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How to get involved in MLK Day events in the Philadelphia suburbs
Service, event, and volunteer opportunities are available in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties for MLK Day 2023.
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‘1776’ comes home to Philly for the launch of the Broadway musical tour
The revival of the 1969 musical updates the signing of the Declaration of Independence with a cast representing multiple races, genders, and ethnicities.
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Listen 1:24Philly’s MLK Day of Service will focus on gun violence prevention
Thousands of people will devote themselves to helping others on the holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King.
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Founded in 1959, the shop has long been a resource for Afrocentric literature, gifts, and discourse.
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Mummers Parade pics from the 1970s, complete with Confederate flag
Controversy is as much a part of Mummers lore as colorful attire.
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How cross-Atlantic correspondence ties together a trio of 18th century abolitionists
Philadelphia was a center of the anti-slavery movement in the fledgling United States.
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At 50, ‘Immaculate Reception’ still lifts a region’s spirits
The “Immaculate Reception” turns 50 this Friday, Dec. 23.
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What you’ll find at Kindy’s Christmas Factory Outlet, Philly’s warehouse of kitschy holiday magic
The decades-old holiday decoration store, a Philadelphia classic, is only open Friday through Monday in the two months leading up to Christmas.
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Crews remove box around Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia
The box has surrounded the statue for two years. On Friday, a judge ruled it needed to be removed.
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The history of the Philadelphia Orchestra now lives at Penn
More than 1,000 boxes containing the complete 175-year archive of the Orchestra and the Academy of Music have moved across town to Penn Library.
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‘Don’t you see ’em?’ The ghosts of Rittenhouse Square come alive at the Barnes
Artist John Dowell sees spirits in the park and brings them to life in a performance installation at the Barnes Foundation.
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Listen 1:37Delaware town holding Christmas party at controversial museum that flies Confederate flag
A council member who shepherded funds to the museum says the party doesn’t aim to “stir up anything.” An NAACP leader says it doubles down on “white supremacy.”
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A name change five years in the making: Should Philadelphia rename Taney Street?
After years of petitioning, The Rename Taney Coalition hopes for a breakthrough in their fight to rename Taney Street, famously named after Roger B. Taney.
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City of Philadelphia asking for artist submissions for permanent Harriet Tubman statue
The project, with a budget of $500,000, will be the first statue of an African American historic female figure in the city’s public art collection.
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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes convicted of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 trial
A federal jury has found Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one other defendant guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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