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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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ROcky statue
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

‘Never in a million years.’ The Rocky statue’s long, unlikely road to acceptance inside the Art Museum

Rocky is headlining the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s new exhibition on monuments, after two decades of drawing millions of tourists to the outside of the building.

18 hours ago

Prints on display for the Mural Arts' project, ''Printmaking by the People.''
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphians rewrite the Declarations of Independence in Mural Arts printmaking project

More than 1,000 people created personal Declarations of Independence, now on view at the Free Library in a major semiquincentennial civic art project.

6 days ago

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a mantlepiece with a small SEPTA train
Arts & Entertainment

In Philly, artists are using ‘Radical Americana’ to challenge patriotic nostalgia

The citywide project asked 45 artists to exhibit new work rooted in craft heritage for America's 250th anniversary.

6 days ago

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Philly-based artist Meija Moreno (left) and cast members
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Meija Moreno moved to Philly to be an artist. Now, she’s caught up in the biggest television scandal of the year

Moreno talks about meeting West Wilson, her viral “hair ties” and navigating Summer House drama on Bravo.

7 days ago

A section of the new Philadelphia Stars Negro League Baseball mural
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Mural Arts to unveil new Philadelphia Stars Negro League mural in West Philly

The group will celebrate Jackie Robinson Day by unveiling the expanded design for the new wall that’s being built near the corner of Parkside and Belmont avenues.

1 week ago

Author Emma Copley Eisenberg's billboard
Arts & Entertainment

A new billboard on Philadelphia’s I-95 corridor says it’s OK to be fat. It was paid for by an anti-AI lawsuit

Author Emma Copley Eisenberg used a class-action settlement against artificial intelligence to promote body positivity and her new book.

1 week ago

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The rhinestoned Din avec la main dens le miroir at the Nation of Artists exhibit
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Museum of Art and PAFA assemble one of the largest American art exhibitions

In “A Nation of Artists,” the two institutions take different paths to represent 250 years of American creativity.

2 weeks ago

Artist Alvin Pettit talks about his concept for a statue of Harriet Tubman
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Philly wants your vote on final touches for Harriet Tubman statue

The statue of the civil rights icon will debut at City Hall later this year – and Philadelphians can help choose a quote that will be inscribed on its base.

2 weeks ago

Johann Conrad Gilbert, Easter bunny with eggs
Arts & Entertainment

Preserving the Easter Bunny’s Pennsylvania origins at Delaware’s Winterthur Museum

German immigrants brought the Easter Bunny tradition to Pennsylvania. Winterthur preserves one of the earliest U.S. depictions of the holiday hare.

3 weeks ago

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Apeksha Jain holding up a piece of her artwork
Arts & Entertainment

Art with a message: Delaware creatives turn trash into works of art

The Trash Into Treasure Delaware Art Contest challenges artists to create pieces that promote clean waterways.

3 weeks ago

Listen 2:08
Working with nail clippings to create a replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Philly-based artist wants your toenails to make a replica FIFA World Cup trophy

Clancy Philbrick is asking the world to mail him their (clean) fingernail and toenail clippings for his critique on labor and the wealth divide.

4 weeks ago

ROcky statue
Community
Billy Penn

Rocky statue heading into the Philadelphia Museum of Art for the first time

The sculpture will be part of the museum’s monuments exhibition, before it returns outside to a permanent spot at the top of the steps.

4 weeks ago

Justin Nagtalon, the man behind El Toro
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

The man behind El Toro: honoring Philly’s original sticker artist

In the wake of his death, Justin Nagtalon, the beloved artist behind the horned character, leaves behind a lasting legacy and mark on his community.

1 month ago

Ceremony by Deborah Kravitz
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia museums are pooling resources — and telling bigger stories together

“Bodies and Souls,” by PAFA and the Woodmere Museum, highlights a rare moment of partnership among Philly institutions.

1 month ago

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Eight pop-up retail spaces will open on the 900 block of Market Street
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Market East will get retail pop-ups and murals as long-term revival strategizing continues

Business group aims to spruce up the struggling corridor ahead of FIFA and Philly250 events.

1 month ago

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