Arts & CulturePhiladelphia has long been home to the matriarchs of Black ballet. Now a mural will honor that history A Grays Ferry mural will pay tribute to the likes of Essie Marie Dorsey, Sydney King, Marion Cuyjet, and Philadelphia Dance Company founder Joan Myers Brown, all trailblazers who inspired generations Earl Hopkins How to have a Perfect Philly Day, according to author Jennifer WeinerElizabeth Wellington See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekPeter Dobrin, Dan DeLuca, Rosa Cartagena, Elizabeth Wellington, and Bedatri D. Choudhury A lot has been said about the Philadelphian who founded Mother’s Day. A historian now wants to set the record straightElizabeth Wellington Colman Domingo, West Philly native and Emmy-winning actor, is officially ‘Temple Made'Earl Hopkins and Astrid Rodrigues Advertisement‘Go out into this world as your whole self. Your Philly self’: Colman Domingo delivers an impassioned commencement speech to Temple gradsThe West Philly native studied journalism in the university before dropping out to pursue acting. On Wednesday, with an honorary doctorate, he was officially a degreed alum.Earl Hopkins Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art unveils $100 million campus expansion plans to add second building and nature preserveA Tokyo-based architecture firm will help create a 325-acre campus that "pairs humility with extraordinary beauty." It'll include new galleries of art, a nature preserve, and more.Rosa Cartagena How Volodymyr Zelensky’s TV truck made it from the war in Ukraine to a Bensalem drivewayConstruction firm owner Alfred Hagen has spent years supporting the war effort in Ukraine. Now he has a souvenir with an unusual story. Scott Sturgis Benjamin Franklin’s oldest surviving letter is on display for the first time, thanks to a former Flyers presidentMore than 50 rare Franklin memorabilia from Jay T. Snider's collection will be on display at the Library Company before being auctioned in New York by Sotheby's next monthEarl Hopkins Philadelphia Orchestra work by Gabriela Lena Frank wins Pulitzer Prize"Picaflor," about a hummingbird, was premiered by the orchestra in 2025. The composer saw it leading to the question of what constitutes a "real American, especially in the era of Trump and MAGA.”Peter Dobrin See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekWest Philly's Colman Domingo, vinyls at Italian Market, rethinking American idealism at the Fabric Museum, and an excellent concert in New Hope.Rosa Cartagena, Dan DeLuca, Elizabeth Wellington, and Peter Dobrin You may know how the Philadelphia Ballet’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ ends, but very little is predictable In Juliano Nunes' new ballet, the music is the same, the dance largely classical, the story followed Shakespeare’s play. But the movement does not follow expected ballet traditions.Ellen Dunkel Jesse Krimes’ new quilt imagines hope and possibility for incarcerated artists'Riverside' is the artist's first collaboration with graduates of the Mural Arts Restorative Justice reentry program. The design will also become a large-scale mural in Spring Garden.Rosa Cartagena Philadelphia Ballet’s artistic director didn’t want to rework ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ The company’s resident choreographer has done just that.Both artistic director Angel Corella and choreographer Juliano Nunes thought that the Kenneth MacMillan version was perfect. But they wanted a version that would be the company's own. Ellen Dunkel Moore Vintage Archive, with its treasure trove of Issey Miyake, Saint Laurent, and Hermès, has opened a new location in New York The Queen Village location opened in 2022. Owner Keesean Moore sources his collection from all over the world. “If it’s in an attic in Alaska, then I’ll hop on a plane and go to Alaska," he said.Elizabeth Wellington Philadelphia birthed the country’s first piano and the world’s first sousaphone, which was made for a musician as popular as Taylor SwiftThe first American-made piano was built in what is now Northern Liberties. Then, 120 years later, the first sousaphone was constructed in a Washington Square shop for John Phillip Sousa.Elizabeth Wellington London police say stabbing of 2 Jewish men is an act of terrorismPrime Minister Keir Starmer said that “attacks on our Jewish community are attacks on Britain,” and called a meeting of the government’s emergency committee to discuss the response.Jill Lawless , Associated Press The last in a long line of Walnut Street costume shops closed on this week in Philly historyThe Philadelphia Costume Co. shut its doors on May 1, 1998, ending an era on Walnut Street.Tommy Rowan The ‘rediscovery of the century’: How a modern masterpiece lay hidden in Philadelphia for almost a century There is an 'Europa,' by the Czech modernist painter Josef Šíma on view at a gallery in Brno. But there was also a nearly identical secret one in Philadelphia.Rosa Cartagena Please Touch Museum announces a new permanent exhibit, thanks to a $2.5 million grant Right in time for the museum's 50th anniversary, the Fairmount Park organization also completed a $4.2 million floor restoration project.Earl Hopkins See more storiesAdvertisement
