Arts & CultureTennessee Williams’ ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ from 1958 is now an opera for audiences in 2026. What does it tell us?The tale that’s both retrogressive and prescient may well be a Rorschach test for our times. “I didn’t have a template for this. And that’s why it opened up things creatively,” said its composer.David Patrick Stearns T. Kaori Kitao, Swarthmore professor emerita of art history and pioneering transgender scholar, has died at 93Gary Miles Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts just raised $344 million, one of city’s largest-ever sums for culturePeter Dobrin Benjamin W. Nero, celebrated groundbreaking Black orthodontist, has died at 89 Gary Miles The most promising rapper in Philadelphia is a 13-year-old gun-safety activistEarl Hopkins AdvertisementPhiladelphia Film Festival favorites and other arty things to do this weekIf films are not your thing, you can watch Wilma theater's "Horsegirl & Cowdaddy" right from home.Rosa Cartagena, Bedatri D. Choudhury, and Earl Hopkins A Puerto Rican artist is shutting down Market Street in response to America 250 this weekend. Here’s why."Vamonos Pa’l Monte" is a performance that starts at City Hall, stops at Independence Mall and Cruz Playground, before its finale in the Puerto Rican neighborhood of Norris Square.Rosa Cartagena Yannick Nézet-Séguin creates new conducting mentorship program with RolexThe Philadelphia Orchestra's chief is starting a “one-year finishing school” for emerging talent.Peter Dobrin Philadelphia Ballet’s three takes on speed and extremes make for an exhilarating programWith works by Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon, and Twyla Tharp, the dancers never stopped moving.Ellen Dunkel Grappling with past, present, and the patriarchy — sometimes in the nude: ‘Liberation’ at Philadelphia Theatre CompanyThe riveting Philly premiere of the Tony-winning drama is one of two recent plays to explore the complexities and constraints of women's lives.Julia M. Klein Amid tense U.S.-China relations, Philadelphia Orchestra is making its way back to China and South KoreaThe Philadelphians will travel to Beijing and Haikou after a South Korean leg that takes them to Incheon and Seoul.Peter Dobrin The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society announces the 2027 Flower Show theme and ticket pricesIn celebration of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's 200th anniversary, the theme for the 2027 Flower Show is Iconic.Earl Hopkins There would be no U.S. Navy without PhiladelphiaThe decision to create the Continental Navy and Marines was part of an offensive strategy that helped the colonists win the Revolutionary War. It was taken in Independence Hall.Elizabeth Wellington In about-face, the Atwater Kent Collection won’t be going to Drexel University‘Philadelphia’s attic’ was slated for a handover to Drexel in 2022. Now, the City and Drexel are hammering out a new deal that will keep the collection in the hands of the City.Peter Dobrin Chuck Berry made music for everyone. He would have been 100 this month.In modern culture, segmentation and micro targeting are the names of the game, but rock's founding father achieved success by crafting songs that could appeal across race and generational lines.Jim Cullen, Made By History The Philadelphia Museum of Art owns work by an enslaved potter. His family wants it back.The inclusion of Dave the Potter's "Storage Jar" in a Semiquincentennial exhibition is a nod toward equity. Is that enough?Elizabeth Wellington Art we loved this week: A DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince golden oldie, the perfect fall soundtrack, and moreOur music choices reveal that fall is making us pensive, while big museum shows like Brooklyn Museum's Iris van Herpen show are calling us back into the galleries.Peter Dobrin, Earl Hopkins, and Bedatri D. Choudhury Point Breeze’s Keith Haring mural is designated as a historical placeThe Philadelphia Historical Commission unanimously voted to add "We the Youth" mural to the city's Register of Historic Places. Not everyone is pleased.Earl Hopkins The first Marcel Duchamp retrospective in 50 years opens at the Philadelphia Museum of ArtThe show arrives from MoMA, with additional pieces that are only on display at the PMA. The Philadelphia museum holds the largest collection of the artist's delightfully eccentric work.Rosa Cartagena Philadelphia Ballet opened its season with a quartet of patriotic pieces. It was impossible not to smile by the end of it.It’s a patriotic program but one that feels more period piece than political, set in the theater where John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” had its premiere in 1897.Ellen Dunkel See more storiesAdvertisement
Tennessee Williams’ ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ from 1958 is now an opera for audiences in 2026. What does it tell us?The tale that’s both retrogressive and prescient may well be a Rorschach test for our times. “I didn’t have a template for this. And that’s why it opened up things creatively,” said its composer.David Patrick Stearns
Tennessee Williams’ ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ from 1958 is now an opera for audiences in 2026. What does it tell us?The tale that’s both retrogressive and prescient may well be a Rorschach test for our times. “I didn’t have a template for this. And that’s why it opened up things creatively,” said its composer.David Patrick Stearns
T. Kaori Kitao, Swarthmore professor emerita of art history and pioneering transgender scholar, has died at 93Gary Miles
T. Kaori Kitao, Swarthmore professor emerita of art history and pioneering transgender scholar, has died at 93Gary Miles
Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts just raised $344 million, one of city’s largest-ever sums for culturePeter Dobrin
Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts just raised $344 million, one of city’s largest-ever sums for culturePeter Dobrin
Philadelphia Film Festival favorites and other arty things to do this weekIf films are not your thing, you can watch Wilma theater's "Horsegirl & Cowdaddy" right from home.Rosa Cartagena, Bedatri D. Choudhury, and Earl Hopkins
