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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

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Dionne Warwick (from left), Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and Renée Fleming will be honored by the Kennedy Center for their lifetime achievements
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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

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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

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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

A sculpture made of steel rods forming a sphere is in the foreground. Behind it are trees, the river, and a pathway.
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Sculpture
Visual Arts

Contemporary art ‘reanimates’ historic sculpture garden on the Schuylkill River

Maren Hassinger’s “Steel Bodies” reanimates a vision of American history at the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial along the Schuylkill River.

3 years ago

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A guide speaks to a group of people gathered around her.
History
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Alt Philly history: Walking tours to explore the city’s diverse cultural heritage

The Liberty Bell is nice, but Philadelphia has many other stories to tell.

3 years ago

An up-close view of two croissants.
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The $55M croissant: Top contenders to fulfill Rhode Island officials’ outrageous Bok demand

Check out our picks for Philadelphia’s top contenders for multimillion-dollar croissant.

3 years ago

A person walks past the Fox News Headquarters.
National
Politics
TV

Fox News producer out after onscreen message calling President Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’

The producer, Alex McCaskill, confirmed his exit in an Instagram post. Fox would not comment on Friday.

3 years ago

Tower Theater
Explainers
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

How Upper Darby’s famed Tower Theater was reborn as a music venue

Opened as a movie house, it faltered in the postwar years — until rock promoter Rick Green came around.

3 years ago

The 28th annual African American Children's Book Fair at the Community College of Philadelphia was held pre-pandemic on Feb. 8, 2020
Books
Community Events
Kids
Philadelphia

New Philly children’s literacy event puts Juneteenth on the books

“Juneteenth - Celebrating Literary and Artistic Freedom” looks to the legacy of Black literacy.

3 years ago

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The Juneteenth Singers performing
Things To Do
Community Events
Music
Performing Arts
Visual Arts

Juneteenth celebrations, Doylestown Pride Fest, Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks, and Yacht Rock Revue in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

June 15 -19: Juneteenth celebrations, “I Hate Hamlet” in N.J., and Keb’ ‘Mo in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

3 years ago

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SZA and Lizzo side by side
Music
Philadelphia
6abc

SZA, Lizzo headlining 2023 Made in America festival in Philly

The two-day festival will take place on the Ben Franklin Parkway on Sept. 2 and 3.

3 years ago

An up-close view of the face of the woman, the guitar player, in the painting,
History
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Philadelphia Museum of Art may have original Vermeer in its vault

Scholars argue the Art Museum’s damaged “Lady with a Guitar” is not a copy of a 17th century Old Master, but the real deal.

3 years ago

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