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Arts & Entertainment

Anthony Lawton as the storyteller in Lantern Theater Company's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

A fresh, new look at ‘A Christmas Carol’ (Lantern Theater Co.)

Anthony Lawton is the storyteller in this recreation of the tale of transformation.

6 years ago

Laura Giknis as a first-grade teacher, Ian Merrill Peakes as Miss Trunchbull, and Jemma Bleu Greenbaum (far right), one of two actresses who play Matilda on different nights in the Walnut Street Theatre production of the musical
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Performing Arts

In Walnut Street Theatre’s ‘Matilda,’ being smart is not enough

The musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's fantasy brings the book's cartoonish — and nasty — characters alive.

6 years ago

Drew Seeley and Chilina Kennedy star in Delaware Theatre Company's 2018 production of A Sign of The Times. (Matt Urban)
Delaware
Performing Arts

Delaware Theatre’s ‘A Sign of the Times’ is nostalgic, but timely

“A Sign of the Times” offers a perfect break from the holiday rush: thoughtful but not overly so, nostalgic but timely … and just plain fun.

6 years ago

The future Faith and Liberty Discovery Center will expand to occupy the covered walkway at the corner of 5th and Market streets, opposite the National Museum American Jewish History and Independence Mall.
Philadelphia
Religion

Bible Museum breaks ground at Independence Mall

A forthcoming Bible museum at Independence Mall will add scriptural perspective to American history.

6 years ago

Artists from Space 1026, (from left) Jacqueline Quinn, Rachel Gordon and Miriam Singer, prepare for the collective's final auction at 1026 Arch Street in Chinatown. A steep rent increase has driven them to seek space elsewhere.
Changing Communities
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Last hurrah: Space 1026 pulls out the stops for final Arch St. art auction

A landmark artists collective in Philadelphia — Space 1026 — is gearing up to move out of its building of 21 years. This weekend's art auction pulls out the stops.

6 years ago

Listen 2:06
A 1770s pickle stand created by Philadelphia’s Bonnin and Morris, the first American porcelain factory is currently on display at the Museum of the American Revolution through December 2018, on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
History
Philadelphia

Politics, pottery and pickle trays: A history lesson at the Museum of the American Revolution

Radical porcelain: the Museum of the American Revolution will host a workshop to demonstrate the uses of ceramics toward political ends.

6 years ago

Mary Tuomanen and James Ijames in Theatre Exile's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

‘Completeness’ or not

Two graduate students, into their work but aloof from themselves

6 years ago

A group of convention goers, some dressed as Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlett and Mrs. Peacock, participate in a Clue tournament at PAX Unplugged.)
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Gamers unplug at Philly PAX convention

Deep in the dark corners of the Pennsylvania Convention Center, something is stirring. Orcs, elves, and adventurers of all kinds are gath ...

6 years ago

Music

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock becomes first musician to receive Ben Franklin Medal

"I'm not a musician": Jazz legend Herbie Hancock opens up about music, science, and his relationship with Benjamin Franklin.

6 years ago

Philadelphia’s restored Metropolitan Opera House will open as a Live Nation Venue on Monday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Changing Communities
History
Philadelphia

Restored to former glory, The Met opens on North Broad Street

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Geoff Gordon, Live Nation regional president who heads the team that will manage The Met on Philly's North Broad Street.

7 years ago

Listen 6:00
Jessica Lang Dance performs
Dance
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Final call for Jessica Lang dance company

Jessica Lang Dance, a New York City company that has won the highest dance accolades, will fold in April.

7 years ago

The Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania is looking at its collection with fresh eyes. The gallery's “Citizen Salon,” is a crowdsourced exhibit, curated and commented upon by members of the public.
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

UPenn opens crowd-curated art exhibition

The Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania opened the campus art collection to the internet; these are the ones upvoted to the top.

7 years ago

Listen 1:50
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
Sculpture

Iconic Manhattan sculpture finds a new home in Collegeville, Pa.

An icon of bustling Rockefeller Center in NYC, the sculpture "Cubed Curve" is now on the leafy campus of Ursinus College.

7 years ago

Listen 2:07
LeVar Burton is taking his story-reading podcast on the road with an appearance Tuesday evening at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood, New Jersey. (Stitcher)
Books
Media
New Jersey

On his new podcast, LeVar Burton has it all: ‘A microphone, a good story, and my voice’

WHYY Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn spoke with actor LeVar Burton ahead of his appearance at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood, New Jersey Tuesday evening.

7 years ago

Listen 6:13
Peruvian artist Kukulio Velarde is exhibiting her paintings at Taller Puertorriqueño in North Philadelphia.
Gender
Visual Arts

‘Freedom is very intoxicating’ says artist behind ‘The Complicit Eye’

Kukuli Velarde — a Peruvian-born, Philadelphia-based artist — has a first major show in her adopted home town.

7 years ago

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