Gerard Manley Hopkins
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs—
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
August 6, 2026 – October 12, 2026
A powerful collection of essays reflecting on the fiction that has shaped the author and her personal life, navigating themes of resilience and hope.
The Comfort Alice Notley, The Paris Review
A short, sharp poem about finding dark comfort in the possibility of another's unhappiness.
Drop Site News Jeremy Scahill et al., Drop Site News
Independent, reader-funded investigative journalism that digs deep into the stories that matter.
Jeremy Scahill's Newsletter Jeremy Scahill, Substack
Unflinching reporting and analysis from the award-winning investigative journalist.
FILM Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The major theatrical blockbuster of the summer swings onto the big screen.
TV Elle
A Legally Blonde prequel series set in high school, exploring the early roots of the iconic character.
An upscale, snazzy supper club inside the Bellevue Hotel that has become a major topic of conversation due to its atmosphere and dress code.
Film, video, and immersive art installations exploring the stories of Americans of color over the past 250 years. Runs through Sunday, August 9, 2026.
The waterfront transformed into an open-air art gallery for the summer, featuring seven large-scale art installations. Free and open to the public through September 27, 2026.
Semiquincentennial Programming
Historic Philadelphia Inc. is hosting a season of special educational and cultural programming throughout the city to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary, continuing through September 7, 2026.
The only true voyage... would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to see the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to see the hundred universes that each of them sees, that each of them is.— Marcel Proust