Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale for “The Fighter”
Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale talk with Patrick Stoner about their real life characters in “The Fighter” and about Mark’s promise to bring the story to the big screen more than a decade ago.
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Teenager traces continuum of anti-Asian racism in ‘Pandemic’ play
A teenager pens an intergenerational drama about anti-Chinese racism, presented by Philadelphia Young Playwrights.
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Philly Councilmembers Thomas and Richardson propose $1M for the arts
The intention is to prioritize individual artists and small arts organizations that do not have the same access to financial resources as larger cultural institutions.
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‘Why have I never heard of this?’: Phila Orchestra revives America’s first Black woman composer
Florence Price had one of her pieces performed in 1933, by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Since then, she has disappeared from the classical canon.
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