loveyourpark.org<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhere: various parks across the city<\/p>\n
City to City: A Youth Choir Celebration<\/p>\n
Opera Philadelphia brings together the next generation of vocal talent from New York City and Philadelphia for an unforgettable evening of music in the iconic Grand Court of the Wanamaker Building. Experience the power and beauty of the acclaimed Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale, Philadelphia Girls Choir, and Commonwealth Youth Choir, as they fill the historic space with soaring harmonies and vibrant energy. The evening will also feature the majestic sounds of the world-famous Wanamaker Organ, making this a truly one-of-a-kind performance that celebrates the joy of choral singing, the spirit of community, and the enduring connection between two great cities. Tickets required.<\/p>\n
When: Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Wanamaker Building, 100 E. Penn Sq.<\/p>\n
Sip & Pen Pop Up<\/p>\n
In a neighborhood often defined by its challenges, a new story is being written. Sip & Pen, debuts Saturday and is a one-night creative pop-up that blends poetry, music, and a curated night market \u2014 offering proof that Kensington is as much a place of resilience and artistry as it is of struggle. The event will transform Jasper Studios, a historic industrial space, into a vibrant hub of creativity for one evening only. Guests can expect open-mic performances, interactive poetry challenges, live music, and local vendors. With its BYOB atmosphere, fairy-lit photo corner, and exclusive giveaways, Sip & Pen is designed to spotlight community talent and offer an uplifting counter-narrative to a neighborhood too often overlooked. Tickets required.<\/p>\n
When: Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Jasper Studios, 2930 Jasper St.<\/p>\n
\u201dWomanhood: An American Horror Story\u201d<\/p>\n
The Philadelphia Women\u2019s Theatre Festival (PWTF) invites audiences to embrace the eerie and the empowering this November with a bold event that blend horror, art, and womanhood. \u201cWomanhood: An American Horror Story\u201d is a staged reading series showcasing new plays and monologues by local women playwrights that highlight the witchy, the eerie, the supernatural, the horrors of our world today.<\/p>\n
When: Sunday, Nov. 16 from 2\u20134 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Nikki Lopez, 304 South St.<\/p>\n
\u201dJOB\u201d<\/p>\n
Theatre Exile opens its 2025\/26 season with the Philadelphia premiere of Max Wolf Friedlich\u2019s \u201cJOB,\u201d a gripping two-hander directed by Producing Artistic Director Deborah Block. This psychological thriller explores the collision between therapy, technology, and morality as a therapist and patient face an intense battle of intellect and emotion. The play explores how people protect themselves and their communities in a world shaped by pressure, exposure, and digital connection. Set entirely within a therapist\u2019s office, \u201cJOB\u201d shows how quickly trust can unravel and how thin the line can be between helping and controlling, asking what it means to stay human when personal and professional worlds collide.<\/p>\n
When: ends Sunday, Nov. 16<\/p>\n
Where: Theatre Exile, 1340 S. 13th St.<\/p>\n
\u201cWishing to Grow Up Brightly\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWishing to Grow Up Brightly\u201d is a bold new musical inspired by the real-life story of Amanda Morton, co-created with longtime collaborator and Theatre Horizon Co-Founder Matthew Decker, alongside Josh Totora and Brenson Thomas. After the death of her father, Amanda Newton \u2014 a Korean-American adoptee \u2014 returns to her childhood home to help her mother pack up. There, she discovers a trove of his preserved memories, created by a tech company called reMemorex, and is pulled into a surreal and intimate journey through loss, identity, and the questions that have quietly shaped her life. As Amanda searches for connection in the fragments he left behind, she begins to confront a deeper longing: how do you create a sense of home when it was taken from you before you even knew what it was?<\/p>\n
When: through Sunday, Nov. 23<\/p>\n
Where: Theatre Horizon, 401 DeKalb St., Norristown, PA 19401<\/p>\n
\u201dWE ARE ALL FADING\u201d at Morton Contemporary<\/p>\n
From slam dunks to master strokes \u2014 former NBA basketball player Neil Anthony Edwards traded a basketball for a paintbrush, transforming his drive on the court into a powerful meditation on life\u2019s fleeting moments and the legacies we leave behind. After being drafted to play for the Los Angeles Clippers and competing internationally in China, Lebanon, Venezuela, and Italy, Edwards shifted his focus to his first passion \u2014 art. Edwards brings the same discipline, focus, and kinetic energy to painting that once defined his basketball game. The result is work that feels immediate and lived-in: portraits that pulse with presence even as they contemplate the quiet fade of time. In \u201cWE ARE ALL FADING,\u201d Edwards turns style into storytelling. Fashion isn\u2019t decoration \u2014 it\u2019s autobiography \u2014 telegraphing who we are, how we move through the world, and what we hope will endure. His luminous, larger-than-life figures inhabit a charged space between glamour and vulnerability, their surfaces layered with translucent color and unorthodox mark-making. Each canvas holds the now while acknowledging the inevitable: memory softens, edges blur, yet essence remains.<\/p>\n
When: through Sunday, Dec. 7<\/p>\n
Where: Morton Contemporary Art Gallery, 115 S. 13th St.<\/p>\n
20th Annual Juried Art Exhibition<\/p>\n
The 20th Juried Art Exhibition is the center\u2019s largest exhibition of the year, featuring the work of 46 emerging and established LGBTQ+ artists. This year\u2019s exhibition is particularly special as it marks the 20th anniversary of the Philadelphia region\u2019s longest-running annual LGBTQ+ art exhibition and serves as a kick-off to the center\u2019s approaching 50th Anniversary in 2026. Works featured in the Juried Art Exhibition are displayed in the Center\u2019s expansive first-floor lobby and include a wide variety of styles, mediums, and subject matter that will be available for purchase. Profits made from the exhibit support both local LGBTQ+ artists and the Center\u2019s Art and Culture programs.<\/p>\n
When: through Thursday, Dec. 11<\/p>\n
Where: William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe Mountaintop\u201d<\/p>\n
