
Performing Arts
A Burlington County, N.J. high school’s dance program is helping students succeed academically
Students studying dance at a Burlington County high school have improved focus and discipline, resulting in higher grades than their peers, school officials said.
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Rock band Heart offering reward for instruments stolen from New Jersey venue
The band was set to kick off their tour at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City on Saturday, and its gear had been set up there the day prior to the show.
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InterAct Theatre debuts play on underrepresented Muslim community in Philly
“On My Deen,” which opens this weekend, is the first of three plays in InterAct’s three-year Philly Cycle.
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Cape May’s historic Allen AME Church is now a theater space
The church associated with the Underground Railroad was sold to Cape May after it burned in 2018. It’s now the home of East Lynne Theater Company.
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At a Bryn Mawr theater program, actors with disabilities tell their stories ‘without boundaries’
Parents of participants say afterschool program has helped their children connect to others like them and feel empowered in a creative atmosphere.
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Philadelphia’s Quintessence Theatre has produced the only adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1956 novel approved by his estate.
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Listen 1:25William Penn School District could eliminate arts, athletics programs
The school district in Delaware County said it is in need of Pennsylvania cyber charter reform and additional adequacy funding to balance the budget.
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Listen 0:56DJ Diamond Kuts will bring her Philadelphia sound to this year’s Roots Picnic
“The Roots Picnic feels like a big cookout,” the Philly-native DJ said. “It feels like that one moment where the whole city comes together.”
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Listen 1:44Philly’s Fort Mifflin will host 2025 Making Time festival, featuring 120+ acts
Putting on shows for 25 years, Philly native Dave Pianka, aka Dave P., continues to craft “the music festival that I wanted to go to.”
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Listen 1:21Montgomery County high school senior crowned national youth poet laureate
Evan Wang, a senior at Upper Merion High School, wants to see young people engage with poetry off the page and in everyday life.
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Listen 1:12Is this the worst-ever era for American pop culture?
A recent YouGov survey rated the 2020s as the worst decade in a century for music, movies, fashion, TV, sports. But are reports of the culture’s demise greatly exaggerated?
Air Date: May 14, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 52:05Delaware Symphony Orchestra taps Michelle Di Russo as first female music director
After starting her career as a dancer and singer, Di Russo will now lead the Wilmington-based orchestra in its 120th season.
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Listen 1:30Hal Real, founder of World Cafe Live, steps down, makes way for virtual reality
Real opened the West Philly concert venue 21 years ago and turned it into a nonprofit. The new leader has brought in VR technology.
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Philly theaters reel from sudden loss of NEA funding
Arts organizations in Philadelphia and elsewhere scramble to cope with an abrupt cancellation of promised federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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