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Performing Arts

A rider waves to approving pedestrians who stopped to watch the Philly Naked Bike Ride make its way through Center City. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Naked Bike Ride, Korn, Ukrainian Festival, Welsh Week in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Plus: salsa dancing, the Tony-nominated “Grand Horizons,” The Fishtown Card Show and the Art and Jazz Festival in Delaware.

4 years ago

Host Melissa Villaseñor on stage during the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Film Independent)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

The Independent Spirit Awards moves toward gender-neutral acting categories

The awards have announced the categories will now be "best lead performance" and "best supporting performance."

4 years ago

Tyler Dobrowsky and wife Taibi Magar pose with audience theater seats visible behind them.
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Theatre Company hires husband-and-wife team as artistic directors

Taibi Magar and Tyler Dobrowsky will helm the Philadelphia Theatre Company and its post-COVID growth.

4 years ago

Makoto Hirano uses sketches out the themes of ''The Great American Gunshow'' during an interactive performance in Bloomsburg, Pa. (Elizabeth S. Gorbey)
Arts & Entertainment

The Great American Gunshow investigates the allure of guns

Team Sunshine Performance Corporation has begun a long-term theatrical investigation of America’s conflicted relationship with firearms.

4 years ago

From left, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson and Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire perform at the Race to Erase MS drive-in event at the Rose Bowl, Friday, June 4, 2021, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Folk Fest, Santana and Earth Wind & Fire, Clay Fest in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

As the summer days wane, The Philadelphia Folk Festival celebrates 60 years. Plus Ardmore Rock & Ride and cultural festivals at Penn’s Landing.

4 years ago

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Wiz Khalifa performs in concert during ''The Decent Exposure Tour'' at the BB&T Pavilion on Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Camden, N.J. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Musikfest, Shakespeare in the ’burbs, Wiz Khalifa, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Plus: Daddy Daughter Dance, Jon Lovitz and Afrodanze! share the same weekend the Eagles make their preseason debut at the Linc.

4 years ago

Listen 5:07
A view of the Art Museum at sunset.
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Philly culture on a budget: Where to find discounts on arts, nature, and history

Pointers for exploring the city without breaking the bank.

4 years ago

(Courtesy of Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival)
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival puts the spotlight on local playwrights, bringing diverse voices to the stage

Polly Edelstein, co-founder of Philly Women's Theatre Festival says, theater exists to tell stories, but also to push boundaries.

4 years ago

Listen 5:45
Alicia Keys performs during the Platinum Jubilee concert taking place in front of Buckingham Palace, London, Saturday June 4, 2022, on the third of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. (Humphrey Nemar/Pool photo via AP)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

2nd Street Fest, Alicia Keys, BlackStar films, and Jerry Garcia tributes in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Aug. 4 - Aug. 7: The week’s events include a classical concert in N.J, the 2nd Street Festival in Philly, and a Lyle Lovett show in Delaware.

4 years ago

Listen 5:02
Zuhairah McGill sits in a theater
Arts & Entertainment

For the first time in 21 years, a Philly artist will perform at the National Black Theatre Festival

Zuhairah McGill will perform her one-woman show “Sojourner,” the first Philly artist in two decades to be on stage at the prestigious festival.

4 years ago

Up-close photo of Nichelle Nichols speaking with microphone in hand.
Arts & Entertainment

Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ has died at 89

Relatives say Sunday that Nichelle Nichols, who broke ground for Black women acting on television as Lt. Nyota Uhura on "Star Trek," has died at 89.

4 years ago

Actress Mary Alice holding her Emmy Award in the press room in 1993.
(Dan Watson/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Tony and Emmy winning actress Mary Alice has died at age 85

From Rose Maxson in Fences on Broadway to Lettie Bostic on TV's A Different World, Alice's career encompassed comedy, drama, stage and screen.

4 years ago

The cast of ''The Spongebob Musical.'' (Upper Darby Summer Stage)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

The Black Keys, Shark Day, and SpongeBob in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

The weekend’s events in Philly, Del., and N.J. include Monster Trucks Live, Black Keys, and the East Passyunk Car Show and Street Fest.

4 years ago

Listen 4:43
Minou Pourshariati as Bianca leads the Actively Conscious Chorus through a protest song in 'The Tamer Tamed,' opening the second act of Shakespeare in Clark Park’s production of 'The Taming!' set in West Philly circa 1990s. (Peter Crimmins / WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Shakespeare in Clark Park stages ‘Taming of the Shrew,’ and its rebuttal

The outdoor performance pairs the problematic “Taming” with its answer play circa 1610, “The Tamer Tamed.”

4 years ago

Women in white smocks wipe the ground in the center of Philadelphia's City Hall.
Arts & Entertainment

Performers scrub the ground at City Hall to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade

A handful of women dressed in rags scrubbed the ground of the City Hall courtyard to amplify the work to access abortion rights in the U.S.

4 years ago

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