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Ai Weiwei coming to Philadelphia for major public art collaboration project

Next fall, some of the most provocative artists in the world will come to Philadelphia to create public sculptures and installations. ...

8 years ago

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Philly pit mix makes starting lineup in Puppy Bowl XIII

Forget the Falcons. Super Bowl Sunday is all about the puppies. Animal Planet’s ...

8 years ago

Louise Calloway holds a slave collar embelished with the name of an Atlanta, Georgia company that traded in tobacco and slaves. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Underground Railroad Museum to open in South Jersey’s Smithville Park [photos]

When people describe the Underground Railroad to newcomers to American history, they usually have to explain that it was not literally un ...

8 years ago

Tin Angel owner Donal McCoy and booker Larry Goldfarb say the venue will move to a new

Old City loses Tin Angel, final shows this weekend

The Tin Angel, a Philadelphia musical institution for a quarter-century, will close this weekend after two final shows on Saturday night. ...

8 years ago

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Vernoca Michael

West Philly’s Paul Robeson House endures after founder’s passing

The house where noted singer, actor and Civil Rights activist Paul Robeson lived his final years is getting a second chance after the fou ...

8 years ago

The Down Home Diner’s chef, Jack McDavid, demonstrates how to prepare collard greens at the Reading Terminal Market meal for Syrian refugees and Mayfair residents. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Refugees share kibbah, collard greens and a side of bridge-building at Reading Terminal Market

In English, you say “break bread” when you commune with friends over food. In Arabic, you say “have salt and bread.R ...

8 years ago

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Campier and more serious update to ‘Color Me Barbra’ at Art Museum

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has allowed a raucous cabaret performance to be held in its gallery of 16th century art. The Bearded ...

8 years ago

Mary Tuomanen rehearses Hello! Sadness! at Fringe Arts. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly playwright Tuomanen pulls threads of connection and political awakening through works

Mary Tuomanen opens “Hello! Sadness!” at FringeArts in Old City, on a stage with no set, no props, a ...

8 years ago

Akeem Davis and Susan Riley Stevens in the InterAct Theatre Company production of 'Marcus/Emma.' (Photo courtesy of Kathryn Raines/Plate 3)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: Intellects sparring lustily in ‘Marcus/Emma’

What do you get when you pair America’s most visionary black nationalist with America’s most radical anarchist? If you’ ...

8 years ago

In the Lantern Theater production of 'Informed Consent
Shapiro on Theater

Review: ‘Informed Consent’ and the power of creation stories

It taxes credibility and has a cheap ending to boot, but we’re going to have to overlook the weak points in Deborah Zoe Laufer̵ ...

8 years ago

Curtis Institute of Music student Nick DiBerardino composed a work for percussion instruments inspired by Philadelphia's One Book

‘Curious Incident’ gets percussive welcome as Philly’s latest ‘One Book’ program opens

The Free Library of Philadelphia opens its annual city-wide reading program, “One Book, One Philadelphia,” on Wednesday with ...

8 years ago

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 Tangle Movement Arts stages a performance in Clark Park as part of Philadelphia's Performances in Public Spaces program, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks/file)

Philly arts community contemplates possible elimination of NEA

Over the weekend, Washington, D.C., newspaper The Hill reported that the Trump transition team is considering eliminating the National En ...

8 years ago

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Jered McLenigan and Sarah Gliko in the Wilma Theater production of 'Constellations.'(Photo courtesy of Alexander Iziliaev)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: ‘Constellations’ we can’t even imagine

You know how they say the future is in the stars? In Nick Payne’s surreal and beautifully constructed “Constellations,” ...

8 years ago

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

Scholars explore Princeton University’s historic links to slavery for art, academia

Scholars at Princeton University are researching that university’s historic relationship to slavery for a series of academic and ar ...

8 years ago

The Barnes Foundation will begin construction this month on a 4

Work set to begin on $5.8 million Barnes addition

The Barnes Foundation made up for years of controversy surrounding its 2012 move to downtown Philadelphia by building what is almost unan ...

8 years ago

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