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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Performing Arts

In Theatre Exile's production of
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‘Ideation’ and the dark places it might lead (Theatre Exile)

Management consultants try to devise a process for their product by plowing through any business model they can conjure. In this case, the product is death.

9 years ago

Spiral Q apprentice Laura Beery paints houses for Peoplehood parade participants to wear on Saturday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Spiral Q's Philly Peoplehood puppet parade celebrates those living, working at the forefront of social justice

“The puppet is mighty,” said Spiral Q puppet theater's Jennifer Turnbull, as staff and volunteers prepared for Saturday's 18th Annual Peoplehood Parade through West Philly.

9 years ago

Dito van Reigersberg in
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‘Buyer & Cellar’ and the price of great fame (1812 Productions)

Dito van Reigersberg plays everyone, including Barbra Streisand, in a comedy set at the underground private mall she built to house her collections at her Malibu complex.

9 years ago

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Leah Walton in Theatre Horizon's production of ''2.5 Minute Ride.'' (Photo courtesy of Matthew J Photography)
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A stirring ‘2.5 Minute Ride’ (Theatre Horizon)

A one-woman play focuses on two very different family trips to explore her relationship with her father, his past and her present.

9 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Delaware arts calendar: The art of Denise Dumont, Rubix Kube and more to see and do in Delaware this week

From concerts and movies, to special events for the whole family, there is always something to see and do in Delaware. Here are some of our picks.

9 years ago

Aaron Miller of the Seneca Nation performs a smoke dance with members of the Longhouse Singers and Dancers at the Museum of the American Revolution.
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Indigenous people recount ancestors’ role in Revolutionary War

The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia marks Indigenous People's Day with a new film about the involvement of Native Americans in the Revolutionary War.

9 years ago

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A participant of the SpArc Services Cultural Arts Center has her make-up done for a 2017 Fringe Festival production,
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Producing a Fringe play teaches Philadelphians with disabilities self-determination

Friendship and joy were the themes of a 2017 Fringe play produced by SpArc Services Cultural Arts Center in Philadelphia, which supports people with intellectual disabilities.

9 years ago

Harry Azoff, 93, checkered shirt in an easy chair
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Serious illness gives way to comic relief as Philly hospice patient helps craft comedy

Despite his 93 years and end-stage renal disease, Harry Azoff is surprisingly active.

9 years ago

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Is opera relevant to our IGen kids?

I know it doesn’t happen for every parent, so having a child who shares my passion for theater, music, books and arts and culture in general feels really good.

9 years ago

Delaware Theatre Company's 2017 production of Something Wicked This Way Comes. (photo by Mark Miller)
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Technical wizardry wows at Delaware Theatre Company

The world premiere of the musical "Something Wicked This Way Comes" in Wilmington features never-before-seen special effects.

9 years ago

A ghoulish scene from annual Halloween haunt, Terror Behind the Walls at Eastern State Penitentiary
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With ‘no filters, no restraints,’ Terror Behind the Walls puts Eastern State at center of Halloween

What does it take to be hired as an intimidator or a creeper at one of the nation's top historic haunted attractions? A lot of energy and stamina.

9 years ago

'Close Music for Bodies' at Christ Church Neighborhood House runs through Sunday, Sept. 24. Pictured here are creator Michael Kiley and singer Arielle Pina (Adachi Pimentel)
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Philly Fringe audio diary: ‘Close Music for Bodies’

We’re heading into the home stretch of this year’s Philadelphia Fringe Festival, with one more weekend remaining. R ...

9 years ago

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The cast of 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' at the Walnut Street Theatre, with Frank Ferrante in the center. (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
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Review: A laff-a-minute ‘Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ (Walnut Street Theatre)

If you’re going to overdo the musical “A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” you may as well get a high-jinks ...

9 years ago

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Arden Theater celebrates 30 years by returning to its roots and paying it forward

This fall, the Arden Theater in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood turns 30 years old. To mark the occasion, it has brought on a ...

9 years ago

A scene from the FringeArts-curated show 'HOME.' (Photo courtesy of Maria Baranova)
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The Philly Fringe Festival unfolds, at age 21

A list of Philly Fringe highlights is at the bottom of this article. The Philly ...

9 years ago

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