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Repo Records has a varied selection of vinyl
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Billy Penn’s guide to Philly record stores

Record stores have seen a resurgence over the past decade – and these spots in Philly are no exceptions. Here’s where you can go to get your groove on.

4 weeks ago

A section of the new Philadelphia Stars Negro League Baseball mural
Philadelphia
Sports
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Mural Arts to unveil new Philadelphia Stars Negro League mural in West Philly

The group will celebrate Jackie Robinson Day by unveiling the expanded design for the new wall that’s being built near the corner of Parkside and Belmont avenues.

4 weeks ago

The Philadelphia Flyers gather around the net of goalie Dan Vladar, top left, as they celebrate after making the playoffs after an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Philadelphia.
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Sports

The orange-and-black are back as Flyers celebrate clinching 1st playoff spot since 2020

Fans celebrated the long-awaited return to the playoffs, marking a significant milestone for a franchise with one of the NHL's longest championship droughts.

4 weeks ago

Author Emma Copley Eisenberg's billboard
Books
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

A new billboard on Philadelphia’s I-95 corridor says it’s OK to be fat. It was paid for by an anti-AI lawsuit

Author Emma Copley Eisenberg used a class-action settlement against artificial intelligence to promote body positivity and her new book.

4 weeks ago

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Several panels and photos are shown in the exhibit
Environment
History
Philadelphia

Philadelphia museums revisit how America was built on botany

The Academy of Natural Sciences and the Mütter Museum have exhibitions about the role of plants in nation building.

4 weeks ago

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yellow, green and blue records on a wall
Music
Philadelphia

Pittsburgh’s Hellbender Vinyl expands into North Philly, tapping into the city’s music scene with every groove

The Pittsburgh-based pressing plant is expanding into Philadelphia as U.S. vinyl record sales surpassed $1 billion last year.

4 weeks ago

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The rhinestoned Din avec la main dens le miroir at the Nation of Artists exhibit
History
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Philadelphia Museum of Art and PAFA assemble one of the largest American art exhibitions

In “A Nation of Artists,” the two institutions take different paths to represent 250 years of American creativity.

4 weeks ago

Rich Pennisi, Trapeta Mayson, Darlene Wilson-Bennett, Andre Saunders, Yolanda Wisher, RuNett Ebo, Marguerite Anglin, Tomarra Sankara-Kilombo, and Rob Blackstone
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Healing Verse Germantown uses poetry and public art to strengthen community bonds

Exhibit organizers hope it serves as a model in Philly and the U.S. for addressing mental health wounds of gun violence through the transformative power of poetry and art.

4 weeks ago

A sign reads WXPN and another sign reads World Café Live.
Business
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The rise and fall of World Cafe Live

The arrest of four World Stage employees and a venue-shutdown for selling liquor without a license is the latest in a string of bad press for the venue.

1 month ago

Juggler Zak McAllister works on a balancing act
Billy Penn

Long before Ringling Bros., America’s first circus performers got their start in Philadelphia

Philly was home to the first circus performance in the country in 1793. It’s still home to circus arts, performances and schools.

1 month ago

Philadelphia 76ers' VJ Edgecombe, left, talks to Tyrese Maxey (0)
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Nick Offerman, Mozart, Lena Dunham and the 76ers’ last regular-season game in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

April 9–12: “Martin” trivia night in Delaware, new exhibitions in Philly and a Chicago tribute band in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

1 month ago

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Playwright James Ijames discusses the production design
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The fight to maintain family ties is central to the world premiere of James Ijames’ latest play

“Wilderness Generation” offers a solution to today’s widespread feelings of isolation, providing a heartfelt and comic how-to at Philadelphia Theatre Co.

1 month ago

Los participantes del programa CreatiVeterans de Delaware
Delaware
Economy
Government

La agencia de artes de Delaware solicita la opinión del público sobre el próximo plan de financiación estatal a cinco años

Tras haber otorgado $5.4 millones en subvenciones artísticas el año pasado, la División de las Artes de Delaware solicita a los residentes que ayuden a orientar.

1 month ago

Artist Alvin Pettit talks about his concept for a statue of Harriet Tubman
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Philly wants your vote on final touches for Harriet Tubman statue

The statue of the civil rights icon will debut at City Hall later this year – and Philadelphians can help choose a quote that will be inscribed on its base.

1 month ago

Dan Blacksberg and band performing at Abyssinia
History
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Preservation

Why Yiddish is experiencing a grassroots revival in West Philadelphia

A rag-tag group of younger adults has rediscovered the West Germanic language and culture for heritage and politics.

1 month ago

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