Arts & CultureWith ‘The Great Divide Tour,’ Noah Kahan made a sold-out Citizens Bank Park feel like a melancholic suburban backyardFans were transported to the Vermont wilderness but were quickly jerked back to reality with one grave mistake Kahan made.Morgan Ritter See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekRosa Cartagena, Elizabeth Wellington, and Emily Bloch City budget cuts force Mural Arts and Philadelphia Cultural Fund to slash programsPeter Dobrin A Philadelphia high schoolers’ production of ‘1776’ is former Gov. Ed Rendell’s dream come true Elizabeth Wellington What this former Inquirer columnist learned from writing 468 parenthood columns over nine yearsMorgan Ritter AdvertisementParts of Fairmount Park were not only the site of America’s first paper mill, but also the country’s first company townRittenhouseTown, which thrived for more than a century, was the site of the paper mill that was the only source of paper in America for more than 40 years. Elizabeth Wellington See how Philly museums and arts organizations are celebrating America’s 250thPhilly museums and other arts organizations have a slew of exhibits planned around America 250.Allison Weiss Brady, For The Inquirer S. Broad Street gets a new landscaped median — and it’s just the start of what’s plannedThere's now a leafy ribbon down the middle of Broad Street from Spruce to Pine Streets. Beyond beautifying the avenue, it has a practical, traffic-calming intention. Peter Dobrin How Marquis de Lafayette became a surprising selfie favorite with French National Archives visitorsGeorge Washington's beloved major general and historical Philadelphian is not quite the hero in France. A Lafayette College prof wants to change that.Bedatri D. Choudhury Meek Mill joins the July 4 ‘One Philly: Unity Concert for America’ lineup The rapper will join the star-studded bill that includes headliners Christina Aguilera, Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jill Scott, and Kathy Sledge. Wanda Sykes will host.Elizabeth Wellington ‘Oh, Mary!’ is coming to Philadelphia on its first national tour Tickets go on sale this week for the Tony-winning campy comedy about Abraham and Mary Todd LincolnRosa Cartagena What is the Camden bop, the region’s latest viral dance that has earned over a million fans across the world?Starting out on the basketball courts of Camden High School, the move is a love letter to the city that’s often considered New Jersey’s most dangerous. Earl Hopkins Tears for Fears, rotary phones, flares: Philly’s Bicentennial babies are turning 50 as America turns 250"We have a blessing of choices," "The Semiquincentennial isn’t a one-sided story," "I’m grateful for the wisdom for knowing who I am," and more such reflections from women 200 years younger than USA.Elizabeth Wellington ‘I learned early on to leave while on top’: Bucks County Playhouse’s beloved producing director is stepping down after leading the theater through remarkable growthAlex Fraser, under whom both the budget and attendance grew at the Playhouse, is being succeeded by theater veteran BT McNicholl.Earl Hopkins See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekAmerican history narrated by Barack Obama, a new mural on the I-76, a day at Stenton Museum, and John Williams' ethereal soundscape for Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day."Rosa Cartagena, Elizabeth Wellington, Peter Dobrin, and Morgan Ritter How to have a perfect Philly day, according to actor and director Amina RobinsonThe new artistic director of Norristown’s Theatre Horizon takes us all over Philly.Rosa Cartagena At its Juneteenth celebration, Philly’s African American Museum unveiled exhibit on the woman who escaped slavery at the President’s House The African American Museum in Philadelphia unveiled a new exhibit on Ona Judge, the woman who escaped slavery from George Washington’s President’s House, as thousands gathered for Juneteenth.Amy S. Rosenberg At 16, a student from Philly’s Rock School has leapt into three career milestones this yearBlake Metcalf has competed at the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland, won the senior men's category at the Youth America Grand Prix Final, and is now headed to England’s prestigious Royal Ballet School.Ellen Dunkel ‘A Hundred Years On’ could’ve been a more searing look back at 1876 America, but it is still remarkableFeaturing the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Crossing choir, Peter Boyer's backward gaze at Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exposition assures us that, despite it all, America somehow still prevails.David Patrick Stearns Four years before the 1969 Stonewall Riots, LGBTQ activists gathered at Independence HallPhiladelphia's Remembrance Marches predated Stonewall and were one of the earliest instances of queer people demanding equal rights in the workplace.Elizabeth Wellington See more storiesAdvertisement
