Playboi Carti comes to Philly
On Monday, genre-defying rapper Playboi Carti bring his highly-anticipated Antagonist Tour to the Xfinity Mobile Arena. This is Playboi Carti’s first solo headline tour since 2021, where he took several cities by storm in support of his first #1 album on the Billboard 200 chart Whole Lotta Red including sold out shows at The Forum in LA, Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and Red Rocks in Denver. Support for the tour includes rappers Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely, and Homixide Gang, which will be their first time hitting the road as an Opium Collective. Over the past few years, these artists have garnered a passionate fan base and widespread critical acclaim.
When: Monday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
Where: Xfinity Mobile Arena, 3601 S. Broad St.
An Evening With Samara Joy
In a remarkably short time, this extraordinary young vocalist has leapt from newcomer to bona fide star status, conquering the GRAMMY Awards three years in a row, with a perfect score of five wins for five nominations. Among her other conquests are the critics, who lavish praise upon Joy’s creamy voice, pitch-perfect tone and engaging, intuitive way with lyrics — hailing her as a reincarnation of Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holliday, with a special something of her own.
When: Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
Where: Miller Theater, 250 S. Broad St.
”The Snow Queen” at the Wilma
Directed by Co-Artistic Director Yury Urnov, this adaptation of Evgeny Schwartz’s play transforms Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale into a political parable disguised as a children’s story, where love and loyalty challenge a world of greed and control. It’s also the Wilma’s first-ever family production, inviting younger audiences into the company’s signature mix of bold movement, layered storytelling, and visual experimentation. The result is a stage that feels like a living storybook, collapsing boundaries between fable, satire, and social commentary.
When: Tuesday, Nov. 11-23
Where: The Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St.
Philly’s Urban Job Fair & Resource Village
Job seekers from the tri-state region are strongly urged to attend the citywide Philly Urban Job Fair & Resource Village. The job fair includes 87 employers and community agencies. Job seekers, come dressed to impress and bring updated copies of your résumé. An onsite mobile computer lab will be available for job seekers to apply for preferred jobs at the event. Adult professionals, military veterans, and recent college grads from the Tri-state region are strongly urged to attend this free public hiring event. The event is free and open to all adult job seekers.
When: Thursday, Nov. 13 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Where: The Liacouras Center, 1776 N. Broad St.
Book launch honors the region’s history ahead of America’s 250th
Join Independence Historical Trust and the Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation for a special evening celebrating “Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century,” a landmark three-volume publication from the University of Pennsylvania Press that redefines the story of the region and its role in shaping the nation. As Philadelphia prepares to lead the nation in commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence, The “Greater Philadelphia Region” (Vol. 1),” “Greater Philadelphia and the Nation (Vol. 2),” and “Greater Philadelphia and the World (Vol. 3)” offer fresh, engaging, richly illustrated, and inclusive retellings of our region’s history from leading scholars and local voices. “Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century” unearths hidden stories, celebrates points of pride, and illuminates the complex connections that define the city, its suburbs, and its people. Free and open to the public.
When: Thursday, Nov. 13 from 5:30-7 p.m.
Where: Liberty View Ballroom, 599 Market St.
”Stories My Father Told Me” opening reception
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture Gallery presents “Stories My Father Told Me,” a solo exhibition by renowned artist Helen Zughaib. Through 25 paintings, Zughaib brings a vivid world alive—a world derived from the stories that her father would relay to her and her siblings while growing up in Lebanon. Though rooted in her specific familial experience, the exhibition speaks to something universal: the enduring power of storytelling to bridge generations and preserve identity. Each painting invites viewers to recall their own storytellers, to hear echoes of familiar voices, and to find themselves within a shared fabric of belonging.
When: Thursday, Nov. 13 from 6-9 p.m.
Where: Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture Gallery, 310 W. Master St.
