Arts & Entertainment
Social Impact Database tracks how cultural sector engages Philly
The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance created the online survey tool to support its advocacy of the arts as a civic solution.
12 months ago
Listen 1:20Ena Barton is an internationally acclaimed pianist who retired in New Jersey. She now teaches piano and plays the occasional concert in her 55-and-older community.
12 months ago
Listen 1:14‘Music from the heart’: Bluegrass tradition blossoms at a family-owned music shop in Bucks County
In an on-demand economy, the kind of experience the shop offers is rare — and has cultivated a thriving bluegrass community throughout the region.
12 months ago
Listen 4:58A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.
12 months ago
Listen 1:532 superfans offer thoughts on what will make a great ‘Sunny/Abbott’ crossover episode
This Wednesday, two of Philly’s most prominent representations on TV will merge in the first crossover episode of “Abbott Elementary” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
12 months ago
Philadelphia Orchestra to premiere ‘Songs for Murdered Sisters’
The song cycle was created in response to an intimate partner killing spring in Canada in 2015.
12 months ago
‘A warm welcome’: Mummers look to include more communities, groups into the tradition
One Mummer club’s partnership with a Caribbean Carnival band could pave the way for more collaborations in the future.
12 months ago
2025 Mummers Parade steps off as Philadelphia rings in the new year
At Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in South Philadelphia, a Mummers Mass was held late Tuesday afternoon.
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The debut concert of the newly restored pipe organ at the Church of the Gesu evokes a 1903 papal ruling for the soul of Catholicism.
12 months ago
Listen 1:45Philadelphia Mummers Parade: What you need to know about road closures and more
The 125th Mummers Parade will strut down Broad Street on New Year's Day. Here's everything you need to know — from road closures to tickets.
12 months ago
Al-Bustan exhibition links Lebanon to Philadelphia
Founding director Hazami Sayed makes musical chains that tie her Arabic heritage to her life in Philly.
12 months ago
Listen 1:24Canadian model, actress found dead after suspected CO leak at Bucks County, Pa. home
Real estate records show the home belongs to actor Marc Blucas and his wife, journalist and producer Ryan Haddon Blucas.
12 months ago
Philly’s African American Museum eats its Wheaties in new pop art exhibition
Artist Shaheed Rucker puts Negro baseball leagues athletes on re-creations of the iconic cereal box.
12 months ago
One good thing: This is what made us happy in 2024
Take a look at some of the stories that made us smile.
1 year ago
Former UArts students, faculty and alumni exhibit on the walls of Philly City Hall
Dozens of artists impacted by the closure of the University of the Arts submitted work to what might be their last collective exhibition.
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