Michaela Althouse
Michaela Althouse is a staff writer for PhillyVoice with interests in climate, technology, education and politics. She’s previously written for Technical.ly, Washingtonian Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine, New Project Media and Metro Eireann. She is a Bucks County native who enjoys gardening, exploring Philly and finding the city’s best coffee.
June 18, 2025
Education
Philadelphia teachers union votes to authorize strike amid contract negotiations
The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers voted to authorize a strike Tuesday night. The move gives the union the option to strike if a new collective bargaining agreement is not in place when the current deal expires on Aug. 31. Students return to class on Aug. 25.June 18, 2025
Arts & Culture
Phillies owner John Middleton's art collection to be on display at show opening next year
The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts will host a joint exhibit for the semiquincentennial celebration featuring works from the collection of Phillies owner John Middleton. The show centers around historic and modern pieces depicting life in America.June 17, 2025
Recreation
Lights, colors and jellyfish take center stage at Adventure Aquarium's new Kaleidoscope Cove
Adventure Aquarium's new Kaleidoscope Cove exhibit will open Saturday, June 28. Visitors can check out a glow-in-the-dark jellyfish wall, touchable sea star display and a giant LiteBrite with movable pieces.June 17, 2025
Food & Drink
Mawn's Phila Lorn wins James Beard Award for best emerging chef
Phila Lorn, the owner of Cambodian noodle house Mawn in South Philadelphia, won best emerging chef at the James Beard Awards ceremony Monday night. Other Philadelphia nominees, including Lovers Bar, and chefs Jesse Ito, of Royal Sushi & Izakaya, and Amanda Shulman, of Her Place Supper Club, went home empty-handed.June 16, 2025
Music
Philly musicians rebuke World Cafe Live for firing workers after walkout last week
Singer Rae.Dianz and the punk band The Taxpayers are showing solidarity with the World Cafe Live workers who were terminated after staging a walkout last week. Rae.Dianz canceled her June 26 concert at the venue. The Taxpayers are demanding World Cafe Live rehire the workers, or it will cancel its June 27 show.June 16, 2025
Business
Outdoor pop-up bar opens in former UArts courtyard, with a nod to the defunct school
Frankie's Summer Club, a new outdoor bar, opens Friday, June 20, in the courtyard of the former Frank Furness building at the defunct University of the Arts. The space is designed after a former expansion plan for the school that suggested adding tubed structures to maximize ideal lighting for artists.June 16, 2025
Festivals
Red, White, & Blue To-Do returns to Old City with parade, block party on July 2
The Red, White, & Blue To-Do will bring a concert, parade and more to the area around Independence Mall on July 2. The event, now in its second year, celebrates the day that the Continental Congress declared independence from England in 1776, even though the actual document wasn't signed until a couple days later.June 13, 2025
Recreation
Free Library seeks public input as it develops strategic plan to shape its future
The Free Library of Philadelphia is hosting a series of town hall meetings to seek public input as it develops a strategic plan to shape its future. The first four in-person meetings take place between June 16 and July 16. A virtual meeting and another in-person meeting are still to be scheduled. People also can share their input on a survey.June 13, 2025
TV
New docuseries on 2022 Idaho murders details social media frenzy that followed the stabbings
The first trailer was released for 'One Night in Idaho: The College Murders,' which tells the story of four University of Idaho students who were murdered in 2022. Interviews of the victims' family and friends are shown the clip. The four-part docuseries will premier July 11 on Prime Video.June 12, 2025
Entertainment
'Small Ball,' the musical produced by 76ers exec Daryl Morey, mixes basketball with 'Gulliver's Travels'
'Small Ball,' the musical produced by 76ers team president Daryl Morey, is running through June 29 at Philadelphia Theatre Co. The show follows an American basketball player who joins a team on Lilliput, the island of 6-inch residents from 'Gulliver's Travels.'Just In
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