
Arts & Entertainment
‘The performance of thoughtful melancholy’: Glen Foerd estate presents its resident garden hermit
In their performance piece “Gnome Core,” artist Alex Tatarsky plays a cranky hermit with one of the worst jobs in history.
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BlackStar Film Festival, Fall Out Boy, and 2nd Street Festival in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
Aug. 3 - Aug. 6: BlackStar Film Festival in Philly, Fall Out Boy in N.J., and Dean Ford & The Beautiful Ones in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 4:54Philly Fringe returns with a focus on local performance artists
The 27th festival of experimental and avant-garde work will come back in September, as the theater industry still reels from the pandemic.
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Listen 1:24Jim Ward talks about reviving (and quitting) At The Drive-In, and the discovery that his debut album meant so much to so many people.
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Angus Cloud, breakout star of ‘Euphoria,’ is dead at 25
Cloud’s publicist, Cait Bailey, said Cloud died Monday at his family home in Oakland, California. No cause of death was given.
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Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies from cancer at 70
Reubens' character, with his too-tight gray suit, white chunky loafers and red bow tie was best known for the film “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” and the television series.
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Pockets of Light uses trash to highlight nature along the Delaware River Waterfront
Artist Julie Woodard carved flowers out of reclaimed plastic waste to draw attention to the Delaware River Waterfront’s natural environment.
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‘We’re in competition with the couch’: Philadelphia theater plots its future
The pandemic fundamentally changed how audiences go to live theater. Now local companies are banding together to face the future.
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Listen 3:31BlackStar Film Festival returns with a game-changing location and solidarity with labor strikes
With over 90 films representing nearly three dozen countries, the fest’s 12th year promises to be full of “joy, radical care, and thriving.”
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July 27 - July 30: Philly Dance Day, Snoop, Wiz Khalifa, and Too Short in N.J., plus The Mavericks in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:40Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies at 56
She became an international sensation in 1990 with her cover of Prince’s ballad “Nothing Compares 2 U,” an emotional performance that topped charts from Europe to Australia.
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With ‘Barbie,’ Greta Gerwig breaks a box office record for female directors
Globally, it far surpassed “Wonder Woman’s” debut with over $337 million versus $228.3 million, though “Captain Marvel’s” global launch was higher at $455 million.
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Sophia Smith wows in her Women’s World Cup debut after Olympic disappointment
Sophia Smith is among 14 players on the U.S. national team who are playing in their first Women’s World Cup.
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The Telstar satellite broadcast: How a Phillies second baseman made telecommunications history
Sixty-one years ago, a routine fly ball hit by Phillies second baseman Tony Taylor made telecommunications history.
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Philadelphia residents embrace ‘Barbie-mania’ as new movie hits theaters
Movie-goers flocked to the theaters, many dressed head to toe in pink for the occasion.
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