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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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outside The Mann Cente
K-12
Music
Philadelphia

Mann Center launches new institute to support community, arts and jobs

The idea for the new institute emerged from an 18-month study and conversations with community stakeholders. It will be funded through government and private funds.

4 months ago

Listen 1:21
Intricate floral designs on display at the flower show
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Philadelphia Flower Show steps into the future

Exhibitors imagine the next generation of horticulture in “Gardens of Tomorrow.”

4 months ago

The Brutalist (Courtesy of A24)
Studio 2
Movies

Studio 2 Extra: Oscars hot takes with filmmaker Alison Bagnall

Filmmaker Alison Bagnall (Buffalo '66, The Dish & the Spoon) on the year in movies, from The Brutalist, to Wicked, Anora and Demi Moore's performance in The Substance.

Air Date: February 28, 2025 4:00 pm

Listen 17:43
A floral installation at the Flower Show
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New Jersey
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Philadelphia Flower Show, Mardi Gras and an Oscars party in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

“Our Town” in Delaware, a Duran Duran tribute in Philly and “Hollywood, Nebraska” in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

4 months ago

Listen 5:12
Sadie T.M. Alexander, a Black civil rights activist
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Meet the semifinalists in the Sadie T.M. Alexander Statue contest

Five semifinalists will now create and propose designs for a statue celebrating a native Philadelphian and civil rights activist.

4 months ago

A sculpture on display at the Lewis Tanner Moore Exhibit
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Lewis Tanner Moore spent his life collecting Black art. His legacy is on view at Doylestown’s Michener Art Museum

Moore, who died last year, championed Black artists and left an indelible mark on the art world. His collection numbered in the "hundreds, maybe thousands."

4 months ago

Listen 1:06
Key of She
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Calling all young jazz enthusiasts for a free female-led jam session

Key of She is leading jazz workshops at the Settlement Music School this Sunday for female and nonbinary students of all levels.

4 months ago

The entrance to Grounds for Sculpture
New Jersey
Visual Arts

Sculpture garden in Hamilton, N.J. receives $3M gift

Grounds for Sculpture, a 42-acre sculpture garden in Mercer County, received the gift from the late Betty Wold Johnson, who was connected through family.

4 months ago

Listen 1:14
Tariq Trotter, known as Black Thought
Books
Music
Philadelphia

The memoir of The Roots’ Black Thought is this year’s selection for One Book One Philadelphia

Tariq Trotter’s 2023 memoir about growing up in Philadelphia will be the focus of the Free Library’s all-city reading program.

4 months ago

Voletta Wallace poses
Music
Pennsylvania

Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.’s mother and keeper of his legacy, dies at 78 in Pa.

When her son first emerged on the scene as one of rap's most distinctive talents with songs that expertly detailed street life in Brooklyn, Wallace labeled his music “noise.”

4 months ago

Museum of the American Revolution
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Museum of the American Revolution preparing for its big moment

2 leaders share museum’s plans to shine light on nation’s 250th anniversary, coming in 2026.

4 months ago

a model poses
Things To Do
Community Events
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Philly Fashion Week, ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ and a Thelonious Monk tribute in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Feb. 20–23: Triple Bill in Del., Schomburg Symposium in Philly and Rod Stewart in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

4 months ago

Listen 4:45
the audience watches the play
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘This one hit close to home’: Philadelphia Theatre Company opens a musical about cancer

“Night Side Songs” by Daniel and Patrick Lazour takes on palliative care as an audience sing-along.

4 months ago

Listen 3:01
Cedar Park Pedestrian Plaza has a new mural
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Grant money to help Pa. artists struggling financially due to the pandemic

The $3,000 payment will be awarded to artists or arts and culture professionals who suffered financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 months ago

books on shelves
Books
Higher Education
Philadelphia

Philly’s UArts library has been sold to the Forman Arts Initiative

The 60,000-volume library in the University of the Arts’ Anderson Hall will be moved intact to Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood.

4 months ago

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