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A scene are from ''Unholy Wars,''
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘10 Days in a Madhouse’ to premiere next season at Opera Philadelphia

“10 Days in a Madhouse,” “Unholy Wars,” a new “Madame Butterfly” present alternative voices opposing oppression.

2 years ago

Argentina's Lionel Messi and Spain's Alexia Putellas at the ceremony of the Best FIFA Football Awards in Paris, France
International
Sports

Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again

Putellas won the women's voting over Alex Morgan of the United States and England’s Beth Mead.

2 years ago

Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip ''Dilbert,'' poses for a portrait with the Dilbert character in his studio in Dublin, Calif., in 2006.
NPR
Media
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Race & Ethnicity

Newspapers have dropped the ‘Dilbert’ comic strip after a racist rant by its creator

The comic's creator, Scott Adams, said a recent opinion poll changed his mind about "helping Black Americans."

2 years ago

Fans cheer in a stadium.
Philadelphia
Sports

Gazdag, Carranza each score 2 goals as Union beats Crew 4-1

Philadelphia is unbeaten, with two ties, in its last six games against the Crew, who have just one goal in that span

2 years ago

A girl poses with a superhero cape and mask.
Books
Community Events
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

What’s your Wakanda story? Black Panther as an imaginative tool at Philly’s National Liberty Museum

Marvel’s “Wakanda Forever” and the National Liberty Museum’s “Beyond Wakanda” expand the possibilities of Black Panther’s universe.

2 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia Museum of Arts is opening a new department for African and African Diasporic art.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Sculpture
Visual Arts

Philadelphia Museum of Art creates a new department for Black and African art

A gift of 300 pieces of African art will seed the new Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art.

2 years ago

Members of the Jeremy Winston Chorale perform at Cristo Rey High School to promote the HBCU to be held at The Mann this spring. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Higher Education
Music
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Music to matriculate by: Mann Center to host an HBCU Festival in May

At least 10 historical Black colleges and universities will be part of an all-day festival of HBCU life and culture at the Mann Center, in May.

2 years ago

Dancers leap in the air against a colorful backdrop.
Things To Do
Community Events
Music
Performing Arts
Visual Arts

Alvin Ailey, Philly Home + Garden Show, Bierfest, and the Harlem Globetrotters in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Feb. 23 - Feb. 26: The Brit Pack in Del., Bierfest in Philly, and “Unfinished Women” in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

2 years ago

Listen 6:30
An ice skater and performer clutches the side of the ice skating rink on a sunny day.
PlanPhilly
Environment
LGBTQ
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

This Philly drag show tackles climate change — on ice

Performers hope audiences leave the show feeling “energized and curious” about climate solutions.

2 years ago

Listen 5:05
Sheryl Lee Ralph
NPR
TV

Sheryl Lee Ralph explains why she almost left showbiz — and what kept her going

It's hard to imagine that about 15 years ago, actor and singer Sheryl Lee Ralph had considered walking away from show business.

2 years ago

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is sending Thomas Eakins’ ''Sailing'' (1875) to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City to settle its Super Bowl wager. (Courtesy of The Philadelphia Museum of Art)
Philadelphia
Sports
Visual Arts

Philly Art Museum to send Eakins painting to Kansas City for Super Bowl wager

For the Eagles’ loss to the Chiefs, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will send Thomas Eakins’ “Sailing” (1875) to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City.

2 years ago

Listen 1:27
The Tymes, from Philadelphia as shown in an ad for their single 'If You Love Me Baby.' (Wikimedia Commons)
Music
Philadelphia

Philly’s musical walk of fame to induct a new class for 2023

Seven stars will be added to the sidewalk along South Broad Street, honoring the city’s musical legacy.

2 years ago

Gustave Courbet's landscape, depicting the source of the Lison River in France, was discovered in a storage box at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 2016. It was so darkened that only a few letters of the artist's signature were visible, (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Forgotten painting by a 19th-century French rebel is discovered at Penn

Gustave Courbet’s “The Source of the Lison” was lost in a forgotten box for over a century. Now it’s the centerpiece of an exhibition at Arthur Ross.

2 years ago

Listen 1:45
File - In 2022 The Cherry Street Pier  hosted ''Freshwater,'' a sculptural fountain by Jean Shin that uses Delaware River water and living freshwater mussels. Other sculptural elements were made from recycled plastic and shells collected from the Delaware. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Poetry
Visual Arts

New leadership at Philadelphia Contemporary, to help the arts nonprofit better ‘reflect the diversity’ of the city

Harry Philbrick, who in 2016 founded Philadelphia Contemporary using arts to connect communities, is stepping down.

2 years ago

The ''balloon dog'' sculpture, pictured, shortly after it shattered
NPR

A Jeff Koons ‘balloon dog’ sculpture was knocked over and shattered in Miami

The sculpture, valued at $42,000, was one of several balloon dog sculptures by the world-famous artist. Fortunately, it's covered by insurance.

3 years ago

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