Arts & Entertainment
BlackStar Film Festival finds a new home at Philly’s Annenberg Center
Festival creator Maori Karmael Holmes has been hired to bring cinema back to the Annenberg Performing Arts Center.
6 years ago
Philadelphia Museum of Art announces September reopening
One of the last of the cultural institutions on the Ben Franklin Parkway to reopen, the museum will have been closed for almost six months.
6 years ago
Pandemics are hard. Investing in community-based artists could help.
Philadelphia is facing a long road to recovery. History shows us that public spending on the arts can bolster the economy — and the health of communities.
6 years ago
Mural Arts goes beyond Philadelphia for environmental justice
The Mural Arts Institute will bring the organization’s Philly model of public engagement to three more cities, the second round to be selected.
6 years ago
Listen 1:32Why this Philly drag troupe is famous in NYC, Vegas and around the world
15 things you might not know about the iconic Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret.
6 years ago
Please Touch Museum cuts staff, plans to stay closed until 2021
The Philadelphia children’s museum in Fairmount Park believes the public is not yet ready to come back.
6 years ago
Employees at Philadelphia Museum of Art vote to unionize
Union organizers said the driving issue was wanting to be involved in decisions like hiring, benefits, diversity and safety as the museum plans to reopen.
6 years ago
Isaias destroys outdoor venue at Long Beach Island’s Surflight Theatre
Fierce winds from Tropical Storm Isaias destroyed the outdoor venue at Long Beach Island's Surflight Theatre.
6 years ago
Drive-ins are making a comeback
Drive-ins are making a comeback as the COVID-19 era's socially distant entertainment venue. It turns out their origin story has a big chapter here in 1930s Camden, N.J.
Air Date: August 3, 2020
Listen 18:19Musikfest returns to Bethlehem as a 10-day hybrid of live and streaming concerts
As one of the largest free music festivals in the country, Musikfest attempts to recreate the street fair feel at home.
6 years ago
Listen 1:46As fall theater season collapses, Opera Philadelphia pivots to film
Instead of producing opera for the stage, the company will turn operas into original films and release them on the company’s own online video channel.
6 years ago
Listen 1:29‘It’s the new normal’: Drive-in concertgoers embrace a new summer venue
Drive-ins are the socially distant live music venues of the summer of 2020. “I don’t ever want it to stop,” said one concertgoer at People’s Light in Malvern.
6 years ago
Listen 1:50Out of work for months, Philly event staff rally for more federal aid
“The live event industry was hit first, it was hit hardest, and will be the last to return,” said the head of the stagehands’ union.
6 years ago
Drive-in concerts arrive in Philadelphia
Parking lots in the region are gearing up to host in-person, on-stage performances.
6 years ago
Listen 1:50One-third of U.S. museums may not survive the year, survey finds
In a survey released Wednesday of 760 museum directors, 33% of them said there was either a "significant risk" of closing permanently by next fall.
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