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Masayuki  Koorida,  Untitled,  2016,  pencil  on  paper,  39.37  x  27.56  inches  each,  Collection  of  the  Artist
New Jersey

Japanese sculptor seeks to re-create nature in New Jersey with tons of stone

During the installation of Masayuki Koorida’s exhib ...

8 years ago

The exterior of the Painted Bride building
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
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Painted Bride says farewell to iconic building in Old City

The Painted Bride, an Old City icon in Philadelphia, plans to sell its building. Philadelphia arts leaders are crying foul.

8 years ago

Night Market Philadelphia,
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3 perfectly Philly street festivals kick the season into high gear – May 17-20, 2018

Spring is quickly edging into summer, and you know what that means: festivals, street fairs, and block parties. Here are three we think you'll love.

8 years ago

Author Tom Wolfe pauses for a photo during an interview at the Stanhope Hotel in New York on Nov. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)
NPR

Tom Wolfe: writing nonfiction ‘became a great game and a great experiment’

Journalist Tom Wolfe died Monday in a Manhattan hospital. In his signature white suit, the best-selling author described himself as "the village information gatherer."

8 years ago

Passage Theatre presents play telling stories of minors sentenced to die in prison

For as long as she can remember, playwright Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg has opposed the death penalty. “Even when I was little, an ...

8 years ago

“Moundverse Infants,” an installation at Temple’s Tyler School of Art, combines the collections of artist Trenton Doyle Hancock and Philadelphia Doll Museum founder Barbara Whiteman.
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Temple exhibit shares the secret life of dolls

The Temple Contemporary gallery now has a solo exhibition by artist Trenton Doyle Hancock, who invited the Philadelphia Doll Museum into his invented universe.

8 years ago

Musician Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa)
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Poetry

Take in an Afrofuturist sermon at ‘Stellar Masses’ – May 16, 2018

Discover the interstellar potential of spoken word.

8 years ago

Actress Margot Kidder is seen here with her Superman costar Christopher Reeve.
(Reed Saxon/AP)
NPR

Actress Margot Kidder, who played Lois Lane, dies at 69

Margot Kidder, who became famous for playing Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in Superman, has died at her home in Montana.

8 years ago

Performer Foxworth Al-Amin Vorn transformed from King T’Challa into the Black Panther. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Performing Arts

Watch: Philly burlesque performers pay homage to ‘Black Panther’

A troupe of all-black burlesque performers from Philadelphia took a packed room upstairs at the Trocadero Theatre to Wakanda in a show inspired by "Black Panther."

8 years ago

First
Delaware
Visual Arts

Painting can be frightening, so one Delaware artist revels in touch of glass

Artist Deborah Johnson finds painting to be scary and intimidating, but when working with glass, she knows just what to do. 

8 years ago

Meara Lim-Goyette, 11, (center) rehearses with Musicopia, for a performance of Mark Laycock's
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Philadelphia

New work for Philly youth orchestra allows every musician to shine

Philadelphia youth orchestra Musicopia will premiere a new composition written just for them.

8 years ago

Things To Do
Music
Sculpture

Philly artists recreate gigantic 1973 ‘Rube Goldberg’ orchestra

Now on display at the Pearlstein Gallery in Drexel University’s URBN Annex, “Zwei Mann Orchester” is a musical Rube Goldberg machine that delights with its symphonic absurdity

8 years ago

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The west wall of Room 13 at the Barnes Foundation is covered with Renoir paintings.
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Visual Arts

I love you, I hate you: Renoir edition

Audiences love to hate art by Renoir. The Barnes Foundation offers a rebuttal.

8 years ago

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Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart, right, drives past Philadelphia 76ers guard Marco Belinelli during the first quarter of Game 5 of an NBA basketball playoff series in Boston, Wednesday, May 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Philadelphia 76ers season ends with loss to Boston in Game 5

Jayson Tatum caught a pass underneath the basket, shook off a hit and went up for the go-ahead layup with 23 seconds left and the Boston ...

8 years ago

Maria Dumlao's print
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Visual Arts

3 must-see new art exhibits this month: Our picks from ‘First Friday’ – Through May, 2018

First Friday doesn't necessarily mean "last chance." Here's our guide to new exhibitions you can catch all month long.

8 years ago

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