Arts & Entertainment
Philly’s Painted Bride Art Center moves, again, as its leader steps down
Laurel Raczka, the longtime leader of the Painted Bride Art Center, is stepping down after 26 years with the arts organization.
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June 26 - June 29: Sons of Mystro in Del., a kickball tournament in Philly and Flair Dance Festival in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Check out photos from this weekend’s opening of Philly’s Chinese Lantern Festival
From a giant, glowing octopus to a colorful peacock with changing feathers, this year’s celebration features an all-new display of illuminated sculptures.
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Drill dance troupe Maci Lago Universe brings love and grit to Chester
Maci Lago Universe is competing for a national championship while changing lives back at home.
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Pew Center for Arts and Heritage moves to the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia
As one of her final acts as director, Paula Marincola brought the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage into a partnership with the Barnes.
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Billy Penn’s series of Q&As with Philly’s independent publishers continues. This time: Daniel Akst of Tivoli Books.
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Books Through Bars promotes education — and better futures — with free books for incarcerated people
The nonprofit organization takes requests for books from incarcerated people in the Mid-Atlantic.
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Bucks County artist creates collaborative, interactive Juneteenth flag
The artwork, composed of tiles painted by members of 16 different local organizations, will be on display at the Mercer Museum this Saturday.
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For Philly’s Low Cut Connie, protest songs and American dissent are ‘patriotic’
Singer-songwriter Adam Weiner talks protest songs, fear, and American identity ahead of nationwide “No Kings” protests.
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‘TERRA’ weaves women’s bodies into the forest of Northwest Philly’s Schuylkill Center
Tucked into Philly’s largest tract of wild forest, “TERRA” explores ecofeminism and the disruptive forces of gravity.
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World Cafe Live workers fired after walking off the job in protest of new leadership
Picketers say new leadership caused chaos in the workplace. All who joined the walkout were fired, and WCL says its considering legal action.
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Chester County Balloon Festival, Ringo Starr and Father’s Day fun in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
June 12 - June 15: David Foster and Chris Botti in Del., Culture Fest in Philly and Downtown Camden Art Crawl in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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InLiquid’s Art for the Cash Poor fair celebrates its 25th anniversary this Saturday
The annual event on North American Street proves that you don’t need to be a millionaire to invest in and collect impactful artwork.
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Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82
Wilson was one of rock’s great romantics, a tormented man who in his peak years embarked on an ever-steeper path to aural perfection, the one true sound.
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Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82
From rousing early songs “I Want To Take You Higher” and “Stand!” to the more somber “Family Affair” and “Runnin’ Away,” Sly and the Family Stone spoke for a generation.
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