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Gale Sisters Continental Theater

An 1861 theater fire in Philly left 4 young dancers dead; a history lover wants to ensure their story isn't forgotten

Philadelphia voted best city for street art by USA Today readers

philadelphia street art

Furry, feathery 'Skin' exhibit opens at the Academy of Natural Sciences

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New limited-edition Free Library card celebrates 50 years of hip-hop

Free Library hip hop

Shining, 60-foot-tall sculpture proposed along Delaware River at soon-to-be-built Northern Liberties apartments

Northern Liberties Sculpture

What are the new sculptures along Kelly Drive? They're a contemporary art display here through the fall

Kelly Drive sculptures Hassinger 1

WHYY debuts two new children's TV shows made in Philadelphia

Albie's Elevator WHYY

New art installation depicts Philly's LGBTQ history through old photos

Gayborhood Public Art

Enormous troll sculpture promoting conservation to appear in New Jersey this month

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Giovanni's Room, America's longest-running LGBTQ bookstore, celebrates 50 years with a block party

Giovanni's Room Anniversary

A 12-foot puppet of a young Syrian refugee heads to Philly this fall

Little Amal Tour Philadelphia

City will remove decades-old, board-game art installation from Thomas Paine Plaza

Thomas Paine Plaza Sculptures

Made in America Festival seeks Philly artists to design this year's 'Cause Village' sculpture

Made in America Cause Village

Look for 'rain poetry' to appear on some Philly sidewalks during the next storm

philadelphia rain poetry

John Legend, who performed some of his earliest concerts in Philly, to be honored with mural in Northern Liberties

John Legend Mural

'Beetlejuice' to haunt Philly's Academy of Music during first national tour

beetlejuice philadelphia

Taylor Swift mural unveiled on South Street in time for the singer's Philly concerts

taylor swift philly mural

Mural to be added to Philly's Holocaust memorial on the Ben Franklin Parkway

Philly Holocaust mural

'Jesus Christ Superstar' returns to Philly next month with local actor in titular role

jesus christ superstar philadelphia

Bok Building's newest tenant specializes in the unique art of rug tufting

tuft the world

'Abbott Elementary' takes a field trip to the Franklin Institute in Season 2 finale

Abbott Elementary Franklin Institute

'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' gets a Monopoly board game full of scams

Always Sunny Philadelphia Monopoly

The Colored Girls Museum in Germantown celebrates Black girlhood through art and artifacts

colored girls museum

New Jersey's inaugural North to Shore entertainment festival kicks off in Atlantic City this June

Discover centuries-old art and antiques at The Philadelphia Show this spring

The Philadelphia Show

U.S. Postal Service issues Forever stamp featuring Toni Morrison

Philly Theatre Week returns with over 50 performances, pay-what-you-can tickets

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Celebrate Women's History Month with special programs at Philly museums and libraries

Museums Womens History Month

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of 'The Prince of Egypt' during a Jewish film festival

Lindy SpringFest 2023

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Penn Museum to celebrate Women's History Month with live dance performances and craft workshops

CultureFest Women's History Month

Goodbye message Matisse Thybulle left on his Fishtown mural was defaced

Matisse Thybulle Mural Fishtown

Singer Bobby Rydell, a 1960s teen idol, to be memorialized with Wildwood statue

Matisse Thybulle spray-paints farewell message to Philly on Fishtown mural

Matisse Thybulle Mural Sixers

Local artist uses 19th-century photographic process to create unique tintype portraits

maurene cooper vanity tintype black and white

Learn about Black history with guided trolley tours of Philly's murals

Black History Month Tour

Philly Pops evicted from Kimmel Center for failing to make $520,000 payment

Philly POPS Kimmel Center

One year after deadly fire in Fairmount, Philadelphia honors victims with an exhibit in City Hall

Angels – A McDonald Family Tribute Exhibit

Hershey native opens New York City's first permanent Broadway museum

museum of broadway nyc

In the spirit of Dracula, the Mütter Museum wants your blood

Mutter blood donation.

Philadelphia Orchestra, Academy of Music donate expansive historical archives to Penn

Philadelphia Orchestra Archives

Unauthorized Banksy exhibit to open at Fashion District with over 80 certified works, virtual reality

Banksy Was Here fashion district philadelphia

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Museum of the American Revolution 'Winter Weekends' to feature musical performances, silhouette art

Museum of the American Revolution winter weekends

Take in art exhibits on the water with a proposed floating gallery on the Delaware River

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