
Arts & Entertainment
Oscars to set best picture noms at 10, inclusion standards
The Oscars are implementing some big changes, including a set number of best picture nominees and to-be-determined representation and inclusion standards for eligibility.
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More than 1,000 Philly artists, art administrators call for defunding the police department
In an open letter to Mayor Jim Kenney and City Council, artists and arts organizations called on the city to redistribute police funding to human services.
5 years ago
Indefinitely postponed: Looks like the Roots Picnic won’t happen this summer
Event organizers will offer refunds to ticketholders by Aug. 9.
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Art helps democracy. Mayor Kenney’s plan to zero out Philly’s arts office hurts us all
Philly’s arts office responds to the cultural and ethnic diversity that makes up our vibrant neighborhoods.
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Queer Eye’s Philly season is live on Netflix — here’s a guide in the form of a drinking game
There’s an overwhelming amount of colonial garb.
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Philadelphia Orchestra to premiere new work written for the pandemic
“Seven O’Clock Shout,” written and performed in isolation, is a tribute to moments of humanity during strife.
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Listen 2:23The nonprofit’s announcement came on the heels of the removal of another controversial Rizzo landmark: the 10-foot-tall bronze statue outside the Municipal Services Building.
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Iconic Jersey Shore venue cancels outdoor summer concert series
A venerable Asbury Park club revered for helping to launch some of New Jersey's musical legends has canceled its outdoor concert series amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Fringe Festival to go on in the fall — with some changes
The 24th annual festival plans a mostly digital presentation of independent theater and performance art, to comply to COVID-19 distancing.
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The show can go on, but when will it? Delaware theaters hesitant to reopen
Despite permission to hold performances under Phase 1 of the state’s reopening plan, Delaware theater groups and performers are hesitant to resume shows.
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Dance studios host drive-by recitals and YouTube tutorials to keep students on their toes
Ballerinas will twirl down the block during one social distancing ceremony.
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‘Inequities and biases’: Workers petition for union at Philadelphia Museum of Art ahead of reopening
A push for a union was brewing before the museum was shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Want to honor a local hero? Submit a photo and a robot will draw a portrait
The Da Vinci Art Alliance is soliciting for subjects to be rendered by a mechanical automaton.
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Listen 1:45Sound artist makes creepy Edgar Allan Poe installation available in your home
An artist was planning a sound installation based on Edgar Allan Poe’s work into a historic Philly mansion. Thwarted by COVID-19, it can now be installed in your home.
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Listen 2:22“It kills us.” Philly’s Latinx artists cope with lost incomes and voices amid arts and culture cuts
Mayor Jim Kenney’s revised COVID-19 budget gutted the city’s funding to arts and culture and did away with the Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy.
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