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Cover image of Radha Blank. Illustrated by Makeba Rainey based on a photo by Caydie McCumber
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Philadelphia
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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.

5 years ago

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2019 file photo shows former President Barack Obama speaking at the My Brother's Keeper Alliance Summit in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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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.

5 years ago

Charlie Brown Christmas special
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Movies

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."

5 years ago

Author Thomas Ricks
Radio Times
Books
History

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

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Zuhairah McGill Artistic Director First World Theatre
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Celebrating 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.

5 years ago

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A photo montage created by Clayton Campbell
Mental Health
Public Health
Visual Arts

‘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.

5 years ago

People salsa dancing outside
Community Events
Dance
Music
Philadelphia

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.

5 years ago

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Brick House, a sixteen-foot statue of a Black woman's head atop a domed pedestal.
Gender
Public Spaces
Race & Ethnicity
Sculpture
Visual Arts

A 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.

5 years ago

Alex Trebek, host of
Media
National

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.

5 years ago

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History
Pennsylvania

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.

5 years ago

John Schlesinger holds a still life painting, broken and repaired, up to the light at the Cherry Street Pier. The work produces the desired effect when lit from behind. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Sculpture
Visual Arts

‘Things should be a little messed up’: Cherry Street Pier taken over by installation of neon, demolition art

For his show “After the Fall,” installation artist John Schlesinger wrapped neon tubing around concrete debris and reclaimed chicken wire windows.

5 years ago

Nani feeds her son Darnez in the movie
Addiction
Movies
New Jersey

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.

5 years ago

Actor Sean Connery holds a rose in his hand as he talks about his new movie
Movies
Performing Arts

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.

5 years ago

District Attorney Larry Krasner views 'Redaction,' a mural of portraits by Titus Kaphar and Reginald Dwayne Betts in the gallery of the African American Museum of Philadelphia
Criminal Justice
Social Justice
Visual Arts

‘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.

5 years ago

Musicians standing outside a stone building holding their instruments and wearing masks
History
Music
Public Health

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.

5 years ago

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