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Making Worlds Bookstore and Social Center
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

‘We publish our books … because the ideas really matter to us’

Billy Penn’s series of Q&As with Philly’s independent publishers continues. This time: Malav Kanuga, of Common Notions.

9 months ago

A scene from Goblin Market
Higher Education
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly-area colleges welcome spring with wave of theater productions

Temple University’s production of the original musical “Mystic Rapture” is just one of many local college shows.

9 months ago

Lucy Dacus of Boygenius
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Lucy Dacus and Remi Wolf to headline the Make The World Better Concert Weekend at FDR Park this July

The all-ages festival, co-produced by former Philadelphia Eagle Connor Barwin and promoter Bowery Presents, will take place Friday, July 25 and Sunday, July 27.

9 months ago

The PhilaBowl will include over 500 hand-made ceramic bowls
Community Events
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The Clay Studio’s annual ‘PhilaBowl’ fires up local foodies and pottery lovers

The annual empty bowl fundraiser will include over 500 handmade bowls for sale and yummy bites. Plus, half of the proceeds go to a local food pantry.

9 months ago

Peter Siebert, president and CEO of Independence Seaport Museum, stands among model ships
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Dozens of miniature ships moored inside Philadelphia’s Seaport Museum for its new exhibition

“Small but Mighty” is an armada of toys and models representing 400 years of maritime history.

9 months ago

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A large crowd is gathered to listen to an organ concert in Philadelphia
Business
Music
Philadelphia

‘A keepsake for your memories’: Organ concert marks the end of Macy’s era at the Wanamaker Building

“This will be the last day we hear the instrument in the space that it was designed for,” one visitor said.

9 months ago

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Alison Lewis holding her book
Books
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

‘The throughline is trying to publish underrepresented voices’

Billy Penn’s series of Q&As with Philly’s independent publishers continues. Today: Alison M. Lewis, of Frayed Edge Press

9 months ago

Blake Gopnik wrote the biography
Studio 2
History
Philadelphia

Albert Barnes and the new book ‘The Maverick’s Museum’

The Barnes Foundation draws a ton of visitors every year. It was first housed in his Merion, Pennsylvania home and later moved – after years of legal battles – to the Parkway.

Air Date: March 20, 2025 12:00 pm

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The cast performing onstage
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

‘& Juliet’ reimagines the Shakespeare classic — with a 2nd chance

The Broadway musical comes to the Academy of Music on March 25.

9 months ago

John Jarboe smiles
Environment
Government
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

An ice-skating drag show was pilloried on national television. Philly’s Bearded Ladies Cabaret holds that as a badge of honor

“Beards on Ice,” about climate change, was mocked on Fox News in December. The cabaret group's artistic director hopes the negative attention heightens her message.

9 months ago

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People who work in the Philadelphia culture sector marching with signs reading PHILLY ARTISTS UNITE!, MARCH FOR ART! and RESIST FASCISM FIGHT TRUTH DECAY
Philadelphia
Politics
Visual Arts

Philly arts organizations are navigating stormy federal funding guidelines

As the National Endowment for the Arts tries to comply with the shifting legal status of Trump’s executive orders, arts organizations are struggling to keep up.

9 months ago

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Philly regional spelling bee winner Jayden Jiang shows off his win
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Philly’s Jayden Jiang wins regional spelling bee for second year in a row

The fifth-grader took home first place again in the Philly regional bee at WHYY’s office.

10 months ago

Rennie Harris dancing with dancers
Dance
Philadelphia

Detroit, Chicago and Philly street dancing represented in Rennie Harris’ new performance

The Philly-raised choreographer pulled together dancers from three cities to show how street dancing evolves in different places.

10 months ago

Conductor Marin Alsop leads the Philadelphia Orchestra
History
Music
Philadelphia

‘Picaflor: A Future Myth’: Philadelphia Orchestra premieres work about climate apocalypse averted by a hummingbird

Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Picaflor: A Future Myth” digs into ancient Peruvian mythology to tell a story about the future.

10 months ago

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Paradegoers at Philadelphia's 2023 St. Patrick's Day parade
Things To Do
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Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Greater Philly Yarn Crawl, Women’s History Month and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

March 13–16: Erika Alexander in Delaware, St. Paddy’s Day celebrations in Philly and EagleMania in South Jersey are among this weekend's event events.

10 months ago

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