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Philadelphia Museum of Art begins construction on its next ‘wow’ moment
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has broken ground on an expansion of its iconic building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Instead of expa ...
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ListenWinterthur exhibit takes a second look at old masters of deception
This weekend, the Winterthur Museum and Garden in Delaware opens an exhibition of fakes — forged art and objects that were successfully ...
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ListenFunk act finds theater through Polyphone
This week, the University of the Arts’ Ira Brind School of Theater Arts is hosting Polyphone, a festival of theatrical musicals tha ...
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ListenReview: The importance of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’
The Walnut Street Theatre seems a natural place to see Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” which premiered ...
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ListenAttacking the NEA does not put ‘America first’
I thought about my grandmother last week, when Donald J. Trump unrolled a federal budget proposal that, to no on ...
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Combatting opioids with paint: Mural Arts sets up shop in heart of epidemic
It has been all hands on deck as Philadelphia wrestles with a worsening opioid drug crisis, one that has caused ...
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ListenPhilly playwright James Ijames wins national recognition, wider audience
A Philadelphia playwright has won a national award for emerging writers. James Ijames, known as an actor, director, and writer in ...
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Celebrating Benjamin Franklin Parkway’s centennial with art, exhibits and fanfare
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, donors and institutions are planning a yearlong series of public art ...
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Grave gardeners bring Victorian blooms to West Philly’s Woodlands
The forecast for this weekend will be great for gardening: warm, and maybe a little wet. Volunteers will be out in force at West P ...
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Listen‘Hamilton’ star training CAPA students for museum grand opening
Next month, the new Museum of the American Revolution will open in Philadelphia, with the help of Joe Biden, Cokie Roberts, and “Ha ...
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ListenPioneer of Philadelphia theater makes playwriting debut
A longtime trailblazer of Philadelphia theater has written her first play. Blanka Zizka co-founded the Wilma Theater more than 30 ...
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What can we learn from George Orwell today?
There is much to be learned from George Orwell’s classic novel “1984,” written in 1949, which has suddenly jumped again ...
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Pioneer of performance-poetry Marty Watt to return to the stage in Philadelphia
On Sunday afternoon, a pioneer of performance poetry will return to Philadelphia for a rare appearance. Marty Watt of Philadelphia ...
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ListenThis is how NPR’s ‘Fresh Air’ might look as a dance
This weekend, a Philadelphia performance troupe will dance to NPR. A dancers will perform a choreographed work to a soundtrack of ...
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ListenFabric museum exhibit asks the big question: Who determines when something is art?
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has become the subject of a new artwork at another museum. The Fabric Workshop and Museum commissio ...
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