The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, February 26-March 4, 2026

Baby Everything
February 26-28
FringeArts, 140 North Columbus Boulevard

Lee Minora (Nosejob, White Feminist) brings her 2025 Philly Fringe show back to the stage with a reimagined production of a revelatory day in the life of Baby as she tries to stay sane in a world where suffering comes at you faster than you can refresh your feed.

Runway to Renewal: A Creative Fusion of Art, Fashion, and Empowerment
Thursday, February 26, 6pm
Rutgers University Camden Campus Center, 326 Penn Street, Camden

An innovative live performance celebrating the intersection of art, design, and storytelling by Philly-based artist Margery Amdur. The interdisciplinary performance reimagines the hospital gown as both garment and metaphor transformed by digitally printed textile strips, stitched wire seams, hand-cut overlays, and translucent layers of journal text written by patients.

Riverbend
Thursday, February 26, 12pm
The Reel at Temple Student Center, 1755 North 13th Street

The 1989 independent movie Riverbend from director Sam Firstenberg screens this week, showcasing a once-lost Black indie film. The action drama revolves around three Black Vietnam War soldiers who help a small town organize against a racist sheriff in the Deep South circa 1966.

Revolutionary Botany
Opening Friday, February 27
Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 South 22nd Street

This special exhibition at the Mütter Museum highlights how the Linnean revolution—the methodology of using scientific names to organize and classify species—helped standardize the way medicinal plants were described and catalogued in the US in the years prior to the American Revolution. This paved the way for the creation of the first national pharmacopoeia and led to the development of pharmacy as a discipline separate from medicine.

POTUS, Or Behind Every Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive
February 27-March 7
City Theater at the Delaware Contemporary, 200 South Madison Street, Wilmington

The comedy stars an all-female ensemble as they navigate a very bad day in the White House.

printPHILLY!2026
Saturday, February 28, 10am-4pm
Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street

The Philadelphia Print Consortium hosts printPHILLY! this weekend, marking its fourth year. Over 40 artists, studios, and institutions are participating, giving visitors a chance to interact with printmakers, publishers, print-focused galleries and nonprofits, studios, and more. Riso printing, photography, zines, relief printing, and other formats and techniques will be showcased.

Living Indigenous
February 28-August 23, 2026
Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington

This new exhibition celebrates the creative contributions of Indigenous artists living in and connected to the Delaware community, making space for artists to explore and share what it means to be an Indigenous artist.

Ancient Egypt in Watercolors: Paintings and Artifacts from Dra Abu el-Naga
Opening Saturday, February 28
Penn Museum, 3260 South Street

Egyptian artist and draftsman Ahmed Yousef’s century-old watercolor paintings go on view at the Penn Museum starting this weekend. They were last exhibited in Cairo during the 1920s and have been preserved in the Museum’s archives for more than 100 years. This will be the first time they’ve been on display in the US. The exhibit looks to connect art and archaeology, highlighting elaborately decorated tomb chapels during the 500 years of the New Kingdom.