March 26, 2025 by Ryan deRoche and Roberta

Midweek News, Frick Museum, Vox Populi juried show, Philly Theater Week, Seven Funny Bits, Giovanni’s Room, Cecily Brown’s Barnes show and much more

Episode 304 – Strap in, art lovers! Roberta, Ryan, Anjali, and Chi pack this week with NYC museum adventures (Frick’s glittering Rembrandts, Odili Odita’s MoMA mural!), Philly Theater Week gems like Seven Funny Bits and Giovanni’s Room, plus urgent talks on trans rights and incarceration.

March 24, 2025 by Lane Timothy Speidel

Carl Cheng, thinker, maker, poet, experimenter, in ‘Nature Never Loses’ at Institute of Contemporary Art

Lane Speidel visits Carl Cheng’s exhibit at ICA several times, taken with the breadth of the artist’s thinking and making in this large retrospective.

February 6, 2025 by Katie Dillon Low

Philadelphia artists need affordable work space, opportunities and funding, says survey

January 1, 2025 by Ryan deRoche and Roberta

Midweek News, Delaware Museum Films, Baldwin in Turkey, Met Museum’s Siena, Guston and Hancock, Peter Panto, Radio plays, 2024 in review and more

January 19, 2024 by Roberta

Amze Emmons opening tonight postponed, James Brantley, Jeff Koons and Scribe Video independent media opportunity

November 21, 2023 by Ryan deRoche

Reflecting on Mural Arts’s ‘Created, Together.’ A National Assembly in Philadelphia

The “Created, Together.” national assembly, hosted by Mural Arts united artists, administrators, community members, and policymakers to exchange knowledge and promote community-centered art-making. Ryan deRoche experiences first hand the impact that extends beyond art creation, fostering mutual aid, community growth, and positive outlooks among participants, emphasizing lasting effects on the communities involved.

November 29, 2022 by Dereck Stafford Mangus

As the world turns, some quirky buildings adapt, here are five

All cities have their quirky old buildings, and Dereck Mangus rounds up five that stand out in Baltimore for their long upstanding facades, which stayed the same as the world changed around them and sometimes their “innards” were made fresh for the times.

September 6, 2022 by Dereck Stafford Mangus

Baltimore murals speak to communities and neighborhoods, a roundup

Dereck Mangus rounds up several Baltimore murals that honor local heroes and adorn the walls of neighborhoods far and wide.