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A troll by artist Kid Hazo under a footbridge at Philadelphia’s Navy Yard. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Reinvention
Visual Arts

Street artists from Spain to India featured in Navy Yard’s new outdoor art exhibition

For the third year, the Navy Yard uses public art installations to entice visitors to the bottom of Broad Street.

6 years ago

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University of the Arts seniors Andrew Malabunga and Miranda Pilato rehearse
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Hard-hat harmonies: Music returns to (and above) the Avenue of the Arts

With its theaters closed for six months and counting, the avenue will ring out with music again as performers perch high up in a half-finished building.

6 years ago

Listen 1:49
Cookie Diorio in Late Night Snacks
Community Events
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philly Fringe Fest pivots to 4-week digital arts showcase

Morning Edition Host Jennifer Lynn interviews Nick Stuccio, president and producing director of FringeArts, about taking the Fringe Festival virtual this year.

6 years ago

Listen 6:24
This image released by Universal Pictures shows a scene from Jordan Peele's film,
Movies
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Hollywood’s inclusion problems still run deep, study finds

In the most popular films of 2019, protagonists were more diverse than ever, and there were more women behind the camera.

6 years ago

Kevin Hart
Media
Public Health

Kevin Hart to host famed telethon long hosted by Jerry Lewis

Hart called the telethon’s return an “incredible opportunity” to bring back the work of Lewis, who helped make the Muscular Dystrophy Association event a decades-old tradition

6 years ago

View of dancers in the spotlight on stage from above
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Performance art during a pandemic: Fringe Fest takes the stage online

The annual Philly Fringe Festival of alternative and avant-garde performance art begins this week, although in somewhat reduced fashion due to the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Listen 4:51
Philadelphia University of the Arts
Higher Education
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

UArts faculty announce intention to form a labor union

If the unionization effort is successful, it will include both adjunct and full-time faculty across all departments of UArts, estimated to be about 500 people.

6 years ago

A black and white screenshot of musicians performing a song virtually through Zoom
Delaware
Music
Social Justice

Former Del. gov. reflects on Charlottesville rally by writing a protest song

Markell said he was inspired by the last words of activist Heather Heyer, who was murdered at the rally: “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”

6 years ago

Listen 3:34
The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia lit up red for industry professionals out of work due to the pandemic. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Income Inequality
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philly arts venues to go red for live events workers

The city joins many others around the country lighting their downtowns red to push for economic assistance.

6 years ago

(Matt Kennedy/Marvel Studios)
Movies
National

Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer

As his Hollywood career boomed, though, Boseman was privately undergoing “countless surgeries and chemotherapy” to battle colon cancer, according to a family statement.

6 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Philly museum reopening guide: All the cultural institutions you can visit in person

Hours, ticketing procedures and safety protocols to help you plan a trip.

6 years ago

The former Sigma Sound Studio building on North 12th Street.  (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Music
Preservation

Developer who wants to turn Sigma Studios into condos wins delay at Historical Commission

In addition to hosting Stevie Wonder and David Bowie, Sigma Studios is where Philadelphia International Records – the Gamble, Huff, and Bell label – got its start.

6 years ago

Nick Moncy, a young Black man, draws outside in a West Philadelphia park while wearing a mask
PlanPhilly
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Visual Arts

Meet the artist who’s recreating a classic French painting — West Philly style

"A Sunday Afternoon at Clark Park" will be built from sketches of different West Philadelphians spending time at the beloved neighborhood green.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Orchestra
Music
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philadelphia Orchestra plans for a pandemic season

The coronavirus forces the orchestra to be nimble and think small.

6 years ago

Flags that celebrate 100 year anniversary of Marcus Garvey's Pan-African flag created by artist Heather Raquel Phillips hanging outside the Practice Gallery at 319 11th St. in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Outdoor art exhibition remembers the 100th anniversary of the Pan-African flag

In “Pa’lante,” artist Heather Raquel Phillips uses a series of flags to recall Marcus Garvey’s Pan-African movement.

6 years ago

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