Tuesday, July 29, 2025
The Wanamaker Building in Center City has been standing empty since Macy's left, but the public is invited back soon for a new arts program, and the continuation of popular holiday events. A…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Are you an aspiring or emerging critic? Are you a journalist who is curious about getting started as a reviewer? Are you an arts-lover who wants an inside look at how critics work? These cla…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:17PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 1, 2025
With partisan politics so toxically entrenched in America, it can be tough to admit that you're open to change. This Fourth of July, Alaina Johns is thinking about her conservative upbringin…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 17, 2025
The June 14 No Kings Day, organized to reclaim the American flag and oppose unconstitutional actions by the Trump administration in favor of democracy and the rule of law, drew millions of m…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:31PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 10, 2025
A "doomsday" budget that would slash SEPTA service by 45 percent and raise fares by more than 20 percent poses an existential threat to Philly's cultural sector. But if we all speak up now, …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:50PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 4, 2025
In honor of our third annual BSR Book Week, the BSR team offers book recommendations on a theme: reading as an act of resistance. These books inspire us, help us focus and understand the wor…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:42AM[SHARE]Friday, May 23, 2025
The BSR team is excited for our third annual Book Week, running June 1-7, 2025. We have reviews, giveaways, recommendations, and a virtual panel event with awesome Philly authors. Here's eve…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:13PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 20, 2025
When he first brought up pick-your-price tickets, Opera Philadelphia president Anthony Roth Costanzo says there were a lot of naysayers. He tells Alaina Johns how it all turned out, and why …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:43PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Recent reporting showed Philly's arts and culture budget is getting yet another proposed cut from the mayor, but arts leaders say the truth is more complicated, and they urge public advocacy…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Philly actors Jered McLenigan and Matteo Scammell trade off roles in Rift: or White Lies, now getting its rolling world premiere at InterAct, about two brothers with very different lives str…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:40PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Criticism or dismissals of the "Hands Off" protests sweeping the US this April aren't just coming from the right. Some left-wing voices are discounting the protest as well. Both sides are ig…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:47PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Philly author Liz Moore's bestselling novel Long Bright River, set in Kensington, is now a TV series streaming this week on Peacock. The show's stars and consultants joined a March 7 panel a…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Solidarity doesn't just mean supporting justice today. It means honoring the work of past activists and realizing that we stand with them. Alaina Johns asks if we will despair, or if we'll c…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:56PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Three hundred and sixty-four days a year, most of society puts romance above any other kind of relationship. Then, on Valentine's Day, the message gets even harder to escape. Alaina Johns lo…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:00PM[SHARE]Quixotic Professor Qiu, now getting its world premiere at InterAct, follows a Chinese American math professor targeted by the FBI in a satire with timely resonance for Philly. Alaina Johns r…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:28PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 4, 2025
This is no time to wring your hands. If you care about US democracy and its role in our cultural sector, it's time to act. For some people, that means calling Congress for the first time. Al…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:33PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Two days after Trump was inaugurated again, City Council held a hearing on how Philly can protect vulnerable residents from the new administration, drawing testimony from civil-rights advoca…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Coping with fear of disasters, irrational thoughts, constant crisis, and crushing sadness is just an ordinary day in America. Folks who have been in psychiatric treatment have always known h…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:20PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 14, 2025
After more than two years of painful controversy over a proposed arena on the edge of Philly's Chinatown and a massive legislative package, the Philadelphia 76ers joined hands with Comcast a…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:14PM[SHARE]Monday, December 23, 2024
Alaina Johns is not going to rate her favorite 2024 reads, but she will offer you some micro-reviews, so you can figure out if you'd like to read them, too! Everyone is different, and books …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:29PM[SHARE]The BSR Year-End Recommend is back for 2024! Our team shares their favorite movies, books, TV shows, podcasts, newsletters, music, and more.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 12, 2024
We offer a huge range of opinions here at BSR, from journalists who know what they're talking about. But this diversity of opinion is built on the value of respect for our shared humanity. W…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:58PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Everyone deserves a chance to learn the basics of good PR, especially artists and other independent creators and administrators. Join our November 21 HELP US HELP YOU webinar for tons of tip…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:56PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Prolific curator and Streets Dept blog founder Conrad Benner is back with To the Polls 2024, a bi-annual nonpartisan project from Mural Arts urging Philadelphians"who may decide this Preside…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:32PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 24, 2024
New York solo artist Kaila Galinat made her Philly debut in this year's Fringe with ok, bye!, a standout show that fearlessly explores the universally human experience of rejection. Alaina J…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:34PM[SHARE]A Baltimore-based theater company makes its Philly debut with I Will Eat You Alive: A Play in the Form of a Dinner Party, a pro-fat manifesto tackling the cruelties of body discrimination. A…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Chris Davis continues his tradition of audience-pleasing solo Fringe shows with The 40-Year-Old Ballerino, one of his most personal creations to date. Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 4, 2024
The Fringe calendar is always a bit overwhelming: with hundreds of performances throughout the city, where should you begin? Alaina Johns helps out by sharing some of the shows that caught h…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:50AM[SHARE]The Philadelphia Fringe Festival happens in venues throughout the city, and this year, more shows are popping up in South Philly than ever before. Alaina Johns rounds up the ones she's hopin…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:40AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 20, 2024
A Well-Trained Wife, Tia Levings's gripping new memoir about her path in and out of a high-control Christian religion, is also an urgent warning to US voters who care about women's rights. A…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:05PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Disability Intimacy, the second essay collection from editor Alice Wong, dives into the ocean of human connection with a disability lens, from dating, sex, and kink to caregiving, parenting,…
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