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Dancers line up in front of the Moulin Rouge cabaret
Community Events
Performing Arts
6abc

The Academy of Music set to stage ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ from July 5-23

The Tony Award Winning Musical, Directed by Tony Award® winner Alex Timbers, runs July 5 - 23 at the Academy of Music.

3 years ago

Headshot of Alan Arkin
NPR
Movies

Alan Arkin has died — the star of ‘Get Smart’ and ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ was 89

Arkin sparked up more than 100 films in a career stretching over seven decades.

3 years ago

The Fourth of July fireworks display reaches its finale at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
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Music
Performing Arts

Fourth of July, Ziggy Marley, and Queer Jewish Music Night in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

June 29 - July 2: Fourth of July celebrations, Frankie Valli in N.J., and Ziggy Marley in Del. are among the weekend’s highlights.

3 years ago

Listen 5:23
A close-up of a double-exposure photo printed and displayed in a park showing a shirtless man overlayed with a Pride flag.
History
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Visual Arts

Philly’s gay archival records go outside for ‘And Into The Streets’

An art exhibition in Louis Kahn Park features photos of Philly gay life circa the 1980s and ‘90s.

3 years ago

Listen 1:25
Annie Chiu-McCabe dials a rotary phone inside a wooden structure at the Rail Park.
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Visual Arts

A phone in Philly’s Rail Park lets you speak to the dead

An old-fashioned rotary telephone, wired to nothing, encourages people to speak to their loved ones as a form of grief therapy.

3 years ago

Listen 1:24
Li Sumpter posing by a tarot card featuring Sun Ra.
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

A mythology for North Philly appears on construction fencing

The Village of Arts and Humanities developed a tarot deck that will inform the construction of a new art gallery.

3 years ago

Listen 1:33
James Claiborne poses in front of the gallery at the Barnes Foundation where William Edmondson's sculptures are displayed.
History
Philadelphia
Sculpture
Visual Arts

‘Sublime’ folk sculptures by William Edmondson at the Barnes Foundation

Eight decades after his landmark exhibition at MOMA, William Edmondson’s “Monumental Vision” gets refreshed at the Barnes.

3 years ago

Listen 1:17
An aerial view of the London baseball stadium.
International
Philadelphia
Sports

New York Mets to play Philadelphia Phillies in London in 2024

The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies will play a two-game series in London next season as MLB takes another rivalry abroad.

3 years ago

Peter Brötzmann with his saxophpone
NPR
Music

Peter Brötzmann, the heart — and lungs — of European free jazz, dead at 82

The German saxophonist whose brash, tempestuous outpourings set an imposing standard for free improvisation, and helped define the terms for a postwar European avant-garde.

3 years ago

Festival stage in the rain.
Community Events
Delaware
Music

Legendary jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown honored at 36th annual Wilmington music festival

The downtown Wilmington festival features multi-day performances of a variety of jazz styles including straight, fusion, R&B-influenced, and Latin jazz.

3 years ago

Artist Adebunmi Gbadebo stands with her piece “Remains, piece of Balcony Baluster, 1848,
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Philly artist wins $100K craft prize for her work remembering Black ancestors

Adebunmi Gbadebo makes work from materials sourced directly from her enslaved ancestors.

3 years ago

Listen 1:54
Dionne Warwick (from left), Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and Renée Fleming will be honored by the Kennedy Center for their lifetime achievements
NPR
Media
Music
National
Performing Arts

Queen Latifah and Billy Crystal are among the 2023 Kennedy Center honorees

Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah and Dionne Warwick will be honored for their lifetime artistic achievements as the 46th class of Kennedy Center honoree

3 years ago

Rufus Wainwright sings while playing the piano.
Things To Do
Community Events
Music
Performing Arts

Hispanic Fiesta, Kidchella, Rufus Wainwright, The Cure, and ‘Star Wars’ in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

June 22 -26: Hispanic Fiesta in Pa., Battleship Beer Fest in N.J., and the Manayunk Arts Festival are among the weekend’s highlights.

3 years ago

Listen 5:43
Donald Nally stands in front of a group of people, conducting the choir in an open field.
Music
Pennsylvania
Performing Arts

Going up the country: Crossing Choir sings the economics of food

The world premiere of Ted Hearne’s “FARMING” mashes up William Penn and Jeff Bezos to trace the history of American food production.

3 years ago

Listen 2:45
A dragon lantern is lit up at the park.
Community Events
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Chinese Lantern Festival lights up Philadelphia’s Franklin Square with dragons, flowers, and performances

Artists used 20,000 square feet of silk and 16,000 feet of electric cables for the creations at Franklin Square for the Chinese Lantern Festival.

3 years ago

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