Things To DoGot a library card? Unlock free streaming, subscriptions, video games, language lessons, and moreA Free Library of Philadelphia card gets you more than books — think video games, streaming movies, museum passes, musical instruments, and more.
Things To DoGot a library card? Unlock free streaming, subscriptions, video games, language lessons, and moreA Free Library of Philadelphia card gets you more than books — think video games, streaming movies, museum passes, musical instruments, and more.
LifeA Welcome America love story: How one July 4 in Philly led to a marriage, a book, and a shared sense of community
LifeA Welcome America love story: How one July 4 in Philly led to a marriage, a book, and a shared sense of community
BooksA former Obama speechwriter learned to surf with his Joe Rogan-loving brother-in-law. Here’s what happened next.
BooksA former Obama speechwriter learned to surf with his Joe Rogan-loving brother-in-law. Here’s what happened next.
SportsDawn Staley's memoir is as much Philadelphia's story as hersHer memoir, "Uncommon Favor," reveals the making of one of Philadelphia's greatest ambassadors.
SportsDawn Staley's memoir is as much Philadelphia's story as hersHer memoir, "Uncommon Favor," reveals the making of one of Philadelphia's greatest ambassadors.
ObituariesJean Seder, author, journalist, historian, and conservationist, has died at 102 She was a founding member of the Wyncote chapter of the National Audubon Society, and her 1988 book, "A Certain Tract of Land," was about the Crosswicks Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary in Abington.
ObituariesJean Seder, author, journalist, historian, and conservationist, has died at 102 She was a founding member of the Wyncote chapter of the National Audubon Society, and her 1988 book, "A Certain Tract of Land," was about the Crosswicks Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary in Abington.
ObituariesFrancis Davis, celebrated music critic, author, and historian, has died at 78In 2001, he told Joe Maita, publisher of Jerry Jazz Musician: “Writing about music is trying to figure out why it reaches you and communicate that to someone else, hopefully.”
ObituariesFrancis Davis, celebrated music critic, author, and historian, has died at 78In 2001, he told Joe Maita, publisher of Jerry Jazz Musician: “Writing about music is trying to figure out why it reaches you and communicate that to someone else, hopefully.”
WeatherFrom allergies to migraines to arthritis to mood swings, the atmosphere has profound effects on our well-beingThe author of “Something in the Air: A Four-Season Guide to Weather and Health,” being released Tuesday, explains the science and long fascination with how the weather affects our bodies.
WeatherFrom allergies to migraines to arthritis to mood swings, the atmosphere has profound effects on our well-beingThe author of “Something in the Air: A Four-Season Guide to Weather and Health,” being released Tuesday, explains the science and long fascination with how the weather affects our bodies.
BooksWe can thank the Afro Sheen founder for ‘The Sound of Philadelphia’Mount Airy-based writer Hilary Beard dropped everything to help George E. Johnson write his autobiography.
BooksWe can thank the Afro Sheen founder for ‘The Sound of Philadelphia’Mount Airy-based writer Hilary Beard dropped everything to help George E. Johnson write his autobiography.
BooksEight books with Philly roots you should be reading this springMemoir, thriller, historical fiction, and romance, Philly writers are telling a plethora of stories. Here's what we'll be reading.
BooksEight books with Philly roots you should be reading this springMemoir, thriller, historical fiction, and romance, Philly writers are telling a plethora of stories. Here's what we'll be reading.
BooksThe Irish gunrunners of Philadelphia who ferried rifles to the IRAAli Watkins' new book, “The Next One is For You,” details how “the boys in Philly” fueled a guerilla army.
BooksThe Irish gunrunners of Philadelphia who ferried rifles to the IRAAli Watkins' new book, “The Next One is For You,” details how “the boys in Philly” fueled a guerilla army.
EntertainmentTariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter’s perfect Philly day: Dalessandro’s, block parties, and moreTrotter's 2023 hardcover, 'The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are' is this year's One Book, One Philadelphia.
EntertainmentTariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter’s perfect Philly day: Dalessandro’s, block parties, and moreTrotter's 2023 hardcover, 'The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are' is this year's One Book, One Philadelphia.
BooksAt Mother Bethel, Villanova professor previews ‘Last Seen,’ her book about how Black families searched for relatives sold during slaveryVillanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a new book, "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families."
BooksAt Mother Bethel, Villanova professor previews ‘Last Seen,’ her book about how Black families searched for relatives sold during slaveryVillanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a new book, "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families."
MoviesPenn professor Emily Wilson's 'The Odyssey' translation is back in the news, thanks to Christopher NolanChristopher Nolan is making his own version of Homer's epic. Emily Wilson was the first woman to publish a translation.
MoviesPenn professor Emily Wilson's 'The Odyssey' translation is back in the news, thanks to Christopher NolanChristopher Nolan is making his own version of Homer's epic. Emily Wilson was the first woman to publish a translation.
Nation & WorldHow cowriting a book threatened Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s marriageThe former president’s more than two dozen books included nonfiction, poetry, fiction, religious meditations, and a children’s story.
Nation & WorldHow cowriting a book threatened Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s marriageThe former president’s more than two dozen books included nonfiction, poetry, fiction, religious meditations, and a children’s story.
BooksBaldwin’s Book Barn is a literary gem bursting with used books, and maybe a few ghostsFor decades a haven for booklovers, the five-story, 25,000 square-foot antiquarian bookstore is a sea of tomes, bursting with 300,000 rare and vintage books.
BooksBaldwin’s Book Barn is a literary gem bursting with used books, and maybe a few ghostsFor decades a haven for booklovers, the five-story, 25,000 square-foot antiquarian bookstore is a sea of tomes, bursting with 300,000 rare and vintage books.
BooksBest Philly nonfiction books to gift this yearFrom the history of the Schuykill, to Black cowboys, history-correcting chronicles, and essays on friendship.
BooksBest Philly nonfiction books to gift this yearFrom the history of the Schuykill, to Black cowboys, history-correcting chronicles, and essays on friendship.
BooksRemembering poet Nikki Giovanni and her impact on PhiladelphiaThe legendary poet, who died on Monday, Dec. 9, spent some years in Philadelphia, recording an album of poetry and studying social work at Penn.
BooksRemembering poet Nikki Giovanni and her impact on PhiladelphiaThe legendary poet, who died on Monday, Dec. 9, spent some years in Philadelphia, recording an album of poetry and studying social work at Penn.
BooksBon Voyage! Harriett’s Bookshop’s Jeannine A. Cook sends 11 young scholars to Paris for Thanksgiving.Entrepreneur Jeannine A. Cook raised $60,000 on GoFundMe, giving students the chance to see a world beyond Philly.
BooksBon Voyage! Harriett’s Bookshop’s Jeannine A. Cook sends 11 young scholars to Paris for Thanksgiving.Entrepreneur Jeannine A. Cook raised $60,000 on GoFundMe, giving students the chance to see a world beyond Philly.
