
Arts & Entertainment
March 9-12: “The Simon and Garfunkel Show” in Del., World Cafe Live Beer Fest in Philly, and Patti Labelle in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 5:30Next Philly mayor should ‘believe in the possibility of the arts,’ cultural leaders say
Today, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is releasing a paper with five recommendations aimed at the 10 mayoral candidates.
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Listen 4:01Year after the slap, Chris Rock hits back in new special
The 58-year-old comedian on Saturday night performed his first stand-up special since last year’s Oscars.
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The Philadelphia Flower Show returns indoors for a show that’s out of this world
After two years in FDR Park, the exhibition is back at the Convention Center with a new spark.
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2 South African artists converse across the apartheid timeline at the Barnes
The Barnes Foundation hosts work by two artists: one making work since apartheid, the other growing up in post-apartheid South Africa.
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Museum for Art in Wood introduces Philly to the Islamic mashrabiya screen
The traditional wood screens made in ornately geometric patterns for Islamic palaces and mosques are given the modern art treatment.
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Mayoral candidates discuss Philly arts sector at Kimmel Center forum
A mayoral forum at the Kimmel Center asked nine candidates about how to fund and leverage the arts to address city problems.
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‘Pump up the economy’: Elite college women’s hoop tourney draws 25,000 fans to Wilmington
The multipurpose sports complex opened in 2019 and is home for the Blue Boats, the 76ers minor league team. The facility expects 2 million visitors and users this year.
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Listen 1:20Wayne Shorter, sage of the saxophone, dies at 89
Wayne Shorter, the 12-time Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer and the creator of one of the singular sounds in contemporary jazz over more than half a century, has died.
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March 2-5: Trombone Shorty in Del., Philadelphia Flower Show, and Haddonfield Restaurant Week in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 4:24‘Abbott Elementary’ will give Mural Arts Philadelphia a moment in the spotlight
This week’s episode of the sitcom set in Philly is based on Quinta Brunson’s childhood memory of creating a mural at school.
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‘10 Days in a Madhouse’ to premiere next season at Opera Philadelphia
“10 Days in a Madhouse,” “Unholy Wars,” a new “Madame Butterfly” present alternative voices opposing oppression.
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Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again
Putellas won the women's voting over Alex Morgan of the United States and England’s Beth Mead.
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Newspapers have dropped the ‘Dilbert’ comic strip after a racist rant by its creator
The comic's creator, Scott Adams, said a recent opinion poll changed his mind about "helping Black Americans."
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Gazdag, Carranza each score 2 goals as Union beats Crew 4-1
Philadelphia is unbeaten, with two ties, in its last six games against the Crew, who have just one goal in that span
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