. Gail Obenred…
Maulik Pancholy superbly embodies more than 40 characters in George Street Playhouse's 'Fully Committed,' but Becky Mode's restaurant comedy shows its age in uncomfortable ways. Cameron Kels…
'Travel by Haiku, volumes 6"10: Far Out on the Road with Friends' offers free spirits a backseat in a collaborative road trip across the American West. Helen Walsh reviews.
PCMS presents classical guitarist Jason Vieaux and cellist Clancy Newman on a livestreamed program of mostly Latin American and Spanish classical works, with a surprising rock encore. Linda …
Women's History Month is rife with content celebrating the achievements of women, and classical music is no exception. Meg Ryan is cranky about it.
A year after theaters around the country suspended in-person performances due to the pandemic, Cameron Kelsall speaks with Philadelphia theater artists about looking back and moving forward.
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong's 'Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning' explores Asian American consciousness and tackles the truth about anti-Asian hate. Christina Anthony conside…
In Patrick Shields's debut autobiographical novel, 'Pinball,' set in the early 1990s, we follow a senior at a North Philadelphia boarding academy as he reckons with his past, present, and fu…
The Print Center's 95th Annual International Competition Exhibition showcases three artists out of hundreds of entrants, and, for the first time, presents the winning art digitally. Pamela F…
