Also on the Parkway, the Barnes Foundation and the Academy of Natural Sciences will follow later in July. The Philadelphia Museum of Art will announce its reopening date sometime in the next few weeks.

"Philly Rising," by artist Nilé Livingston, is part of of this year’s virtual Wawa Welcome America celebration. Watch it come together on the Mural Arts website.

"But the challenge is far from over,” said one arts leader about the pandemic, which has left arts groups reeling.

The East Oak Lane-raised actor and singer is disappointed he can't watch it with his cast mates, but he's proud of what they created together. "We made something that we believed in," he says.

Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile comedy writer, actor and director, has died

"It's really sad," the ballet's executive director acknowledged. Children with sugarplum fairies dancing in their heads will need to wait until next year because of safety concerns and financial realities.

Rose Byrne and Steve Carell co-star as cynical political operatives from opposing parties. Chris Cooper is a small-town candidate from the middle of nowhere on whom they descend.

And Welcome America offers a slew of online activities for its virtual Free Museum Days.

The petition also calls for review and possible termination of two deans, a complete overhaul of the board of trustees and the women’s committee with additions of people of color, and reviews of public statements by board members on matters of racial justice and equity.

Blanka Zizka directs Wilma HotHouse Company members Anthony Martinez-Briggs and Ross Beschler in a mesmerizing back-and-forth.

Early this month, trombonist Jeff Bradshaw's brought together 100 horn players for a demonstration of musicianship and solidarity. On June 27, they gathered at the Art Museum again.

Cultural institutions have done the nitty-gritty of planning to reopen post-pandemic. You'll be required to wear a mask at most places. At the Franklin Institute, it's one family in the Giant Heart at a time.

The Upper Darby native apologized for the show's use of "race-changing makeup" in four episodes, saying, "I understand now that ‘intent’ is not a free pass for white people to use these images."