
Arts & Entertainment
’Gem’ and ‘Color Purple’ dominate Barrymore Awards
Arden Theatre Company’s “Gem of the Ocean” and Theatre Horizon’s “The Color Purple” took home the most Barrymore Awards.
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Lightbox Film Center finds new home at UArts
Philly’s only year-round art cinema is forced to move out of International House. It was snapped up by the University of the Arts.
6 years ago
How a movie magnate built Philly’s priceless Rodin museum in the heart of the Great Depression
Hidden in plain sight behind shadowy trees along the Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum is so unique that it’s basically priceless.
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Philly native Stephen Talasnik brings his work home for Seaport’s floating art exhibit
An art exhibit floating on the Delaware opens at the Seaport Museum. Philly-born artist Stephen Talasnik returns after 34 years to contribute.
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Penn honors celebrated avant-garde composer George Crumb with concert series
The celebrated avant-garde composer George Crumb is being honored this week with a concert series at Penn for his 90th birthday.
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In debut album, experimental artist Nina Keith meditates on death and memory
Growing up in Northeast Philadelphia, Nina Keith’s debut album is inspired by her neighborhood and EMDR psychological treatment.
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Listen 4:12At Girard College, ‘Back and Song’ showcases forgotten history of African healing arts
Philadelphia Contemporary commissioned Bradford Young and Elissa Blount Moorehead to make visual poetry out of traditional African wellness practices.
6 years ago
Listen 1:53At Philly book tour stop, Hillary Clinton says GOP should back Trump impeachment inquiry
During a book tour stop at the Constitution Center, Hillary Clinton said there is a “really good case” for articles of impeachment against Trump.
6 years ago
‘Joker’ laughs its way to October box office record
Warner Bros.′ R-rated “Joker” has set a new record at the October box office.
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Celebrating ‘Notorious’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Philly Jewish museum
Philadelphia’s museum of American Jewish History opens an exhibition about the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Philly Rail Park’s first public art festival highlights its locomotive history
The three-week “Site/Sound” festival spotlights parts of the old track bed that have not yet been developed into Philadelphia’s new Rail Park.
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Pine Barrens festival celebrates art and nature in the ‘Middle of Nowhere’
The historic Whitesbog Village in Browns Mills, N.J., on Saturday hosted the second iteration of “Middle of Nowhere,” a music and arts festival.
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Airbnbs, a meet-cute and meta feminism: ‘Always Sunny’ returns for Season 14
Welcome to our weekly recaps of the show that’s kinda, sorta, somewhat about Philadelphia.
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Mütter Museum is reviving a 1918 Philly parade that sparked a killer flu outbreak
Philadelphia was one of the worst-hit cities during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic but no memorial exists for them. The Mütter Museum is changing that.
6 years ago
Imani Perry’s letter to her sons
Imani Perry's new book "Breathe" is a letter to her sons about the challenges and joys of being black in America.
Air Date: September 24, 2019 10:00 am
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