
Arts & Entertainment
‘This is their Mecca:’ South Philly braces for a jam-packed WrestleMania weekend
Philadelphia Convention and Tourism Bureau anticipates 50,000 visitors will travel to Philadelphia for WrestleMania weekend.
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Philly’s Made in America festival is canceled again this year
This announcement comes after the festival was canceled in 2023 due to "severe circumstances outside of production control."
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Phillies slugger Bryce Harper homers for his first 3 hits of the season
“I’m not satisfied with one, or two, or three," said Harper. "You know how I am."
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Wilma Theater spoofs Asian cultural ignorance with a wall of trash
Brecht’s “The Good Person of Setzuan” is a hodge-podge of Asian cultural references to spoof audience awareness.
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Listen 1:53Algorithm Vegan Grill shifts focus to food truck after shutting down Queen Village brick-and-mortar
Owner Matt Rafferty discusses the challenges and highlights of a year-and-a-half on Passyunk Ave.
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How did Pa. become the ‘gateway’ to Easter egg decorating? A Glencairn Museum exhibit explains
The art form introduced by the Pennsylvania Dutch and shared by other German and Eastern European immigrants continues to be practiced by Pennsylvania artists today.
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Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87
He played an obstinate patriarch in the 2023 remake of “The Color Purple.”
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Phillies home opener, Easter Promenade and the Carole King musical in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
March 28–31: Easter Promenade in Philly, "Just Like Janis!" in N.J. and Shakes-Beer in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:38Encanto Kicks and Coffee combines Puerto Rican brews and limited edition sneakers
The new Fishtown cafe also features pastries and apparel.
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Macbeth as a psychological horror at Philly’s Quintessence Theatre Co.
This Philly production of Macbeth features choreographed head-chopping that “should feel like a horror story.”
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‘Black women in art’: 2 installations at the Delaware Art Museum tackle underrepresentation
“There Is a Woman in Every Color” aims to celebrate womanhood and the contributions of Black women to the world of art.
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Listen 1:35Hardcore: Philly’s own brand of professional wrestling
Before WrestleMania arrives in South Philly next month, a look back at the legacy of Extreme Championship Wrestling.
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Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic lands in Camden for the first time
The mega-concert will be headlined by Bob Dylan and duo Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.
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With the support of loyal members and “Barbenheimer,” Renew Theaters, which operates theaters in Ambler, Doylestown, Jenkintown and Princeton, is thriving.
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Listen 7:00Eastern State Penitentiary has launched a family-friendly offering for spring break
A former Philly penitentiary, now a museum, is presenting a spring break exhibit highlighting sports and recreation behind bars.
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