Performing Arts
What to know ahead of the Mummers parade on New Year’s Day
The folk parade is celebrating its 125th year. Here are the details about the road closures, when and where things happen — and how best to appreciate it.
2 months ago
‘Stranger Things’ and Philly’s Arden Theatre share an affinity for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
The hit Netflix show channels the classic 1962 young adult novel, just as the Arden Theatre puts it on stage.
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Philly preps for first-time New Year’s Eve concert, extra fireworks and Mummers parade
Philadelphia’s supercharged New Year’s Eve festivities next week will set the stage for a banner year of special events in 2026.
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The War On Drugs celebrates ‘A Drugcember To Remember’ with guest stars to aid Philly public schools
The Grammy Award-winning rock band packed Fishtown’s Johnny Brenda’s for a three-night benefit concert featuring performances by Joe Walsh and Kurt Vile.
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Listen 1:08Philadelphia Ballet dancer makes his ‘Nutcracker’ solo debut after recovering from cancer
At this time last year, Nicholas Patterson could barely walk from chemotherapy. Now he is dancing with the Sugar Plum Fairy.
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Listen 2:23Philadelphia’s Pig Iron Theatre will revive a Rube Goldberg machine contest this spring
The Philadelphia Contraption Contest went dormant during the pandemic. It took an experimental theater company to bring it back.
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Listen 1:21Ticket sales for stand up comedy shows have tripled in the last decade. Local comedians Tu Rae, Manny Brown, and Jamie Pappas tell us why.
Air Date: December 4, 2025
Listen 51:12Bucks County Community College names this year’s poet laureate
Madeline Marriott, 23, credits the local poetry community for her development as a writer.
3 months ago
Listen 0:47‘Not Safe’ For Teens opens a haunted house of teenage political anxieties in former Philly church
With “You Are Here,” teenagers carve out their own space in West Philly to express themselves freely.
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Listen 2:50Mummers announce their 125th parade on New Year’s Day
America’s oldest folk parade will feature 10,000 participants on New Year’s Day.
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Listen 1:07Arden’s ‘Mountaintop’ visits MLK Jr. on last night of his life
Akeem Davis plays the civil rights icon as wonderfully imperfect. The show runs through Dec. 14.
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The workshop was one of many such events happening Saturday in recognition of World Kindness Day.
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Listen 1:00AC/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.
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Making its Philadelphia debut, the exhibit will display various aspects of Carter’s 40-year career as a designer.
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Listen 0:46Mann Center in Fairmount Park sells naming rights to Highmark insurance
Now known as Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts, the facility is raising $70 million for campus improvements.
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