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Director/choreographer Jeffrey L. Page will join the Philadelphia Theatre Company as a resident artist, beginning in September. (Courtesy of the Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Performing Arts
Race & Ethnicity

Philadelphia Theatre Company hires resident artist to help chart its future

Philadelphia Theatre Company has hired choreographer and director Jeffrey Page as a resident artist to help it navigate a post-coronavirus art world.

6 years ago

Artist Keisha Whatley paints on the steps of the Art Museum at a rally demanding funding for the arts in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Emergency arts fund pays out $4 million in Philadelphia region

A pandemic relief fund is releasing all of its money to hundreds of cultural organizations and over 1,000 artists.

6 years ago

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Ken Metzner, executive director of the Colonial Theatre
Movies
Visual Arts

Brandywine Museum and Colonial Theatre raise the curtain on reopening

The Brandywine and Colonial are the first Philly-area museum and theatre to reopen since COVID-19 shut everything down.

6 years ago

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The Richard Rodgers Theater, closed due to the coronavirus, is pictured above on April 8 in New York City.
NPR
Performing Arts
Public Health

Broadway to remain closed for the rest of the year

Broadway's theaters have been shut down since March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

A Glaser-designed entrance at the former Franklin Mills Mall
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

A tour of iconic designer Milton Glaser’s Philadelphia legacy

The visual luminary, who died at 91, created the look of the Franklin Mills Mall and Sesame Place.

6 years ago

(photo credit, Landon Speers)
Radio Times
Books
Sports

“The Biggest Bluff:” on luck, life and poker

Author and psychologist Maria Konnikova used high-stakes poker to explore luck, skill and decision-making. Along the way she become a professional poker player.

Air Date: June 26, 2020 10:00 am

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The scene at the 2019 Sea.Hear.Now Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. (Courtesy of Robert Siliato Photography)
Down the Shore
Music
New Jersey

Sea.Hear.Now Festival on Asbury Park beach postponed until 2021

A beach concert festival featuring major acts on the beach in Asbury Park has been postponed until next year.

6 years ago

Samantha Rise leads a march demanding arts funding in a giant unicorn puppet
Economy
Philadelphia

Philly Cultural Fund making plans to operate at a severe reduction

Facing drastic budget cuts, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund may seek financial support from outside the city government.

6 years ago

gambling
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New Jersey
Public Health

Borgata reopening July 6; invited guests can come July 2

Unless you get a special invitation, you won't be able to get inside Atlantic City's top casino until July 6.

6 years ago

Nicole Jordan
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Meet Nicole Jordan, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s first full-time Black woman musician and new music librarian

Nicole Jordan will be the first Black woman to join the orchestra as a full-time member in the organization’s 120-year history.

6 years ago

Home & Family
Race & Ethnicity

Portraits of Black fathers to light up Barnes Foundation this weekend

Portraits by West Philly photographer Ken McFarlane show the undersung love and strength of Black fathers.

6 years ago

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Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee
Movies
Race & Ethnicity

Hollywood says Black Lives Matter, but more diversity needed

Hollywood's record in diversity and inclusion has improved in recent years, but it still lags behind the population — particularly in its executive ranks.

6 years ago

Bandcamp has pledged to donate its cut of sales made on this and every subsequent Juneteenth holiday to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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NPR
Music
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Bandcamp, much-loved indie music marketplace, launches a Juneteenth tradition

On this and every subsequent Juneteenth, the platform intends to direct its usual revenue share to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

6 years ago

Portrait of James Ijames
The Why
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Making art in a time of crisis and protest

Actor and playwright James Ijames explains how his theater community is responding to a nationwide reckoning over racism, and how it's managing to make art during a pandemic.

Air Date: June 18, 2020

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The Juneteenth Parade in West Philadelphia
Things To Do
Community Events
June 18 - 24, 2020

A virtual opera extravaganza, Pride online, Juneteenth celebrations and Father’s Day in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

This week is a busy one as businesses around the Delaware Valley start to reopen now that all of Pennsylvania’s counties are in the yellow or green phase.

6 years ago

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