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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)
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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

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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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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

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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.
NewsWorks Tonight
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

Retired football player Bill Bergey leads fans in an E-A-G-L-E-S chant at the dedication of a David McShane mural at Spike's Trophies in Northeast Philadelphia commemorating the team's Super Bowl win.
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Philadelphia
Sports
Visual Arts

A Super Bowl mural grows in Philly’s Northeast

The first public mural depicting the Eagles' Super Bowl win has been unveiled near the Northeast Philadelphia Airport.

8 years ago

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Philadelphia 76ers' T.J. McConnell, center, goes up for a shot against Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown, left, and Terry Rozier during the second half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Monday, May 7, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Philadelphia 76ers score first win against the Boston Celtics in game 4

The chants for “TJ! TJ!” grew louder each time T.J. McConnell darted through the lane for an easy basket or buried a 3 to bui ...

8 years ago

Michael Woodard, of the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia, performs on the ABC television show,

Philly’s Michael Woodard still alive on ‘American Idol’

East Falls singer stays in the game on 'American Idol.'

8 years ago

In this Nov. 6, 2015, file photo, R. Kelly performs during the 2015 Soul Train Awards at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
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Social Justice

#MuteRKelly co-founder on the moment, her movement and its momentum

Founded last year by Kenyette Barnes and Oronike Odeleye, #MuteRKelly seeks to draw attention to the artist's controversial past and is pressuring companies to cut ties.

8 years ago

John
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History
Music

The hip-hop influence of Jab’o Starks, James Brown’s timekeeper

Drummer James "Jab'o" Starks may have thought he was playing for James Brown, but his drums ended up fueling the birth a genre.

8 years ago

Catie Turner of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, performs on the ABC television show,
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TV

2 Philly singers in final rounds of ‘American Idol’

Two singers from Philadelphia region are entering the final rounds of 'American Idol'

8 years ago

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