Philadelphia’s varied art scene runs the gamut from professional to dilettante.
By Thom Nickels
Seth Higgins: Brat Beware – What Harris and the Democrats don’t get about the album of the summer
In under two months, Americans witnessed President Biden’s pitiful debate performance, the near assassination of former President Trump, Biden’s withdrawal […]
Thom Nickels: A Puritan’s Nightmare in Paradise
For years now I have heard stories about Key West. Key West, after all, is the land of Tennessee Williams […]
Thom Nickels: The AIDS epidemic in Philadelphia, forty years later
Looking back on the pandemic that decimated the gay community.
By Thom Nickels
The Force Awakens in Philly with the FanExpo’s Symphony of Quirks
Professional cosplay, 100 swords, and an abnormally high volume of accordion players.
By Liv DeMarco
Christine Flowers: The duplicity of the Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Art should not have to bow to political bullying — from the right or the left.
By Christine Flowers
Stu Wesbury: Disappearing fathers – a destructive American reality
It’s not “judgmental” to push for something we know is beneficial to children and families: fathers’ involvement in their lives.
By Stu Wesbury
Thom Nickels: Peace, drugs, Earth Day, and murder — a look back at Philadelphia’s Ira Einhorn
The infamous counterculture guru and his local connections.
By Thom Nickels
Guy Ciarrocchi: America — Out of many, one
For too many, the sentiment of unity is no longer in fashion.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
M.J. Galimore: Relentless prosecution of Trump increases his standing in inner cities
Releasing the mugshot was meant to bring Trump down. The opposite has been the result in the black community.
By M.J. Galimore
