Wilder restaurant in Rittenhouse hosts local authors for book dinners
For over a year, Wilder restaurant in Rittenhouse has hosted book dinners every few months, bringing customers face to face…
Rapid City Public Library launches 250 Reading Challenge
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – To celebrate America’s 250th birthday the Rapid City Public Library is inviting the…
‘Longmire’ author Craig Johnson’s Philly connections
I watched and enjoyed the TV crime series Longmire on A&E back in 2012, and I went on…
‘The God of the Woods’ author Liz Moore is working on her next novel
Temple University professor and author Liz Moore confirmed Monday on NPR’s “Fresh Air” that she’s working on her…
2026 Free Library Author Series
When Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor came to the Parkway Central branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia…
Free Library’s most-borrowed book of 2025 was written by a local author
Philly residents checked out all kinds of books from the Free Library this past year — but one…
Exit Bethlehem via the gift shop
After two years of “darkness and silence”, in the words of its mayor, Bethlehem has put its sparkle back…
Holiday gift guide: Here are 14 books with Philly ties
The window to order that personalized cardigan from New Zealand has come and gone, but it’s not too…
Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 – The Brooklyn Rail
Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100Philadelphia Museum of ArtNovember 8, 2025–February 16, 2026Philadelphia, PA Before the Great War, we lived…
Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets
A Painter’s SecretsThe Barnes FoundationOctober 19, 2025–February 22, 2026Philadelphia, PA Henri Rousseau, an artist known for his dreamlike…
Local educator named Pennsylvania’s Teacher of the Year – WPXI
A Greene County educator has been named Pennsylvania’s Teacher of the Year. Madeline Loring is a fourth-grade teacher…
Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets
Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets The Barnes FoundationOctober 19, 2025–February 22, 2026Philadelphia Henri Rousseau’s The Toll Gate (L’Octroi) (1890)…