Philadelphia-based Arden Theatre Company is proud to announce its second production of the 2025\/26 season with \u201cThe Mountaintop,\u201d written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall, and directed by Barrymore Award-winning director Brett Ashley Robinson. The 90-minute reimagining of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s final night invites audiences into a deeply intimate and human portrait of one of the most iconic leaders of the 20th century. Set on April 3, 1968, \u201cThe Mountaintop\u201d opens with Dr. King, played by Akeem Davis, returning to his room at the Lorraine Motel after delivering his historic \u201cI\u2019ve Been to the Mountaintop\u201d speech. What begins as a quiet evening takes a turn when he encounters Camae, a mysterious maid played by Kishia Nixon. Over the course of the night, their conversations reveal the man beneath the iconic figure: the humor, doubts, and humanity of someone wrestling with the weight of his calling and the legacy he will leave behind.<\/p>\n
When: through Sunday, Dec. 14<\/p>\n
Where: Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. 2nd St.<\/p>\n
\u201dClay as Care\u201d at the Clay Studio<\/p>\n
The relationship between ceramic art and health is examined through an exhibition, scientific research, a publication, and public programs. The project considers ways in which care manifests in ceramic art and how viewing art and working with clay can promote personal and communal health. The exhibition features artists whose practices address healing, rest, and resilience, including Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Pew Fellow Adebunmi Gbadebo, Ehren Tool, and Maia Chao. Co-Curators Jennifer Zwilling and Nicole Pollard will work closely with The Clay Studio Exhibition Council, partners in the health research field, and the four lead artists to create an exhibition and space that reflects the values of care that we see as inherent in the act of making art with clay.<\/p>\n
When: through Wednesday, Dec. 31<\/p>\n
Where: The Clay Studio, 1425 N. American St.<\/p>\n
\u201dTo Provide a Naval Armament: U.S. Navy & Marine Corps History, 1775 \u2013 1958\u201d<\/p>\n
Philadelphia gave birth to the U.S. Navy twice \u2014 first in 1775 and again in 1794. The later Navy reflected the young nation: ships designed by Quakers, built in shipyards along the East Coast with wood harvested by enslaved people, led by white officers, and crewed by a diverse mix of nationalities, ethnicities, and religions. The Marines of both eras laid the foundation for one of the world\u2019s elite fighting forces. While prominent Philadelphians appear in naval history, the story also lives in the letters and journals of sailors, surgeons, and shipyard workers. In partnership with Homecoming 250, \u201cTo Provide a Naval Armament:\u201d U.S. Navy & Marine Corps History, 1775\u20131958 explores the Navy and Marine Corps through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania\u2019s collections, tracing their evolution from the American Revolution to the early Cold War, all while remaining anchored in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
When: through Friday, Jan. 9, 2026<\/p>\n
Where: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust St.<\/p>\n
\u201dHenri Rousseau: A Painter\u2019s Secrets\u201d at the Barnes<\/p>\n
This fall, the Barnes Foundation will present Henri Rousseau: A Painter\u2019s Secrets, a landmark exhibition of paintings by the self-taught artist Henri Rousseau (1844\u20131910), featuring works from the Barnes collection and museums around the world. With 18 paintings by Rousseau, the Barnes is home to the world\u2019s largest collection of works by the artist, and the Mus\u00e9e de l\u2019Orangerie, Paris, with 11, is home to the second largest collection. This exhibition brings together these important collections, providing an unprecedented opportunity to see works that the French art dealer Paul Guillaume either owned \u2014 now in the Orangerie\u2019s collection \u2014 or sold to Dr. Barnes. Some of these paintings will be reunited for the first time in more than 100 years, while others have never been exhibited together.<\/p>\n
When: through Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026<\/p>\n
Where: The Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.<\/p>\n
\u201cJerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade\u201d at Brandywine<\/p>\n
\u201cJerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade\u201d will survey the first decade of the career of Baltimore artist Jerrell Gibbs (b. 1988). His dynamic, large-scale figurative paintings of family, friends and community focus on everyday scenes of Black life, transforming them into monumental moments that highlight the universal themes of identity, reflection and belonging. Organized by the Brandywine, this project will mark the artist\u2019s first solo museum exhibition and first monographic publication \u2014 and is also the Museum\u2019s first solo presentation of an emerging contemporary artist. The exhibition will feature 30 paintings drawn from both museum and private collections throughout the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n
When: through Sunday, March 1<\/p>\n
Where: Brandywine Museum of Art, 1 Hoffmans Mill Rd., Chadds Ford, PA 19317<\/p>\n
\u201cRuth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design\u201d at AAMP<\/p>\n
The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) presents a cultural milestone exhibition \u201cRuth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design.\u201d The acclaimed exhibition, celebrating the power of art, identity, and imagination, marks its Philadelphia debut with nearly 80 original costumes from films that have shaped global culture \u2014 including \u201cBlack Panther,\u201d \u201cSelma,\u201d \u201cDo the Right Thing,\u201d \u201cAmistad,\u201d \u201cDolomite is My Name,\u201d \u201cComing 2 America,\u201d \u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever\u201d and, for the first time ever, \u201cSinners.\u201d As the first Black woman to win two Academy Awards, Ruth E. Carter has transformed costume design into a form of cultural storytelling, honoring the past while envisioning what\u2019s possible for the future. Her journey from Springfield, Massachusetts, to Hollywood\u2019s most celebrated stages resonates deeply with Philadelphians.<\/p>\n
When: through Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026<\/p>\n
Where: African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch St.<\/p>\n
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