
Arts & Entertainment
On-set deaths from prop guns are rare — but not unheard of
The death of director of photography Halyna Hutchins on a film set in Santa Fe, N.M., is a reminder that prop weapons can pose a serious risk.
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Sheriff: Baldwin fired prop gun on movie set, killing cinematographer
Halyna Hutchins, cinematographer on the movie “Rust,” and director Joel Souza were shot Thursday on the rustic film set in the desert on the southern outskirts of Santa Fe.
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In fits and starts, live shows are coming back to Philly theaters
Theater companies and audiences face a bumpy return to in-person shows.
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Listen 3:09Despite the positive strides made in the battle against COVID, uncertainty and varying mandates ...
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Listen 4:33Netflix employees are staging a walkout today as a fired organizer speaks out
The Netflix employee resource group supporting trans and non-binary people is demanding better representation, both onscreen and in management.
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A ‘Magical Fantasy’ appears in the Navy Yard
The public art installation by British artist Morag Myerscough is meant to draw attention to the Navy Yard as a future place to live.
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Ben Simmons back at practice with Sixers teammates
The saga with Simmons started after the Sixers playoff run and series loss to the Atlanta Hawks.
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Philly artists are opening their studios to the public for the first time since COVID
When the Philadelphia Open Studios Tour kicks off this weekend, one of its largest and most popular stops will reopen to visitors for the first time in six years.
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Artist and educator Percy Ricks was rejected by Delaware Art Museum in a 1971 effort to showcase Black artists. The museum is making amends 50 years later.
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Listen 2:31Summer Stage doesn’t need saving, Upper Darby organizers say, despite uproar on social media
The celebrated youth theater program is at the center of a heated dispute between local government and a nonprofit entity that wants to ‘adopt’ it.
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Erik Larson’s ghost story “No One Goes Alone”
Writer Erik Larson on his audiobook-only ghost story "No One Goes Alone," about a group of Victorian-era ghost hunters.
Air Date: October 12, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:15Philly native, CAPA grad starring in ‘Hamilton’ at Academy of Music
The Kimmel Cultural Campus is kicking off its comeback season with "Hamilton" on Oct. 20. The show runs through Nov. 28.
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After Ida destroyed most of its protest puppetry, Spiral Q takes stock — and gets back to creating
After losing almost all of its 25-year archive of protest puppets to the floods, the Philly nonprofit is making a more focused effort to track the histories of its work.
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Mural Arts paid homeless artists to paint 200 columns underneath Broad Street
Two hundred concrete columns in the subway concourse were painted by homeless artists, as part of Mural Arts Philadelphia’s social service program.
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