Arts & Entertainment
Posters around Pittsburgh ask mayor to make ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ city’s official song
"The lyrics are inspirational, and the song is an important part of Pittsburgh history and culture," Craig Toocheck said.
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Mummers off Broad: New book of photos documents a decade of wenches
Photographer and Drexel professor Andrea Modica photographed Mummer wenches, one day a year for 10 years.
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Listen 5:40Freda Payne returns to jazz at Delaware Theatre Company
"Band of Gold" singer Freda Payne takes the stage of the Delaware Theatre Company not to belt out Motown-style R&B, but to swing and scat as the legendary Ella Fitzgerald.
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Atlantic City’s Hard Rock casino resort announces June 28 opening date
The casino announced it will put 60 concerts on sale Friday, and committed to presenting 300 nights of live music in its first year.
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Penn Museum opens new Middle East gallery
The Penn Museum has greatly expanded its Middle East gallery, the first part of a building-wide renovation.
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NPR newscaster Carl Kasell dies at 84, after a lifelong career on-air
Every weekday for more than three decades, his baritone steadied our mornings.
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Exploring the artistic legacy of George A. ‘Frolic’ Weymouth
Perhaps best known for his legacy of philanthropic work, Weymouth was also an accomplished painter. A new exhibit at the Brandywine River Museum of Art looks at this legacy.
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Here are the winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes
Out of more than 2,400 submissions, just 21 distinguished projects will earn gold Monday in New York City.
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Disgraced Donkey Kong master says he’s got proof he didn’t cheat
Billy Mitchell has broken his silence.
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76ers’ leading scorer, Hall of Famer Hal Greer dies at 81
Hal Greer, a Hall of Fame guard and the Philadelphia 76ers’ career leading scorer, has died. The Sixers said Greer died Satu ...
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‘Madaket Road,’ the last of a robust trilogy, from EgoPo Classic Theater
John Guare's "Lydie Breeze Trilogy," about a Civil War nurse and the men she draws into her life's adventures, comes to an end.
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The ‘beautiful chaos’ of Modern Times at Philly Art Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art dives deep into its Modernist collection for its 'Modern Times' summer exhibition
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Teens take on big subjects during Philly’s Mouthful Monologue Festival
Philadelphia Young Playwrights shows what on teenagers' minds during the festival.
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Listen 2:03‘The Women of Ireland’: Who are they? — from Irish Heritage Theatre
Five short plays — three of them super-short plays — and a mystifying title for their grouping.
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