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In this Jan. 19, 1993 file photo, singer Aretha Franklin performs at the inaugural gala for President Bill Clinton in Washington. Franklin died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, at her home in Detroit. AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
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Aretha Franklin doc ‘Amazing Grace’ to finally see the light

More than 46 years after it was shot, the Aretha Franklin concert film "Amazing Grace" will finally be released.

7 years ago

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Princeton’s comic book exhibit spotlights superheroes of civil rights movement

From Rosa Parks to Martin Luther King Jr. to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, comics illustrate the fight for equality.

7 years ago

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Artist attempts to sum up the world in Philly exhibit

Rina Banerjee's first major retrospective at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is called "Make Me a Summary of the World."

7 years ago

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Performing Arts

At the Barrymore Awards, a night of cheers, $118,000 and trophies

The annual awards for professional theater in metropolitan Philadelphia draw a crowd of about 700 to celebrate.

7 years ago

Kendra Holloway (left), Richard Bradford and Justin Pietropaolo in InterAct Theatre Company's production of
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Performing Arts

‘Salt Pepper Ketchup’: Chinese takeout in a gentrifying place (InterAct Theatre Company)

Can old and new neighborhood cultures survive together?

7 years ago

Springsteen on Broadway will make its debut on Netflix in December. (Rob DeMartin/Courtesy of the artist)
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Recorded on Broadway, Springsteen sings a song for a ‘Land of Hope and Dreams’

Springsteen has performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" often for benefit concerts and political rallies.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown reads a resolution in support of Jazz Philadelphia at the opening of a jazz summit in the Kimmel Center. Councilman David Oh is at left. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
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Philadelphia

Philadelphia jazz gets a boost from new nonprofit

Jazz Philadelphia, a new support organization for jazz in the city, launches with a weekend conference on the art and business of music.

7 years ago

Kevin Massey as Captain Jack and Harriet Harris as Mrs. Malaprop in Bristol Riverside Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

‘The Rivals’ go at it with musical glee at Bristol Riverside Theatre

Sheridan's witty 1775 play about love and rivalry becomes a musical romp.

7 years ago

In this Oct. 25, 2010, photo, author Ntozake Shange attends a special screening of
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The funny, flirtatious, caustic, impertinent and restlessly creative Ntozake Shange

I knew Ntozake Shange many years ago. Her recent passing at age 70 made me reach back to remember those times. It’s no exaggeration ...

7 years ago

In the third act of Wilma Theater's production of
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Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘Mr. Burns’ glows amid its vision of darkness at Wilma Theater

A post-apocalyptic vision of a world without electricity uses "The Simpsons" as a cultural icon that draws people together.

7 years ago

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Visual Arts

Philadelphia craft events giving rise to art as activism

CraftNOW, a series of events built around the Philadelphia Craft Show, presents artists as activists.

7 years ago

Living historian Dean Howarth re-enacts science experiments that were performed on corpses that could have inspired Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
History

Frankenstein, now 200 years old, shows its roots

A theatrical lecture at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia demonstrates the scientific roots of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."

7 years ago

In Cape May Stage's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

‘The Shuck,’ locally grown at Cape May Stage

People live by the rhythm of the waves, at the end of an era of oystering.

7 years ago

Two days ahead of Super Bowl LII, competitive eaters consume large amounts of wings during the annual Wing Bowl competition at the Wells Fargo Center. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Sports

After 26 years, Philly Wing Bowl’s end met with cheers and regrets

The Philadelphia tradition is no more.

7 years ago

On the set of East of La Brea at the Islamic Center of Southern California. The Web series, which focuses on two Muslim-American women, is one of a new crop of shows featuring Muslim characters. (Leila Fadel/NPR)
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Movies
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TV

Muslims are having a Hollywood moment

Several projects by and about Muslims are in the pipeline or have recently debuted in the entertainment industry.

7 years ago

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