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Performing Arts

Fireworks explode over the Philadelphia Museum of Art during an Independence Day celebration, Friday, July 4, 2014, in Philadelphia.
Arts & Entertainment

Philly philanthropies launch $9 million fund for America’s 250th birthday

America’s 250th birthday is coming in 2026, along with the World Cup, All-Star Game, and PGA Tour. Will you be ready?

3 years ago

Thousands of people packed Girard Ave. through Spring Garden for the 2nd Street Festival
Arts & Entertainment

2nd Street Festival draws thousands of people to Northern Liberties

Roughly 200 vendors, including 22 food trucks and 55 local artists, were lined up between Girard Avenue to Spring Garden Sunday.

3 years ago

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Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie at a Barbie event in June in Sydney, Australia.
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

‘Barbie’ is the only billion-dollar blockbuster solely directed by a woman

Greta Gerwig's film joins a high-grossing list of mostly male-directed movies, most of them with men leading the casts.

3 years ago

Artist in residence Alex Tatarsky, wearing a gnome costume, looks up towards the sky. Trees and grass are visible in the background.
Arts & Entertainment

‘The performance of thoughtful melancholy’: Glen Foerd estate presents its resident garden hermit

In their performance piece “Gnome Core,” artist Alex Tatarsky plays a cranky hermit with one of the worst jobs in history.

3 years ago

Audience members look towards a screen that says
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

BlackStar Film Festival, Fall Out Boy, and 2nd Street Festival in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Aug. 3 - Aug. 6: BlackStar Film Festival in Philly, Fall Out Boy in N.J., and Dean Ford & The Beautiful Ones in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

3 years ago

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View of dancers in the spotlight on stage from above
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Fringe returns with a focus on local performance artists

The 27th festival of experimental and avant-garde work will come back in September, as the theater industry still reels from the pandemic.

3 years ago

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File photo: Angus Cloud, a cast member in the HBO drama series ''Euphoria,'' poses at the premiere of the series at the ArcLight Hollywood, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in Los Angeles. Cloud, the actor who starred as the drug dealer Fezco ''Fez'' O'Neill on the HBO series ''Euphoria,'' has died. He was 25. Cloud's publicist, Cait Bailey, said McCloud died Monday at his family home in Oakland, California. No cause of death was given.
Arts & Entertainment

Angus Cloud, breakout star of ‘Euphoria,’ is dead at 25

Cloud’s publicist, Cait Bailey, said Cloud died Monday at his family home in Oakland, California. No cause of death was given.

3 years ago

File photo: Actor Paul Reubens portraying Pee-wee Herman poses for a portrait while promoting ''The Pee-wee Herman Show'' live stage play, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, in Los Angeles. Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement.
Arts & Entertainment

Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies from cancer at 70

Reubens' character, with his too-tight gray suit, white chunky loafers and red bow tie was best known for the film “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” and the television series.

3 years ago

The cast of Shakespeare in Clark Park's ''Two Gentlemen of Verona'' perform the opening number of the 1971 rock musical version in Clark Park.
Arts & Entertainment

‘We’re in competition with the couch’: Philadelphia theater plots its future

The pandemic fundamentally changed how audiences go to live theater. Now local companies are banding together to face the future.

3 years ago

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Dancers dance onstage.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Dance Day, Shakespeare in Clark Park, Discovery Day, Snoop & Wiz Khalifa in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

July 27 - July 30: Philly Dance Day, Snoop, Wiz Khalifa, and Too Short in N.J., plus The Mavericks in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

3 years ago

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Tiana Sanders teaches dance to young students.
Community

Christina Cultural Arts Center secures $4.5 million in funding to uplift underserved Wilmington communities through the arts

Christina Cultural Arts Center plans to expand services by building a second facility, doubling early childhood and affordable arts education programs.

3 years ago

The Dave Matthews Band performs onstage.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Dave Matthews Band, Philly Mardi Gras, ‘Macbeth,’ and Shark Summer in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

July 20 - July 23: Premier League in Philly, Shark Summer in N.J., and “Macbeth” in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

3 years ago

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Jane Birkin poses for photographers at the photo call for the film Jane By Charlotte at the 74th international film festival, in Cannes, France, in July 2021. The actress-singer died on Sunday.
NPR
Community

Jane Birkin, British actress, singer and French icon, dies at 76

The London-born star, whose British accent and natural style charmed her adopted country of France, died on Sunday. Her fame rivals the Hermès luxury handbags named after her.

3 years ago

Deej, 28, and her best friend Chaz, 28, traveled from Baltimore to attend the Philadelphia leg of Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour at Lincoln Financial Field. “We are the drama,” they said while strutting to the entrance of the show. (Erin Blewett for Billy Penn)
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Photos: The Bey Hive swarms the Linc for the first U.S. stop of the Renaissance Tour

Rhinestone cowboy hats, bedazzled stilettos, and bold makeup dominated as fans made their way into Lincoln Financial Field.

3 years ago

Elvis Costello performs onstage.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Blobfest Weekend, RiverFest, White Affair, Bastille Day, and Elvis Costello in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

July 13 - July 16: Blobfest in the Philly ‘burbs, Matchbox 20 in N.J., and the Wilmington Street Food Festival are among the weekend’s highlights.

3 years ago

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