Performing Arts
Philly’s newest LGBTQ performance venue to debut with ‘A (Queer) Christmas Carol’
The Painted Mug Cafe, a new performance venue and coffee shop in South Philly, will be dedicated to empowering the LGBTQ community.
2 years ago
Listen 1:35A Christmas concert for our time: Carols After a Plague
The Crossing choir’s Christmas concerts will premiere 12 new compositions written for a pandemic.
2 years ago
Listen 1:47Musicopia opens its treasure trove of musical instruments to Philly teachers
The music education organization has given away thousands of instruments to schoolchildren out of its Center City storage unit.
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Listen 1:26Kimmel Cultural Campus, Philadelphia Orchestra bridge cultures with Taller Puertorriqueño
Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Philadelphia Orchestra are asking audiences to bring donations to support Taller Puertorriqueño’s annual gift drive.
2 years ago
Charlie Brown Christmas onstage, Jane Lynch swings, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’
Jane Lynch and Charlie Brown’s musical Christmas anchor this weekend’s events in and around Philadelphia.
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Listen 5:10Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim
The theatrical giant, who died Friday at 91, was as complex as his lyrics, dogmatic in his rules and not generous with praise about his work.
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Keeping it small y sincero: Power Street Theatre debuts bilingual play on WhatsApp
Philly’s Power Street Theatre leans into the mobile social media platform popular with Latinos and immigrants to release the play “¿Que lo Que?”
2 years ago
Listen 2:01Philly’s newest play supports sanitation workers with help from Ya Fav Trashman
Philadelphia Theatre Company’s premiere of “The Garbologists” supports sanitation workers on and off the stage, with input from the city’s favorite dancer-turned-trashman.
2 years ago
Listen 1:36Sinatra’s Rat Pack, ABBA, Eagles vs. Saints, and the Philly Marathon are the weekend highlights in the Delaware Valley.
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Listen 5:09Mummers Parade will be back on Broad Street New Year’s Day
After a pandemic hiatus in 2021 and a 2020 parade marred by some members in blackface, Mummers Parade organizers are promising an event “welcoming to all.”
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Britney freed: Judge dissolves Spears’ conservatorship
Britney is free. A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that has controlled Britney Spears’ life and money for nearly 14 years.
2 years ago
Visual art for the visually impaired: Philly museum tests out new ways to experience paintings
The Museum of the American Revolution is testing a new way to present visual art to people who are visually impaired, creating richer experiences for all patrons.
2 years ago
Listen 4:31A new parade for Philadelphia to celebrate the holidays
A multicultural parade will begin Philadelphia’s first in-person holiday season since COVID.
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