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Race & Ethnicity

Historic portraits of ‘outstanding’ Black Americans featured in new online exhibit

Pieces from a 1940s collection of portraits showcasing prominent Black Americans are back on virtual display in a new exhibition by the Pearl S. Buck House.

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Billy Penn

Visit Philly is dissolving Uwishunu, ending a 13-year run for the popular arts and culture blog

The content won’t go away, says the CEO — it’ll be folded into the parent brand.

6 years ago

Wilma Theater redesign for the COVID era
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Public Health

Wilma Theater adapts for COVID performances with ideas from the past

To maintain social distancing for theater performances, the Philadelphia company is taking cues from Shakespeare’s original Globe Theatre.

6 years ago

Director/choreographer Jeffrey L. Page will join the Philadelphia Theatre Company as a resident artist, beginning in September. (Courtesy of the Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Performing Arts
Race & Ethnicity

Philadelphia Theatre Company hires resident artist to help chart its future

Philadelphia Theatre Company has hired choreographer and director Jeffrey Page as a resident artist to help it navigate a post-coronavirus art world.

6 years ago

Artist Keisha Whatley paints on the steps of the Art Museum at a rally demanding funding for the arts in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Emergency arts fund pays out $4 million in Philadelphia region

A pandemic relief fund is releasing all of its money to hundreds of cultural organizations and over 1,000 artists.

6 years ago

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Ken Metzner, executive director of the Colonial Theatre
Movies
Visual Arts

Brandywine Museum and Colonial Theatre raise the curtain on reopening

The Brandywine and Colonial are the first Philly-area museum and theatre to reopen since COVID-19 shut everything down.

6 years ago

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The Richard Rodgers Theater, closed due to the coronavirus, is pictured above on April 8 in New York City.
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Performing Arts
Public Health

Broadway to remain closed for the rest of the year

Broadway's theaters have been shut down since March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

A Glaser-designed entrance at the former Franklin Mills Mall
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

A tour of iconic designer Milton Glaser’s Philadelphia legacy

The visual luminary, who died at 91, created the look of the Franklin Mills Mall and Sesame Place.

6 years ago

(photo credit, Landon Speers)
Radio Times
Books
Sports

“The Biggest Bluff:” on luck, life and poker

Author and psychologist Maria Konnikova used high-stakes poker to explore luck, skill and decision-making. Along the way she become a professional poker player.

Air Date: June 26, 2020 10:00 am

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The scene at the 2019 Sea.Hear.Now Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. (Courtesy of Robert Siliato Photography)
Down the Shore
Music
New Jersey

Sea.Hear.Now Festival on Asbury Park beach postponed until 2021

A beach concert festival featuring major acts on the beach in Asbury Park has been postponed until next year.

6 years ago

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

Philly Cultural Fund making plans to operate at a severe reduction

Facing drastic budget cuts, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund may seek financial support from outside the city government.

6 years ago

gambling
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New Jersey
Public Health

Borgata reopening July 6; invited guests can come July 2

Unless you get a special invitation, you won't be able to get inside Atlantic City's top casino until July 6.

6 years ago

Nicole Jordan
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Meet Nicole Jordan, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s first full-time Black woman musician and new music librarian

Nicole Jordan will be the first Black woman to join the orchestra as a full-time member in the organization’s 120-year history.

6 years ago

Home & Family
Race & Ethnicity

Portraits of Black fathers to light up Barnes Foundation this weekend

Portraits by West Philly photographer Ken McFarlane show the undersung love and strength of Black fathers.

6 years ago

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Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee
Movies
Race & Ethnicity

Hollywood says Black Lives Matter, but more diversity needed

Hollywood's record in diversity and inclusion has improved in recent years, but it still lags behind the population — particularly in its executive ranks.

6 years ago

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