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Young girls from the African American Stilt Ballet group pose for a photo outside of the Tinsley Temple United Methodist Church in South Philadelphia, PA on Feb. 25, 2024.
History
Music
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Marian Anderson’s legacy celebrated at Tindley Temple exhibit

The “Faith, Music and Community” event hosted by the Marian Anderson Museum celebrates musical legend and her contributions to Philadelphia’s history.

2 years ago

In the new musical The Angry Grammarian, Abrham Bogale (from left), Madeline Snyder, Benjamin Behrend and Niamh Sherlock sing about the virtues and vices of the Oxford comma.
Books
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Commas, syntax and usage star in “The Angry Grammarian: A New Musical”

If you noticed the missing Oxford comma in that headline, you’re the target audience for Theatre Exile’s new production.

2 years ago

Michener Art Museum
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Pennsylvania
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The Michener Museum offers free admission days, extended hours

The Doylestown art museum will not charge admission on 2nd Sundays, and has added Thursday evening hours to increase community accessibility.

2 years ago

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Will Shortz at home in Pleasantville, N.Y.
NPR
Media
National

NPR puzzlemaster Will Shortz says he is recovering from a stroke

Shortz, who has been absent from NPR's Sunday Puzzle in recent weeks, announced that his absence was due to a stroke in early February.

2 years ago

The Little Free Library in Franklin Square
Books
Gender
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Little Free(dom) Library initiative extends through March celebrating Women’s History Month

The program aims to distribute 1,500 fiction and nonfiction books in the face of continued book bans across the country.

2 years ago

A bartender holds out a beer
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Passport to the pub: Forest & Main brings March Mildness to local breweries

A Seattle-born trend continues to grow in Philly, courtesy of the Ambler-based brewing co.

2 years ago

Artist Risa Puno on the floor of her Whac-a-Mole game, in her installation
Immigration
Philadelphia
Sculpture
Visual Arts

Come in for a Filipino ‘Group Hug’ at the Fabric Workshop and Museum

Artist Risa Puno mines her Filipino family heritage to design an interactive game based on communal care.

2 years ago

Listen 1:05
Jazz musicians performing live on stage
Community Events
Music
Philadelphia

North Philly’s New Barber’s Hall hosts ‘Matinee Jams,’ celebrating the city’s jazz legacy

Aqueelah Jamal hosts live jazz jams in North Philly every 2nd Saturday, 3-7 p.m.

2 years ago

An image, from left to right, of scenes from Nyad, Mission Impossible, and Barbie.
NPR
Environment
Movies

There’s a new ‘Climate Reality Check’ test — these 3 Oscar-nominated features passed

Does climate change exist? And does a character know it? Barbie, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One and Nyad met the criteria for a new challenge.

2 years ago

Life sized blooms that look like something out of a Dr. Seuss novel stand tall along the promenade at the 2023 Philadelphia Flower Show in the Pa. Convention Center
Things To Do
Community Events
Food & Drink
Music
Performing Arts

Philadelphia Flower Show, ‘Girl From The North Country’ and East Passyunk Restaurant Week in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Feb. 29 - March 3: Philadelphia Comic-Con, “Fiddler On the Roof” in N.J. and “The Little Mermaid” in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

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Singer Marian Anderson appears in her New York apartment on Aug. 5, 1958.
History
Music
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

5 ways Marian Anderson changed the world

Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center will soon bear the Philly opera legend’s name.

2 years ago

File photo: Comedian Richard Lewis attends an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Dec. 25, 2012. Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname ''The Prince of Pain,'' has died. He was 76. He died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday night after suffering a heart attack, according to his publicist Jeff Abraham.
Performing Arts
TV

Humorously morose comedian Richard Lewis, who recently starred on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ dies at 76

Comedy Central named Lewis one of the top 50 stand-up comedians of all time and he earned a berth in GQ magazine’s list of the “20th Century’s Most Influential Humorists.”

2 years ago

A collage of Philly arts organizations
Performing Arts
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

$1 million in grants awarded to Philly-based artists of color and BIPOC-led arts organizations

Thirty-nine grants from Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures program will fund work for local BIPOC artists and provide aid to local organizations.

2 years ago

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Three ballet dancers perform at the event.
Dance
Delaware
Race & Ethnicity

‘She has the same hair as me’: In Wilmington, barrier-breaking ballet star Misty Copeland inspires young dancers

As the first Black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, Copeland shared her insights for young dancers hoping to follow in her footsteps.

2 years ago

Listen 1:25
The exterior of Verizon Hall
History
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

The Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall will be renamed for singer Marian Anderson

Donors of $25 million to the Kimmel Center want to rename the Philadelphia Orchestra’s home after Anderson, instead of themselves.

2 years ago

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