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Animism sculpture
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Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Owning the means of production: New Jersey’s Grounds for Sculpture merges with the fabrication company next door

Seward Johnson established his atelier in 1974 to give artists greater involvement in the technical production of their work.

1 year ago

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David Cross - Worst Daddy in the World (Photo Credit: Timothy M. Schmidt)
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Comedy
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TV

David Cross on comedy and finding optimism in an ‘awful world’

Actor, producer and comedian David Cross will be at the Ardmore Music Hall on May 28 as part of his “The End of The Beginning of The End” tour.

Air Date: May 27, 2025 10:00 am

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DJ Diamond Kuts profile
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DJ Diamond Kuts will bring her Philadelphia sound to this year’s Roots Picnic

“The Roots Picnic feels like a big cookout,” the Philly-native DJ said. “It feels like that one moment where the whole city comes together.”

1 year ago

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Zenos Frudakis stands beside his 10-foot-tall statue of Muhammad Ali
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Pennsylvania
Visual Arts

Philadelphia sculptor casts a 10-foot Muhammad Ali on the 60th anniversary of his famous victory

Zenos Frudakis renders Muhammad Ali’s 1965 win over Sonny Liston for the town where it happened.

1 year ago

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Making Time festival
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philly’s Fort Mifflin will host 2025 Making Time festival, featuring 120+ acts

Putting on shows for 25 years, Philly native Dave Pianka, aka Dave P., continues to craft “the music festival that I wanted to go to.”

1 year ago

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Evan Wang performs on stage at the Pennsylvania State Poetry Out Loud Championship
Pennsylvania
Performing Arts
Poetry

Montgomery County high school senior crowned national youth poet laureate

Evan Wang, a senior at Upper Merion High School, wants to see young people engage with poetry off the page and in everyday life.

1 year ago

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the Civic Views exhibit being set up
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

If you could see what they see: Window views of Philly employees installed at City Hall

The photo exhibit aims to humanize public sector work, which is often seen as a faceless bureaucratic wall.

1 year ago

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Student artwork at the No Place Like Home exhibition
K-12
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Mural Arts’ ‘No Place Like Home’ student exhibition champions the importance of art education

Students from all over Philly worked together to create their own artistic home full of fantastical joy.

1 year ago

Metallica performing live on stage
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Philadelphia

A Metallica takeover, Philly’s Ren Faire and Summerfest begins in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

May 22 - May 25: Amazing Taiwan returns to Del., the Philly Tango fest and Alice Cooper in Atlantic City are among the highlights.

1 year ago

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Bruce Springsteen performing on stage with a guitar
Government Accountability
Music
New Jersey

Springsteen doubles down on political criticism with a digital EP that includes anti-Trump comments

The EP features four live songs from his concert in England last week, along with his on-stage comments attacking Trump's “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration."

1 year ago

Ode to George 2 sculpture by Clifford Ward
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Working in isolation for 10 years, Philly artist reveals his army at Grounds for Sculpture

Clifford Ward has quietly crafted two dozen African fantasy warriors. They are the centerpiece of his first exhibition in a decade.

1 year ago

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Feminist Bird Club Philly members looking through binoculars
Animals
Community Events
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Find your flock: Ways to explore birding in Philadelphia

Birding in Philly has become popular, and many of the city’s birding groups focus on inclusivity and diversity.

1 year ago

Credit Kenan Salazar
Studio 2
Music
New Jersey

Studio 2 Extra: The Gen Z musician writing 21 songs about New Jersey

Kenan Salazar is on a quest to write and produce a yacht rock brain-rot song and music video about each county in New Jersey...in the style of Steely Dan, with a Gen Z twist.

Air Date: May 16, 2025 12:00 pm

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Swoop posing for a photo with a painting on the wall
Philadelphia
Sports
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Art of the Win: Kansas City museum delivers painting to Philly as part of Super Bowl wager

The Philadelphia Museum of Art will display a Manet painting it received from KC’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art until August.

1 year ago

Many onlookers watch people climbing a greased pole
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

The Italian Market Fest, Japanese Breakfast, New Hope PrideFest and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

May 14 - May 18: Derrick Wang’s ‘Fearless’ in Del., HBCU Fest in Philly, and ‘Whose Live Anyway?’ in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

1 year ago

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