Marian started her writing career as a poor student in Paris taking commissions to write personalised erotic novellas and has since become an award-winning author of essays and anthologies. Marian ...

Dr. Timaree Schmit is basically an episode of Adam Ruins Everything, but in the shape of a person. She has a PhD in Human Sexuality Education and years of experience in community organizing, ...

Eric Smith is a literary agent and Young Adult author who can often be found rummaging around all of Philadelphia’s used bookstores. As an agent, he’s worked on New York Times bestselling and ...

Noel Bartocci (he/him) is an eclectic writer who’s called Philadelphia home since 2010. He creates content and marketing materials for the healthcare, financial, commerce, and higher ed spaces ...

A. Benjamin Mannes, MA, CPP, CESP, is a Subject Matter Expert in Security & Criminal Justice Reform based on his own experiences on both sides of the criminal justice system. He has served as a ...

I recently went back to my old stomping grounds of Southwest Philly to satisfy my sweet cravings at Fred’s Water Ice (5343 Chester Ave.). I’m trying to take it easy on the sugar, but folks, this is ...

"There was a lot of kind of insanity and a feeling in the air that was very uneasy," the acclaimed filmmaker says now 45 years since arriving in Philadelphia.

It’s mid-June, and we’re still hearing horror stories from people trying to file for unemployment. Your turn: If you have a tale to tell about the fight to get unemployment benefits, we want to hear ...

CJ Higgins (they/them) is a queer and transgender theatre artist who specializes in performance, music, devising, directing, production, and whatever else a show needs at a given moment because that’s ...

Karl Michelfelder is a Philadelphia-based journalist, disc jockey, and philanthropist. After attending Temple University with a degree in communications and a minor in journalism, Karl (under the ...

Don’t miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see 40 leading black dance companies from all over America at THEN NOW NEXT, a dance festival that celebrates legendary and emerging Black dance ...

This spring, Philadelphia is hosting a nearly ludicrous amount of film festivals. There was qFlix last month, both the Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival and Media Film Festival this past ...