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Philadelphia

More fringe than Fringe, the SoLow theater festival opens this weekend

After 9 years, SoLow has established itself as the anti-establishment theater festival. This year it presents a confessional comedy about suicidal depression.

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Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘Aladdin,’ or possibly ‘The Genie,’ at the Academy of Music

The Disney musical, still on Broadway, comes to town in its national tour.

8 years ago

Assistant curator Matthew Skic looks the newly-hung Commander-in-Chief's Standard, Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. The faded and fragile blue silk flag marked General George Washington's presence on the battlefield during the Revolutionary War. The museum is bringing the flag out of its archives for public viewing on Thursday, June 14, Flag Day, until Sunday. Its appearance at the museum is the flag's first public display in Philadelphia since the war. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
History
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Philadelphia

Washington’s battlefield flag on view in Philly at Museum of American Revolution

The museum is bringing the flag out of its archives for public viewing from Thursday through Sunday.

8 years ago

Colombian soccer fan Jose Florentino poses for photos ahead of the 2018 soccer World Cup at a square downtown Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Where to watch the World Cup — June 14 – July 15, 2018

Grab a pint and catch the biggest sporting event in the world at one of these local establishments.

8 years ago

Gregory Peck is shown as attorney Atticus Finch, a small-town Southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape, in a scene from the 1962 movie
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Movies

From Atticus Finch to Rodney Dangerfield, 18 Films for Father’s Day

Film critic Piers Marchant shares his eclectic recommendations for dad-centric movies.

8 years ago

A father and son fish at Meadow Lake in Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park, Monday, March 16, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Community Events
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Father’s Day, Eid al-Fitr, and Philly hip-hop — Your Week June 14 – 21, 2018

This weekend, we’re talking about the origins of Philly hip-hop, affordable art, and ways to celebrate Father’s Day.

8 years ago

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Russell Craig's wall-sized paintings resemble Rorschach tests, with the faces of women killed by police peering out from inside the abstract shapes. His work is on display in a group show at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. (Image courtesy of the African American Museum in Philadelphia)
Things To Do

‘Collective Conscious’ at African American Museum in Philadelphia

A new exhibit at The African American Museum in Philadelphia draws on themes of social change and ancestral memory.

8 years ago

Visitors peruse the offerings at Art for the Cash Poor
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Visual Arts

Start your (affordable) art collection — June 16, 2018

Because the walls of your apartment aren't going to decorate themselves.

8 years ago

DJ Jazzy Jeff spinning in Philadelphia in 2003.
Things To Do
History
Music

From Lady B to Meek Mill, tracing the roots of Philly hip-hop — June 15, 2018

Dig into the history of hip-hop in Philadelphia with two short documentaries at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.

8 years ago

Timothy Rub, CEO of Philadelphia Museum of Art speaks at the announcement of the Inside Out art program, Edward Gideon Elementary School, on Tuesday June 12, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
K-12
Public Spaces
Visual Arts

Museum encourages Philly students to ‘befriend’ art with donation of reproductions

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has donated 24 high-quality art reproductions to city schools, part of 74 leftovers from its Inside Out summer outreach program.

8 years ago

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Victoria Aaliyah Goins in the title role and Damon Bonetti as the villain in the Philadelphia Artsts' Collective production of
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Performing Arts

‘Maria Marten or the Murder in the Red Barn,’ from Philadelphia Artists’ Collective

Remember the bit about the villain? He twirls his handlebar mustache repeatedly while he ties a lady to the railroad tracks because she can’t pay the rent.

8 years ago

In Simpatico Theatre's production of
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Performing Arts

‘Red Bike’ going nowhere, from Simpatico Theatre

An 11-year-old, played at once by three actors, goes on a questionable ride.

8 years ago

Katrina Lenk and Tony Shalhoub perform
NPR
Performing Arts

‘The band’s visit’ and Harry Potter win big at a quieter Tony Awards

The Tony Awards felt a little different this year than they have recently.

8 years ago

Along with his trusty puppet, Daniel Tiger, Fred Rogers explained a complex world to kids in terms they could understand. His goal, says filmmaker Morgan Neville, was to
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Home & Family
TV

Mister Rogers talked frankly with kids about ‘grown-up’ issues that weren’t

It's hard to imagine anyone sending hate mail to Fred Rogers.

8 years ago

Ron Stallworth (pictured here in 1975) was the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department. (Courtesy of Ron Stallworth)
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Books

How a black detective infiltrated the KKK

In his new memoir, Black Klansman, he tells the story of how he hoodwinked the Ku Klux Klan into thinking he was one of them.

8 years ago

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