BY M. SHANE JENKINS Being disabled is like playing life on “hard mode.” As someone who uses a wheelchair, it’s often impossible to visit friends’ houses and there are many bars and restaurants I can’t go to since my stroke because of the steps leading into...
BY C.M. CROCKFORD Pennsylvania’s Film Tax Credit Program, originally established in 2007, offers financial incentives to entertainment companies and movie productions shooting within the state. The credits were intended to help expand the local film industry as well as create new jobs. Pennsylvania’s legislature even increased...
BY KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR The Lenfest Institute for Journalism hosted the 2023 Reimagining Philadelphia Journalism Summit on Monday, November 13, and Tuesday, November 14, 2023. The third annual summit was an opportunity to have open conversations about how to build equity in the Philadelphia journalism ecosystem. Representing the...
With the upcoming Philadelphia municipal elections on November 7, 2023, local artists and creatives reflect on their hopes for the arts and culture sector in the city....
Artists and nonprofits are urging the city government to help an underfunded arts industry. Some in power may even agree....
BY KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR The NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists 2023 National Convention took place at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel from September 7-10, 2023 with 730 members and participants. According to the association's website, their mission is to “advance fair and accurate coverage of LGBTQ+ communities...
BY ANDRE CHERRY Amid the strikes in the film industry, I made the difficult decision, like so many other fans, to attend San Diego Comic-Con. Comic-Con is an annual comic book and popular arts convention that was initially founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention...
Practical Abolition shifts the narrative around the benefits of policing. The animated film imagines what Philadelphia could look like if we invested in healing our communities instead of policing them....
BY KELSEY BROWN When Ufuoma Essi moved to Philadelphia in 2016 for a year-long study abroad program from London, she wasn’t making art or films. Now, Essi reflects on that time as helping her “explore filmmaking as a real possibility.” “Philadelphia has been super formative for me,”...
BY RASHEED ZAIRE AJAMU Little Richard was an exceptional musician who possessed a unique voice and personality. Despite facing internal obstacles due to his identity as a Black, queer, and religious individual, his impact on music was enormous. The documentary feature Little Richard: I Am Everything chronicles...