Pints for North Light benefit returns to Manayunk
A Manayunk and Roxborough tradition is back and it’s bigger than ever! Come hungry from food and drink from some of Northwest Philly and the region’s top food and drink names. North Light Community Center will host its 17th Annual Pints for North Light, a signature fall fundraiser bringing together hundreds of friends, neighbors, and local businesses for a night filled with craft beer, local food, raffle prizes, and community spirit all to support North Light’s programs for children, teens, and families. Proceeds benefit North Light’s essential community work from food pantry services and youth programs to summer camps and family support resources. Tickets required.
When: Thursday, Nov. 13 from 6-10 p.m.
Where: Manayunk Brewing Company, 4120 Main St.
Oyster Fest at Reading Terminal Market
Reading Terminal Market will host its annual Oyster Fest event, an exclusive, after-hours fundraiser which is limited to 250 tickets and features a dozen locally harvested oysters, each paired with local beer, wine, and spirits. This walk-around-style experience showcases more than a dozen varieties of freshly shucked and succulent East Coast oysters and mignonettes provided by Barnegat Oyster Collective and Cape Harbor Shellfish. Each unique oyster is paired with a local craft beer selected by beverage partner and Reading Terminal merchant Molly Malloy’s, wine courtesy of Delicato Family Wines, and Stateside Vodka samplings.
When: Thursday, Nov. 13 from 7-9 p.m.
Where: Reading Terminal Market, 52 N. 12th St.
Love Your Park Fall Weekend
This weekend, more than 100 local park volunteer groups are hosting cleanups across the city to care for Philadelphia’s public spaces, plant trees and shrubs, and prepare parks for the winter season. Love Your Park Weekend is an annual celebration of Philadelphia’s public parks. Volunteer events will focus on a range of activities depending on park needs, including planting and caring for trees, collecting leaves, and removing litter. Tools and gloves will be provided and park lovers of all ages and skill levels are welcome. To volunteer at one of the clean-ups, anyone can register at loveyourpark.org.
Where: various parks across the city
City to City: A Youth Choir Celebration
Opera Philadelphia brings together the next generation of vocal talent from New York City and Philadelphia for an unforgettable evening of music in the iconic Grand Court of the Wanamaker Building. Experience the power and beauty of the acclaimed Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale, Philadelphia Girls Choir, and Commonwealth Youth Choir, as they fill the historic space with soaring harmonies and vibrant energy. The evening will also feature the majestic sounds of the world-famous Wanamaker Organ, making this a truly one-of-a-kind performance that celebrates the joy of choral singing, the spirit of community, and the enduring connection between two great cities. Tickets required.
When: Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Wanamaker Building, 100 E. Penn Sq.
Sip & Pen Pop Up
In a neighborhood often defined by its challenges, a new story is being written. Sip & Pen, debuts Saturday and is a one-night creative pop-up that blends poetry, music, and a curated night market — offering proof that Kensington is as much a place of resilience and artistry as it is of struggle. The event will transform Jasper Studios, a historic industrial space, into a vibrant hub of creativity for one evening only. Guests can expect open-mic performances, interactive poetry challenges, live music, and local vendors. With its BYOB atmosphere, fairy-lit photo corner, and exclusive giveaways, Sip & Pen is designed to spotlight community talent and offer an uplifting counter-narrative to a neighborhood too often overlooked. Tickets required.
When: Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Jasper Studios, 2930 Jasper St.
”Womanhood: An American Horror Story”
The Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival (PWTF) invites audiences to embrace the eerie and the empowering this November with a bold event that blend horror, art, and womanhood. “Womanhood: An American Horror Story” is a staged reading series showcasing new plays and monologues by local women playwrights that highlight the witchy, the eerie, the supernatural, the horrors of our world today.
When: Sunday, Nov. 16 from 2–4 p.m.
Where: Nikki Lopez, 304 South St.
