Arts & Entertainment
Want to honor a local hero? Submit a photo and a robot will draw a portrait
The Da Vinci Art Alliance is soliciting for subjects to be rendered by a mechanical automaton.
6 years ago
Listen 1:45Sound artist makes creepy Edgar Allan Poe installation available in your home
An artist was planning a sound installation based on Edgar Allan Poe’s work into a historic Philly mansion. Thwarted by COVID-19, it can now be installed in your home.
6 years ago
Listen 2:22“It kills us.” Philly’s Latinx artists cope with lost incomes and voices amid arts and culture cuts
Mayor Jim Kenney’s revised COVID-19 budget gutted the city’s funding to arts and culture and did away with the Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy.
6 years ago
Arts groups are prepared for Philly budget cuts, but will fight elimination
As a new COVID-19 emergency budget threatens to eliminate the city’s Cultural Fund, organizations urge the mayor to spread out the fiscal pain.
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: Pa. extends benefits window for unemployment compensation
A program to add 13 weeks to the amount of time residents of Pennsylvania can collect unemployment benefits launched over the weekend, said state officials.
6 years ago
Grassroots art campaign: stay home and vote by mail
Philadelphia artists design a poster campaign to encourage people to stay home on election day and vote by mail.
6 years ago
Listen 1:51How Mural Arts is helping artists get paid during the pandemic
Philly’s Mural Arts Program is finding ways to get artists work and to get them paid, despite concerns over looming budget cuts to arts funding and the city’s arts office.
6 years ago
Wilma Theater asks subscribers to buy into an unknown future
As theaters shut for the rest of the season, the next 2020-2021 season remains uncertain. The Wilma Theater asks subscribers to buy into it.
6 years ago
Listen 1:39In Vikram Paralkar's new novel, a surgeon in India has one night to bring three people back from the dead, raising questions about medicine, corruption, and the afterlife.
Air Date: May 7, 2020
Listen 49:01Learning about life on Earth at the Wagner Museum
In the next installment of our series 'Why didn’t I go there?' co-host Shai ben-Yaacov and his son take a virtual tour the Wagner Free Institute of Science in Philly.
Air Date: May 4, 2020
Listen 18:39The proposed fiscal 2021 budget eliminates funding for both the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy.
6 years ago
Breakout movie director centers Black Philly girls — meet her at a watch party and live Q&A
Chat with “Selah and the Spades” creator Tayarisha Poe on Tuesday, May 5.
6 years ago
Choral music about 1918 flu resonates today
The Crossing choir premiered the original work last year. “Protect yourself from infection” is now available to stream online.
6 years ago
Listen 2:14Jewish museum in Philly sends most of its staff home without pay
The National Museum of American Jewish History entered bankruptcy court right before the pandemic hit.
6 years ago
Listen 1:44Massive Philly music festival launches online this weekend
From John Oates to Christian McBride to The Districts to Schooly D, the 75+ acts will benefit the musician relief fund.
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