Arts & Entertainment
A unique festival celebrates the rich history of tap dancing in Philadelphia
The festival is featuring master classes, live music jams, a community concert, a tap history talk, a tap history walk down Broad Street, and a closing concert at Solar Myth.
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The Boozy Mutt, a Brewerytown pub for people and their pets, trots closer to opening
At the former North Star Bar corner, find beer, food, and cocktails — including a citywide that comes with a dog biscuit.
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Weave Your TV: Stephen Burks’ pandemic design thinking at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
The housewares and sculpture in Stephen Burks’ “Shelter in Place” design exhibition takes cues from the early pandemic shutdown.
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Meet Philly’s ultimate comic collaborator, curating ‘joy balls’ around the city
Comedians Betty J. Smithsonian and Sohrab Haghverdi challenge audience members to think while they laugh.
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Pink gives away 2,000 banned books at Florida concerts
The pop music icon is taking a stand against the libraries and classrooms around the U.S. that have removed books due to claims of inappropriate content.
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Nov. 16 - 19: Marathon weekend in Philly, Chicago and Friends in N.J., and First State Ballet in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:30The honor caps a three-decade career that has seen the comic rise from the open mics of Philadelphia to become one of his generation’s most successful performers.
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Gone since 2019, the Barrymore Awards return to honor Philadelphia-area theater
The awards honoring Philadelphia regional theater have returned after a pandemic shutdown. Delaware Theatre Company is the big winner.
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Weitzman Jewish history museum CEO is stepping down
Misha Galperin led the Weitzman Museum of American Jewish History through bankruptcy and the pandemic. He will stay until a successor is found.
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Writing my way back home: Why Eric Smith’s YA novels are nearly all set in Philadelphia | Opinion
"Writing my way back home": Eric Smith talks about why his novels are nearly all set in Philly, the place that calls him back.
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Front St. Gallery’s M.C. Escher exhibit lets people ‘re-see reality’
“Escher's work teaches you how to re-see reality,” art collector and dealer Rock Walker said.
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Listen 1:06Hollywood actors union board approves strike-ending deal as leaders tout money gains and AI rights
The three-year contract agreement next goes to a vote from the union's members.
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“Crumbs From the Table of Joy” has an interesting connection to the preacher whose namesake hotel still towers over North Broad.
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How it started, how it’s going: A fish story at Drexel’s Academy of Natural Sciences
The first fish to crawl onto land 375 million years ago was discovered in 2004. It became a media darling. Now, for the first time, you can see it in person.
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WURD Radio celebrates 20 years of broadcasting the many voices of Philadelphia’s Black community
Founded by Walter Lomax Jr. and run by his daughter, Sara Lomax, the station has a lot planned for the future.
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