Guest Commentary: The Summer that Was a Test Kitchen
Every so often, a city is offered an occasion big enough to justify trying things it’s already been…
Guest Commentary: Plan Now … for 2076
Dear Philadelphia City Council of 2076, Philadelphia has always been a city defined by our grit, innovation and…
RECAP: What We Saw at the Promise of Democracy 250th Summit
This July, just about 10 days after the country — and Philadelphia — celebrated the semiquincentennial of the…
The Citizen Recommends: Founding Faiths
Philadelphia is home to more than 830 historic sacred spaces. Several date back to the 18th century, when…
Guest Commentary: To Celebrate America 250, Be Like Hungary
I admit, heading into this year of well-meaning celebrations and community Liberty Bells, I was ready to be…
The Citizen Recommends: We The People with Ali Velshi
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in the summer of 1776 in a building two blocks from…
The Freedom We’re Forgetting is the Freedom of Assembly
For more than a decade, free speech has dominated civic debate in the United States. We argue over…
Celebrate PA’s 250th at Carpenters’ Hall
In 1776, a group of men gathered in Philadelphia to write a document that declared their independence from…
History Floats on the Gazela, with the PSPG
The tall ship Gazela is not the first thing you notice about Penn’s Landing these days. Lately, the…
Taking the Stage that Trump Set
A year ago, my fellow co-artistic directors and leadership at the Wilma Theater considered how to acknowledge our…
Things to Do For America’s 250th
This year, the United States of America celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding. The American Revolutionary War…
Breaking Bread For Citizenship
The 24 people sitting down to dinner at Reading Terminal Market one Tuesday evening in 2017 were not…