
Arts & Entertainment
BlackStar Festival launches new magazine celebrating Black, Indigenous filmmakers of color
The influential indie film festival in Philadelphia saw a need for critical writing about Black, brown, and Indigenous visual culture.
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Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales
Former President Barack Obama's “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours.
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Charlie Brown specials to air on TV, after all, in PBS deal
On Wednesday, Apple bowed to the backlash, announcing it had teamed up with PBS for ad-free broadcasts of “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” and "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
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What the ancient Greeks and Romans taught the Founding Fathers
Journalist Thomas Ricks discusses his new book "First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country."
Air Date: November 17, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:59Celebrating Philly theater artists’ advocacy in a year of pandemic-limited performance
There was not enough theater in 2020 to hold an awards ceremony, so Theatre Philadelphia will instead recognize its activists.
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Listen 1:38‘Paranoia starts to creep in’: Artists describe the pandemic’s emotional toll
The Slought Foundation in Philadelphia put out an open call for artwork reflecting the psychological effects of pandemic life.
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Dance On Philly hopes to revive the ballot-count street party
Dance On Philly, a dance party for music and dance education, hopes to reignite the city’s vote-count disco in the street last week.
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Listen 1:15A new ‘gateway’ sculpture: UPenn installs Black woman monument
“Brick House” by Simone Leigh draws attention to the importance of Black women in art and culture.
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Alex Trebek, long-running ‘Jeopardy!’ host, dies at 80
Trebek died at home early Sunday with family and friends surrounding him, “Jeopardy!” studio Sony said in a statement.
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WPA poster art on view at historic Carpenters’ Hall
Federal travel posters designed in the Depression-era pop up as the 18th-century building gears up for big anniversaries.
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For his show “After the Fall,” installation artist John Schlesinger wrapped neon tubing around concrete debris and reclaimed chicken wire windows.
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Filmmaker returns to Camden roots to tell story of a ‘Higher Love’ threatened by addiction
“Higher Love” tells the story of Daryl Gannt as he struggles to extricate his girlfriend, who is pregnant and has a drug addiction, from the Camden streets.
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Actor Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at 90
The Scottish actor rose to international superstardom as the suave and fearless secret agent, first playing Bond in “Dr No” in 1962.
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‘Rendering Justice’ at African American Museum features formerly incarcerated artists
“Rendering Justice,” at the African American Museum of Philadelphia, features artists making work about reentering society.
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A Renaissance band leans on tech for a pandemic performance
For 35 years, Piffaro the Renaissance Band has faithfully played 17th century music. This year, it had to think outside the box.
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