
Arts & Entertainment
Prominent Philly Jewish culture center, The Gershman Y changes name, mission
One of Philadelphia's prominent Jewish culture centers, The Gershman Y, will change its mission to focus solely on film.
7 years ago
Listen 2:01Delaware Symphony performs Mahler’s ‘underdog’ work that inspired its future director
Delaware Symphony Orchestra’s director David Amado will lead the group in its first ever performance of Gustav Mahler’s “Seventh Symphony,” which fascinated him as a child.
7 years ago
Revel in the crowning of Philly’s next (drag) king – May 19, 2018
If 90 minutes a week of 'RuPaul’s Drag Race' is just not cutting it for you, head to the Gayborhood this weekend to see a homegrown Philly drag competition crown its new king.
7 years ago
Local history: Learn about Philadelphia’s seedy, beloved Tenderloin – May 17 & June 3, 2018
Back in the 1800s, 'tenderloin' was a common moniker for a city's vice districts and skid rows. Where was Philly's Tenderloin, and what was it like?
7 years ago
Japanese sculptor seeks to re-create nature in New Jersey with tons of stone
During the installation of Masayuki Koorida’s exhib ...
7 years ago
Painted Bride says farewell to iconic building in Old City
The Painted Bride, an Old City icon in Philadelphia, plans to sell its building. Philadelphia arts leaders are crying foul.
7 years ago
3 perfectly Philly street festivals kick the season into high gear – May 17-20, 2018
Spring is quickly edging into summer, and you know what that means: festivals, street fairs, and block parties. Here are three we think you'll love.
7 years ago
Passage Theatre presents play telling stories of minors sentenced to die in prison
For as long as she can remember, playwright Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg has opposed the death penalty. “Even when I was little, an ...
7 years ago
Temple exhibit shares the secret life of dolls
The Temple Contemporary gallery now has a solo exhibition by artist Trenton Doyle Hancock, who invited the Philadelphia Doll Museum into his invented universe.
7 years ago
Take in an Afrofuturist sermon at ‘Stellar Masses’ – May 16, 2018
Discover the interstellar potential of spoken word.
7 years ago
Watch: Philly burlesque performers pay homage to ‘Black Panther’
A troupe of all-black burlesque performers from Philadelphia took a packed room upstairs at the Trocadero Theatre to Wakanda in a show inspired by "Black Panther."
7 years ago
Painting can be frightening, so one Delaware artist revels in touch of glass
Artist Deborah Johnson finds painting to be scary and intimidating, but when working with glass, she knows just what to do.
7 years ago
New work for Philly youth orchestra allows every musician to shine
Philadelphia youth orchestra Musicopia will premiere a new composition written just for them.
7 years ago
Philly artists recreate gigantic 1973 ‘Rube Goldberg’ orchestra
Now on display at the Pearlstein Gallery in Drexel University’s URBN Annex, “Zwei Mann Orchester” is a musical Rube Goldberg machine that delights with its symphonic absurdity
7 years ago
Listen 4:04I love you, I hate you: Renoir edition
Audiences love to hate art by Renoir. The Barnes Foundation offers a rebuttal.
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