Arts & Entertainment
Please Touch Museum returning after yearlong hiatus
Like children’s museums everywhere, the Please Touch Museum faces unique challenges to staying sanitized during a pandemic.
5 years ago
New philanthropic organization to give $3M to Philadelphia arts
The Forman Art Initiative is launching, with a 5-year grant program focused on BIPOC artists and community-based arts organizations.
5 years ago
‘Arrested Development’ star Jessica Walter dies at 80
Jessica Walter, who played the hilariously incisive matriarch Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development, died in her sleep Wednesday in New York City. She was 80 years old.
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Arden Theatre recreates ’74 Seconds… to Judgment’ as an audio-only experience
The events of 2020 have given “74 Seconds...to Judgment,” by Philadelphia theater artist Kash Goins, renewed relevance.
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Listen 1:42La Gua Gua 47: A salsa song compuesta por una latina poderosa, Alba Martínez
La Gua Gua 47— the 47 Bus —honors the summer day in 1985 when Martínez rode SEPTA to the heartbeat of Philadelphia’s caribeña community.
5 years ago
Listen 4:52La Gua Gua 47: Una canción de salsa compuesta por una latina poderosa, Alba Martínez
La Gua Gua 47— the 47 Bus —honors the summer day in 1985 when Martínez rode SEPTA to the heartbeat of Philadelphia’s caribeña community.
5 years ago
Listen 4:52La Gua Gua 47: A salsa song written by SEPTA stan and Latina powerhouse Alba Martínez
“La Gua Gua 47” — the 47 Bus — honors the summer day in 1985 when Martínez rode SEPTA to the heartbeat of Philadelphia’s caribeña community.
5 years ago
Listen 4:52Clementon Park and Splash World hits the auction block
Clementon Park and Splash World — a New Jersey amusement and water park that operated for over 100 years — is going on the auction block Tuesday.
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West Philly theatrical installation tells the life of 18th century Black French composer
Curio Theatre in West Philly built a walk-through installation that tells the story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
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Listen 1:28Puerto 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.
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Listen 4:11James 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.
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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.
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Listen 3:36Banished ‘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.
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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
Listen 4:16“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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