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Music

Jess Conda, Sam Rise and Rose Jarboe performing
Arts & Entertainment

Bearded Ladies Cabaret returns to Philly’s Wanamaker Building to close out its fall series

The “Pipe Up!” series of performance events ends this weekend with a series of drag cabaret performances.

8 months ago

Listen 2:13
a child plays a xylophone
Education

South Philly charter school opens musical sensory garden for kids to explore creativity and learning through sound

The Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School built a musical learning space for kids with autism and other students with a grant from String Theory Schools.

8 months ago

Listen 2:15
Pianist Jennifer Blyth and baritone James Martin performing
Arts & Entertainment

America’s founders had specific ideas about the ‘pursuit of happiness.’ Now they have been put to music

The Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen wrote songs about the moral philosophy behind the Founding Fathers’ signature phrase.

9 months ago

Listen 2:02
LARS performing
Community

Philadelphia musician LARS navigates self-discovery on debut EP ‘I Should Be OK Now’

The four-track EP dives into the nonbinary musician's recent transition and connection to the city’s queer community.

9 months ago

Listen 1:16
The band Open City looks on
Arts & Entertainment

Philly punk band Open City returns for benefit show supporting immigrant advocacy group

After five years away, the punk supergroup returns to the stage Sunday for a show benefitting the human rights organization Juntos.

9 months ago

Listen 1:12
Pierre Robert posted this photo on social media
Arts & Entertainment
6abc

Memorial concert to be held in honor, celebration of the late Philadelphia radio host Pierre Robert

Pierre Robert, the midday host on Philadelphia's 93.3 WMMR for more than 4 decades, passed away Oct. 29 at the age of 70.

9 months ago

Inside the Wanamaker Building
Arts & Entertainment

Center City’s former Macy’s building will be ‘Home for the Holidays’ one more time

Opera Philadelphia and WHYY will present a holiday concert in the Wanamaker Building Dec. 2, to be broadcast on TV12 on Dec. 23.

9 months ago

Listen 1:25
Elizabeth Avril Barden smiles
Arts & Entertainment

After 200 years, Philadelphia’s Jefferson University now has a song

Thomas Jefferson University asked one of its customer service employees to write an alma mater.

9 months ago

Listen 1:20
street signs at the intersection of 67th and Callowhill streets in Philadelphia
Community

For those still out of the loop, here is what ‘6-7’ means

Though the phrase, which comes from a song by Philadelphia rapper Skrilla, may not have one specific meaning, its widespread use in youth culture is unmatched.

9 months ago

Professional musicians lead a community songwriting and music play workshop at the please touch museum
Arts & Entertainment

At Philly’s Please Touch Museum, kids, parents and professional musicians gathered to pen an original lullaby

The workshop was one of many such events happening Saturday in recognition of World Kindness Day.

9 months ago

Listen 1:00
Dendê Macêdo plays a percussion instrument made from a broom, a bell, a coconut and a spring alongside a child
Arts & Entertainment

The rhythm of recycling: How a Philly-based master musician crafts instruments from the trash

The average American throws out almost 5 pounds of solid waste each day. One local musician aims to reduce waste by giving trash a second life.

9 months ago

Listen 5:29
Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age performs
Arts & Entertainment

AC/DC, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age among rock acts coming to Philly area in summer 2026

Rock concerts in the Philadelphia region are shaping up for next summer as we near the end of 2025.

9 months ago

Girard College students rehearse with the Tempesta di Mare Baroque orchestra
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare honors the musical genius of 18th-century orphans

“Hidden Virtuosas” premieres Baroque music by the most downtrodden women of Venice, not heard in three centuries.

9 months ago

Listen 2:14
Norah Wasden cleans instruments with toddlers
Education

Singing, dancing and growing: Music Together Princeton Lab School inspires kids to be creative

Parents at the Music Together Princeton Lab School in Hopewell, New Jersey, say the mixed-age class encourages cooperation and listening.

9 months ago

Listen 1:09
Pierre Robert reading in Rittenhouse Square
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Pierre Robert: 10 things you should know about Philly’s iconic DJ

The WMMR fixture died early Wednesday, at age 70. Did you know he was a vegetarian for decades and kept a “no-play” list?

9 months ago

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