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Four people in glam, appliqued, pink cap-sleeve flight attendant dresses, posing smiling together with one hand on hip.

Philly Fringe 2026: FringeArts presents Priority Hoarding: A Retrospectacle

Check their baggage, and your own

The Bearded Ladies Cabaret joins this year’s curated Fringe with a major new installation in Old City, Priority Hoarding: A Retrospectacle, at the Martha Graham Cracker Memorial Hairport. Evan Schares reviews.
Evan Schares

Evan Schares

Reviews 3 minute read
The DuBois women, in colorful bronze & purple coifs, sit by the artwork with serious expressions, wearing loose blue dresses

Philly Fringe 2026: The Colored Girls Museum presents Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud

A cozy visual feast in a Germantown cultural oasis

The Colored Girls Museum, a real home in Germantown that also serves as a museum celebrating the Black community, joins this year’s Fringe with a special interactive tour. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Reviews 3 minute read
Four diverse dancers interact in a dreamy, sea-like setting, three embracing tenderly and one leaning away.

Philly Fringe 2026: FringeArts presents Nichole Canuso | Branching Paths’ Lunar Retreat

Exploring life’s tides, within and without

Nichole Canuso’s 2026 entry in the curated Fringe Festival creates an immersive experience in University City’s Pearlstein Gallery, where you can choose the length of your adventure. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Reviews 3 minute read
Projected image of a historic Black baseball player projected in a dynamic way on hanging screens & the gallery corner

The Barnes Foundation presents Freedom Dreams

“What kind of world do we want to struggle for?”

In honor of the 250th, the Barnes presents Freedom Dreams, showcasing intriguing and often-hopeful video installations that examine and celebrate Black American culture. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Reviews 5 minute read
View from the top level of a 19th-century stairwell with a large arched window, walls covered with a psychedelic mural.

Meg Saligman presents the Ministry of Awe

Dozens of artists turn capitalism upside down inside a historic Philly bank

The Ministry of Awe, a wild, self-guided experience from Philly artist Meg Saligman and dozens of local creators, has taken over a Frank Furness bank in Old City. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Reviews 5 minute read
Rusted metal base holds a 9-foot vertical cast bronze blue-green sculpture that melds features of humans and cacti.

Grounds for Sculpture presents Salvador Jiménez-Flores: Raíces & Resistencias

A vital look at migration and identity in today’s America

At the Grounds for Sculpture, Salvador Jiménez-Flores explores Mexican immigrants’ present and historical journey to the US, highlighting struggle, justice, and resilience as many try to look away. McCaillaigh Rouse reviews.
McCaillaigh Rouse

McCaillaigh Rouse

Reviews 3 minute read
Dozens of people on the floor of the planetarium watch a film of papers whirling in the sky onscreen above them.

The Franklin Institute and the Galleries at Moore College present Michelle Lopez: Pandemonium

Enter the twister of American history

The Franklin Institute and Moore College partner for Michelle Lopez: Pandemonium, an enveloping reminder that America has been here before, and it’s our turn to find a response in the wind. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read
Collage of 12 headshots of Asian people of different ages, genders, and ethnicities.

Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists presents Philly Asian Futures

Imagining the future for Philly's Pan-Asian community

A multidisciplinary theater project features nine performance installations by local artists that pull from listening circles held with local Asian elders. Krista Mar previews.
Krista Mar

Krista Mar

Previews 3 minute read
Close-up on wooden shelves full of clay cups with different designs, mostly in reds, blues, and grays.

The Clay Studio presents Clay as Care: Ceramic Art and Wellbeing

Clay as power, healing, and catharsis

With Clay as Care, the Clay Studio welcomes four very different ceramic artists to explore the ways attention to art and the work of our hands can heal, empower, and connect us. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Reviews 5 minute read
A Black man wearing black, with variously shaped locs, sits on the floor looking warily off to the left.

Philly Fringe 2025: FringeArts presents nora chipaumire’s Dambudzo

Dambudzo means trouble

nora chipaumire’s “anti-genre” performance installation Dambudzo, part of the curated Fringe Festival, is a postcolonial fever dream. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Reviews 3 minute read