The Daily Dose
Rx for the culture
Manayunk Arts Festival 2026: 300 Artists, One Cover Story, Two Days on Main Street
The Manayunk Arts Festival 2026 opens on Main Street next Saturday, June 27, running through Sunday, June 28 — free...
Barnes on the Block 2026 Returns for a Free Philadelphia Sunday
Barnes on the Block 2026 returns to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Sunday, July 12, from 10am to 5pm —...
Aperol Hour 2026 Is Back at Café Click This Thursday
Aperol Hour 2026 returns tomorrow — Thursday, June 18 — with an evening at Café Click on the Comcast Center...
Elizabeth Catlett: A Network of Black Women Artists Explored at PAFA’s Art at Noon July Event
Elizabeth Catlett spent her career making work the mainstream art world wasn’t prepared for — linocuts and sculptures that placed...
WXPN’s World Cafe Brings Its Sense of Place Series Home to Philadelphia
For years, World Cafe’s Sense of Place series has gone looking for the musical soul of other cities — Rome,...
Father’s Day 2026: Where to Celebrate Dad in Philadelphia
Father’s Day 2026 falls on Sunday, June 21, and the city has assembled one of its stronger holiday lineups in...
Danny Simmons: The Artist Who Chose Philadelphia and Changed It
Philadelphia lost one of its own today. Danny Simmons Jr. — painter, poet, philanthropist, and the man who built Rush...
Wawa Welcome America 2026: The Philadelphia Guide to Every Major Event
For the first time in American history, Philadelphia is marking July 4 as the official 250th anniversary of the Declaration...
Eustace Mamba Brings ‘Lavender’ to Paradigm Gallery
Philadelphia artist Eustace Mamba opens Lavender, his first solo exhibition with Paradigm Gallery + Studio, on July 3 during Old...
Publisher to Painter: Artist Allan Lane Returns to the Canvas
For years, the artist Allan Lane has been a familiar force in Philadelphia’s creative orbit. Depending on where you met...
Morgan Overton Opens “America: 500” at NoName Gallery
Morgan Overton is asking a question that puts the country’s anniversary culture on notice: not where has America been for...
Philly Surf Club Opens Below the Divine Lorraine on North Broad Tonight
Philly Surf Club opens tonight at 699 N. Broad Street, in the lower level of the Divine Lorraine, as a...
East Passyunk World Cup Block Party Series: 3 Evenings on 3 Blocks This Summer
The first East Passyunk World Cup block party is this Friday. The East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District is hosting...
World Cup 2026 Watch Parties in Philadelphia: A Guide to the Summer’s Options
Philadelphia is hosting six World Cup matches between June 14 and July 4. The World Cup 2026 watch parties that...
Eastern State Penitentiary Summer 2026 Programs With Juneteenth Festival, FIFA Programming and More
Eastern State Penitentiary Summer 2026 opens its busiest season in years with a concentrated run of programming that uses the...
Cappelli’s Bros. Cheesesteaks Opens at Gather Food Hall in University City
The Cappelli brothers have been building on a single block in Midtown Village for years. Pizzeria Cappelli and Cappelli Brothers...
“Just Us” Opens at the Barnes Foundation June 26, Featuring Artists From the Rec Crew and SCI Phoenix
This summer, the Barnes Foundation and Mural Arts Philadelphia present Just Us, a new exhibition of original work by artists...
Blue Sole Shoes Father’s Day: Steve Jamison Is Dressing a Philadelphia Dad, Head to Toe
Blue Sole Shoes Father’s Day contest is not a typical gift giveaway. Steve Jamison, who has run the Center City...
Marcus De Paula Opens Interstice at Wexler Gallery in Fishtown This Week
Marcus De Paula works with stone formed hundreds of millions of years ago and drives light through it. His first...
Kurt Vile’s Philadelphia’s Been Good To Me Is a Love Letter to the City He Never Left
Philadelphia in 2026 is a city asserting itself — the Semiquincentennial, the World Cup, a moment that calls for artists...




















