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3 weeks ago | 
northernexpress.com | Stephen Tuttle |Ross Boissoneau |Anna Faller |Ellen Miller
Spectator By Stephen Tuttle | June 7, 2025 A word first coined by a Polish author in 1944, “genocide” is defined by Amnesty International as the killing or destruction of specific ethnic, racial, national, or religious groups or nationalities with the intent of fully destroying them.
Sadly, these kinds of horrors have existed pretty much forever. History lists hundreds of genocides all over the globe.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Abby McKiernan |Ross Boissoneau |Ellen Miller |Geri Dietze
Fiber artist Kristina Nichols talks creations and connections By Abby McKiernan | Nov. 16, 2024 Weaving is an art that has bridged ancient techniques with modern innovations, offering a creative journey that reaches across cultures, history, and technology.
For Kristina Nichols, Interlochen artisan and founder of Just a Little Warped, weaving is a way to connect with this deep-rooted history while crafting pieces that merge functionality with beauty.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
xpn.org | Ellen Miller
Craig Finn | photo by Ellen C MillerConcert ReviewsThe Hold Steady frontman was joined by Katy Kirby in Philly on Sunday night. After a “fantastic show in NYC” (his words), Craig Finn made his way south with Katy Kirby on Sunday for show number five of the U.S. segment of his “This Is What It Looks Like: Solo Songs and Stories” tour. From the beginning, geography and people were the two main recurring themes of the show, in both the stories and the songs shared.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
xpn.org | Ellen Miller
Dressed to impress with disco ball cowboy hats and sequin boots, excited concert goers showed up ready for an incredible Friday night with Orville Peck at The Met. Peck came through Philadelphia on his Stampede tour with Vincent Neil Emerson and Nikki Lane as his support. Despite doors opening at the early hour of six o’clock, the floor filled early with eager fans ready to get their weekend started.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
xpn.org | Ellen Miller
British indie-rock / post-punk band Yard Act came through Philadelphia Thursday night during their trip across the pond. Based in Leeds, UK the band — made up of James Smith, Ryan Needham, Sam Shipstone, and Jay Russell — put out their debut album The Overload at the start of 2022. Now the quartet is touring internationally with their latest release, Where’s My Utopia? which they released in March of 2024.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
xpn.org | Ellen Miller
Six-piece country-rock band The Red Clay Strays came through Philadelphia on a Thursday night to play their new album Made by These Moments at The Fillmore. Fans came out early on October 3rd, decked out in their best cowboy hats and boots, ready for a good time as the XPN Artist To Watch played to its biggest Philly crowd yet. The show was kicked off by the Canadian-rock band, The Glorious Sons.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Karl Klockars |Art Bukowski |Ross Boissoneau |Ellen Miller
Welcome to Steve's Smokin' BBQ and Firebird Pizza By Karl Klockars | Oct. 5, 2024 For more than 20 years and through thousands of smoked turkey legs, Steve’s Smokin’ BBQ has been a landmark at fairs and festivals from Traverse City to Arizona and back, not the least of which is the National Cherry Festival. This summer, owner Steve Randell and his son Logan both added a new line to their resume: brick-and-mortar restaurateurs.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
thinkingdance.net | Ellen Miller
In endings, beginnings; in presence, healing
Speaking into the mic propped in front of them, marisa illingworth jokes that the stool they perch on is wobblier than expected. Illingworth’s show alternates between monologues and movement practice; the latter, they explain, is how they are practicing presence. authentic grief baby monologue is born out of many things, but none more centric to the piece than the loss of their mother.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
thinkingdance.net | Ellen Miller
Sound takes us back: an exploration of audio memories
In a fourth-floor theater at Christ Church Neighborhood House, Germaine Ingram enters the stage carrying a box. She is dressed in yellow. As the audience continues to trickle in, Jungwoong Kim crawls in, a bundle of reeds (long, flat, wide raffia-like) strapped to his back. He moves as in slow motion, his hands cupped, sides of his palms touching the floor as he crawls forward.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
thinkingdance.net | Ellen Miller
Homage to the Passed
“Is this a ghost tour?” a person passing by asks. “It’s a performance,” I correct, not realizing how prescient their question will prove to be. On Buried Ground opens at Christ Church Burial Ground at twilight. Tiny, lit bulbs are scattered across the ground, the burial stones, the standing headstones. We meet performer Arianna Polite in front of the grave of Benjamin Franklin.
