Arts & Entertainment
This Philly play about a struggling bookstore is helping real bookstores
The play about a 1,000-year-old novelist visiting a struggling bookstore was going to be staged in a bookstore. But the store closed.
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Listen 1:51El Merkury chef Sofia Deleon is reclaiming a family legacy through rum
Tenango rum will bring a taste of Guatemala to Philadelphia.
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Cherry Street Pier invites visitors to step inside the youth criminal justice system
The #NoKidsInPrison exhibition advocates for alternatives to youth incarceration through virtual reality and immersive environments.
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Listen 1:31Odunde, Havertown Irish Festival, Shania Twain, Queerapalooza in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
June 8-11: Odunde in Pa., Shania Twain in N.J., and Morris Day and The Time in Del. are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:28Philly’s on top of the food world right now with huge James Beard Award wins
Been to Friday Saturday Sunday? It’s been deemed the nation’s best. And Fork’s Ellen Yin finally got her due.
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Astrud Gilberto, ‘The Girl from Ipanema’ singer, dies at 83
One of the shining voices of bossa nova, the Brazilian artist made both herself and the song world famous with her beguiling rendition, kicking off an illustrious career.
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The pop star was “the first celebrity of his magnitude” to visit the West Passyunk steak shop.
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John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy’s fearless experiment sets a new album ablaze
The stunning new archival release, Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy, which be will released by Impulse on July 14.
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Chuck Todd, host and moderator of NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’, will step down
NBC's chief White House correspondent, Kristen Welker, will become the show's new host.
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Calling all oyster fans: Shuckfest is back, and it’s bigger than ever
This year, the popular local seafood festival takes place on the Philly waterfront.
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‘What happens if the machines take over?’ Philly’s Liberty Museum is going all in on A.I. art
“Data Nation” takes you into a multidisciplinary meditation on “digital citizenship.”
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Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like
“Ancient Food and Flavor” features rare artifacts of food to show what people ate millenia ago, and how it tasted.
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After a fire, the hole in Rittenhouse Square’s corridor is filled with a beer garden
Three retail buildings were destroyed during social unrest after George Floyd was killed. A new beer garden now fills that commercial hole.
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Listen 1:17May 24 - 28: Roots Picnic in Pa., “Stop Kiss” in N.J., and Carly Pearce in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:29Of basketball with gratitude: Ross Gay’s paean to Dr. J becomes a multimedia performance
Ross Gay’s ode to Julius Erving and the legacy of Black genius is the basis of a new music composition and performance at Girard College.
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