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Justice performing live
Music
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Justice returns to Philly, bringing new music and a festival-sized light show to The Met

The French duo are looking forward to sharing their music and stage show Wednesday.

2 years ago

United State's Kevin Durant, left, pats Joel Embiid, center, after practice as Bam Adebayo watches during men's basketball practice at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
National
Philadelphia
Sports

Joel Embiid chose to play for the U.S. over France at the Olympics. The French won’t let him forget

French fans booed the 76ers star at Team USA's Olympic opener. France granted him naturalized citizenship status in 2022; Cameroon, his native country, did not qualify.

2 years ago

Joe Baker talks about his paintings, one of which depicts his grandmother performing the last Doll Dance in the early 1900s. Baker is one of four artists from the Delaware Tribe of Indians whose work is featured in ''Never Broken: Visualizing Lenape Histories,'' at the Michener Museum
Delaware
Economic Development
Visual Arts

Delaware study aims to revitalize state’s arts and culture with new online map to boost economy and tourism

A new study from the Delaware Arts Alliance unveils an ambitious plan to support the arts and cultural sector with a new online mapping hub.

2 years ago

Listen 1:24
Mary Mason, a Philadelphia talk radio veteran known for her program
Media
Philadelphia
6abc

Philadelphia talk radio veteran Mary Mason dies at 94

Mason became a Philadelphia radio star at a pivotal time, paving the way for women and minorities to do the same.

2 years ago

An architecture rendering of the Sedgwick Theatre
Movies
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Quintessence Theatre company buys historic Sedgwick Theater in Mt. Airy

The Art Deco movie palace cost the small theater company $2.3 million, with millions more ahead in renovations.

2 years ago

Beck performs at the 2016 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Forum on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, in Inglewood, Calif. He will play with the Philadelphia Orchestra on Thursday. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Beck and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Piano Festival, Blink 182 and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

July 25–28: A piano festival in Philly, Foreigner and Styx in N.J. and the Downtown Newark Food and Brew Festival in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

Listen 5:19
Roberto Lugp stands by a sculpture
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

A giant ginger jar rises in Kensington proclaiming, ‘We Here’

Potter Roberto Lugo installed the first of three totems to neighborhood creativity in the Mural Arts Philadelphia project.

2 years ago

A sculpture by Antonio Arroniz Castro featured in the
Immigration
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Sculpture
Visual Arts

‘Shift the paradigm’: An exhibition at Philly’s Imperfect Gallery celebrates immigrant and international voices

The exhibition, which features artists with Latin American and Palestinian backgrounds, is on display through Aug. 3.

2 years ago

Listen 1:05
Paul George, Daryl Morey and Josh Harris
Philadelphia
Sports

Sixers GM says Maxey is the ‘key to this offseason’ as players lock in on upcoming season

With the Philadelphia 76ers signing Paul George and extending Tyrese Maxey’s contract, the team may have a “legitimate shot” at a ring.

2 years ago

Anne Ishii,
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Anne Ishii to step down as leader of Philly’s Asian Arts Initiative

Ishii has been executive director for six years and guided the community-focused organization through the pandemic.

2 years ago

Listen 1:05
Joel Embiid during a game
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Sports
Billy Penn

All the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware athletes on the U.S. Olympic team

Yes, Joel Embiid will be on Team USA, but the region has dozens of lesser-known athletes you can cheer on this summer.

2 years ago

Tracy Somani and her classmates
Dance
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Ballet offers no-fear dance classes to wary adults

The "Absolute Beginner" course is designed to teach adults the art of ballet, boost their confidence and reacquaint them with their own bodies.

2 years ago

Listen 1:28
Frankie Beverly singing
Community Events
Music
Philadelphia

Frankie Beverly, Philly music legend, says farewell in final hometown concert

The Philly-native singer is retiring after 50 years. He said goodbye to fans at the Dell Music Center earlier this month, where $25,000 was donated to local students.

2 years ago

Listen 1:49
A man looks forward at the camera while gesturing toward a painting of a woman from the 19th century
History
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

From ‘oops!’ to opportunity: Philly’s Seaport Museum gives historic painting to Andalusia estate

Twenty years ago, the maritime museum accidentally bought an 1815 portrait. Her story can now be told at the historic Biddle family estate.

2 years ago

mini sculpture of William Penn on display
History
Philadelphia

‘Philadelphia Revealed’ exhibit uncovers the city’s history in things that survived

The city’s historic Atwater Kent collection returns to public view for the first time since being transferred to Drexel University.

2 years ago

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