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Arts & Entertainment

Roderick Phifer, rehearsal director for the Chocolate Ballerina Company, leads a group of young dancers through an audition for a winter production of the
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

An all-Black ‘Nutcracker’ is coming to Philly with hopes to make the ballet more accessible

Despite some recent changes, ballet schools and productions remain homogenous and expensive. The Chocolate Ballerina Company in Philly is trying to change that.

5 years ago

The crowd passing around the cutout.
Laura Jane Grace and Brendan Kelly playing an acoustic show at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia, Pa. on 8/21/21. (Daniella Heminghaus for Billy Penn)
Music
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Billy Penn

Crowdsurfing Giuliani and garden tool selfies: Four Seasons Total Landscaping punk rock concert is a total success

“Most Philly thing ever,” said a vendor at the show.

5 years ago

Josephine Baker is among the figures covered by Black Paris Tours, as they offer a glimpse of the mutual love affair between African-Americans and the City of Light, and Africans' history in France as a whole. (AP Photo/File)
History
Music
Race & Ethnicity

Josephine Baker is 1st Black woman given Paris burial honor

The late entertainer who is a World War II hero in France will be the first Black woman to get the country’s highest honor.

5 years ago

The infamous lot at Four Seasons Total Landscaping
Elections
Music
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The sold-out concert at Four Seasons Total Landscaping almost didn’t happen because of Philly zoning laws

After a neighbor filed a complaint, L&I granted the famed gardening biz a special exemption.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Orchestra
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Carnegie Hall returns to in-person concerts with a lot of help from the Philadelphia Orchestra

In its return to a full season of in-person performances, Carnegie Hall has programmed the Philadelphia Orchestra for an unprecedented eight concerts.

5 years ago

NPR
Media
Music

Why do we need Dolly to be a saint?

Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton's persona has taken on an almost saint-like manifestation in recent years, writes Amanda Marie Martinez.

5 years ago

Producer Mike Richards poses in the pressroom at the 43rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards on May 1, 2016, in Los Angeles. Richards stepped down as host of “Jeopardy!” after a report about past misogynistic comments surfaced this week. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Media
TV

Mike Richards out as ‘Jeopardy!’ host after past scrutinized

Producer Mike Richards stepped down as host of “Jeopardy!” after a report about past misogynistic comments surfaced this week.

5 years ago

An oil painting of what will become the
PlanPhilly
Music
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Salsa as self-care? Find joy in free dance lessons and a mural of salseros Saturday

A new mural from artist Andres Giraldo is coming to Kensington. “Salsa Shines Through” celebrates Philly’s salsa community and their resilience during the pandemic.

5 years ago

Vince Pupillo Jr. performs on Keith Emerson's Moog synthesizer
Music
Pennsylvania
Preservation

The history of electronic music is inside a warehouse in Harleysville, Pa.

A collector of a massive collection of synthesizers and vintage rock gear in Harleysville, Pa., wants to tell the story of rock and roll, one Moog at a time.

5 years ago

Listen 4:09
Camae Ayewa (left) and Rasheedah Phillips (right), the artists of Black Quantum Futurism and makers of the film “Write No History” with their work in Philadelphia’s historic Hatfield House
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Philly’s fave Afrofuturists turned a Fairmount mansion into a time-travel portal

The Hatfield House in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park is the site of an Afrofuturist vision of time travel by the art duo Black Quantum Futurism

5 years ago

Richard Thompson's new memoir is called
Radio Times
Music

Musician Richard Thompson

Conversation and music with renowned sing songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson. We'll talk about his folk rock band Fairport Convention and his new memoir "Beeswing."

Air Date: August 13, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
The Shakespeare in Clark Park production of
Community Events
Performing Arts

Kensington neighbors make Shakespeare their own

A company of residents from the area around Harrowgate Park mined Shakespeare’s “Pericles” to tell the story of their neighborhood.

5 years ago

Listen 2:30
Fever announced on Thursday that Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience is coming to the Tower Theater later this month.FACEBOOK / FEVER
Community Events
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Van Gogh ‘immersive’ event announces Tower Theater is Philly location, as customers worry about scam

The company producing the show has received hundreds of Better Business Bureau complaints.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Art Museum
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Public Health

Here’s how Philly’s major arts venues are dealing with latest COVID restrictions

Here’s how museum and performance institutions have responded to Mayor Kenney’s COVID restrictions.

5 years ago

James Dupree stands in the doorway of his Queen Village gallery
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

After fighting with the city for years to keep his building, this artist just sold it

James Dupree fought against the seizure of his building for two years. Now he has sold it and is leaving the neighborhood.

5 years ago

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