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Queer As Punk: A Guide To LGBTQIA+ Punk

The term "punk" has a long queer history predating its use in contemporary music. A "punk" has always meant a person up to something disreputable and socially deviant.

6 years ago

A close-up of an Oscar statue outside of the Dolby Theatre is shown.
Movies
Race & Ethnicity

Oscars to set best picture noms at 10, inclusion standards

The Oscars are implementing some big changes, including a set number of best picture nominees and to-be-determined representation and inclusion standards for eligibility.

6 years ago

Police and protesters in Philadelphi
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

More than 1,000 Philly artists, art administrators call for defunding the police department

In an open letter to Mayor Jim Kenney and City Council, artists and arts organizations called on the city to redistribute police funding to human services.

6 years ago

The Roots Picnic
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Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Indefinitely postponed: Looks like the Roots Picnic won’t happen this summer

Event organizers will offer refunds to ticketholders by Aug. 9.

6 years ago

A 'No to Zero' graphic protesting Mayor Kenney's budget proposal to eliminate the city's art office
PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
Music
Poetry
Visual Arts
Eyes on the Street

Art helps democracy. Mayor Kenney’s plan to zero out Philly’s arts office hurts us all

Philly’s arts office responds to the cultural and ethnic diversity that makes up our vibrant neighborhoods.

6 years ago

(Screenshot/Netflix)
LGBTQ
TV
Billy Penn

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

“Seven O’Clock Shout
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

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.

6 years ago

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Frank Rizzo mural
Philadelphia
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Frank Rizzo mural in South Philly to be replaced with better representation of neighborhood, leaders say

The 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.

6 years ago

Stone Pony Summer Stage
Down the Shore
Music
New Jersey

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

The ensemble in French choreographer Boris Charmatz's
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

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.

6 years ago

Delaware Shakespeare's
Delaware
Personal Finance
Public Health
Visual Arts

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.

6 years ago

Sound Space Performing Arts
Dance
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

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.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Art Museum
Business
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

‘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.

6 years ago

A robot portrait painter created a gallery of 'everyday geniuses'
Community Events
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

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

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The Woodland Cemetery Mansion in Philadelphia
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Sound 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.

6 years ago

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