Arts & Entertainment
Studio 2 Extra: Oscars hot takes with filmmaker Alison Bagnall
Filmmaker Alison Bagnall (Buffalo '66, The Dish & the Spoon) on the year in movies, from The Brutalist, to Wicked, Anora and Demi Moore's performance in The Substance.
Air Date: February 28, 2025 4:00 pm
Listen 17:43Philadelphia Flower Show, Mardi Gras and an Oscars party in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
“Our Town” in Delaware, a Duran Duran tribute in Philly and “Hollywood, Nebraska” in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 5:12Meet the semifinalists in the Sadie T.M. Alexander Statue contest
Five semifinalists will now create and propose designs for a statue celebrating a native Philadelphian and civil rights activist.
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Moore, who died last year, championed Black artists and left an indelible mark on the art world. His collection numbered in the "hundreds, maybe thousands."
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Listen 1:06Calling all young jazz enthusiasts for a free female-led jam session
Key of She is leading jazz workshops at the Settlement Music School this Sunday for female and nonbinary students of all levels.
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Sculpture garden in Hamilton, N.J. receives $3M gift
Grounds for Sculpture, a 42-acre sculpture garden in Mercer County, received the gift from the late Betty Wold Johnson, who was connected through family.
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Listen 1:14The memoir of The Roots’ Black Thought is this year’s selection for One Book One Philadelphia
Tariq Trotter’s 2023 memoir about growing up in Philadelphia will be the focus of the Free Library’s all-city reading program.
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Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.’s mother and keeper of his legacy, dies at 78 in Pa.
When her son first emerged on the scene as one of rap's most distinctive talents with songs that expertly detailed street life in Brooklyn, Wallace labeled his music “noise.”
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Museum of the American Revolution preparing for its big moment
2 leaders share museum’s plans to shine light on nation’s 250th anniversary, coming in 2026.
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Feb. 20–23: Triple Bill in Del., Schomburg Symposium in Philly and Rod Stewart in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 4:45‘This one hit close to home’: Philadelphia Theatre Company opens a musical about cancer
“Night Side Songs” by Daniel and Patrick Lazour takes on palliative care as an audience sing-along.
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Listen 3:01Grant money to help Pa. artists struggling financially due to the pandemic
The $3,000 payment will be awarded to artists or arts and culture professionals who suffered financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Philly’s UArts library has been sold to the Forman Arts Initiative
The 60,000-volume library in the University of the Arts’ Anderson Hall will be moved intact to Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood.
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It was the first time an award for best classical solo vocal album went to music composed entirely by a Black woman.
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Listen 3:24Philadelphia’s Puerto Ricans celebrate Bad Bunny’s new album in community
Philly Boricuas brought together people from the local Puerto Rican community for a night of music, film and cultural pride.
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