Old CityThe Painted Bride building demolition has started. How we got here.After a nearly six-year legal battle between artists, preservationists, and neighbors, the Old City building and its celebrated mosaic were demolished. Erica Palan and Michaelle Bond Demolition has started at the former Painted Bride buildingMichaelle Bond Two windows were smashed at Philly’s federal courthouse, the U.S. Marshals saidChris Palmer Philly Fringe Fest is the biggest it’s ever been. Now FringeArts will offer year-round programming in 2026.Rosa Cartagena Elfreth’s Alley is getting a park to honor woman who saved it from demolitionFrank Kummer AdvertisementThe boozy business of the American Revolution went down in Philly barsRevolutionary-era drinking and tavern life, and its role in America’s founding 250 years ago, will be explored in full at a Nov. 21 after hours event at the Museum of the American Revolution.Mike Newall An artist started befriending strangers in Pa. prisons. Now she is turning them into artwork.Carolyn Harper wants to use her portraits of incarcerated people to end Pennsylvania's "death by incarceration" sentences. Earl Hopkins Philly Music this week with Grammy nominees Leon Thomas and Dijon, plus ‘The Boy Is Mine’ tour in Atlantic City Also: Stinking Lizaveta and Hannah Cohen at Johnny Brenda’s, Die Spitz and Ron Gallo at the First Unitarian Church, and a "Library Mixtape: A Vinyl Record Listening Club" meetup .Dan DeLuca OpinionPhiladelphia must imagine its next 250 yearsNearly 1,000 Philadelphians have shared ideas about what we wish Philadelphia to be in 2276 — but the current PH.LY draft is open for one final round of feedback before the Semiquincentennial year.Christopher Wink, For The Inquirer How souvenir penny presses could survive after the end of the one-cent coinWhat does the end of penny production mean for novelty penny press machines? Collectors say it might change how the machines work. Emily Bloch Independence Hall is closed until JanuaryPreservation work is being done on the building’s interior ahead of Philadelphia’s Semiquincentennial celebrations next year.Nick Vadala Manufacturers National Bank to open as the Ministry of Awe in MarchThe new permanent cultural attraction will be a 8,500-square-foot installation full of art, sculpture, murals, and more. Rosa Cartagena Christ Church’s bell cast in 1702 was vandalized on Mischief NightThe mounting for the Great Bell, cast in 1702, was damaged, possibly by large stones being thrown at it. Nate File What to know about the Sonder closures A competitor with Airbnb and Vrbo, Sonder is a short-term rental company that offered modern “apartment-style hotels.”Emily Bloch In Old City, two Tuns toast to the Marines’ 250th anniversary with lagers and a lawsuitTwo different efforts are dueling it out to re-create the historic tavern in Old City where the Marines were founded in 1775. On Monday, they both held events marking the anniversary.Mike Newall You can ring a Liberty Bell replica at Philly’s pumped-up 2026 New Year’s Eve fireworks displayCast at London’s Whitechapel Bell Foundry, where the original Liberty Bell was made in 1752,crowdmembers will also be able to ring the replica bell.Mike Newall This Philly nonprofit provided free professional clothes. Then work attire got more casual.The Wardrobe in Philadelphia started 30 years ago, giving suits to working women. Now it's not just for suits, and not just for women.Ariana Perez-Castells Redevelopment Authority accuses Polish Museum of ‘bullying tactics’ to win back buildingA Wednesday City Council hearing was a last-ditch effort for Michael Blichasz to make his case in public. Jake Blumgart A Philly couple’s Bella Vista home is also a furniture galleryDavid Rosenwasser and Elisa Medina-Jaudes’ Philadelphia townhouse is also home to his furniture gallery, Rarify.Terri Akman OpinionForman Arts Initiative promises to turn North American Street into a grittier version of the ParkwayAt a time when legacy institutions are struggling, newer, more nimble arts groups are expanding.Inga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer See more storiesAdvertisement
The Painted Bride building demolition has started. How we got here.After a nearly six-year legal battle between artists, preservationists, and neighbors, the Old City building and its celebrated mosaic were demolished. Erica Palan and Michaelle Bond
The Painted Bride building demolition has started. How we got here.After a nearly six-year legal battle between artists, preservationists, and neighbors, the Old City building and its celebrated mosaic were demolished. Erica Palan and Michaelle Bond
Philly Fringe Fest is the biggest it’s ever been. Now FringeArts will offer year-round programming in 2026.Rosa Cartagena
Philly Fringe Fest is the biggest it’s ever been. Now FringeArts will offer year-round programming in 2026.Rosa Cartagena
The boozy business of the American Revolution went down in Philly barsRevolutionary-era drinking and tavern life, and its role in America’s founding 250 years ago, will be explored in full at a Nov. 21 after hours event at the Museum of the American Revolution.Mike Newall
The boozy business of the American Revolution went down in Philly barsRevolutionary-era drinking and tavern life, and its role in America’s founding 250 years ago, will be explored in full at a Nov. 21 after hours event at the Museum of the American Revolution.Mike Newall
An artist started befriending strangers in Pa. prisons. Now she is turning them into artwork.Carolyn Harper wants to use her portraits of incarcerated people to end Pennsylvania's "death by incarceration" sentences. Earl Hopkins
An artist started befriending strangers in Pa. prisons. Now she is turning them into artwork.Carolyn Harper wants to use her portraits of incarcerated people to end Pennsylvania's "death by incarceration" sentences. Earl Hopkins
