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'I Ain't Marching Anymore' explores the long history of protests by US military members. Elisa Shoenberger reviews.
Another COVID lockdown grips Philadelphia through the end of the year. Many arts organizations were already on a precipice. BSR seconds a campaign from the Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and…
Like the city itself, the Riverview movie theater in South Philly was far from perfect. But it formed lasting memories for generations of Philadelphian moviegoers from all walks of life. Ste…
A new resource for film fans and a magic show were both part of this year's Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. Both events are still available to stream free online. Rachel Bellwoar …
Readers respond about a surprising yes, being biracial, teenagers pushing back, and the pivot to digital.
An audio production of 'Are You Now or Have You Ever Been,' from the University of Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players, sheds light on the moment poet Langston Hughes faced the senate inqui…
Sex, gender, and dance collide in 'Aviva,' a film about love and identity written and directed by Boaz Yakin, with choreography by Bobbi Jene Smith, formerly of Batsheva Dance Company. Melis…
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society's reimagined fall season brings live recitals from world-class artists, like pianist Jeremy Denk, directly to viewers at home. Cameron Kelsall considers.
Philadelphia playwright James Ijames makes his Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut with 'What Is Left, Burns,' an engrossing, elliptical digital play. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Commentators across the country all have the same long list of examples proving that Philly takes no prisoners, but these viral round-ups are missing our artistic soul. Alaina Johns consider…
Plan and lead a family bat mitzvah in four days? Anndee Hochman is a writer, not a rabbi, but something about the COVID-19 pandemic made her say yes to her cousin's request.
In '(Un)Making Monuments,' The Print Center asks how we handle tributes to a traumatic past: whether they're defaced, reimagined, or removed, these monuments continue to tell us about oursel…
Quintessence Theatre finished up its Shout into the Void Virtual Play Reading Festival and celebrated Election Day with Georg Büchner's political masterpiece 'Danton's Death.' Josh Herren r…
'Woman of the Photographs,' one of the narrative features screening as a part of the 13th annual Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, is a surreal Japanese film whose loose narrative i…
Who are politics for? Why should we care? Kyle V. Hiller asks what makes voting important on a personal level, and remembers what got him started.
Talia Lavin, one of the current political moment's most incisive journalists, details her confrontations with the world's worst trolls in 'Culture Warlords.' Stephen Silver reviews.
Talia Lavin, one of the current political moment's most incisive journalists, details her confrontations with the world's worst trolls in 'Culture Warlords.' Stephen Silver reviews.
Piffaro and carilloneur Janet Tebbel are ringing all the bells in their excellent season opener, which makes the most of video. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Sundance Film Festival award-winner 'Minari,' screened as one of the marquee films at the 29th annual Philadelphia Film Festival, is a family drama that doesn't delve deep enough into the im…
Young workers trying to survive the shoals of 2020 will relate to Philly author Kitty Shields's urban fantasy debut, 'Pillar of Heaven,' which considers just what an enormous paycheck is wor…
PHILADANCO! explored love and struggle with emotional performances by Joe González and Janine Beckles, in a show that brought distanced audiences as close as possible to the theater. Cami…
Filippo Meneghetti's French-language film 'Deux' ('Two of Us') is a poignant love story and new queer classic. Mina Reinckens reviews the Philadelphia Film Festival screening.
Lightning Rod Special's 'SUPERHOST' imagines an Airbnb that isn't as wonderful as it appears, in a recording for distanced theatergoers in search of something creepy. Alaina Johns reviews.
The adaptation of the 2016 novel 'Lovecraft Country' tackles racism during the Jim Crow era with science fiction, but it also brings to light problems Black storytellers face today. Kyle V. …
In Philadelphia writer Courtney P. Hunter's debut novel, 24 participants enter an experiment to determine who among them is human and who is an artificially intelligent robot. Kirsten Bowen …
