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A tufted carnival figure is shown.
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

‘Building a community’: Rug-makers and artists to converge at TuftCon in Philly

Tufting rose in popularity during the height of the pandemic. Now, Philly’s TuftCon will celebrate the craft in person.

4 years ago

Listen 2:10
A person sits at an easel, tufting.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

TuftCon, Philly Theatre Week, ‘Bring It On’ musical, Play-a-Palooza in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

March 23-26: Dru Hill and "Bring It On" in Del., Theatre Week in Philly, and Frankie Negrón in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

4 years ago

Listen 5:30
A wooden house in traditional Japanese architectural style is visible across a small pond, next to a tall tree with bare branches. Visitors walk about near the house.
Arts & Entertainment

Paintings vandalized at Philly’s Shofuso House now restored

The traditional Japanese house in Fairmount Park suffered damage after a break-in last summer. Its paintings, worth $2 million, are now repaired.

4 years ago

A figure sculpture is standing in the middle of an installation piece.
Arts & Entertainment

Is the sun rising or setting on democracy? 20 artists offer ideas at 2 Philly museums

In a rare collaboration, PAFA and AAMP ask artists to consider the state of U.S. democracy.

4 years ago

Listen 1:21
Items are shown in a store window.
Community

South Street Egg Hunt features ‘eggscellent’ works of art, includes a $1,000 grand prize

Each egg found represents a chance to win prizes, including a Grand Prize Egg Basket worth $1,000.

4 years ago

Kingsley Ibeneche, performing as part of an earlier ''Multitudes'' concert at World Cafe Live, taken from a video shot by World Cafe Life
Arts & Entertainment

Musicians and poets perform new work inspired by PAFA’s American art

A concert of poets and musicians showcases new work inspired by PAFA’s exhibition “Making American Artists.”

4 years ago

Matt Bellamy and Chris Wolster play guitar onstage.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, King of Prussia Restaurant Week, Muse, Lizz Wright in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

March 16-19: "Boeing Boeing" in Del., St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Philly, and “Macbeth" in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

4 years ago

Listen 4:36
A flower display has a blue gown as its centerpiece.
Education
Billy Penn

W.B. Saul students win gold at Philadelphia Flower Show for ‘electric blue’ prom-inspired exhibit

Horticulture is a major at the magnet high school, which maintains a 130-acre campus in Roxborough.

4 years ago

Flowers arranged in a wall
Arts & Entertainment

Black Girls Florist makes history at Philly Flower Show

This year’s show, the Garden Electric, is being held at the Philadelphia Convention Center with new and recurring exhibitors from around the world.

4 years ago

A close-up of children performing, wearing all green for St. Patrick's Day.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Patti LaBelle, Oscars Night Party, World Cafe Live Beer Fest in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

March 9-12: “The Simon and Garfunkel Show” in Del., World Cafe Live Beer Fest in Philly, and Patti Labelle in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

4 years ago

Listen 5:30
Children observed the 3D art pieces and create some works of their own during the PECO Free First Sunday Family Day on Mar. 5, 2023 at the Barnes Foundation
Education

Barnes Foundation challenges Philly students to explore connections between math and art

Winning schools were announced Sunday after students were challenged to turn famous works of art into 3D installations.

4 years ago

Listen 1:18
Life sized blooms that look like something out of a Dr. Seuss novel stand tall along the promenade at the 2023 Philadelphia Flower Show in the Pa. Convention Center
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

The Philadelphia Flower Show returns indoors for a show that’s out of this world

After two years in FDR Park, the exhibition is back at the Convention Center with a new spark.

4 years ago

Lebohang Kganye looks at her patchwork cloth re-creation of a black and white photo of her great-grandmother
Arts & Entertainment

2 South African artists converse across the apartheid timeline at the Barnes

The Barnes Foundation hosts work by two artists: one making work since apartheid, the other growing up in post-apartheid South Africa.

4 years ago

A woman looks at several blocks hanging in the air in the art exhibit.
Arts & Entertainment

Museum for Art in Wood introduces Philly to the Islamic mashrabiya screen

The traditional wood screens made in ornately geometric patterns for Islamic palaces and mosques are given the modern art treatment.

4 years ago

Candidates for mayor of Philadelphia raise their hands when asked who has a TikTok account. The question came during a forum on the performing arts and cultural economy at the Kimmel Center. The candidates are (from left) Jeff Brown, Jimmy DeLeon, Allan Domb, Derek Green, Helen Gym, David Oh, Cherelle Parker, Maria Quiñones Sánchez, and Rebecca Rhynhart. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Mayoral candidates discuss Philly arts sector at Kimmel Center forum

A mayoral forum at the Kimmel Center asked nine candidates about how to fund and leverage the arts to address city problems.

4 years ago

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