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Arts & Entertainment

The triangular patterns visible in Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther suit reflect what costume designer Ruth Carter calls
NPR
Movies
Race & Ethnicity

‘Black Panther’ costume designer draws on ‘the sacred geometry of Africa’

Designer Ruth Carter — whose previous films include Selma, Malcolm X and Roots — pulled colors, shapes, jewelry, and textures from tribes all over Africa.

9 years ago

Since no Hollywood movie with a predominantly black cast has ever had a bigger budget, there's a feeling of collective stakes Black Panther's its critical and commercial reception.
(Marvel/Disney/AP)
NPR
Movies
Race & Ethnicity

Can Marvel’s Black Panther bear the weight of representation?

Black Panther has been at the center of the first superhero blockbuster hype cycle freighted with real political significance.

9 years ago

Lisa VillaMil in Hedgerow Theatre Company's production of
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Performing Arts

Turning on the chills in ‘Wait Until Dark’ at Hedgerow Theatre

A solid production of a thriller that keeps upping the tension.

9 years ago

Delaware Theatre Company's 2018 production of Heisenberg. By Simon Stephens, Directed by Matt Pfeiffer. (Matt Urban/Mobius New Media)
Delaware
Performing Arts

Delaware Theatre’s ‘Heisenberg’ explores the uncertainty of love

You don’t have to have a Ph.D. in physics to enjoy Simon Stephens’ "Heisenberg" now onstage at the Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington.

9 years ago

Ben Dibble and Krissy Fraelich as husband and wife in Media Theatre's production of the musical
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Performing Arts

Unleashing the power of ‘Next to Normal’ at Media Theatre

The cast nails this groundbreaking musical about the fallout from mental illness.

9 years ago

Adam Moore, national director of equal employment opportunity and diversity for SAG-AFTRA
Gender

Actors union presents guidelines on preventing sexual harassment

After deliberating for months, SAG-AFTRA produces a set of harassment-prevention guidelines. Philadelphia hosted the first discussion of the recommendations.

9 years ago

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Philadelphia Orchestra (Jan Regan, Philadelphia Orchestra)
Music
Philadelphia

After European tour, Philadelphia Orchestra will play three concerts in Israel

In a rare move by a major American orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra will tour Israel in June.

9 years ago

Former President Barack Obama (right) and artist Kehinde Wiley unveil his portrait during a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics
Visual Arts

Behind the Obama portraits: 2 artists put their own spin on a presidential tradition

Long before the official unveiling of the Obama's portraits, the artists who painted them began working on details like Michelle's dress and Barack's background tableau.

9 years ago

First
Delaware
Music
Visual Arts

Delaware artist Ellen Priest, the jazz painter

Ellen Priest uses music as other artists would use a mountain landscape or a person sitting for a portrait — as the subject of the art itself.

9 years ago

In The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium production of
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Performing Arts

A lovesick prince and his kooky aunt in ‘Time Remembered’ from the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium

Jean Anouilh's play is partly absurd and here, skillfully produced.

9 years ago

Do women have to be naked to get into the Met Museum?
Speak Easy

Mocking art world sexual inequality, Guerilla Girls return with Moore retrospective

Since 1985, the group has directly confronted gatekeepers who manage, curate, collect, and critique art, staging public actions that are both fact-based and fun.

9 years ago

Branford Marsalis will join Jean-Willy Kurz for a night of jazz at Verizon Hall on Feb. 16. (Provided)
The Philadelphia Tribune
Music
Philadelphia

Jazz legend Branford Marsalis comes to Verizon Hall

Marsalis, the NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and Tony Award nominee, is a member of New Orleans’ most distinguished musical family.

9 years ago

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke  has suggested that holograms may enliven Independence Hall in Philadelphia. No further information was available on Zinke's idea. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Technology

Spirits of ’76? U.S. Interior chief proposes holograms to invigorate Independence Hall

U.S. Interior Secretary floats the idea of holograms in Independence Hall.

9 years ago

Former U.S. President Barack Obama stands with his and former first lady Michelle Obama's newly unveiled portrait during a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Visual Arts

Smithsonian unveils paintings of Barack and Michelle Obama

Brand new portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama were revealed on Monday at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

9 years ago

Fred Brown and Martha Stuckey in Almanac Dance Circus Theatre's
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Performing Arts
Philadelphia

In Almanac Dance Circus Theatre’s ‘The Fleecing,’ the audience plays along

A mansion, a goofy cult, and the ascension of a new leader.

9 years ago

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