Philadelphia has long been home to the matriarchs of Black ballet. Now a mural will honor that history A Grays Ferry mural will pay tribute to the likes of Essie Marie Dorsey, Sydney King, Marion Cuyjet, and Philadelphia Dance Company founder Joan Myers Brown, all trailblazers who inspired generations Earl Hopkins
Philadelphia has long been home to the matriarchs of Black ballet. Now a mural will honor that history A Grays Ferry mural will pay tribute to the likes of Essie Marie Dorsey, Sydney King, Marion Cuyjet, and Philadelphia Dance Company founder Joan Myers Brown, all trailblazers who inspired generations Earl Hopkins
See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekPeter Dobrin, Dan DeLuca, Rosa Cartagena, Elizabeth Wellington, and Bedatri D. Choudhury
See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekPeter Dobrin, Dan DeLuca, Rosa Cartagena, Elizabeth Wellington, and Bedatri D. Choudhury
A lot has been said about the Philadelphian who founded Mother’s Day. A historian now wants to set the record straightElizabeth Wellington
A lot has been said about the Philadelphian who founded Mother’s Day. A historian now wants to set the record straightElizabeth Wellington
Colman Domingo, West Philly native and Emmy-winning actor, is officially ‘Temple Made'Earl Hopkins and Astrid Rodrigues
Colman Domingo, West Philly native and Emmy-winning actor, is officially ‘Temple Made'Earl Hopkins and Astrid Rodrigues
‘Go out into this world as your whole self. Your Philly self’: Colman Domingo delivers an impassioned commencement speech to Temple gradsThe West Philly native studied journalism in the university before dropping out to pursue acting. On Wednesday, with an honorary doctorate, he was officially a degreed alum.Earl Hopkins
‘Go out into this world as your whole self. Your Philly self’: Colman Domingo delivers an impassioned commencement speech to Temple gradsThe West Philly native studied journalism in the university before dropping out to pursue acting. On Wednesday, with an honorary doctorate, he was officially a degreed alum.Earl Hopkins
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art unveils $100 million campus expansion plans to add second building and nature preserveA Tokyo-based architecture firm will help create a 325-acre campus that "pairs humility with extraordinary beauty." It'll include new galleries of art, a nature preserve, and more.Rosa Cartagena
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art unveils $100 million campus expansion plans to add second building and nature preserveA Tokyo-based architecture firm will help create a 325-acre campus that "pairs humility with extraordinary beauty." It'll include new galleries of art, a nature preserve, and more.Rosa Cartagena
How Volodymyr Zelensky’s TV truck made it from the war in Ukraine to a Bensalem drivewayConstruction firm owner Alfred Hagen has spent years supporting the war effort in Ukraine. Now he has a souvenir with an unusual story. Scott Sturgis
How Volodymyr Zelensky’s TV truck made it from the war in Ukraine to a Bensalem drivewayConstruction firm owner Alfred Hagen has spent years supporting the war effort in Ukraine. Now he has a souvenir with an unusual story. Scott Sturgis
Benjamin Franklin’s oldest surviving letter is on display for the first time, thanks to a former Flyers presidentMore than 50 rare Franklin memorabilia from Jay T. Snider's collection will be on display at the Library Company before being auctioned in New York by Sotheby's next monthEarl Hopkins
Benjamin Franklin’s oldest surviving letter is on display for the first time, thanks to a former Flyers presidentMore than 50 rare Franklin memorabilia from Jay T. Snider's collection will be on display at the Library Company before being auctioned in New York by Sotheby's next monthEarl Hopkins
Philadelphia Orchestra work by Gabriela Lena Frank wins Pulitzer Prize"Picaflor," about a hummingbird, was premiered by the orchestra in 2025. The composer saw it leading to the question of what constitutes a "real American, especially in the era of Trump and MAGA.”Peter Dobrin
Philadelphia Orchestra work by Gabriela Lena Frank wins Pulitzer Prize"Picaflor," about a hummingbird, was premiered by the orchestra in 2025. The composer saw it leading to the question of what constitutes a "real American, especially in the era of Trump and MAGA.”Peter Dobrin
See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekWest Philly's Colman Domingo, vinyls at Italian Market, rethinking American idealism at the Fabric Museum, and an excellent concert in New Hope.Rosa Cartagena, Dan DeLuca, Elizabeth Wellington, and Peter Dobrin
See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekWest Philly's Colman Domingo, vinyls at Italian Market, rethinking American idealism at the Fabric Museum, and an excellent concert in New Hope.Rosa Cartagena, Dan DeLuca, Elizabeth Wellington, and Peter Dobrin
