Arts & Entertainment
Queer Eye’s Philly season is live on Netflix — here’s a guide in the form of a drinking game
There’s an overwhelming amount of colonial garb.
6 years ago
Philadelphia Orchestra to premiere new work written for the pandemic
“Seven O’Clock Shout,” written and performed in isolation, is a tribute to moments of humanity during strife.
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Listen 2:23The nonprofit’s announcement came on the heels of the removal of another controversial Rizzo landmark: the 10-foot-tall bronze statue outside the Municipal Services Building.
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Iconic Jersey Shore venue cancels outdoor summer concert series
A venerable Asbury Park club revered for helping to launch some of New Jersey's musical legends has canceled its outdoor concert series amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
6 years ago
Fringe Festival to go on in the fall — with some changes
The 24th annual festival plans a mostly digital presentation of independent theater and performance art, to comply to COVID-19 distancing.
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The show can go on, but when will it? Delaware theaters hesitant to reopen
Despite permission to hold performances under Phase 1 of the state’s reopening plan, Delaware theater groups and performers are hesitant to resume shows.
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Dance studios host drive-by recitals and YouTube tutorials to keep students on their toes
Ballerinas will twirl down the block during one social distancing ceremony.
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‘Inequities and biases’: Workers petition for union at Philadelphia Museum of Art ahead of reopening
A push for a union was brewing before the museum was shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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