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The Merriam Theater on South Broad Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

The Merriam Theater is now called the Miller Theater

The newly renamed Miller Theater honors Alan B. Miller and his financial support of upgrades and renovations to the 104-year-old theater.

4 years ago

Saint Peter's Doug Edert celebrates after Saint Peter's won a college basketball game against Purdue in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

March Madness, Fur Ball, and Shawn Colvin, in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Wynton Marsalis, Shawn Colvin, Festival of Praise, and March Madness are among weekend highlights in the Delaware Valley.

4 years ago

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Catherine Cahill, CEO of the Mann Center, receiving $1 million in federal funding from Congressman Dwight Evans. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

$1 million in federal funding flows to the Mann Center

The Mann Center’s infrastructure improvement will be supported by the $1.5 trillion dollar spending bill recently signed by President Biden.

4 years ago

Bad Bunny at the Wells Fargo Center on March 16, 2022. (Bibiana Correa / Billy Penn)
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Bad Bunny in Philly: Fans perrean to ‘El Último Tour Del Mundo’

A concert full of Latino music and love.

4 years ago

Jennifer Harrison Newman in a scene from Black Lodge
Arts & Entertainment

After two years away, Opera Philadelphia resumes Festival O this fall

Opera Philadelphia had pivoted to filmmaking during the pandemic. It announced a return to live in-person performances with Festival O in September.

4 years ago

An in-game screenshot from ''X2: The Next Power.'' (Courtesy of Tethra64)
Arts & Entertainment

New video game from Philly creators has players battling the evil forces of the music industry

Two gamers influenced by music will show off ‘X2: The Next Power’ at the METAVERSE concert and gaming event at the Fillmore in April.

4 years ago

Students from the McHugh School of Irish Dance in Delaware County perform during the Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Keith Haring remembered, St. Patrick’s Day celebrated, car and pet expos, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Weekend highlights in and around Philadelphia include Keith Haring, Lloyd Price, the Auto Show and a new museum in Old City.

4 years ago

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Saint Aubyn (left), portraying the older Lloyd Price in ''Personality,'' rehearses a scene with Little Richard, portrayed by Miles Boone (right)
Arts & Entertainment

An American story: The life of R&B singer Lloyd Price premieres at People’s Light

Better known by his songs "Personality," "Stagger Lee," "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," R&B singer Lloyd Price did not live to see the musical about his life.

4 years ago

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In addition to fronting Screaming Trees, Mark Lanegan also worked with Queens of the Stone Age, The Gutter Twins, Isobel Campbell and Mad Season. (Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images)
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Arts & Entertainment

Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees singer and voracious collaborator, dies at 57

Mark Lanegan, the versatile rock musician and Screaming Trees singer, died Tuesday of unspecified causes at his home in Killarney, Ireland.

4 years ago

Mary J. Blige performs at the halftime show
Arts & Entertainment

Roots Picnic returns this summer with Mary J. Blige, Summer Walker, Jazmine Sullivan, and more

Now expanded to two days, the Fairmount park event will take place from Saturday, June 4, through Sunday, June 5.

4 years ago

Betty Davis in New York in 1969. (Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Game was her middle name: The world was never ready for Betty Davis

Her songs were filled with gritty yet sultry style of electrified funk — dirtier than James with more blues than Sly.

4 years ago

Jillian Patricia Pirtle, CEO of the Marian Anderson Museum & Historical Society, holds a letter written by Marian Anderson. Pirtle and actor Bryan Anthony Wilson will perform dramatic a reading of letters sent between Anderson and husband, Orpheus Fisher, at Philadelphia’s Penn Museum on February 13, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Hear Marian Anderson’s love letters performed in time for Valentine’s Day

The 60-year romance between the famed opera singer and her architect husband, as documented in their private letters, will be made public, on stage, on Sunday.

4 years ago

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FILE - Neil Young poses for a portrait at Lost Planet Editorial in Santa Monica, Calif. on Sept. 9, 2019. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Neil Young tells Spotify workers to ‘get out of that place’

Not satisfied with urging fellow musicians to leave Spotify, Neil Young wants the company's employees to jump ship, too.

4 years ago

Operatic soprano Angel Blue rehearses with the Philadelphia Orchestra for a performance of ''This Is Not a Small Voice.'' The poem by Sonia Sanchez was put to music by Valerie Coleman. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Sonia Sanchez poem ‘This is Not A Small Voice’ is now a piece of orchestral music

Composer Valerie Coleman said the words of Sanchez’s poem about the innocence of Black children naturally translated to notes for a new work by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

4 years ago

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Todd Rundgren performs at the Broward Center
Arts & Entertainment

Todd Rundgren’s ‘Something/Anything?’ celebrated with a 50th anniversary charity tribute album

Proceeds from the ‘Someone/Anyone?’ tribute album will benefit the Spirit of Harmony Foundation started by Upper Darby’s favorite son.

4 years ago

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