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“Horror allows us to reach into the unknown, to speak on things that often go unspoken,” said Eunice Levis. “For me, it’s about navigating liminal spaces, grief, displacement, magic, through a diasporic lens.”
John Morrison’s 40th-anniversary Boyz II Men book highlights Philly’s role in R&B history, preserving local contributions to the group’s legacy.
AI investments favor Pittsburgh, leaving Philly behind; locals wonder how tech could create union jobs, apprenticeships, and digital equity.
This year’s edition features 92 films across four jam-packed days, alongside a city-wide hum of panels, parties, and performances that reflect the urgency, intimacy, and brilliance of diasporic storytelling today.
The Ebony Canal wasn’t just a film, and this wasn’t just a screening. It was proof of what happens when vision meets a community ready to rise to it.
Black folks also founded, created, and funded their own cemeteries to pay respect to their loved ones. Today, these cemeteries still exist, immortalizing what it means to see the humanity within yourself when others refuse to see or believe in it.
Assembly, by Rashaad Newsome and Johnny Symons, turns Park Avenue Armory into a speculative sanctuary for movement, memory, and Black queer freedom.
Plans for a William H. Gray III memorial at 30th Street Station arrive at a critical moment, honoring Black history amid erasure and revision.
Political earthquakes never copy themselves exactly, but the sudden retirement of Congressman Dwight Evans has created conditions that feel eerily familiar to what Democrats recently saw in New York in the primary for mayor.
Pablo Alarcón Jr. doesn’t believe in accidents. Whether he’s designing the visual identity for BlackStar Film Festival or experimenting with stone lithography, every choice from type scale to tonal contrast is made with care.
For the first time ever, Scribe Video Center is hosting the North Philadelphia History Festival— and it's completely free!
It’s an almost impossible task within the Black Community to find a soul who has not been touched by the power of Orange Chicken or Combination Rice.
For most cities, a new franchise means business deals, ticket sales, branding strategies. For Philly, it means a shift in identity.
There is a well curated, locally made shop featuring home accessories, furniture, apothecary, art and jewelry nestled in the heart of Northern Liberties, called TRUNC Artisans.
When President Trump signed his sweeping new spending legislation into law, he presented it as a victory for fiscal responsibility. The "One Big Beautiful Bill," as it’s been dubbed, promises trillion-dollar savings through deep cuts to programs like Medicaid and SNAP.