You may know how the Philadelphia Ballet’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ ends, but very little is predictable In Juliano Nunes' new ballet, the music is the same, the dance largely classical, the story followed Shakespeare’s play. But the movement does not follow expected ballet traditions.Ellen Dunkel
You may know how the Philadelphia Ballet’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ ends, but very little is predictable In Juliano Nunes' new ballet, the music is the same, the dance largely classical, the story followed Shakespeare’s play. But the movement does not follow expected ballet traditions.Ellen Dunkel
Jesse Krimes’ new quilt imagines hope and possibility for incarcerated artists'Riverside' is the artist's first collaboration with graduates of the Mural Arts Restorative Justice reentry program. The design will also become a large-scale mural in Spring Garden.Rosa Cartagena
Jesse Krimes’ new quilt imagines hope and possibility for incarcerated artists'Riverside' is the artist's first collaboration with graduates of the Mural Arts Restorative Justice reentry program. The design will also become a large-scale mural in Spring Garden.Rosa Cartagena
Philadelphia Ballet’s artistic director didn’t want to rework ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ The company’s resident choreographer has done just that.Both artistic director Angel Corella and choreographer Juliano Nunes thought that the Kenneth MacMillan version was perfect. But they wanted a version that would be the company's own. Ellen Dunkel
Philadelphia Ballet’s artistic director didn’t want to rework ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ The company’s resident choreographer has done just that.Both artistic director Angel Corella and choreographer Juliano Nunes thought that the Kenneth MacMillan version was perfect. But they wanted a version that would be the company's own. Ellen Dunkel
Moore Vintage Archive, with its treasure trove of Issey Miyake, Saint Laurent, and Hermès, has opened a new location in New York The Queen Village location opened in 2022. Owner Keesean Moore sources his collection from all over the world. “If it’s in an attic in Alaska, then I’ll hop on a plane and go to Alaska," he said.Elizabeth Wellington
Moore Vintage Archive, with its treasure trove of Issey Miyake, Saint Laurent, and Hermès, has opened a new location in New York The Queen Village location opened in 2022. Owner Keesean Moore sources his collection from all over the world. “If it’s in an attic in Alaska, then I’ll hop on a plane and go to Alaska," he said.Elizabeth Wellington
Philadelphia birthed the country’s first piano and the world’s first sousaphone, which was made for a musician as popular as Taylor SwiftThe first American-made piano was built in what is now Northern Liberties. Then, 120 years later, the first sousaphone was constructed in a Washington Square shop for John Phillip Sousa.Elizabeth Wellington
Philadelphia birthed the country’s first piano and the world’s first sousaphone, which was made for a musician as popular as Taylor SwiftThe first American-made piano was built in what is now Northern Liberties. Then, 120 years later, the first sousaphone was constructed in a Washington Square shop for John Phillip Sousa.Elizabeth Wellington
London police say stabbing of 2 Jewish men is an act of terrorismPrime Minister Keir Starmer said that “attacks on our Jewish community are attacks on Britain,” and called a meeting of the government’s emergency committee to discuss the response.Jill Lawless , Associated Press
London police say stabbing of 2 Jewish men is an act of terrorismPrime Minister Keir Starmer said that “attacks on our Jewish community are attacks on Britain,” and called a meeting of the government’s emergency committee to discuss the response.Jill Lawless , Associated Press
The last in a long line of Walnut Street costume shops closed on this week in Philly historyThe Philadelphia Costume Co. shut its doors on May 1, 1998, ending an era on Walnut Street.Tommy Rowan
The last in a long line of Walnut Street costume shops closed on this week in Philly historyThe Philadelphia Costume Co. shut its doors on May 1, 1998, ending an era on Walnut Street.Tommy Rowan
The ‘rediscovery of the century’: How a modern masterpiece lay hidden in Philadelphia for almost a century There is an 'Europa,' by the Czech modernist painter Josef Šíma on view at a gallery in Brno. But there was also a nearly identical secret one in Philadelphia.Rosa Cartagena
The ‘rediscovery of the century’: How a modern masterpiece lay hidden in Philadelphia for almost a century There is an 'Europa,' by the Czech modernist painter Josef Šíma on view at a gallery in Brno. But there was also a nearly identical secret one in Philadelphia.Rosa Cartagena
Please Touch Museum announces a new permanent exhibit, thanks to a $2.5 million grant Right in time for the museum's 50th anniversary, the Fairmount Park organization also completed a $4.2 million floor restoration project.Earl Hopkins
Please Touch Museum announces a new permanent exhibit, thanks to a $2.5 million grant Right in time for the museum's 50th anniversary, the Fairmount Park organization also completed a $4.2 million floor restoration project.Earl Hopkins
