Arts & Entertainment
‘Dancing With the Stars,’ Lunar New Year and the Tattoo Arts Festival in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
Jan. 23 - Jan. 26: ‘The Full Monty’ in Del., a Tchaikovsky performance in Philly and Peabo Bryson in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 4:53At Philly’s FringeArts, ‘Fallawayinto’ cherishes a forgotten champion of the transgender community
Arielle Julia Brown wrote a ritualistic memoriam about her aunt, Donna Nicole Booker, who thrived in the San Francisco underground.
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Listen 2:03A small stitch for womankind: Philly’s Betsy Ross House is sewing up her place in history
A bedding project for Mount Vernon is based on documents that tie George Washington to Betsy Ross.
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This Philly shelter dog is the star of a new graphic novel
Midnight, found tied to a street pole in 2019, is a Rocky-esque underdog who found redemption.
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Listen 2:03A 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.
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Listen 1:14David 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.
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Listen 1:47Jan. 15–19: MLK concert in Delaware, Center City Restaurant Week in Philly and Winterfest in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 5:29Calder 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.
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Listen 1:07Carrie 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.
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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.
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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.
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Listen 0:48Social 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.
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Listen 1:20Ena 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.
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Listen 1:14‘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.
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Listen 4:58A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.
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