Arts & Entertainment
Festivals celebrating female-powered music and indie filmmaking, family-friendly events and more
It’s the middle of summer, and a bumper crop of festivals are ripe for the picking. Here are some offerings. Now, select your favorites.
6 years ago
Listen 4:37Former astronaut training ground in Bucks County could become a museum
Naval Air Development Center, a research campus in Warminster Township, played a critical role in sending astronauts to the moon.
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Listen 2:05Two Philadelphia Art Museum sculptures are moving across town
Monumental sculptures at one of the entrances of the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be removed to make room for building renovations by Frank Gehry.
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Listen 1:44Fraternité! Bastille Day to rise again in Fairmount
The French holiday spurred a beloved farce at historic Eastern State Penitentiary that ended last year. Now, local businesses are picking up the torch.
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Performing the Reconstruction Era (in its own words) in ‘FOURTEEN’ at National Constitution Center
The National Constitution Center’s Civil War and Reconstruction exhibition is accompanied by a play adapted entirely from historic texts.
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Listen 2:09Nicole Dennis-Benn on her new novel, “Patsy”
The critically acclaimed author of "Here Comes the Sun" discusses her new novel, which tackles motherhood, immigration, and sexual identity.
Air Date: July 10, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Hundreds line up for their shot at Philly ‘Hamilton’ tickets
Those putting on the Broadway hit in Philadelphia have an elaborate plan to sell tickets while minimizing how many go to ticket resellers.
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Not over the hill: ‘Design With Nature,’ Ian McHarg’s landmark book of ecological design turns 50
The father of modern landscape design wrote the book that set the 1970s environmental movement on course.
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Displaced Iraqis and Syrians in Philly try to shift the ‘refugee narrative’ through art
The refugees of the “Friends, Peace, & Sanctuary” exhibitions want people to look past their scars of war and see them as creative members of American society.
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Listen 3:39On power, privacy, and gender politics: ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” runs July 10 through Aug. 4 as part of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.
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Marvel’s first openly trans actor calls for more portrayals
Zach Barack plays a classmate of Peter Parker's in "Spider-Man: Far From Home." His gender identity is not addressed in the brief role.
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Satirical staple ‘MAD’ to exit newsstands and recycle its classic material
The funny, freckled face of Alfred E. Neuman is more or less retiring.
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Netflix promises to quit smoking on (most) original programming
The streaming content giant announced Wednesday that it will stub out depictions of smoking across all of its upcoming original programs aimed at younger viewers.
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Swing those partners: Gay square dancers gather in Philadelphia
The international convention of gay square dancers arrives here for the first time, following the callers’ directions at a Center City hotel.
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Listen 3:15July 4th Philly photos: Protests, patriots and a popping block party
Even before the fireworks and concert, there was plenty of Independence Day action in America’s birthplace.
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