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Conceived as a cross between a Sunday newspaper and CBS' Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.

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A crowd is gathered as the words
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Cultural Fund to distribute $13 million to arts organizations next year

Anyone interested in expanding access to the arts in the city can apply to sit on a panel that will help choose grantees.

16 hours ago

Bob Dix painting a bell
Community

In 2026, Philadelphia neighborhoods will show off with bells on

The statewide Bells Across PA project will highlight towns and neighborhoods to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.

1 day ago

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ROcky statue
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Rocky statues are on the move next year. Here’s what we know so far

The city plans to return one of the statues outside the museum to Sylvester Stallone next year. A late twist changed which one it will be.

2 days ago

Christina Vassallo looks on
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s Pew Center names new director and announces $8.6M in arts funding

Christina Vassallo, previously of the Fabric Workshop and Museum, will run the major arts funder for the Philadelphia region.

6 days ago

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Roselyn Dooley stands next to her sculpture
Arts & Entertainment

A year of Philadelphia ‘firsts’: Artists will celebrate the city’s ingenuity throughout 2026

Fifty-two Philadelphia innovations will be spotlighted in 2026, one each week, by the city’s artists and visitors bureau.

2 weeks ago

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archival photo of workers sitting in the back of a pickup truck
Community

Monument project in New Jersey seeks to reframe narrative about migrants and labor amid political rhetoric and debates

The project will see a monument in each of the state’s three regions tell stories of migrants' roles in the Garden State labor force.

3 weeks ago

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Shown is Philadelphia along the Delaware River, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.
Arts & Entertainment

Art festival launching in Philadelphia in 2026

ArtPhilly will showcase Philly culture, past and present.

3 weeks ago

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Ceremonial clothes of the Lingít people displayed at the Penn Museum
Arts & Entertainment

Penn Museum’s new Native North America exhibition collaborates with Indigenous curators

Eight curators from eight Indigenous nations redesigned Penn Museum’s Native North America display.

3 weeks ago

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Staircase art display for the ''Ministry of Awe
Arts & Entertainment

Historic Old City bank building to become artistic fantasia in March

“The Ministry of Awe” will be an immersive art experience in Old City, opening in a former bank building March 14.

1 month ago

Listen 1:15
a painting of a ship by Phillips Melville
Arts & Entertainment

Weitzman museum plans an America250 exhibition from an island in the Caribbean

“The First Salute,” opening in April, will tell the story of a tiny, largely Jewish island that played a key role in the Revolutionary War.

1 month ago

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Banner of new logo at Philadelphia Art Museum
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

What does Sasha Suda claim in her lawsuit vs. Philly’s Art Museum?

The director and CEO of the Art Museum was abruptly fired last week. Here's a summary of her 30-page lawsuit against the museum.

1 month ago

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sophie Lynford smile
Arts & Entertainment

Andrew Lloyd Webber visits the Delaware Art Museum’s Pre-Raphaelite collection

The musical theater composer stopped in Wilmington during the “Phantom of the Opera” revival tour to talk about Victorian-era paintings.

1 month ago

Participants learning clay techniques on pottery wheels
Community

Philadelphia veterans find community at Operation Mud

A class at Philadelphia’s Clay Studio connects veterans through creating art.

1 month ago

Sasha Suda smiles
Arts & Entertainment

Recently fired CEO of Philadelphia Art Museum sues over her ousting

Days after being terminated “for cause,” Sasha Suda described the museum board as “corrupt” and “dysfunctional.”

1 month ago

Arts & Entertainment

A look inside the ‘Dreamworld’ of surrealism at the Philadelphia Art Museum

The art movement originated in France in 1924 and quickly began influencing all forms of media across the globe.

1 month ago

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