Performing Arts
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?
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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.
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Listen 1:18‘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.
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‘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.
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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.
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Listen 4:54Philly 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.
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Listen 1:24Angus 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.
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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.
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‘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.
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Listen 3:31July 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.
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Listen 5:40Christina Cultural Arts Center plans to expand services by building a second facility, doubling early childhood and affordable arts education programs.
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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.
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Listen 5:44Jane 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.
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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.
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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.
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