
Arts & Entertainment
‘& Juliet’ reimagines the Shakespeare classic — with a 2nd chance
The Broadway musical comes to the Academy of Music on March 25.
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“Beards on Ice,” about climate change, was mocked on Fox News in December. The cabaret group's artistic director hopes the negative attention heightens her message.
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Listen 1:16Philly arts organizations are navigating stormy federal funding guidelines
As the National Endowment for the Arts tries to comply with the shifting legal status of Trump’s executive orders, arts organizations are struggling to keep up.
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Listen 1:31Philly’s Jayden Jiang wins regional spelling bee for second year in a row
The fifth-grader took home first place again in the Philly regional bee at WHYY’s office.
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Detroit, Chicago and Philly street dancing represented in Rennie Harris’ new performance
The Philly-raised choreographer pulled together dancers from three cities to show how street dancing evolves in different places.
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Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Picaflor: A Future Myth” digs into ancient Peruvian mythology to tell a story about the future.
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Listen 2:41March 13–16: Erika Alexander in Delaware, St. Paddy’s Day celebrations in Philly and EagleMania in South Jersey are among this weekend's event events.
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Listen 5:37Philadelphia Ballet nears completion of its North Broad building
The Center for Dance will quadruple the ballet’s size and include community spaces.
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Listen 1:20Artist Cecily Brown’s first exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philly is a 30-year retrospective
The Barnes Foundation has a touring overview of Brown’s long career in the spotlight.
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Listen 1:15Ukrainian artists come to Philly to collaborate on trauma-informed public art
“Petrykivka Garden” at Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery was designed in a traditional folk art style of Ukraine.
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Listen 1:23March 6 - March 9: Music brunch at DelArt, Mandy Patinkin in Glenside and “Topdog Underdog” in South Jersey are among this weekend’s event highlights.
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Listen 5:10Chinese Lantern Festival announces June return
The summer festival will be back with lights, stage performances, a fountain light show and more.
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Philly unveils its 2026 FIFA World Cup poster with a dramatic floral display
Artist Nicholas McClintock showed off his winning design at the Philadelphia Flower Show through a giant re-creation made from hydrangeas, carnations, roses and more.
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No Name Pops announces its inaugural music director
Christopher Dragon, an Australian conductor based in Colorado, wants to make pops orchestra music more contemporary.
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