
Arts & Entertainment
Celebrating women in Klezmer music
The Philadelphia Folklore Project is celebrating that lineage with a performance on Sunday, Oct 28, at the Annenberg Center called Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer.
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Listen 2:22Delaware Shakespeare’s community tour explores nature of prejudice
Is “Merchant” an anti-Semitic play or a play about anti-Semitism?
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Museum of the Bible says 5 of the Dead Sea Scrolls fragments are fake
The museum will replace the five fragments in the display with three other fragments that will receive further study.
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‘Medea’ continues its lo-o-o-ong run, this time at Hedgerow Theatre
An ancient story by Euripides that never gets old.
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A.I. produced ‘portrait’ will go up for auction at Christie’s
A new portrait that is vaguely reminiscent of something painted by an old master is headed to Christie's New York auction block later this week
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Finding Elijah – A mother’s journey
One brisk November afternoon in Penn Treaty Park, I had the opportunity of a lifetime. I assisted my then 19-year-old son, Elijah, wit ...
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Harry who? Chestnut Hill Witches and Wizards fest carries on without its famous namesake
Chestnut Hill's popular fall festival celebrating the world of Harry Potter lost its name, but not its following.
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Not your everyday ‘Basic Witches’
A witch contest in drag, to find this year's witchiest.
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Mural by major Pakistani artist installed at Philly community college
Newly commissioned work by Shahzia Sikander installed in the Community College of Philadelphia.
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‘Sweat’ breaks open a new era for Philadelphia Theatre Company
Lynn Nottage's play about factory decline and its effect on disrespected workers puts the stage company back into production.
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A wizard who must not be named reflects on his years as Hogwarts headmaster
For Walt Maguire, dressing as the festival’s Dumbledore was a serious endeavor — one that required him to begin his preparation at 5 a.m.
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Philly artists join others in archiving their creative process
Artists contribute to New York library's public archive of 'process work,' the throw-away sketches made in pursuit of the final work.
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Nearly forgotten French impressionist regains her moment in Philadelphia exhibit
Berthe Morisot - a founding artist of French impressionism who was nearly forgotten - is coming back at the Barnes Foundation.
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Art market skewered in new documentary from Philly filmmaker
Philadelphia filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn skewers the art market with his new documentary, "The Price of Everything."
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Musical ‘bookends’ Prism Quartet and Piffaro offer world premiere performance
The Renaissance wind ensemble Piffaro and Prism Saxophone Quartet join forces Wednesday to premiere “The Anchoress” by David Ludwig.
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