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The 2024 Arts Affair logo, with colorful illustrations of a guitar, sax, bird, paintbrush, and palette and a floral border.

The BSR Podcast, season 8, episode 6: meet pro bono arts lawyers at the 2024 PVLA Arts Affair!

Great food, great networking, and great art at PVLA's annual gala

BSR Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Gabrielle Sellei, Shekhinah B., and Chuck Schultz to find out all about the Arts Affair, and what makes this party special on the annual gala scene.
Darnelle Radford

Darnelle Radford

Podcast 1 minute read
Kyle, Neil, and Alaina line up smiling against a faux green backdrop with pink letters spelling JFDI.

Join Broad Street Review's virtual spring events for writers, readers, and arts lovers!

Don't miss our May 29 webinar and our June 6 publishing panel

Join us on Zoom for two exciting BSR events: our latest webinar about review-writing on May 29, and a Philly publishing panel with some of our region's top writers and editors on June 6.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Previews 3 minute read
Two performers in all black formal wear cheers with the host also holding a mic at a small table on stage.

Philadelphia Orchestra presents Orchestra After 5: Haydn and Mozart

A Haydn happy hour

The Philadelphia Orchestra experiments with a new, casual concert format in its Orchestra After 5 series. Cameron Kelsall previews their latest event.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Previews 3 minute read
Backstage at a large theater: large white, red, and blue stage lights shine from the side through misty air.

As we close out 2023, BSR is taking you behind the scenes of our arts journalism

Going backstage at BSR

When we ask for your support, we want to be sure we’re stepping up to explain our work. But whether or not you can donate, if you’re a BSR reader, we bet you’ll enjoy this window on how our stories come to be.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Editorials 4 minute read
A group of four Black cosplayers in costume poses emphatically, joyfully, in a bright indoor space

Five reasons to attend the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention

For the geek at heart

An Nichols previews the 2023 East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention and how it works towards cultural awareness, youth literacy, and building safe spaces for geekdom.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Previews 3 minute read
Close-up on about 16 colorful book spines on a black shelf, including R. Eric Thomas, Kiley Reid, Janet Benton, & Eric Smith

Announcing the first-ever BSR Book Week: July 10-16, 2023

Celebrate the Philly book scene with us!

We're celebrating summer with our first-ever BSR Book Week, July 10-16, 2023, packed with reviews and recommendations. And we want to hear from you, too! Here are all the ways you can join in.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Previews 2 minute read
A logo with SoLow Fest written over a spiraling, faded background

Putting on a show with the 2023 SoLow Festival

Exploring the concept of “mess”

The SoLow Festival is an accessible local arts festival that doesn’t put financial pressure on the artists. This year, it’s exploring the concept of rest. C.M. Crockford previews.
C.M. Crockford

C.M. Crockford

Previews 1 minute read
Collage of Kyle's smiling face, a tasty sandwich ready to bite into, and Kae Lani sipping from a wine glass next to a tree.

Join us for The Power of Food Media: A Conversation with Kae Lani Palmisano & BSR

It’s BSR’s first foodie event!

It’s a great time whenever the BSR community gets together, and we’re branching out to welcome some of the city’s top food journalists for an exciting discussion panel (and delicious local food). Here's everything you need to know.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Previews 2 minute read

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A flyer with ConsentFest in decorative font

YES! presents ConsentFest 2023

Come one, come all! … Only if you want to, of course

YES! brings its ConsentFest to Clark Park this weekend for an afternoon of activities, storytelling, play, and performance centered on anti-oppressive, consent-based, pleasure-focused sex ed. Olivia J. B. Baxter previews.
Olivia J. B. Baxter

Olivia J. B. Baxter

Previews 3 minute read
Einbinder in all “devilish” red silk, hair, makeup, horns, posing while revealing their fangs.

FringeArts brings laughs with the fifth annual Blue Heaven Comedy Festival

Angels, death, and a devilishly good time

FringeArts presents the fifth annual Blue Heaven Comedy Festival celebrating the best and most exciting alternative comedy. Melissa Strong previews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Previews 2 minute read