With ‘The Great Divide Tour,’ Noah Kahan made a sold-out Citizens Bank Park feel like a melancholic suburban backyardFans were transported to the Vermont wilderness but were quickly jerked back to reality with one grave mistake Kahan made.Morgan Ritter
With ‘The Great Divide Tour,’ Noah Kahan made a sold-out Citizens Bank Park feel like a melancholic suburban backyardFans were transported to the Vermont wilderness but were quickly jerked back to reality with one grave mistake Kahan made.Morgan Ritter
See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekRosa Cartagena, Elizabeth Wellington, and Emily Bloch
See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekRosa Cartagena, Elizabeth Wellington, and Emily Bloch
A Philadelphia high schoolers’ production of ‘1776’ is former Gov. Ed Rendell’s dream come true Elizabeth Wellington
A Philadelphia high schoolers’ production of ‘1776’ is former Gov. Ed Rendell’s dream come true Elizabeth Wellington
What this former Inquirer columnist learned from writing 468 parenthood columns over nine yearsMorgan Ritter
What this former Inquirer columnist learned from writing 468 parenthood columns over nine yearsMorgan Ritter
Parts of Fairmount Park were not only the site of America’s first paper mill, but also the country’s first company townRittenhouseTown, which thrived for more than a century, was the site of the paper mill that was the only source of paper in America for more than 40 years. Elizabeth Wellington
Parts of Fairmount Park were not only the site of America’s first paper mill, but also the country’s first company townRittenhouseTown, which thrived for more than a century, was the site of the paper mill that was the only source of paper in America for more than 40 years. Elizabeth Wellington
See how Philly museums and arts organizations are celebrating America’s 250thPhilly museums and other arts organizations have a slew of exhibits planned around America 250.Allison Weiss Brady, For The Inquirer
See how Philly museums and arts organizations are celebrating America’s 250thPhilly museums and other arts organizations have a slew of exhibits planned around America 250.Allison Weiss Brady, For The Inquirer
S. Broad Street gets a new landscaped median — and it’s just the start of what’s plannedThere's now a leafy ribbon down the middle of Broad Street from Spruce to Pine Streets. Beyond beautifying the avenue, it has a practical, traffic-calming intention. Peter Dobrin
S. Broad Street gets a new landscaped median — and it’s just the start of what’s plannedThere's now a leafy ribbon down the middle of Broad Street from Spruce to Pine Streets. Beyond beautifying the avenue, it has a practical, traffic-calming intention. Peter Dobrin
How Marquis de Lafayette became a surprising selfie favorite with French National Archives visitorsGeorge Washington's beloved major general and historical Philadelphian is not quite the hero in France. A Lafayette College prof wants to change that.Bedatri D. Choudhury
How Marquis de Lafayette became a surprising selfie favorite with French National Archives visitorsGeorge Washington's beloved major general and historical Philadelphian is not quite the hero in France. A Lafayette College prof wants to change that.Bedatri D. Choudhury
Meek Mill joins the July 4 ‘One Philly: Unity Concert for America’ lineup The rapper will join the star-studded bill that includes headliners Christina Aguilera, Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jill Scott, and Kathy Sledge. Wanda Sykes will host.Elizabeth Wellington
Meek Mill joins the July 4 ‘One Philly: Unity Concert for America’ lineup The rapper will join the star-studded bill that includes headliners Christina Aguilera, Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jill Scott, and Kathy Sledge. Wanda Sykes will host.Elizabeth Wellington
‘Oh, Mary!’ is coming to Philadelphia on its first national tour Tickets go on sale this week for the Tony-winning campy comedy about Abraham and Mary Todd LincolnRosa Cartagena
‘Oh, Mary!’ is coming to Philadelphia on its first national tour Tickets go on sale this week for the Tony-winning campy comedy about Abraham and Mary Todd LincolnRosa Cartagena
What is the Camden bop, the region’s latest viral dance that has earned over a million fans across the world?Starting out on the basketball courts of Camden High School, the move is a love letter to the city that’s often considered New Jersey’s most dangerous. Earl Hopkins
What is the Camden bop, the region’s latest viral dance that has earned over a million fans across the world?Starting out on the basketball courts of Camden High School, the move is a love letter to the city that’s often considered New Jersey’s most dangerous. Earl Hopkins
