Arts & Entertainment
At Philly’s Fabric Workshop, Jesse Krimes turns incarcerated people’s memories into quilts
“Quilt Elegies” includes a prototype of Krimes’ fabric-based mural designed with people recently released from prison.
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In Philadelphia, a new exhibit shows American independence was not inevitable
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania traces colonists' fractured, decadeslong shift from loyalty to rebellion.
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Wild Horizon festival plants a flag for circus performance in Philadelphia
With the loss of Germantown's Circadium school, a new festival is trying to establish Philly as a hub for contemporary circus.
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Listen 1:07Broad Street Run, Sing Us Home Festival and ‘Romeo & Juliet’ ballet in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
April 30 to May 3: An emo tribute in Delaware, a Meat Loaf musical in Philly and a Kentucky Derby wine fest in South Jersey lead this weekend’s events.
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Listen 5:15The Menzingers and The Mountain Goats to headline Sing Us Home Festival in Manayunk this weekend
The festival, the brainchild of Philadelphia’s own Dave Hause, serves as a homecoming for the musician, who grew up in the Roxborough-Manayunk area.
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Listen 1:07George and Ira Gershwin’s “Let ‘Em Eat Cake” flopped on Broadway in 1933. Opera Philadelphia will revive it for the midterm election season.
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Listen 1:21Philly’s Liberty Museum shows what the World Cup and the First Amendment have in common
“In the Arena” demonstrates how sports exemplify the U.S. Constitution’s Freedom of Assembly.
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Listen 1:41It took 10 years for the children's museum to raise the money to replace its 19th-century marble floors.
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Listen 1:49Studio 2 Extra: Philly author Emma Copley Eisenberg
Studio 2 co-host Avi Wolfman-Arent sits down with Eisenberg to hear why bodies deserve more lines in literature and why "fat" is often the best descriptor.
Air Date: April 24, 2026 1:30 pm
Listen 15:45Philadelphia budget 2026: Isaiah Thomas, Rue Landau want $6 million allocated for arts
With funding turbulence at the federal and state levels, elected officials are calling for the city to pick up some of the slack.
1 week ago
Listen 1:26Why We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents
Linguist Valerie Fridland guides us through the history of accents and why certain ones stick while others disappear, and what they reveal about power, identity and belonging.
Air Date: April 24, 2026 12:00 pm
Listen 51:42Flyers move to brink of sweep of Penguins with Game 3 win as Vladar shakes off injury in net
It sure seemed like the old days of the Broad Street Bullies for the Flyers.
1 week ago
Penn Relays, Philly Black Pride and Flyers and Sixers in the playoffs in this week’s ‘Things to Do’
April 23–26: The Homey Awards in Delaware, a jazz festival in Philly and Florence + The Machine in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 5:09Rocky is headlining the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s new exhibition on monuments, after two decades of drawing millions of tourists to the outside of the building.
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Doylestown free concert series to showcase a ‘diverse palette of voices’ throughout May
The series, known as Concert at the Commons, is scheduled every Thursday in May at Broad Commons Park in Doylestown.
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