The winding road to what became one of the city’s great art installations — and how we kept it from being dismantled.
By Thom Nickels
2024 Philadelphia Flower Show blossoms with community and creativity
Seize the chance to experience the show this weekend before it’s over!
By Liv DeMarco
Thom Nickels: Heidi Schreck’s “Constitution” tells progressives what they want to hear.
For a play about debates, it’s remarkably one-sided.
By Thom Nickels
Thom Nickels: You can’t make Lincoln by committee
The new trend among playwrights doesn’t make for a great product.
By Thom Nickels
Paul Davis: Yeah, try that stuff in a small town
There’s nothing wrong with opposing crime — in a small town or a big city.
By Paul Davis
Thom Nickels: More change comes to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Will a new director return the institution to the grand style of former days?
By Thom Nickels
Thom Nickels: The Philadelphia Orchestra has gone off the political deep end
The establishment is celebrating the venerable institution, but for all the wrong reasons.
By Thom Nickels
Beth Ann Rosica: Alice in drag — curiouser and curiouser when it becomes a school field trip
What Chester County schools are — and aren’t — telling parents about what children are seeing on field trips.
By Beth Ann Rosica
Christine Flowers: Don’t call us roaches!
Comparing people to vermin is disgusting — but will anyone condemn it when the target is Republican-voting women?
By Christine Flowers
Jeff Hurvitz: Hollywood’s decline as the Oscars slap saga continues to echo
The Oscars is an aging relic that has lost its compass — and Will Smith’s slap points to its impending death.
By Jeff Hurvitz