World Water Day 2023 brought together academics, city officials, historians and nonprofit workers who believe Philadelphia’s cultural heritage as a port city makes it an important place to talk about the future of water infrastructure. [continue reading…]
Howard Zehr photographed and interviewed Pennsylvania prisoners with life sentences in the 90s and returned 25 years later to find out how their perspectives on their sentences changed.
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Germantown native Kambel Smith is showing his second solo exhibition at Fleisher/Ollman, on display now until May 26th. [continue reading…]
Youth for Black Lives, an independent Philadelphia activist group, marched from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to City Hall on Sunday, Aug. 2 to protest racism in Philadelphia schools. [continue reading…]
In anticipation of the presidential election on Aug. 9 in Belarus, protestors assembled at the Art Museum to protest the Belarusian government. [continue reading…]
On Thursday, Nov. 29, the Mayor’s Office of Black Male Engagement (OBME) hosted its My Brother’s Keeper event which featured a conversation on Economic, Empowerment, and Entrepreneurship. The event was a part of the City’s Community [continue reading…]
Community gardens are spreading like weeds throughout Philadelphia. These beautiful green spaces ensure sustainable, fresh produce in a concrete jungle and provide a refreshing feel to a metropolitan area. Not only do these open spaces [continue reading…]
When Isaac and Rose Miller arrived to Philadelphia in 1986, they were originally looking for a historic district to buy a home from. After seeing the Spring Garden neighborhood in a book about restored historic [continue reading…]
Just a few feet beneath every Philadelphian exists a web of veins responsible for carrying precious information, like the oxygen carried by our blood, to and from the city. Just as oxygen is needed by [continue reading…]
The neighborhoods of North Philadelphia are home to a number of historical landmarks. Reminders of the area’s 17th- and 18th-century history are scattered across the changing neighborhoods of Francisville, Sharswood, Spring Garden and North Central. [continue reading…]
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