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Arts & Entertainment

A scene from 'The Island We Made' by Angélica Negrón. (Opera Philadelphia)
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Puerto Rican composer collabs with drag queen Sasha Velour in new Opera Philadelphia film

Puerto Rican composer Angélica Negrón and drag queen Sasha Velour explore mother-daughter relationships in new short film for Opera Philadelphia.

5 years ago

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James Levine conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra
NPR
Music
National

James Levine, former Met Opera music director, is dead at age 77

Levine's singular tenure at the Metropolitan Opera ended in a flurry of accusations of sexual abuse.

5 years ago

Rebekkah Lee Krumenacker appears in the Open Stage production of
Music
Performing Arts
Public Health

Philly arts institutions use COVID downtime to focus on accessibility and diversity

One silver lining of the yearlong pandemic is many theater companies have started putting plays and performances online.

5 years ago

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Three of the women who sing about their plight — and their hopes — on the album I've Forgotten Now Who I Used To Be. Their names are withheld to protect their physical safety because they have been accused of witchcraft. (Marilena Umuhoza Delli)
NPR
International
Music
Social Justice

Banished ‘witches’ sing of their pain — and their dreams

An estimated 1,000 women in northern Ghana have fled their homes because of witchcraft accusations — and the fear that they will be physically attacked as a result.

5 years ago

Adam Weiner (right) and Will Donnelly of Low Cut Connie . (Emad Hasan0
Music
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly musicians scream, sweat, strip to rock out in a lockdown

“When there is an audience, I am involved with the audience and I thrive off their participation. But it's the music that ultimately injects that electricity into me,”

5 years ago

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Radio Times
Books
Race & Ethnicity

“In Search of The Color Purple”

Salamishah Tillet on the power of Alice Walker's 1982 iconic novel, how its lessons continue to resonate today, and how she's found healing in its pages.

Air Date: March 8, 2021 10:00 am

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Artist Ernel Martinez in front of a mural of Philadelphia boxer Joe Frazier
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Joe Frazier becomes a beacon for a neighborhood

New mural dedicated to Smokin’ Joe rises in Philadelphia Lower Tioga neighborhood.

5 years ago

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North Philly native Cam Anthony performs on
Music
Philadelphia
TV

North Philly teen Cam Anthony impresses judges on ‘The Voice’

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Cam Anthony, a North Philly teen who impressed judges on “The Voice” last week.

5 years ago

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Moviegoers sitting in a socially distant seating arrangement at the AMC Lincoln Square 13 theater
Movies
National
Public Health

Audiences hold back, even as more movie theaters open

Approximately 80% of the domestic market is currently allowed to operate with limited capacity. Many areas in North America are not yet fully open.

5 years ago

The Philadelphia Flower Show
Environment
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

For the first time in almost 200 years, the sun will shine on the Philly Flower Show

The largest and oldest indoor flower show in the world moves outside to FDR Park this summer, for the pandemic.

5 years ago

Marshall Allen at the Sun Ra House
Architecture & Design
Music
Philadelphia

Jazz legend, after house partially collapses, gets help from philanthropist, neighbors

The bottom literally fell out from the terrestrial headquarters of the intergalactic jazz ensemble. Ninety-six-year-old bandleader Marshall Allen lives inside.

5 years ago

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Severino Alfonso (left) and Loukia Tsafoulio are the creators of Synesthesia, a work of art exploring the interface between humans and machines, on exhibit at HOT*BED gallery in Old City. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Sculpture
Visual Arts

What’s in the chirping, translucent orb? It’s you.

“Synesthesia” is an experiment in designing spaces that respond to you. After Philadelphia, it heads to the Venice Biennale of Architecture.

5 years ago

Art for Philadelphia Young Playwrights production of 'Pandemic' by Katie Lu. (Courtesy of Philadelphia Young Playwrights)
K-12
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Teenager traces continuum of anti-Asian racism in ‘Pandemic’ play

A teenager pens an intergenerational drama about anti-Chinese racism, presented by Philadelphia Young Playwrights.

5 years ago

Samantha Rise leads a march demanding arts funding in a giant unicorn puppet
Philadelphia
Politics

Philly Councilmembers Thomas and Richardson propose $1M for the arts

The intention is to prioritize individual artists and small arts organizations that do not have the same access to financial resources as larger cultural institutions.

5 years ago

Visitors wear masks at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in October. (John Minchillo/AP)
NPR
Business
Visual Arts

The Met considers selling its art to stave off financial shortfall

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is considering selling its artwork to cover operational costs as it falls short of $150 million in revenue.

5 years ago

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