
Performing Arts
No Name Pops announces its inaugural music director
Christopher Dragon, an Australian conductor based in Colorado, wants to make pops orchestra music more contemporary.
3 months ago
Listen 1:07Calling all young jazz enthusiasts for a free female-led jam session
Key of She is leading jazz workshops at the Settlement Music School this Sunday for female and nonbinary students of all levels.
3 months ago
Black Visioning Group looks ahead to year 5 supporting Black queer and trans communities
The Black Visioning Group is chasing the dream, literally, into its fifth year.
3 months ago
‘This one hit close to home’: Philadelphia Theatre Company opens a musical about cancer
“Night Side Songs” by Daniel and Patrick Lazour takes on palliative care as an audience sing-along.
4 months ago
Listen 3:01For parents, theater groups offer help caring for the kids
Childcare offerings help parents of young families to feed their own artistic appetite.
4 months ago
Philadelphia theaters to dim their lights in honor of the late Carrie Gorn
A Broadway tradition never before done in Philly, theaters will simultaneously dim their lights to honor the late publicist.
4 months ago
Bristol Riverside Theatre reopens with the help of $2M from the commonwealth
Sorely needed renovations hope to further Bristol’s economic revival.
4 months ago
Survey of Philly artists shows worry over finding work, space and money
The survey by Councilmember Rue Landau was launched in the wake of the closing of the University of the Arts.
4 months ago
Listen 1:14Kansas City Ballet kicks off Super Bowl dance smackdown against Philadelphia Ballet
As Super Bowl fever ramps up, ballet companies from Kansas City and Philadelphia are preparing to battle it out online.
4 months ago
After 21 years of ‘radical listening,’ the voice of the public is on view at Philly’s Free Library
For two decades, Sheryl Oring has taken dictation from the public by typing postcards to five White House administrations.
4 months ago
Listen 1:40‘BP with the GM’: Former colleague remembers jazz radio icon Bob Perkins
The “other BP” celebrates an iconic, Philly-born original — a journalist, beloved radio host, and mentor.
4 months ago
At Philly’s FringeArts, ‘Fallawayinto’ cherishes a forgotten champion of the transgender community
Arielle Julia Brown wrote a ritualistic memoriam about her aunt, Donna Nicole Booker, who thrived in the San Francisco underground.
5 months ago
Listen 2:03Philadelphia author's Dylan book becomes Hollywood hit with Chalamet
Elijah Wald and Avi Wolfman-Arent discuss the pivotal moment in Bob Dylan's career explored in Wald's book "Dylan Goes Electric!," which inspired "A Complete Unknown."
Air Date: January 10, 2025 3:00 pm
Listen 17:00Philadelphia Orchestra to premiere ‘Songs for Murdered Sisters’
The song cycle was created in response to an intimate partner killing spring in Canada in 2015.
5 months ago
‘A warm welcome’: Mummers look to include more communities, groups into the tradition
One Mummer club’s partnership with a Caribbean Carnival band could pave the way for more collaborations in the future.
5 months ago