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Arts & Entertainment

This image released by Disney shows Danai Gurira in a scene from Marvel Studios'
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Movies

Why ‘Black Panther’ matters

The film, with its visually stunning portrayal of Africa and its people, is filled to bursting with truth about the black experience.

8 years ago

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In the Inis Nua Theatre Company production
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Performing Arts

‘Love, Lies and Taxidermy’ plus fantasy (sort of) from Inis Nua Theatre Company

A boy, a girl, a breathless narrative.

8 years ago

Gerald Shields (right), author of
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Front row to American history, on a Kensington barstool

A new book about a Kensington veterans club is a small peephole onto the national stage.

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The power of ‘Black Panther’

Guests: Ariell Johnson, Salamishah Tillet, Dawud Anyabwile, Guy Sims Movie critics are saying that Marvel’s ...

Air Date: February 20, 2018

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LeBron James warms up prior to the NBA All-Star Game at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday.
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Sports

Laura Ingraham told LeBron James to shut up and dribble; he went to the hoop

Journalist Laura Ingraham sought to rebuke the Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James for "talking politics" during a recent interview.

8 years ago

Fred Rogers rehearses the opening of his PBS show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which premiered Feb. 19, 1968. Gene J. Puskar/AP
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It’s a beautiful 50th birthday for ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was all about encouragement and support.

8 years ago

The triangular patterns visible in Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther suit reflect what costume designer Ruth Carter calls
NPR
Movies
Race & Ethnicity

‘Black Panther’ costume designer draws on ‘the sacred geometry of Africa’

Designer Ruth Carter — whose previous films include Selma, Malcolm X and Roots — pulled colors, shapes, jewelry, and textures from tribes all over Africa.

8 years ago

Since no Hollywood movie with a predominantly black cast has ever had a bigger budget, there's a feeling of collective stakes Black Panther's its critical and commercial reception.
(Marvel/Disney/AP)
NPR
Movies
Race & Ethnicity

Can Marvel’s Black Panther bear the weight of representation?

Black Panther has been at the center of the first superhero blockbuster hype cycle freighted with real political significance.

8 years ago

Lisa VillaMil in Hedgerow Theatre Company's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

Turning on the chills in ‘Wait Until Dark’ at Hedgerow Theatre

A solid production of a thriller that keeps upping the tension.

8 years ago

Delaware Theatre Company's 2018 production of Heisenberg. By Simon Stephens, Directed by Matt Pfeiffer. (Matt Urban/Mobius New Media)
Delaware
Performing Arts

Delaware Theatre’s ‘Heisenberg’ explores the uncertainty of love

You don’t have to have a Ph.D. in physics to enjoy Simon Stephens’ "Heisenberg" now onstage at the Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington.

8 years ago

Ben Dibble and Krissy Fraelich as husband and wife in Media Theatre's production of the musical
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

Unleashing the power of ‘Next to Normal’ at Media Theatre

The cast nails this groundbreaking musical about the fallout from mental illness.

8 years ago

Adam Moore, national director of equal employment opportunity and diversity for SAG-AFTRA
Gender

Actors union presents guidelines on preventing sexual harassment

After deliberating for months, SAG-AFTRA produces a set of harassment-prevention guidelines. Philadelphia hosted the first discussion of the recommendations.

8 years ago

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Philadelphia Orchestra (Jan Regan, Philadelphia Orchestra)
Music
Philadelphia

After European tour, Philadelphia Orchestra will play three concerts in Israel

In a rare move by a major American orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra will tour Israel in June.

8 years ago

Former President Barack Obama (right) and artist Kehinde Wiley unveil his portrait during a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Politics
Visual Arts

Behind the Obama portraits: 2 artists put their own spin on a presidential tradition

Long before the official unveiling of the Obama's portraits, the artists who painted them began working on details like Michelle's dress and Barack's background tableau.

8 years ago

First
Delaware
Music
Visual Arts

Delaware artist Ellen Priest, the jazz painter

Ellen Priest uses music as other artists would use a mountain landscape or a person sitting for a portrait — as the subject of the art itself.

8 years ago

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