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Good is your enlightened home. Evil is your dark jungle. Only one door separates them; if you cross it, two hands will imprison you in anguish and pain. Never open that door!
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by Will Standish
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10/30/25
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Many of Woodmere's works have gone unseen by the public, stored in vaults at Woodmere’s Charles Knox Smith Hall. Space constraints hindered the museum’s ability to display more of its collection — until now.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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10/29/25
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Rel J. Dowdell, who lived his entire life in Northwest Philadelphia until he took a position five years ago as a full-time director of film studies at Hampton University in Virginia, is a much-honored screenwriter, director, producer and film studies educator.
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by Len Lear
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10/23/25
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Recognizing the Northwest’s surplus of creativity, the Roxborough Development Corporation (RDC) is offering an outlet for these artists to showcase their work through a new gallery called Art on the Ridge.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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10/23/25
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Lara Cantu-Hertzler, a Germantown resident for most of her life, is one of the area’s most prolific artists whose stunning work is currently on display through the end of October at Borrelli’s Chestnut Hill Gallery.
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by Len Lear
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10/16/25
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This summer, the Morris Arboretum & Gardens sign at the corner of Stenton and Northwestern Avenues was draped with supersized red poppies.
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by Zeta Cross and Len Lear
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9/25/25
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The wealthy Chew family, part of colonial Philadelphia’s elite, plunged into such chaos in the mid-1800s it might make soap operas look anemic.
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by Constance Garcia-Barrio
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9/19/25
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Most art exhibitions come with a “Do not touch” sign, but not “Recycled Sounds,” opening at Allens Lane Art Center on Sept. 8.
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by Alaina Johns
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9/11/25
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Thirty local artists, mostly Northwest Philadelphia residents and members of the Northwest Village Network (NVN), will present an exhibition at the Center on the Hill in September.
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by Len Lear
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8/28/25
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As the calendar turns to September, Woodmere is preparing for a busy fall.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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8/28/25
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On Thursday, Aug. 7, Our House Culture Center on Germantown Avenue will host a workshop teaching attendees to make cyanotype prints from family recipes.
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by An Nichols
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7/31/25
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With vivid color and contemporary references, this pop art exhibit at Chestnut Hill’s NoName Gallery offers a refreshing diversion.
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by Pamela J. Forsythe
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7/31/25
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Steve Weinik’s exhibition opened on July 1 at the Awbury Arboretum’s Cope House Gallery.
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by Constance Garcia-Barrio
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7/24/25
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Andrew McElhinney hadn’t graduated from high school by the time he finished his second film, “A Maggot Tango,” in 1995.
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by Ben Silver
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7/17/25
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Brace yourself for a moving journey if you visit “If This World Were Mine,” artist Michael Clemmons’ solo exhibition at Ubuntu Gallery, 5423 Germantown Ave.
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by Constance Garcia-Barrio
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7/17/25
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Aside from being visual feasts, three new Germantown Avenue murals stand as neighborhood biographies and towering testaments to creativity.
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by Constance Garcia-Barrio
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7/10/25
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Gravers Lane Gallery, in partnership with Kensington’s InLiquid Gallery, presents “The Luminous Forest.”
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by K.A. McFadden
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6/12/25
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If you are a fan of “magical realism” and its expression of wonder and intrigue, you just may fall in love with the art of Marie Bender.
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by Len Lear
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6/12/25
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The “Rich Mack Retrospective” highlights the artist’s lifetime of creativity.
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by Len Lear
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5/29/25
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Philadelphia Dance Theatre, a classical ballet school and performing company in Mt. Airy, will host its annual “Breaking Ground” performance for free on June 7.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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5/29/25
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