Tears for Fears, rotary phones, flares: Philly’s Bicentennial babies are turning 50 as America turns 250"We have a blessing of choices," "The Semiquincentennial isn’t a one-sided story," "I’m grateful for the wisdom for knowing who I am," and more such reflections from women 200 years younger than USA.Elizabeth Wellington
Tears for Fears, rotary phones, flares: Philly’s Bicentennial babies are turning 50 as America turns 250"We have a blessing of choices," "The Semiquincentennial isn’t a one-sided story," "I’m grateful for the wisdom for knowing who I am," and more such reflections from women 200 years younger than USA.Elizabeth Wellington
‘I learned early on to leave while on top’: Bucks County Playhouse’s beloved producing director is stepping down after leading the theater through remarkable growthAlex Fraser, under whom both the budget and attendance grew at the Playhouse, is being succeeded by theater veteran BT McNicholl.Earl Hopkins
‘I learned early on to leave while on top’: Bucks County Playhouse’s beloved producing director is stepping down after leading the theater through remarkable growthAlex Fraser, under whom both the budget and attendance grew at the Playhouse, is being succeeded by theater veteran BT McNicholl.Earl Hopkins
See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekAmerican history narrated by Barack Obama, a new mural on the I-76, a day at Stenton Museum, and John Williams' ethereal soundscape for Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day."Rosa Cartagena, Elizabeth Wellington, Peter Dobrin, and Morgan Ritter
See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekAmerican history narrated by Barack Obama, a new mural on the I-76, a day at Stenton Museum, and John Williams' ethereal soundscape for Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day."Rosa Cartagena, Elizabeth Wellington, Peter Dobrin, and Morgan Ritter
How to have a perfect Philly day, according to actor and director Amina RobinsonThe new artistic director of Norristown’s Theatre Horizon takes us all over Philly.Rosa Cartagena
How to have a perfect Philly day, according to actor and director Amina RobinsonThe new artistic director of Norristown’s Theatre Horizon takes us all over Philly.Rosa Cartagena
At its Juneteenth celebration, Philly’s African American Museum unveiled exhibit on the woman who escaped slavery at the President’s House The African American Museum in Philadelphia unveiled a new exhibit on Ona Judge, the woman who escaped slavery from George Washington’s President’s House, as thousands gathered for Juneteenth.Amy S. Rosenberg
At its Juneteenth celebration, Philly’s African American Museum unveiled exhibit on the woman who escaped slavery at the President’s House The African American Museum in Philadelphia unveiled a new exhibit on Ona Judge, the woman who escaped slavery from George Washington’s President’s House, as thousands gathered for Juneteenth.Amy S. Rosenberg
At 16, a student from Philly’s Rock School has leapt into three career milestones this yearBlake Metcalf has competed at the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland, won the senior men's category at the Youth America Grand Prix Final, and is now headed to England’s prestigious Royal Ballet School.Ellen Dunkel
At 16, a student from Philly’s Rock School has leapt into three career milestones this yearBlake Metcalf has competed at the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland, won the senior men's category at the Youth America Grand Prix Final, and is now headed to England’s prestigious Royal Ballet School.Ellen Dunkel
‘A Hundred Years On’ could’ve been a more searing look back at 1876 America, but it is still remarkableFeaturing the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Crossing choir, Peter Boyer's backward gaze at Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exposition assures us that, despite it all, America somehow still prevails.David Patrick Stearns
‘A Hundred Years On’ could’ve been a more searing look back at 1876 America, but it is still remarkableFeaturing the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Crossing choir, Peter Boyer's backward gaze at Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exposition assures us that, despite it all, America somehow still prevails.David Patrick Stearns
Four years before the 1969 Stonewall Riots, LGBTQ activists gathered at Independence HallPhiladelphia's Remembrance Marches predated Stonewall and were one of the earliest instances of queer people demanding equal rights in the workplace.Elizabeth Wellington
Four years before the 1969 Stonewall Riots, LGBTQ activists gathered at Independence HallPhiladelphia's Remembrance Marches predated Stonewall and were one of the earliest instances of queer people demanding equal rights in the workplace.Elizabeth Wellington
