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Cellist Ajibola Rivers performs with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Philadelphia Orchestra makes diversity and equity executive priorities

The orchestra has elevated its manager of inclusion, diversity and equity to a vice president position.

5 years ago

A small tan coquí frog sits on a tree branch in the dark
Environment
Music
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

A Puerto Rican frog comes to North Philly: The coquí sing in El Centro del Oro

A sound installation along 5th Street evokes the nighttime chorus of coquí frogs.

5 years ago

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‘Libertad (Freedom)’ by Justin Favela (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Public Spaces
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

6 GIFs that let you experience the fantastic outdoor art at the tip of South Philadelphia

The Navy Yard installation by Group X is up till the day before Election Day.

5 years ago

A person in a banana costume holding a sign that says
LGBTQ
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Reinvention

From Snacks to a FEAST: a 12-hour cabaret marathon is coming to your screen

FEAST brings dozens of performers from around the world into a 12-hour online event.

5 years ago

Dumbo, lobbycard, 1941. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)
NPR
Movies
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Disney warns viewers of racism in some classic movies with strengthened label

Many people have long said certain Disney classics like Peter Pan, Dumbo and The Aristocats contain racist stereotypes and overtones.

5 years ago

Adam Sandler in South Philly filming a movie
Movies

Rocking Philly gear, Adam Sandler plays ‘a local with good taste’ in Netflix basketball movie

Keep a lookout for a South Fellini “Wawa Jawn” t-shirt.

5 years ago

A mailbox decorated with orange flowers
Economy
Elections
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Mailing your ballot in Philly? Follow the flowers

A get out the vote campaign dresses up postal boxes in Philadelphia with large-scale flower arrangements.

5 years ago

Listen 1:41
A woman and child at a pumpkin patch wearing masks
Outdoors
Billy Penn

Pumpkin patch guide: 12 places near Philly to pick your own, take hayrides, explore mazes and shop fall markets

Autumn fun with social distancing built in.

5 years ago

Art students led by Marcy Morris display drawings with a
Kids
Neighborhoods
New Jersey
Visual Arts

Camden IDEA center offers kids an arts oasis during the pandemic

The pandemic delayed, but did not stop, the IDEA center in Camden from offering young people ways to create art.

5 years ago

Ana Mosquera
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Visual Arts

Cherry Street Pier opens its largest public art exhibition since pandemic began

An exhibition of artwork by recent MFA graduates experiments with sound, video, performance, and sculpture to engage the public during a pandemic.

5 years ago

Broadway posters outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York on May 13, 2020. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Performing Arts
Public Health

Broadway shutdown due to virus extended again until May 30

Producers, citing health and city authorities, previously extended the shutdown to June 7, then again to Sept. 6 and again to Jan. 3.

5 years ago

D’nae Harrison works on her pop-up
Elections
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Murals sprout in LOVE Park urging Philadelphians to vote

The artists of “To the Polls” use hot-button words and images to make their case for the importance of voting.

5 years ago

(Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
NPR
Music
National

Eddie Van Halen, guitar hero, dies at 65

The namesake of radio-rock band Van Halen dazzled a generation of guitar fans with his histrionic solos and trademark finger tapping.

5 years ago

Some 40,000 Regal theater employees are now facing a furlough across the U.S., after the movie chain announced it's closing all locations due to the coronavirus.
NPR
Business
Economy
Movies

Regal movie chain will close all 536 US theaters on Thursday

Some 40,000 Regal theater employees are now facing a furlough across the U.S., after the movie chain announced it's closing all locations due to the coronavirus.

5 years ago

South Street Art Mart
Business
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

With hits like ‘Gritty spanking Trump,’ this South Street art shop is surviving against all odds

Instagram Live auctions and neighbor donations have kept the onetime pop-up going.

5 years ago

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