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The book cover. The title, in large white letters, is superimposed on a painting of a woman’s face.

Five-Part Invention, by Andrea J. Buchanan

Parents are people, too

Trauma and abuse, as well as the practice of healing, reverberate through five generations of women in Five-Part Invention, a new novel by Philadelphia writer Andrea J. Buchanan. Kirsten Bowen reviews.

Kirsten Bowen

Jul 05, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

Fine-lined black-and-white print of a close-up view of an amaryllis flower, resembling a lily.

Penn’s Ross Gallery presents From Studio to Doorstep: Associated American Artists Prints, 1934-2000

Democratizing American art

This new exhibition of diverse and notable 19th-century prints explores an important corner of American art, when a Depression-era brainstorm made buying fine art accessible to the people. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Jun 30, 2022 Reviews 5 minute read

Four rows and four columns of a tree-like shape stenciled with various shades of black and gray, the title 'thrum' is in red

thrum, by Jon Chaiim McConnell

A timely take on contemporary crisis

The debut work from the Delaware-based author takes on climate change with interweaving dystopian but contemporary stories. Nick Joseph reviews.

Nick Joseph

Jun 28, 2022 Reviews 4 minute read

A view of the gallery: bright white room with windows and plants on a center table. Dozens of news clippings on the wall.

The Print Center presents A Brand New End: Survival and its Pictures

Women’s (liberation) work

With A Brand New End: Survival and its Pictures, the Print Center takes a deep dive into a visual archive of how domestic abuse survivors and advocates support each other and work for change. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Jun 28, 2022 Reviews 5 minute read

Book cover. On a peach background, title & author appear in pale green, with a black & white illustration of 2 people kissing

Little Rabbit, by Alyssa Songsiridej

Power plays

Intimacy, identity, and class complicate the relationships of the artists at the center of Little Rabbit, a novel by Philadelphia writer Alyssa Songsiridej. Kirsten Bowen reviews.

Kirsten Bowen

Jun 27, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

Rehearsal. In a sculptural pose, 5 dancers lift a 6th up. She balances with her arms outstretched. They wear black leotards

Anne-Marie Mulgrew & Dancers Company presents Beautiful Chaos

The possibility of uncertainty

AMM & DCO explores the beauty, hope, and connection that can emerge from chaos in its Home Season Concert Project 35, featuring the premiere of the full-length work Beautiful Chaos. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Jun 27, 2022 Reviews 6 minute read

A Grandma Moses work shows rolling hills crisscrossed by woods and farms, like a quilt, and 2 black horses in the foreground

The Brandywine River Museum of Art presents Dawoud Bey and Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-Taught Artist in America

Making their presence known

Two exhibitions at the Brandywine River Museum of Art demonstrate bold curatorial vision, with Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black and Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-Taught Artist in America. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Jun 21, 2022 Reviews 5 minute read

Stage scene: 3 actors, a white man, a Black man, and a white woman, stand in a 70s kitchen. McCall holds a lamb in his arms

EgoPo Classic Theater presents Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class

Still a giant of the genre

EgoPo Classic Theater finally concludes its survey of Sam Shepard with his brutal, bitingly funny Curse of the Starving Class. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Jun 20, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

4 cast members: 3 teenagers and their dad, sit around a kitchen table in casual clothes, all responding to a phone Dad holds

InterAct Theatre Company presents Hilary Bettis’s 72 Miles to Go…

Beyond borders

This moving drama follows a Tucson family over the years as they live without their mother, who has been deported to Mexico. Kirsten Bowen reviews.

Kirsten Bowen

Jun 20, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

Black stage with a blue-lit backdrop empty except for Erickson and Pujol, in short black costumes, facing each other in duet.

Bryan Koulman Dance presents its Summer 2022 Show

A grand and intimate experience

Bryan Koulman Dance Company marks its return to the stage with several works from its repertory and a world premiere performed by artists from the Philadelphia Ballet and PHILADANCO! Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Jun 20, 2022 Reviews 4 minute read