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Addy Walker made history in 1993 as American Girl's first Black doll, with a story rooted in real Philadelphia landmarks.
The verbatim stage adaptation of a 1993 C-SPAN clash runs through Friday, September 11, at FringeArts before heading to Brooklyn.
The free, citywide festival runs September 10-19 with cash-prize film exhibits, cyanotype workshops, and a Ben Franklin Bridge retrospective.
The Germantown Friends third-grader picked Curtis over Juilliard after impressing faculty with what one professor called “phenomenal fingers.”
Audience-shouted titles become instant musicals in a new improvised reality show kicking off 1812 Productions' 30th season in Philadelphia.
The Penn classicist calls her new, longer translation controversial — and says Nolan never responded to her scathing review.
Curio 54 turns a historic Baltimore Avenue sanctuary into a dance floor to fund youth theatre programs facing looming city cuts.
The 300-square-foot Museum of the Philadelphian opens next month with a paper-mache greased pole and a hitchBOT tribute.
Bradford Woodworking burned in 2025, but Brad Smith rebuilt and is now one of 195 juried artists at the Philadelphia Museum of Art's 50th craft show.
Lily Yeh, who turned a trash-strewn Germantown Avenue lot into a public art park, plans to give her prize money to youth peace ambassadors.
A giant citrus watercolor took Best in Show as the Henlopen Acres gallery unveiled its 12th regional juried exhibition.
Franklin Square hosted photo lessons, giveaways and a Phillie Phanatic selfie op to honor Robert Cornelius's 1839 self-portrait.
Choreographer Jennifer Weber ditches the original 1996 staging for a movement-driven revival running through September 13 in New Hope.
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