”JOB”
Theatre Exile opens its 2025/26 season with the Philadelphia premiere of Max Wolf Friedlich’s “JOB,” a gripping two-hander directed by Producing Artistic Director Deborah Block. This psychological thriller explores the collision between therapy, technology, and morality as a therapist and patient face an intense battle of intellect and emotion. The play explores how people protect themselves and their communities in a world shaped by pressure, exposure, and digital connection. Set entirely within a therapist’s office, “JOB” shows how quickly trust can unravel and how thin the line can be between helping and controlling, asking what it means to stay human when personal and professional worlds collide.
When: ends Sunday, Nov. 16
Where: Theatre Exile, 1340 S. 13th St.
“Wishing to Grow Up Brightly”
“Wishing to Grow Up Brightly” is a bold new musical inspired by the real-life story of Amanda Morton, co-created with longtime collaborator and Theatre Horizon Co-Founder Matthew Decker, alongside Josh Totora and Brenson Thomas. After the death of her father, Amanda Newton — a Korean-American adoptee — returns to her childhood home to help her mother pack up. There, she discovers a trove of his preserved memories, created by a tech company called reMemorex, and is pulled into a surreal and intimate journey through loss, identity, and the questions that have quietly shaped her life. As Amanda searches for connection in the fragments he left behind, she begins to confront a deeper longing: how do you create a sense of home when it was taken from you before you even knew what it was?
When: through Sunday, Nov. 23
Where: Theatre Horizon, 401 DeKalb St., Norristown, PA 19401
”WE ARE ALL FADING” at Morton Contemporary
From slam dunks to master strokes — former NBA basketball player Neil Anthony Edwards traded a basketball for a paintbrush, transforming his drive on the court into a powerful meditation on life’s fleeting moments and the legacies we leave behind. After being drafted to play for the Los Angeles Clippers and competing internationally in China, Lebanon, Venezuela, and Italy, Edwards shifted his focus to his first passion — art. Edwards brings the same discipline, focus, and kinetic energy to painting that once defined his basketball game. The result is work that feels immediate and lived-in: portraits that pulse with presence even as they contemplate the quiet fade of time. In “WE ARE ALL FADING,” Edwards turns style into storytelling. Fashion isn’t decoration — it’s autobiography — telegraphing who we are, how we move through the world, and what we hope will endure. His luminous, larger-than-life figures inhabit a charged space between glamour and vulnerability, their surfaces layered with translucent color and unorthodox mark-making. Each canvas holds the now while acknowledging the inevitable: memory softens, edges blur, yet essence remains.
When: through Sunday, Dec. 7
Where: Morton Contemporary Art Gallery, 115 S. 13th St.
20th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
The 20th Juried Art Exhibition is the center’s largest exhibition of the year, featuring the work of 46 emerging and established LGBTQ+ artists. This year’s exhibition is particularly special as it marks the 20th anniversary of the Philadelphia region’s longest-running annual LGBTQ+ art exhibition and serves as a kick-off to the center’s approaching 50th Anniversary in 2026. Works featured in the Juried Art Exhibition are displayed in the Center’s expansive first-floor lobby and include a wide variety of styles, mediums, and subject matter that will be available for purchase. Profits made from the exhibit support both local LGBTQ+ artists and the Center’s Art and Culture programs.
When: through Thursday, Dec. 11
Where: William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.
”The Mountaintop”
Philadelphia-based Arden Theatre Company is proud to announce its second production of the 2025/26 season with “The Mountaintop,” written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall, and directed by Barrymore Award-winning director Brett Ashley Robinson. The 90-minute reimagining of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final night invites audiences into a deeply intimate and human portrait of one of the most iconic leaders of the 20th century. Set on April 3, 1968, “The Mountaintop” opens with Dr. King, played by Akeem Davis, returning to his room at the Lorraine Motel after delivering his historic “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. What begins as a quiet evening takes a turn when he encounters Camae, a mysterious maid played by Kishia Nixon. Over the course of the night, their conversations reveal the man beneath the iconic figure: the humor, doubts, and humanity of someone wrestling with the weight of his calling and the legacy he will leave behind.
