Arts & Entertainment
76ers need better Harden, healthy Embiid to contend in East next season
Sixers basketball President Daryl Morey said Doc Rivers will return for a third season as coach.
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Actor Fred Ward dies. He had the right stuff in movies from ‘Tremors’ to ‘The Player’
Ward died on Sunday at age 79.
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Known online as ACO Jess, she just wants people to understand her job.
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A Bala Cynwyd fourth-grader hatches crafty plan to help Ukraine
Mia Ellen Ruggieri of Bala Cynwyd made 100 earrings to help raise money for people in Ukraine. She’s only 9 years old.
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Listen 2:09Yo, it’s back. Philly’s Jewish museum reopens after 26 months closed
Philly’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History comes back after the pandemic and bankruptcy as a forum for contemporary issues.
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Listen 1:26Heat beat 76ers 99-90 in Game 6 to advance to East finals
The Heat will play the winner of the Milwaukee-Boston series.
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Visit Philadelphia names 1st Black woman as president/CEO
According to Angela Val, she might be the first Black woman to lead the non-profit tourism group, but she doesn’t expect to be the last.
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Highlights in and around Philly this weekend include Interpol at the Met, Philly film fest, and a quirky car race and street fest in Kensington.
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Nikola Jokic captures 2nd straight NBA MVP title, Sixers’ Embiid finishes runner-up
The 27-year-old from Serbia averaged 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists to take home MVP honors.
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Arts groups call on Philly to help out with pandemic relief funds
The groups are calling for additional money to help them in a time of need after seeing their funding cut during the pandemic.
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Heat defeat 76ers 120-85 in Game 5, take 3-2 series lead
The 76ers were down by 15 going into the fourth, then gave up 12 consecutive points to open the final quarter.
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Philly plans for weeks-long Welcome America festivities fully in person
The 2022 festival will feature dozens of in-person events from Juneteenth to July 4th including fireworks displays and a massive concert on the Ben Franklin Parkway.
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Philly playwright James Ijames wins the Pulitzer Prize
The Philly playwright and co-artistic director of the Wilma Theater won for “Fat Ham,” reimagining “Hamlet” as a queer, Black southern BBQ.
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The unmourned will be remembered in new Philadelphia AIDS memorialization project
The William Way Center launches Remembrance, a play, funeral procession, and online portal to honor unmourned AIDS deaths.
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New exhibition at Taller Puertorriqueño takes a deeper look at Puerto Rico’s struggles
Antonio Martorell, 83, installed a tropical forest inside Taller Puertorriqueño in North Philadelphia for an exhibition about the island’s woes.
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