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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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The Lunar Year performing at Spruce Street Harbor Park
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Spruce Street Harbor Park free concert series ‘spans the gamut’ of what the Philly music scene has to offer

The Live and Local music series will be taking place all summer through Sept. 25 at the Lazy Hammock stage.

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John Van Horne of the Library Company of Philadelphia shares some of the documents his institution contributed to the exhibit
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‘The Revolutionary City’ gives everyone access to original documents of Philly residents living through the war

A massive digitization and artificial intelligence platform gives free access to multiple historic archives and thousands of documents.

11 months ago

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Nicole Sweeney on the mic at the station’s studio
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Nicole Sweeney brings her national jazz journey back to Philly’s WRTI, where it all began

Nicole Sweeney brings her signature storytelling and soulful presence to Evening Jazz at WRTI, connecting Philly listeners to jazz’s rich legacy.

11 months ago

An actor on stage during a performance
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5 years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced theater closures, Philly companies look to each other to find a new normal

In response to a post-COVID economy, Philly theater companies are learning how to collaborate for the long term.

11 months ago

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A Jen Hintz Eggers painting on a wall at the Mezzanine Gallery
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‘Seeds of Life’: The art of caregiving pulses through every brushstroke in Jen Hintz Eggers’ new exhibition

A Delaware native turned to art during the early, difficult stages of motherhood. Her work is on view at Wilmington's Mezzanine Gallery.

11 months ago

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Performers on stage during a play
Pennsylvania
Performing Arts

Upper Darby Summer Stage celebrates its 50th season

The organization is hosting 50th anniversary performances this weekend.

11 months ago

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Pictured in 2019: Laurel Raczka, executive director of the Painted Bride Art Center, and John Barber, chairman of the board of the nonprofit
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

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.

11 months ago

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Members of the band BABYMETAL perform on stage
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New Jersey
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Pershing’s Own band, Black music and Pride celebrations, BABYMETAL and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

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.

11 months ago

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multiple illuminated sculptures at Franklin Square
Community Events
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

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.

11 months ago

Danae'sha Ingram, 19,
Dance
Pennsylvania
Performing Arts

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.

11 months ago

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Thomas Collins is the Neubauer Family Executive Director and President at the Barnes. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Economic Development
Philadelphia

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.

11 months ago

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books on display
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

‘We hope to build a vigorous publishing house that engages with its time through the works of its time’

Billy Penn’s series of Q&As with Philly’s independent publishers continues. This time: Daniel Akst of Tivoli Books.

11 months ago

Volunteers sorting books in boxes
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Incarceration
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

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.

11 months ago

Kevin Aster Young posing with artwork
Pennsylvania
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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.

11 months ago

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Adam Weiner on stage holding his hands up to the crowd
Music
Philadelphia

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.

11 months ago

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