When: through Sunday, Dec. 14
Where: Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. 2nd St.
”Clay as Care” at the Clay Studio
The relationship between ceramic art and health is examined through an exhibition, scientific research, a publication, and public programs. The project considers ways in which care manifests in ceramic art and how viewing art and working with clay can promote personal and communal health. The exhibition features artists whose practices address healing, rest, and resilience, including Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Pew Fellow Adebunmi Gbadebo, Ehren Tool, and Maia Chao. Co-Curators Jennifer Zwilling and Nicole Pollard will work closely with The Clay Studio Exhibition Council, partners in the health research field, and the four lead artists to create an exhibition and space that reflects the values of care that we see as inherent in the act of making art with clay.
When: through Wednesday, Dec. 31
Where: The Clay Studio, 1425 N. American St.
”To Provide a Naval Armament: U.S. Navy & Marine Corps History, 1775 – 1958”
Philadelphia gave birth to the U.S. Navy twice — first in 1775 and again in 1794. The later Navy reflected the young nation: ships designed by Quakers, built in shipyards along the East Coast with wood harvested by enslaved people, led by white officers, and crewed by a diverse mix of nationalities, ethnicities, and religions. The Marines of both eras laid the foundation for one of the world’s elite fighting forces. While prominent Philadelphians appear in naval history, the story also lives in the letters and journals of sailors, surgeons, and shipyard workers. In partnership with Homecoming 250, “To Provide a Naval Armament:” U.S. Navy & Marine Corps History, 1775–1958 explores the Navy and Marine Corps through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s collections, tracing their evolution from the American Revolution to the early Cold War, all while remaining anchored in Philadelphia.
When: through Friday, Jan. 9, 2026
Where: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust St.
”Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets” at the Barnes
This fall, the Barnes Foundation will present Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets, a landmark exhibition of paintings by the self-taught artist Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), featuring works from the Barnes collection and museums around the world. With 18 paintings by Rousseau, the Barnes is home to the world’s largest collection of works by the artist, and the Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, with 11, is home to the second largest collection. This exhibition brings together these important collections, providing an unprecedented opportunity to see works that the French art dealer Paul Guillaume either owned — now in the Orangerie’s collection — or sold to Dr. Barnes. Some of these paintings will be reunited for the first time in more than 100 years, while others have never been exhibited together.
When: through Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026
Where: The Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.
“Jerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade” at Brandywine
“Jerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade” will survey the first decade of the career of Baltimore artist Jerrell Gibbs (b. 1988). His dynamic, large-scale figurative paintings of family, friends and community focus on everyday scenes of Black life, transforming them into monumental moments that highlight the universal themes of identity, reflection and belonging. Organized by the Brandywine, this project will mark the artist’s first solo museum exhibition and first monographic publication — and is also the Museum’s first solo presentation of an emerging contemporary artist. The exhibition will feature 30 paintings drawn from both museum and private collections throughout the United States and Europe.
When: through Sunday, March 1
Where: Brandywine Museum of Art, 1 Hoffmans Mill Rd., Chadds Ford, PA 19317
“Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design” at AAMP
The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) presents a cultural milestone exhibition “Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design.” The acclaimed exhibition, celebrating the power of art, identity, and imagination, marks its Philadelphia debut with nearly 80 original costumes from films that have shaped global culture — including “Black Panther,” “Selma,” “Do the Right Thing,” “Amistad,” “Dolomite is My Name,” “Coming 2 America,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and, for the first time ever, “Sinners.” As the first Black woman to win two Academy Awards, Ruth E. Carter has transformed costume design into a form of cultural storytelling, honoring the past while envisioning what’s possible for the future. Her journey from Springfield, Massachusetts, to Hollywood’s most celebrated stages resonates deeply with Philadelphians.
When: through Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026
Where: African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch St.
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