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Odunde, Havertown Irish Festival, Shania Twain, Queerapalooza in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

June 8-11: Odunde in Pa., Shania Twain in N.J., and Morris Day and The Time in Del. are among the weekend’s highlights.

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‘What happens if the machines take over?’ Philly’s Liberty Museum is going all in on A.I. art

“Data Nation” takes you into a multidisciplinary meditation on “digital citizenship.”

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Dr. Brian Dunham is the co-founder of the Stream Studios at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where its team of medical illustrators create visual education graphics, animations and 3D-models. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

‘A picture worth a thousand words’: Art meets medicine at CHOP’s in-house studio of medical illustrators

Medical illustration is a small field — there are about 2,000 certified professionals in the world, including a small team in Philly at CHOP.

2 weeks ago

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Climbers struggle as their teammates climb on their shoulders during the greased pole competition in Montrose Piazza on Sunday, May 22, 2022.
Things To Do
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Food and art festivals, New Hope Pridefest, Behind the Magic Gardens, and The Franklin Institute celebrates AAPI Month in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

May 19-21: Bellefonte Arts Fest in Delaware, New Hope Pridefest in Pa., and “Water by the Spoonful” in N.J. are among this weekend’s event highlights.

3 weeks ago

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Portraits of people are displayed outdoors, as viewers seated in chairs look on.
Community

Portrait exhibit honors victims of Philadelphia gun violence ahead of Mother’s Day

The art exhibit at City Hall featured the portraits of 55 homicide victims as a way to help grieving mothers who’ve lost children to gun violence.

4 weeks ago

Jasmine Rivera stands in the middle of an art exhibition space.
Arts & Entertainment

’We are so powerful’: Exhibition shows how artists helped shut down Berks immigrant detention center

The Shut Down Berks Coalition has created a touring exhibition of how it successfully closed the federal detention center.

1 month ago

Matty Geez poses for a photo next to his colorful cacti creations.
Arts & Entertainment

‘It’s just gay.’ A forest of fanciful cacti pops up in the Navy Yard

Matty Geez’s immersive art environment “Greetings from the Mirage” is the latest temporary, pop-up art installation at the former military base.

1 month ago

DJ Jazzy Jeff performs on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Studio 2

50th Anniversary of Hip Hop, St. Joe’s New Art Museum, Studio 2 Trivia

The birth of hip hop happened 50 years ago. We're talking with Philly icons DJ Jazzy Jeff and Charlie Mack about the early days of the genre and its evolution today.

Air Date: May 4, 2023 12:00 pm

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Portraits of former mayors line the walls of City Hall chambers. A podium and the U.S. flag and the Philadelphia flag are in the center of the photo. Chairs are lined up against the wall.
Politics & Policy

Philly mayoral candidates were asked to respond to the arts sector. Only 2 did

"We think that everybody wants to work together," said Jacque Liu, "but they're just not quite sure how."

1 month ago

The exterior of the new Frances M. Maguire Art Museum has been preserved and restored with the original design by architect Paul Cret
Arts & Entertainment

St. Joe’s reopens the old Barnes Foundation building as a new museum

St Joseph’s University acquired Albert Barnes’ original galleries in Lower Merion, to open its first campus art museum in 172 years.

1 month ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Philly Art Museum now has a permanent home for Ellsworth Kelly

The PMA is permanently giving a gallery over to the work of the late abstract minimalist, on the centenary of his birth.

1 month ago

Eszter Kutas stands at Holocaust Memorial Plaza.
Community

Philly Holocaust memorial will update itself with a new mural

The Holocaust Plaza in Center City has the oldest Holocaust memorial sculpture in America. Now it is commissioning the largest mural.

1 month ago

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Things To Do
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Penn Relays, The Philadelphia Show, Philly Black Pride, and Short Film Fest in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

April 27 - April 30: KRS One celebrates hip hop in Delaware, Penn Relays in Philly, and a Short Film Fest in South Jersey are among this weekend’s event highlights.

1 month ago

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We Fight For A Free World, a piece by Ben Shahn from 1942, focused on the violent and oppressive methods of Fascism and Nazism that can surface in any country
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Weitzman National Museum looks to the past to examine modern struggles of inequality with special art exhibit

The exhibit looks to past examples of inequality to examine the changing relationships of Americans throughout the pandemic.

2 months ago

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Earth Day, StrEAT Festival, Center City Jazz Festival in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

April 20 - April 23: James Beard dinner in Del., Jazz Fest in Philly, and “Beauty and the Beast, Jr." in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

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