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ArtsQuest President and CEO Kassie Hilgert stands on the SteelStacks campus, which sits at the base of the former blast furnaces of Bethlehem Steel. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Arts & Entertainment

Musikfest returns to Bethlehem as a 10-day hybrid of live and streaming concerts

As one of the largest free music festivals in the country, Musikfest attempts to recreate the street fair feel at home.

6 years ago

Listen 1:46
From Organix until Things Fall Apart, Malik B. was a member of The Roots, making guest appearances on 2006's Game Theory. (Mpozi Tolbert/Courtesy of The Roots)
NPR
Community

Malik B., early member of The Roots, dies at 47

His death was confirmed by The Roots' Questlove and Black Thought in a statement Wednesday, but no cause of death was provided.

6 years ago

Workers set up for Parking Lot Social, a series of drive-in shows taking place at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Drive-in concerts arrive in Philadelphia

Parking lots in the region are gearing up to host in-person, on-stage performances.

6 years ago

Listen 1:50
Members of Philadelphia's music community performed at a vigil for Elijah McClain, a violinist who was killed by police in Colorado in June. They performed 'Molto Adagio' (Lyric for Strings) from String Quartet No. 1 by American composer George Walker. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philly musicians pay homage to Elijah McClain and Mouhamed Cisse

Dozens of Philadelphia musicians gathered in Malcolm X Park to play in honor of Elijah McClain and Mouhamed Cisse.

6 years ago

Listen 3:35
Aamir Johnson Daye, aka D4M Skiano (INSTAGRAM / @DM4SKIANO)
Community
Billy Penn

Weekend of violence claims one of Philly’s hottest rising rappers at age 18

Aamir Johnson Daye, aka D4M Skiano, was loved by fans, friends, teachers and family.

6 years ago

Radio Times
Lifestyle

The Radio Times Pre-Independence Day Special

Today, we listen to Marty's interviews with Leslie Odom Jr. of the musical Hamilton, Imani Perry on "The Black National Anthem," and Sarah Vowell discusses Lafayette.

Air Date: July 3, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
The scene at the 2019 Sea.Hear.Now Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. (Courtesy of Robert Siliato Photography)
Down the Shore
Arts & Entertainment

Sea.Hear.Now Festival on Asbury Park beach postponed until 2021

A beach concert festival featuring major acts on the beach in Asbury Park has been postponed until next year.

6 years ago

Jeff Bradshaw
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 06/22/2020

This week; the new marijuana decriminalization bills in NJ, how SEPTA is keeping things clean during a pandemic, and a brass ensemble energizing the protests in Philly.

Air Date: June 22, 2020 12:00 am

Listen 49:00
Nicole Jordan
Arts & Entertainment

Meet Nicole Jordan, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s first full-time Black woman musician and new music librarian

Nicole Jordan will be the first Black woman to join the orchestra as a full-time member in the organization’s 120-year history.

6 years ago

Bandcamp has pledged to donate its cut of sales made on this and every subsequent Juneteenth holiday to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Guillaume Payen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Bandcamp, much-loved indie music marketplace, launches a Juneteenth tradition

On this and every subsequent Juneteenth, the platform intends to direct its usual revenue share to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

6 years ago

NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Queer As Punk: A Guide To LGBTQIA+ Punk

The term "punk" has a long queer history predating its use in contemporary music. A "punk" has always meant a person up to something disreputable and socially deviant.

6 years ago

The Roots Picnic
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Indefinitely postponed: Looks like the Roots Picnic won’t happen this summer

Event organizers will offer refunds to ticketholders by Aug. 9.

6 years ago

A 'No to Zero' graphic protesting Mayor Kenney's budget proposal to eliminate the city's art office
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment
Eyes on the Street

Art helps democracy. Mayor Kenney’s plan to zero out Philly’s arts office hurts us all

Philly’s arts office responds to the cultural and ethnic diversity that makes up our vibrant neighborhoods.

6 years ago

“Seven O’Clock Shout
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Orchestra to premiere new work written for the pandemic

“Seven O’Clock Shout,” written and performed in isolation, is a tribute to moments of humanity during strife.

6 years ago

Listen 2:23
FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2018 file photo, the Instagram app logo is displayed on a mobile screen in Los Angeles. Though Black Out Tuesday was originally organized by the music community, the social media world went dark on Tuesday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and the many killings of black people around the world that has caused outrage and protests. Instagram accounts, from top record label to everyday people, was full of black squares posted in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Community

Social media, music world go dark for Black Out Tuesday

Though Black Out Tuesday was originally organized by the music community, the social media world also went dark in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

6 years ago

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