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A Philly artist created a climate news AI bot. The result is ‘a little sassy’

Sarah Kaizar’s AT Feed is an automated aggregate of current climate news and a critique of the future of information.

1 year ago

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David Lynch looks into a camera
Movies
Philadelphia

David Lynch has died. His cerebral filmmaking vision was shaped by Philadelphia

The surrealist who made “Twin Peaks,” “Blue Velvet” and “Lost Highway” got his start as a painter at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

1 year ago

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Participants at the MLK Day of Service at Girard College create banners.
Things To Do
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Delaware
New Jersey
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MLK Day of Service, Ben Franklin’s birthday party and ‘Delco: The Movie’ in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Jan. 15–19: MLK concert in Delaware, Center City Restaurant Week in Philly and Winterfest in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

1 year ago

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A rendering shows the Sunken Garden at Calder Gardens
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Calder Gardens on schedule for September 2025 opening on the Parkway

The cultural center dedicated to the artist of aerial mobiles has hired its first leadership position, Director of Programs Juana Berrío.

1 year ago

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Carrie Underwood performs
Music
Politics

Carrie Underwood, Village People to perform at Trump’s inauguration events

Other inauguration ceremony performers will include two of the president-elect’s musical favorites, country singer Lee Greenwood and opera singer Christopher Macchio.

1 year ago

CCH Pounder speaks in front of an artwork
Philadelphia
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CCH Pounder talks about sharing her art collection and the importance of preserving Black art

The actress and art collector is sharing more than 40 pieces of her collection in an exhibit at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.

1 year ago

Iris Van Orden works on a quilt
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

5 quilts from Cut & Sew PHL in Mt. Airy chosen for QuiltCon national convention in Phoenix

The Philly-based quilt shop and sewing studio will be represented in February at the national quilting event.

1 year ago

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Mental Health
Philadelphia
Social Justice

Social Impact Database tracks how cultural sector engages Philly

The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance created the online survey tool to support its advocacy of the arts as a civic solution.

1 year ago

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Ena Barton plays piano
Music
New Jersey

From the world stage to local hearts: Acclaimed pianist shares her music with Mercer County neighbors

Ena Barton is an internationally acclaimed pianist who retired in New Jersey. She now teaches piano and plays the occasional concert in her 55-and-older community.

1 year ago

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Instruments at Bucks County Folk Music Shop
Music
Pennsylvania

‘Music from the heart’: Bluegrass tradition blossoms at a family-owned music shop in Bucks County

In an on-demand economy, the kind of experience the shop offers is rare — and has cultivated a thriving bluegrass community throughout the region.

1 year ago

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a watercolor depicts a person fishing, a waterfall and two buildngs
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

This painting found in a Glenside thrift store came out of Philly’s 19th-century Black cultural elite

A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.

1 year ago

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Philadelphia
TV

2 superfans offer thoughts on what will make a great ‘Sunny/Abbott’ crossover episode

This Wednesday, two of Philly’s most prominent representations on TV will merge in the first crossover episode of “Abbott Elementary” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

1 year ago

Baritone Joshua Hopkins
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Orchestra to premiere ‘Songs for Murdered Sisters’

The song cycle was created in response to an intimate partner killing spring in Canada in 2015.

1 year ago

Member of Kaos Mas band poses
Community Events
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘A warm welcome’: Mummers look to include more communities, groups into the tradition

One Mummer club’s partnership with a Caribbean Carnival band could pave the way for more collaborations in the future.

1 year ago

The Mummers Parade in Philadelphia. (6abc)
Community Events
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
6abc

2025 Mummers Parade steps off as Philadelphia rings in the new year

At Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in South Philadelphia, a Mummers Mass was held late Tuesday afternoon.

1 year ago

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