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Fever announced on Thursday that Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience is coming to the Tower Theater later this month.FACEBOOK / FEVER
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Van Gogh ‘immersive’ event announces Tower Theater is Philly location, as customers worry about scam

The company producing the show has received hundreds of Better Business Bureau complaints.

4 years ago

James Dupree stands in the doorway of his Queen Village gallery
Arts & Entertainment

After fighting with the city for years to keep his building, this artist just sold it

James Dupree fought against the seizure of his building for two years. Now he has sold it and is leaving the neighborhood.

4 years ago

A series of portraits by John Carlo Dionisio depict Ashani Oblivion, a character conceived by Zay Ali and portrayed by Arien Wilkerson. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Love and Oblivion’: An art exhibit that leans into a life with no future

The exhibition at Slought features sculpture, video, installation, painting, and performance works from several artists speaking to one person’s vision.

4 years ago

A masked student raises his hand in class.
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Community

Regional Roundup – 8/2/21

Philadelphia public schools grapple with masks under the threat of the delta variant. And, we talk with the director of an acclaimed film making its US premiere at BlackStar.

Air Date: August 2, 2021 10:00 am

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Samantha Rise leads a march demanding arts funding in a giant unicorn puppet
Arts & Entertainment

Illuminate the Arts sends money to 590 Philly artists

The Illuminate the Arts COVID relief fund sends $1,000 to as many artists as possible.

4 years ago

The exterior of the Paradigm gallery building
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Paradigm Gallery is hoping to buy Queen Village home before someone else scoops it up

Support has been pouring in for the community mainstay, which has been in the neighborhood for a decade.

4 years ago

Artist Sean Lugo
Arts & Entertainment

Sean Lugo turns Paradigm Gallery into a bodega for ‘Immigrant Mentality’

For his show “Immigrant Mentality,” Sean Lugo installed a bodega inside Paradigm Gallery to evoke the life of his mother and other immigrants.

4 years ago

Eric Bresler sits in front of a series of posters
Arts & Entertainment

Mausoleum of Contemporary Art reopens after a 2-year zoning struggle

Philly’s Mausoleum of Contemporary Art comes back to life after prolonged struggle with zoning variances and city code compliance.

4 years ago

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The Developing Artist Collaboration recently launched its open-air market in West Rehoboth to help local artists and other creative businesses. (Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY)
Community

Creative Market shines light on the Rehoboth community and developing artists

The market, a place for local artists and vendors to display and sell their work, opened on July 5 and will be open on Mondays from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

4 years ago

A tall pole is topped with a bronze bird as part of an art installation by the Ben Franklin Bridge
Arts & Entertainment

Brass birds flock to Delaware River to launch a series of waterfront sculptures

‘A Moment Without You,’ a subtle and grief-stricken work, is the first of five sculptures to be installed along the Delaware River waterfront.

4 years ago

Raheem Manning stands outside at a block party
Arts & Entertainment

A block party launches Arts Recovery Week in Philly

Twelve free events will highlight the importance and diversity of arts in the city.

4 years ago

Danielle Ruttenberg, co-owner of Remark Glass, opens an oven in her studio in the basement of the Bok Building in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

How to shape independent artisans into a business network

CraftNOW in Philly and the Creative Business Accelerator in Pittsburgh want to fashion thousands of individual makers into an economic sector.

4 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Questlove gives Philly artists a boost with local billboard blast

Created with Mural Arts, the artwork is part of a promo campaign for the music documentary “Summer of Soul.”

4 years ago

Sherry Howard is an art collector and writer. She blogs about works she acquired at auctions and the stories of their artists at myauctionfinds.com. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Patience and a good eye: Building an art collection without breaking the bank

Sherry Howard has been combining small auctions and estate sales for years, and now has an impressive Black art collection. She explains how she did it.

4 years ago

Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole paints as Mayor Jim Kenney speaks with artist, Felix St. Fort, and Mural Arts executive director Jane Golden. (Kenny Cooper / WHYY)
Community

Painting a Parkway mural, to welcome Philly back and encourage vaccination

Artist Felix St. Fort designed the ‘Welcome Back, Philly’ ground mural as part of a ‘Vax Up Philly’ collaboration with the Health Department.

4 years ago

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