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Arts & Entertainment

After selling his art fair empire in 2015, Rick Friedman is back in business, bringing his concept of upscale regional luxury fine art fairs to the 23rd Street Armory in Philadelphia.
Business
Visual Arts

Philly no longer an ‘antiques town’: City gets its first shot at contemporary art fair

High-end art fairs have become the backbone of the global contemporary art market. Now, a producer is trying it out on Philly.

6 years ago

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Austin Nedrow as Christopher (left) and Ian Merrill Peakes as his father, in Walnut Street Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts
Shapiro on Theater

The Walnut’s engrossing ‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’

Movement may be more subtle in this Philadelphia production of the Broadway dazzler, but the result is striking and eloquent in its own right.

6 years ago

Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed on Sunday in Los Angeles.
NPR
Music

Nipsey Hussle, Grammy-nominated rapper and philanthropist, shot and killed

Nipsey Hussle was widely respected in the hip-hop world, not just for his musical contributions but for the hustle ethic personified in his chosen stage name.

6 years ago

(Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)
History
Movies
TV
Marketplace

Holy franchise, Batman! You’re 80!

For eight decades, the Caped Crusader has kept watch over the streets of Gotham City and beyond. In honor of the Dark Knight, Marketplace does the numbers.

6 years ago

The Whitman at 200 Symposium pop-up exhibition includes photographs of Walt Whitman. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Books
History
Philadelphia

Whitman at 200: Penn programming looks at the Good Gray Poet, his legacy across the river

Gearing up for Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday on May 31, Penn’s “Whitman at 200” project hosted a gathering showcasing material from the last 20 years of the writer’s life.

6 years ago

Make a choice to see the next phase of the story. (Netflix)
Technology
TV
The Conversation

Beyond ‘Bandersnatch,’ the future of interactive TV is bright

The December 2018 premiere of Netflix’s “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” offered consumers a new way to influence the entertainment they’re watching.

6 years ago

The African American Museum of Bucks County's exhibit “Building on the Dream: From Africa to Bucks County” is on display at the Pearl S. Buck House through July (Courtesy Sharon Lentz/The Philadelphia Tribune)
History
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

Bucks County group envisions African-American museum

The African American Museum of Bucks County wants to develop a permanent museum that tells the stories of blacks in Bucks County.

6 years ago

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs on stage during the concert of his band in Prague, Czech Republic, July 4, 2018 within their No Filter tour on a stage that is 32 metres high and nearly 80 metres long. (Vit Simanek /CTK via AP Images)
Music

Rolling Stones postpone tour as Jagger receives medical treatment

The band announced Saturday that Jagger was told by doctors "he cannot go on tour at this time."

6 years ago

History
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

The plain white Confederate flag of truce and surrender inspires exhibit in Philly

The white dishcloth that ended the Civil War has been recreated in monumental size at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

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Temple music professor and orchestra conductor Luis Biava irehearses with the Temple University Symphony Orchestra on March 20, 2014, shortly before his retirement.  (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Music
Philadelphia

Luis Biava, beloved violinist and teacher at Temple, dies at 85

Former violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and influential teacher Luis Biava dies at 85. He led the Temple University Symphony Orchestra for decades.

6 years ago

Hundreds of fans, friends and family mourn at a vigil for battle rapper Akeem Mickens (professionally known as Tech9) at the Happy Hollow playground, in the Germantown section of Philadelphia on Tuesday Jan 26, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Music
Philadelphia

Sudden death of famed Philadelphia battle rapper Tech 9 inspires call for ‘Tech Day’

Tech 9 was a renowned battle rapper with a career that took him from verbal spars in Philadelphia to compete with the nation’s best in battles treated like prizefights.

6 years ago

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Audrey Glickman, a congregant from the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and a survivor of last October's mass shooting. She will will play the shofar in the Philadelphia Orchestra's premiere of Healing Tones. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Music
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Tree of Life Synagogue joins Philly Orchestra for ‘Healing Tones’

The premiere of “Healing Tones,” by composer Hannibal Lokumbe, will feature a member of the Pittsburgh synagogue where a mass shooting happened last year playing a shofar.

6 years ago

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Westminster Choir College’s Williamson Hall in Princeton, NJ. (Provided)
Higher Education
International
Music

Rider University delays sale of Westminster Choir College to Chinese company

The sale of a New Jersey music college to a Chinese company has been delayed after the state said it needs more information.

6 years ago

Bruce Springsteen onstage during the Born in the U.S.A. Tour in 1984. (Shinko Music/Getty Images)
NPR
Music

What does ‘Born In The U.S.A.’ really mean?

It's not enough to say the Bruce Springsteen hit is misunderstood. Its contrasts — between grim verses and a joyous chorus — are what give it its anthemic power.

6 years ago

Rendering of the Fusion Arena. (Courtesy of Comcast Spectator)
Sports

Why the esports arena in South Philly is both futuristic and a little old school

An esports arena may sound like something out of science fiction. But the ideas behind this new venture are surprisingly traditional.

6 years ago

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