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Arts & Entertainment

Peacocks and giraffes and snails, Oh my! Philly zoo installs plant-based sculptures of giant animals

The five “ZOOtopiaries” drive home the connections between plants and animals.

7 months ago

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A woman weaves designs with palm fronds in Philadelphia's Italian market.
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Philadelphia family carries on palm-weaving tradition in the Italian Market

Victoria Ciliberti is a third-generation “palm lady” sharing her craft in the Italian Market ahead of Palm Sunday.

8 months ago

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‘BOOM’: Philly Art Museum explodes with 1940s art and design

“BOOM” examines a lesser-acknowledged decade for creative innovation.

8 months ago

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Billy Penn

A queer art exhibition in Kensington redefines masculinity through photos and soft lighting

“In the Soft Light” at the Crane Arts building celebrates male bodies through the artwork of four gay artists spanning generations.

8 months ago

Philadelphia Chief Cultural Officer Val Gay
Arts & Entertainment

Philly leaders want to know: What do you want the city’s arts to look like?

A series of a dozen town hall-style planning sessions by Creative Philadelphia will inform the city’s first comprehensive cultural report.

8 months ago

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Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Artists face off in live painting competition at Arts Battle Philadelphia

Talented artists race against the clock in a high-energy, 20-minute live painting competition.

8 months ago

Studio 2
Arts & Entertainment

Best of Philly tourism: Off-the-beaten-path edition

We rounded up the coolest spots in Delaware, New Jersey, Philadelphia and the suburbs for food and drink, outdoor activities, attractions worth the cost and free things to do.

Air Date: April 3, 2025 12:00 pm

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Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Philly Photo Day returns and you can become an exhibition-worthy photographer

Between April 7 and 13, anyone in Philadelphia has the chance to show off their photography chops and submit a unique image to be printed and hung in a gallery.

8 months ago

A drawing by Kurt Vonnegut
Arts & Entertainment

The seriously whimsical art of writer Kurt Vonnegut is on view at Drexel University

The novelist who died in 2007 wrote novels for more than 50 years, while also making drawings on the side. Drexel opened an exhibition of two dozen.

8 months ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Hidden City is producing a book of historic Philly photos. It wants to put your family snapshots in it

“Philadelphia in Color: 1950 - 1990,” coming in 2026, will feature candid snapshots submitted by the public.

8 months ago

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Peter Siebert, president and CEO of Independence Seaport Museum, stands among model ships
Arts & Entertainment

Dozens of miniature ships moored inside Philadelphia’s Seaport Museum for its new exhibition

“Small but Mighty” is an armada of toys and models representing 400 years of maritime history.

8 months ago

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People who work in the Philadelphia culture sector marching with signs reading PHILLY ARTISTS UNITE!, MARCH FOR ART! and RESIST FASCISM FIGHT TRUTH DECAY
Arts & Entertainment

Philly arts organizations are navigating stormy federal funding guidelines

As the National Endowment for the Arts tries to comply with the shifting legal status of Trump’s executive orders, arts organizations are struggling to keep up.

8 months ago

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Billy Penn

The Mütter Museum’s new exhibit reflects on 5 years of COVID-19

“Trusted Messengers” honors health care workers, community members and public officials who worked to build trust during a time of crisis and uncertainty.

9 months ago

A woman explains a large painting to an audience
Arts & Entertainment

Artist Cecily Brown’s first exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philly is a 30-year retrospective

The Barnes Foundation has a touring overview of Brown’s long career in the spotlight.

9 months ago

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Artwork from Folk Arts of Social Change
Arts & Entertainment

‘The arts of everyday life’: Philadelphia Folklore Project archives now housed at Temple University Library

The archive will begin to be available to the public and scholars in 2026.

9 months ago

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