Philly Music this week with Grammy nominees Leon Thomas and Dijon, plus ‘The Boy Is Mine’ tour in Atlantic City Also: Stinking Lizaveta and Hannah Cohen at Johnny Brenda’s, Die Spitz and Ron Gallo at the First Unitarian Church, and a "Library Mixtape: A Vinyl Record Listening Club" meetup .Dan DeLuca
Philly Music this week with Grammy nominees Leon Thomas and Dijon, plus ‘The Boy Is Mine’ tour in Atlantic City Also: Stinking Lizaveta and Hannah Cohen at Johnny Brenda’s, Die Spitz and Ron Gallo at the First Unitarian Church, and a "Library Mixtape: A Vinyl Record Listening Club" meetup .Dan DeLuca
OpinionPhiladelphia must imagine its next 250 yearsNearly 1,000 Philadelphians have shared ideas about what we wish Philadelphia to be in 2276 — but the current PH.LY draft is open for one final round of feedback before the Semiquincentennial year.Christopher Wink, For The Inquirer
OpinionPhiladelphia must imagine its next 250 yearsNearly 1,000 Philadelphians have shared ideas about what we wish Philadelphia to be in 2276 — but the current PH.LY draft is open for one final round of feedback before the Semiquincentennial year.Christopher Wink, For The Inquirer
How souvenir penny presses could survive after the end of the one-cent coinWhat does the end of penny production mean for novelty penny press machines? Collectors say it might change how the machines work. Emily Bloch
How souvenir penny presses could survive after the end of the one-cent coinWhat does the end of penny production mean for novelty penny press machines? Collectors say it might change how the machines work. Emily Bloch
Independence Hall is closed until JanuaryPreservation work is being done on the building’s interior ahead of Philadelphia’s Semiquincentennial celebrations next year.Nick Vadala
Independence Hall is closed until JanuaryPreservation work is being done on the building’s interior ahead of Philadelphia’s Semiquincentennial celebrations next year.Nick Vadala
Manufacturers National Bank to open as the Ministry of Awe in MarchThe new permanent cultural attraction will be a 8,500-square-foot installation full of art, sculpture, murals, and more. Rosa Cartagena
Manufacturers National Bank to open as the Ministry of Awe in MarchThe new permanent cultural attraction will be a 8,500-square-foot installation full of art, sculpture, murals, and more. Rosa Cartagena
Christ Church’s bell cast in 1702 was vandalized on Mischief NightThe mounting for the Great Bell, cast in 1702, was damaged, possibly by large stones being thrown at it. Nate File
Christ Church’s bell cast in 1702 was vandalized on Mischief NightThe mounting for the Great Bell, cast in 1702, was damaged, possibly by large stones being thrown at it. Nate File
What to know about the Sonder closures A competitor with Airbnb and Vrbo, Sonder is a short-term rental company that offered modern “apartment-style hotels.”Emily Bloch
What to know about the Sonder closures A competitor with Airbnb and Vrbo, Sonder is a short-term rental company that offered modern “apartment-style hotels.”Emily Bloch
In Old City, two Tuns toast to the Marines’ 250th anniversary with lagers and a lawsuitTwo different efforts are dueling it out to re-create the historic tavern in Old City where the Marines were founded in 1775. On Monday, they both held events marking the anniversary.Mike Newall
In Old City, two Tuns toast to the Marines’ 250th anniversary with lagers and a lawsuitTwo different efforts are dueling it out to re-create the historic tavern in Old City where the Marines were founded in 1775. On Monday, they both held events marking the anniversary.Mike Newall
You can ring a Liberty Bell replica at Philly’s pumped-up 2026 New Year’s Eve fireworks displayCast at London’s Whitechapel Bell Foundry, where the original Liberty Bell was made in 1752,crowdmembers will also be able to ring the replica bell.Mike Newall
You can ring a Liberty Bell replica at Philly’s pumped-up 2026 New Year’s Eve fireworks displayCast at London’s Whitechapel Bell Foundry, where the original Liberty Bell was made in 1752,crowdmembers will also be able to ring the replica bell.Mike Newall
This Philly nonprofit provided free professional clothes. Then work attire got more casual.The Wardrobe in Philadelphia started 30 years ago, giving suits to working women. Now it's not just for suits, and not just for women.Ariana Perez-Castells
This Philly nonprofit provided free professional clothes. Then work attire got more casual.The Wardrobe in Philadelphia started 30 years ago, giving suits to working women. Now it's not just for suits, and not just for women.Ariana Perez-Castells
Redevelopment Authority accuses Polish Museum of ‘bullying tactics’ to win back buildingA Wednesday City Council hearing was a last-ditch effort for Michael Blichasz to make his case in public. Jake Blumgart
Redevelopment Authority accuses Polish Museum of ‘bullying tactics’ to win back buildingA Wednesday City Council hearing was a last-ditch effort for Michael Blichasz to make his case in public. Jake Blumgart
A Philly couple’s Bella Vista home is also a furniture galleryDavid Rosenwasser and Elisa Medina-Jaudes’ Philadelphia townhouse is also home to his furniture gallery, Rarify.Terri Akman
A Philly couple’s Bella Vista home is also a furniture galleryDavid Rosenwasser and Elisa Medina-Jaudes’ Philadelphia townhouse is also home to his furniture gallery, Rarify.Terri Akman
OpinionForman Arts Initiative promises to turn North American Street into a grittier version of the ParkwayAt a time when legacy institutions are struggling, newer, more nimble arts groups are expanding.Inga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer
OpinionForman Arts Initiative promises to turn North American Street into a grittier version of the ParkwayAt a time when legacy institutions are struggling, newer, more nimble arts groups are expanding.Inga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer
