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Arts & Entertainment

Environmental cautionary tale: ‘WetLand’ succumbs to river forces

A floating art installation once featured in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival is now resting on the bottom of the Schuylkill River. ...

8 years ago

 In this Wednesday, March 28 2012, file photo, Ivanka Trump wears an outfit she designed as she speaks to the audience prior to the presentation of her Ready-To-Wear Collection at the Lord & Taylor flagship store in New York. Trump's father, Donald, is seated to the right. Retailers are trying to figure out a way to deal with the politically charged Ivanka Trump brand, stamped on everything from shoes to pants to handbags. The products have become more polarized with President Donald Trump’s rise to the White House. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Essay: Trumped at Lord & Taylor

“Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.” It’s been a long time since this Catholic girl has gon ...

8 years ago

 Caroliese Frink-Reed, left, tells the story of Joann Myers Brown, founder of Philadanco, at the New Freedom Theatre on Saturday. The storytelling event was part of PhilAesthetic, a series honoring the Black Arts Movement. (Emily Scott/WHYY)

Storytelling event at Freedom Theatre celebrates community leaders

On Saturday, Keepers of the Culture and the African American Museum of Philadelphia collaborated on “Ladies First: Stories of ...

8 years ago

 Caroliese Frink-Reed, left, tells the story of Joann Myers Brown, founder of Philadanco, at the New Freedom Theatre on Saturday. The storytelling event was part of PhilAesthetic, a series honoring the Black Arts Movement. (Emily Scott/WHYY)

Storytelling event at Freedom Theatre celebrates community leaders

On Saturday, Keepers of the Culture and the African American Museum of Philadelphia collaborated on “Ladies First: Stories of ...

8 years ago

 George Sotter's ''Silent Night'' (Michener Museum)

Michener Museum celebrates the paintings of New Hope painter George Sotter (1879-1953)

A little-known artist from the early 20th century, who lived near New Hope, Pa., is having his first museum retrospective in over 60 year ...

8 years ago

 George Sotter's ''Silent Night'' (Michener Museum)

Michener Museum celebrates the paintings of New Hope painter George Sotter (1879-1953)

A little-known artist from the early 20th century, who lived near New Hope, Pa., is having his first museum retrospective in over 60 year ...

8 years ago

James Merle Thomas, executive director of Vox Populi artists collective, has wrangled a gallery space at 990 Spring Garden. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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With artists collective in disarray after fire, Vox building still unites them

On the First Friday of the month, thousands of art lovers wander Philadelphia galleries that stay open late. A cluster of art coll ...

8 years ago

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 Steve Rosen as Nathan Detroit (in blue-checkered jacket) and some of the the cast of 'Guys and Dolls' at Bucks County Playhouse. (Photo courtesy of Joan Marcus)
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Review: Hanging out with street-smart ‘Guys and Dolls’ (Bucks County Playhouse)

I’m not sure there ever was a New York like the one we find in “Guys and Dolls,” the musical peopled by cavalier dice t ...

8 years ago

 Ava DuVernay speaks at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Grants Banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Black Star Film Festival will honor Ava Duvernay

For the organizers of the BlackStar Film Festival, honoring director ...

8 years ago

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Zinzi Clemmons; Trump coaches Jr.

Guests: Zinzi Clemmons, Carol Leonnig Author ZINZI CLEMMONS ...

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 Augustus Rose is the author of ''The Ready-Made Thief,'' his first novel. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

New novel paints picture of sinister Philly cult obsessed with artist Marcel Duchamp [audio]

A new novel is released this week about an underground cult obsessed with the work of the artist Marcel Duchamp, and a runaway teenager s ...

8 years ago

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In vulnerable and brutally honest ‘4:44,’ Jay-Z’s unexpected challenge to black men

In hip-hop, ego is the main ingredient in some of the best songs of all time. You’d be hard-pressed to find an emcee who doesn̵ ...

8 years ago

Artist Timothy Schmalz sits beside his sculpture, ''Homeless Jesus,'' outside St. John's Hospice on Race Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

In Philadelphia, ‘Homeless Jesus’ sculpture embodies message of compassion

The Catholic Archdiocese in Philadelphia has erected a new public sculpture downtown, depicting Jesus as a homeless man sleeping on a ben ...

8 years ago

Bajhat, an Iraqi bulbul, is singing as part of the celebration of Radio Silence. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

‘Radio Silence’ weaves stories of Iraq into show outside Independence Hall [photos]

Imagine a large theater set depicting a Mesopotamian Ziggurat, decorated with Iraqi national symbols and you’ll get an idea of the ...

8 years ago

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 A scene in from Comedy Central's web series Delco Proper. (Image Comedy Central)

Comedy Central working on Delaware County based sitcom

This week, Good Good Comedy Theater, a small comedy club in Philadelphia’s Chinatown, will host two comedians who might have the ne ...

8 years ago

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