The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, October 16-22, 2025

You Are Welcome Here; I Saved a Chair for You
Through October 23, 2025
William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce Street

This exhibit features the weavings and drawings by Germantown-based fiber artist Kathryn Pannepacker, who uses the recurring motif of chairs to imply spaces for gathering and creating community. It aims to cultivate a space of radical inclusivity, inviting people to build community and support through a variety of art workshops and community gatherings. The exhibition is closing next Thursday—check it out while it’s here!

Of the Grid: Systems and Structures in Contemporary Art
October 15-December 15
URBN Annex, 3401 Filbert Street

Pearlstein Gallery’s new fall exhibit features 36 artists working in, around, and outside the box—quite literally. Using the constraint of the grid as an integral part of their tactile practice, this exhibition centers Philly artists in dialogue with international contemporaries and historical context.

The Declaration’s Journey
October 18-January 3, 2027
Museum of the American Revolution, 101 South 3rd Street

The MoAR opens its new special exhibition this week, capturing how America’s path to independence directly and indirectly informed the subsequent independence movements of other nations around the world. One of those nations includes Chile, and a printing press used to launch Chile’s first newspaper is one of the pieces on display at this new exhibit. Nearly 20 countries and the stories of their independence will be featured here, with over 120 artifacts for visitors to experience.

The 3rd Annual Hip Hop Cultural Summit
Saturday, October 18, 10am-5pm
Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington

DelArt hosts its annual day-long celebration and conversation exploring hip hop and its cultural impact. Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, co-founder of the legendary group Run DMC, is set to headline the day which includes DJ sets, panels, book signings, MC battles, breakdancing exhibitions, visual art, and more.

Dracula: A Comedy Of Terrors
October 18-November 1, 2025
Curio Theatre Company, 4740 Baltimore Avenue

Curio Theatre Company invites audiences to this reimagining of the timeless tale, promising wordplay, physical humor, and pop culture references you might not see coming. Previews are October 15-17, with opening night kicking things off this Saturday, October 18 at 8pm.

Echoes & Healing: A Community Poetry Experience
Sunday, October 19, 2-5pm
Ubuntu Fine Art, 5423 Germantown Avenue

The final event of this season’s Healing Verse Germantown comes as a three-hour immersive experience that will bring together poetry and creative wellness practices in a space where sharing becomes healing, with a focus on the wounds of gun violence.

Philly Asian Futures
October 22-26
Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine Street, 3rd floor

Step into a magical kitchen, time-travel through Chinatown, sip tea in a ritual ceremony, and wander through a performance garden at Philly Asian Futures—part museum, part adventure, and all imagination. This new multi-disciplinary theatrical project serves as an experiment in collective imagination, bringing together elders from across Philadelphia’s Pan-Asian communities with a team of musicians, writers, dancers, and actors who reflected on lived experiences, expectations, and hopes for the community’s collective future. We’ll be running a preview next week, but we definitely wanted to put this on your radar ahead of time!