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Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

This holiday song playlist adds Philly magic to the season

10 tracks to fill the air with local love.

4 years ago

The Queen stage in Wilmington, Del.
Arts & Entertainment

Wilmington’s Queen, other Delaware concert venues share $30 million of federal aid

Delaware concert venues like Wilmington’s The Queen will share more than $30 million in federal grants through the Save our Stages Act.

4 years ago

File photo: In this Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 file photo, runners make their way down Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia during the Philadelphia Marathon. A study released on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 shows that marathons can be risky for hearts, but not necessarily those of the runners. It takes longer for nearby residents to get to a hospital for emergency heart care on the day of a race and they're less likely to survive.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

The Rat Pack is back, ABBA, Philly Marathon, and annual holiday events return in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Sinatra’s Rat Pack, ABBA, Eagles vs. Saints, and the Philly Marathon are the weekend highlights in the Delaware Valley.

4 years ago

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A Christmas glass ball decoration depicting a dog's face
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

American music in the burbs, Yellow Springs art show, Philly film fests, Conya Doss, and new exhibits and plays in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Nov. 11- Nov. 14: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.

4 years ago

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Candles, flowers and letters are placed at a memorial
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Arts & Entertainment

Live Nation, a company behind Astroworld, has a long history of safety violations

Live Nation is the biggest live-events company in the world. Court records and federal citations show that the company was already linked to 200 other deaths and 750 injuries.

4 years ago

Will Smith
Arts & Entertainment

Global superstar returns home to Philly to launch international tour for first book

The memoir is titled “Will,” and the very first stop was a small bookstore on Girard Avenue in Fishtown: Harriett’s.

4 years ago

Flowers s are seen outside of the canceled Astroworld festival at NRG Park on November 6, 2021 in Houston, Texas. According to authorities, eight people died and 17 people were transported to local hospitals after what they describe as a crowd surge at the Astroworld festival, a music festival started by Houston-native rapper and musician Travis Scott in 2018. (Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Astroworld Festival joins a list of historical concert tragedies

The deaths at Astroworld Festival call to mind other rare incidents at concerts and festivals in which crowding or other factors contributed to dangerous conditions.

4 years ago

Travis Scott performs at day one of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Houston
Arts & Entertainment

8 dead, numerous injured at Astroworld Festival in Houston

Officials in Texas say at least eight people are dead and numerous others are injured following a surge of the crowd during a performance by rapper Travis Scott.

4 years ago

NPR
Arts & Entertainment

New roots: Black musicians and advocates are forging coalitions outside the system

4 years ago

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Education

With safety in mind, schools are getting their bands back together

4 years ago

Benjamin L. Bynum Sr. (The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Benjamin L. Bynum Sr., Philly jazz and blues scene legend, dies at 98

Benjamin L. Bynum Sr. was a longtime Philadelphia entrepreneur and patriarch of a family associated with popular restaurants and jazz and blues venues in the city.

4 years ago

Elvis Costello and Jim Lauderdale, left, perform during at the Americana Honors & Awards show Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Film Festival, Elvis Costello, H.E.R, Afro-art redux at Delaware Art Museum, and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Despite the positive strides made in the battle against COVID, uncertainty and varying mandates ...

4 years ago

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Saxophonist Elliot Levin and other members of the West Philadelphia Orchestra play outside a polling place at the Salvation army building at 55th and Market streets. The orchestra  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

PHONK! to make noise for social justice in FDR Park this weekend

FDR Park to inaugurate a new festival of brass and drum bands who play for liberation causes.

4 years ago

Christian McBride performs at George Wein's Carefusion Newport Jazz 55 in Newport, R.I. on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Artists at home in Philly and Jersey, Christian McBride’s ‘New Jawn,’ Low Cut Connie, and ‘Boo at the Zoo’ in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Oct. 14 - Oct. 17: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.

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KRS-One performs at the Yo! MTV Raps: 30TH Anniversary Experience at the Barclays Center on Friday, June 1, 2018, in New York
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Design Philadelphia, KRS One, Night of Lights, and Monster drinks in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Oct. 7 - Oct. 10: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.

4 years ago

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