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On a chancel, a Black male preacher holding a mic and a white female rabbi join one hand and hold it aloft.

Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media Festival presents Lost Cause, All God’s Children, and Fantasy Life

An ambitious lineup of documentaries, drama, comedy, and more

The 2025 Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media Festival imagines Stephen Miller’s Yom Kippur, explores dialogue between a Black church and a synagogue, and evokes Woody Allen with a twist. Stephen Silver reviews.

Stephen Silver

Nov 18, 2025 Reviews 5 minute read

Ornate, high-ceilinged clothing store with Maitin’s banners in the corridor, featuring a blue & orange swooping eagle.

The University of Pennsylvania presents Sam Maitin in We the People and The Mayor of the Arts

Honoring a world-famous artist who chose Philly

Two exhibitions at UPenn explore the work of Sam Maitin, which is an indelible part of our city’s social, civic, and economic fabric—whether or not we know it. Pamela J. Forsythe.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Nov 17, 2025 Reviews 5 minute read

Aerial view of the gardens showing curving paths, green gardens, and trees, with the Philly skyline rising close beyond.

Calder Gardens is a beautiful addition to Philly’s art world

Welcome home, Calder

With major public artworks by the Calder family already dotting the Parkway, our city welcomes the world’s only museum dedicated to Alexander Calder, an endearing native Philadelphian. K.A. McFadden reviews.

K.A. McFadden

Nov 17, 2025 Reviews 4 minute read

Vintage color illustration of a giant, fearful Uncle Sam clutching a US flag while an ocean of immigrants sweeps toward him

The Delaware Art Museum presents Imprinted: Illustrating Race

How illustration defined three centuries of America

Imprinted: Illustrating Race, a powerful and sensitive exhibition exploring the role of published images in shaping our attitudes on race and culture, comes to the Delaware Art Museum. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Nov 17, 2025 Reviews 4 minute read

Dynamic painting of an all-Black party that looks like a bar and a DJ in a fenced backyard with starry night above

Brandywine Museum of Art presents Jerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade

Everyone is worthy of a portrait

The Brandywine Museum of Art mounts its first solo presentation of emerging artist, Baltimore luminary Jerrell Gibbs, who is getting his first solo exhibition with echoes of Rockwell, Homer, and the Impressionists. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Nov 14, 2025 Reviews 4 minute read

Book cover. Title in white, with a syringe for the “i” in Ravishing, above a woman’s face surrounded by a ring light

RAVISHING, by Eshani Surya

We betray our bodies, and they betray us right back

Philly author Eshani Surya’s debut novel, RAVISHING, out Tuesday, November 11, follows Indian American siblings caught in the trap of the beauty industry. Chhaya Nayyar reviews.

Chhaya Nayyar

Nov 11, 2025 Reviews 3 minute read

Gayle and Greer play a psychologist and his patient in an office with small art pieces and a large fern. They both look tired

Theatre Exile presents Max Wolf Friedlich’s Job

Do something you love

Theatre Exile kicks off its 29th season with a darkly funny single-set thriller about what happens when you allow your work to define you, and then take over your life. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Nov 11, 2025 Reviews 4 minute read

Holmes, in a satin peach bathrobe & headscarf, tenderly holds Muhammad, who cries in red satin PJs.

South Camden Theatre Company presents Colman Domingo’s Dot

A touching play by a notable Philly-born actor

South Camden Theatre Company wraps up its 20th anniversary “Season of Love” with Colman Domingo’s Dot, a tale filled with heart and humor guaranteed to delight audiences heading into the holidays. A. Lewis reviews.

A. Lewis

Nov 10, 2025 Reviews 4 minute read

Nixon, in a maid’s uniform, flirtatiously pours a flask into Davis’s coffee cup while he laughs. They are in a hotel room.

The Arden presents Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop

The man beneath the monument

The Arden stages The Mountaintop, Katori Hall’s popular magical realist drama about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final night, his legacy, and what we must do to continue it. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Nov 10, 2025 Reviews 3 minute read

On a set like the outside of a woodland cabin, the actors sit in Adirondack chairs at night, looking contemplatively up.

InterAct Theatre Company presents Amy Berryman’s Walden

Echoes of Thoreau

In an expert production from InterAct Theatre Company, Amy Berryman’s Walden adds a futuristic streak to the fractured family drama. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall