Philly's Isaiah Zagar is famous for his mosaic murals swirling on hundreds of public walls. Now, fans are invited home to Philadelphia's Magic Gardens for a new show selected from thousands …
Anndee Hochman was at an artists' retreat on October 7, 2023, making things with words. She remembers how poetry works, even as atrocities rage.
Philly writer Elaine Terranova's eighth book, Rinse, shows the author's poetic sensibilities, with lyrical language that captures emotional tones and thrumming silences. Anndee Hochman revie…
Writer Anndee Hochman is used to toggling through life: her mom, her family, her home, her work. So when life got grim, she decided to try juggling for real. How do you learn to catch and le…
While Anndee Hochman faces treatment for osteoporosis, she remembers the different homes we live in, from our bones to our houses, and everything we'll do to keep them standing.
In her second book, Philadelphia photographer Hinda Schuman's sensitive and unflinching lens documents the lives of two women struggling to rebuild their lives after incarceration. Anndee Ho…
This book by longtime Daily News columnist Ellen Cassedy explores the roots of a modern movement for women workers' rights"a fight that continues today. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Anndee Hochman remembers her daughter's childhood in a home that was open to others who needed it. But eventually, the little girl asks: who is that person on the street?
Anndee Hochman was never a dog person … until her daughter brought home a poodle puppy who got into the chocolate. How do we live and love when catastrophe is always waiting?
Philly author Isaac Blum's debut YA novel, The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen, follows an Orthodox Jewish teen in a new town for a fully up-to-the minute story of conviction and contradicti…
A Girlhood: Letter to My Transgender Daughter, a tender, inquisitive, humble, and heartbreaking new book about raising a trans kid, gets it right"in memoir and in parenting. Anndee Hochman r…
Anndee Hochman had no problem getting help when her sense of smell or her sight suffered. But somehow, addressing her hearing loss felt different.
After almost two years of sheltering at home, Anndee Hochman flew to Chile, and experienced a very different response to the pandemic there. What made the difference, and why is it important…
When Anndee Hochman's parents moved to the Philly suburbs in 1965, it was a compromise. Almost 60 years later, the house holds a departed father's heart. It's time to say goodbye again.
Anndee Hochman is a parent. She remembers what a horrible day for schoolkids used to mean: sniffles, the dentist's chair, lima beans for dinner. Today, she teaches fourth graders. The fourth…
A new anthology by Philly writer Ann de Forest explores how we walk, and where, and why that experience means such different things for different bodies. Anndee Hochman reviews.
We know how the story of Germantown High School ended, but how did it begin? A new book explains, and highlights the fault lines that remain in our schools today. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Jim Bear, a hardworking advocate for the power of accessible local media, passed away in March. His G-Town radio colleagues speak with Anndee Hochman about his legacy.
POOL: A Social History of Segregation, an exhibit at the Fairmount Water Works, opens this week after having been delayed by flooding from Hurricane Ida. Anndee Hochman previews.
Anndee Hochman's Walk Around Philadelphia began as a refuge from the first year of the pandemic, but as her route continued into 2022, she remembered that living in Philly is a lifetime of c…
Writer Anndee Hochman makes space for poetry at a New Jersey school of technology, where students prepare for a national contest, and appreciate the masks they're tired of wearing.
The new director of public art in the Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy wants more public art in the city to reflect more identities. Anndee Hochman profiles.
Anndee Hochman considers her decades-long journey of finding what it means to play, integrating play into life, and the life lessons learned from a year of "fun" prompts from friends.
For the 50th anniversary of its graphic arts collection, the Library Company looks beyond the images themselves to highlight what is missing"and why. Anndee Hochman reviews.
A volunteer stint repairing a Germantown row house reprises Anndee Hochman's teenage impulse to wield a hammer in lieu of words, and reminds her that all tools can both create and destroy.