
Arts & Entertainment
A Philly artist created a climate news AI bot. The result is ‘a little sassy’
Sarah Kaizar’s AT Feed is an automated aggregate of current climate news and a critique of the future of information.
4 months ago
Listen 1:14David Lynch has died. His cerebral filmmaking vision was shaped by Philadelphia
The surrealist who made “Twin Peaks,” “Blue Velvet” and “Lost Highway” got his start as a painter at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
4 months ago
Listen 1:47Jan. 15–19: MLK concert in Delaware, Center City Restaurant Week in Philly and Winterfest in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
4 months ago
Listen 5:29Calder Gardens on schedule for September 2025 opening on the Parkway
The cultural center dedicated to the artist of aerial mobiles has hired its first leadership position, Director of Programs Juana Berrío.
4 months ago
Listen 1:07Carrie Underwood, Village People to perform at Trump’s inauguration events
Other inauguration ceremony performers will include two of the president-elect’s musical favorites, country singer Lee Greenwood and opera singer Christopher Macchio.
4 months ago
CCH Pounder talks about sharing her art collection and the importance of preserving Black art
The actress and art collector is sharing more than 40 pieces of her collection in an exhibit at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.
4 months ago
5 quilts from Cut & Sew PHL in Mt. Airy chosen for QuiltCon national convention in Phoenix
The Philly-based quilt shop and sewing studio will be represented in February at the national quilting event.
4 months ago
Listen 0:48Social Impact Database tracks how cultural sector engages Philly
The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance created the online survey tool to support its advocacy of the arts as a civic solution.
4 months ago
Listen 1:20Ena Barton is an internationally acclaimed pianist who retired in New Jersey. She now teaches piano and plays the occasional concert in her 55-and-older community.
4 months ago
Listen 1:14‘Music from the heart’: Bluegrass tradition blossoms at a family-owned music shop in Bucks County
In an on-demand economy, the kind of experience the shop offers is rare — and has cultivated a thriving bluegrass community throughout the region.
4 months ago
Listen 4:58A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.
4 months ago
Listen 1:532 superfans offer thoughts on what will make a great ‘Sunny/Abbott’ crossover episode
This Wednesday, two of Philly’s most prominent representations on TV will merge in the first crossover episode of “Abbott Elementary” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
4 months ago
Philadelphia Orchestra to premiere ‘Songs for Murdered Sisters’
The song cycle was created in response to an intimate partner killing spring in Canada in 2015.
4 months ago
‘A warm welcome’: Mummers look to include more communities, groups into the tradition
One Mummer club’s partnership with a Caribbean Carnival band could pave the way for more collaborations in the future.
4 months ago
2025 Mummers Parade steps off as Philadelphia rings in the new year
At Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in South Philadelphia, a Mummers Mass was held late Tuesday afternoon.
4 months ago