Arts & Entertainment
Star Wars’ operatic score gets full orchestral treatment
"Star Wars" will be screened with its dialogue and sound effects intact, but with its score stripped out, replaced by a live version performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Philly’s Bastille Day tradition goes out with a bang
For nearly a quarter century Terry McNally has played Marie Antoinette for Philadelphia's satirical Bastille Day celebration in the city's Fairmount section.
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Animals, people and even family bring Delaware folk artist’s paintings to life
Kathy Buschi considers herself a folk artist. Self-taught, she adds life to her local scenes of Delaware by using people, animals and the occasional family member.
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A delightful ‘Shakespeare in Love’ from the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
The fictional Oscar-winning film about Shakespeare, his writer's block and the way he's smitten by a London woman becomes a stage play that he could have written.
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Amid backlash, Scarlett Johansson drops transgender role
"In light of recent ethical questions raised surrounding my casting as Dante Tex Gill, I have decided to respectfully withdraw my participation in the project," Johansson said
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Local pianist to romance the butterfly at Insectarium
The butterfly pavilion at the Insectarium in Northeast Philadelphia will host a concert of bug music.
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Listen 5:48The thrill and exhaustion of watching Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Volta’
Some of the show's performances are so extreme (and look so dangerous), you wonder how anyone ever learned to do this stuff.
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Listen 3:29Delaware ministers take turns on stage in Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Seven faith leaders from the local community who will play the part of the good friar over the next two weeks in the Delaware Shakespeare’s production.
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Art Museum summer program caters to young Modernists
The Philadelphia Museum of Art's summertime Art Splash program takes cues from urban Modernism.
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Listen 1:53Teen rocker Snail Mail takes the stage at Union Transfer — July 14, 2018
Lindsay Jordan is a songwriter who is wise beyond her years.
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Your Weekly Roundup for July 12-19, 2018
If you won’t be watching the World Cup final, or down in the waves, check out one of these events.
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Listen 4:14The R & B legend is scheduled to perform the album in its entirety and will be accompanied by some big-name guests.
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TGIF: Forgotten ‘90s TV shows resurrected for Friday the 13th — July 13, 2018
Remember "Baby Talk"? What about "Odd Man Out"? No? Revisit these and other not-quite-classics at PhilaMOCA on Friday.
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‘His Girl Friday,’ the old days, and now (Hedgerow Theatre)
A classic film comedy, adapted for the stage, has a different resonance these days.
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Hypermasculine, totally queer: Celebrating the leather jacket in cinema — July and August 2018
The Fabric Workshop and Museum has partnered with Lightbox Film Center to present a film series celebrating the iconic jacket.
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