Philadelphia Film Festival favorites and other arty things to do this weekIf films are not your thing, you can watch Wilma theater's "Horsegirl & Cowdaddy" right from home.Rosa Cartagena, Bedatri D. Choudhury, and Earl Hopkins
A Puerto Rican artist is shutting down Market Street in response to America 250 this weekend. Here’s why."Vamonos Pa’l Monte" is a performance that starts at City Hall, stops at Independence Mall and Cruz Playground, before its finale in the Puerto Rican neighborhood of Norris Square.Rosa Cartagena
A Puerto Rican artist is shutting down Market Street in response to America 250 this weekend. Here’s why."Vamonos Pa’l Monte" is a performance that starts at City Hall, stops at Independence Mall and Cruz Playground, before its finale in the Puerto Rican neighborhood of Norris Square.Rosa Cartagena
Yannick Nézet-Séguin creates new conducting mentorship program with RolexThe Philadelphia Orchestra's chief is starting a “one-year finishing school” for emerging talent.Peter Dobrin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin creates new conducting mentorship program with RolexThe Philadelphia Orchestra's chief is starting a “one-year finishing school” for emerging talent.Peter Dobrin
Philadelphia Ballet’s three takes on speed and extremes make for an exhilarating programWith works by Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon, and Twyla Tharp, the dancers never stopped moving.Ellen Dunkel
Philadelphia Ballet’s three takes on speed and extremes make for an exhilarating programWith works by Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon, and Twyla Tharp, the dancers never stopped moving.Ellen Dunkel
Grappling with past, present, and the patriarchy — sometimes in the nude: ‘Liberation’ at Philadelphia Theatre CompanyThe riveting Philly premiere of the Tony-winning drama is one of two recent plays to explore the complexities and constraints of women's lives.Julia M. Klein
Grappling with past, present, and the patriarchy — sometimes in the nude: ‘Liberation’ at Philadelphia Theatre CompanyThe riveting Philly premiere of the Tony-winning drama is one of two recent plays to explore the complexities and constraints of women's lives.Julia M. Klein
Amid tense U.S.-China relations, Philadelphia Orchestra is making its way back to China and South KoreaThe Philadelphians will travel to Beijing and Haikou after a South Korean leg that takes them to Incheon and Seoul.Peter Dobrin
Amid tense U.S.-China relations, Philadelphia Orchestra is making its way back to China and South KoreaThe Philadelphians will travel to Beijing and Haikou after a South Korean leg that takes them to Incheon and Seoul.Peter Dobrin
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society announces the 2027 Flower Show theme and ticket pricesIn celebration of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's 200th anniversary, the theme for the 2027 Flower Show is Iconic.Earl Hopkins
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society announces the 2027 Flower Show theme and ticket pricesIn celebration of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's 200th anniversary, the theme for the 2027 Flower Show is Iconic.Earl Hopkins
There would be no U.S. Navy without PhiladelphiaThe decision to create the Continental Navy and Marines was part of an offensive strategy that helped the colonists win the Revolutionary War. It was taken in Independence Hall.Elizabeth Wellington
There would be no U.S. Navy without PhiladelphiaThe decision to create the Continental Navy and Marines was part of an offensive strategy that helped the colonists win the Revolutionary War. It was taken in Independence Hall.Elizabeth Wellington
In about-face, the Atwater Kent Collection won’t be going to Drexel University‘Philadelphia’s attic’ was slated for a handover to Drexel in 2022. Now, the City and Drexel are hammering out a new deal that will keep the collection in the hands of the City.Peter Dobrin
In about-face, the Atwater Kent Collection won’t be going to Drexel University‘Philadelphia’s attic’ was slated for a handover to Drexel in 2022. Now, the City and Drexel are hammering out a new deal that will keep the collection in the hands of the City.Peter Dobrin
Chuck Berry made music for everyone. He would have been 100 this month.In modern culture, segmentation and micro targeting are the names of the game, but rock's founding father achieved success by crafting songs that could appeal across race and generational lines.Jim Cullen, Made By History
Chuck Berry made music for everyone. He would have been 100 this month.In modern culture, segmentation and micro targeting are the names of the game, but rock's founding father achieved success by crafting songs that could appeal across race and generational lines.Jim Cullen, Made By History
The Philadelphia Museum of Art owns work by an enslaved potter. His family wants it back.The inclusion of Dave the Potter's "Storage Jar" in a Semiquincentennial exhibition is a nod toward equity. Is that enough?Elizabeth Wellington
The Philadelphia Museum of Art owns work by an enslaved potter. His family wants it back.The inclusion of Dave the Potter's "Storage Jar" in a Semiquincentennial exhibition is a nod toward equity. Is that enough?Elizabeth Wellington
Art we loved this week: A DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince golden oldie, the perfect fall soundtrack, and moreOur music choices reveal that fall is making us pensive, while big museum shows like Brooklyn Museum's Iris van Herpen show are calling us back into the galleries.Peter Dobrin, Earl Hopkins, and Bedatri D. Choudhury
Art we loved this week: A DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince golden oldie, the perfect fall soundtrack, and moreOur music choices reveal that fall is making us pensive, while big museum shows like Brooklyn Museum's Iris van Herpen show are calling us back into the galleries.Peter Dobrin, Earl Hopkins, and Bedatri D. Choudhury
Point Breeze’s Keith Haring mural is designated as a historical placeThe Philadelphia Historical Commission unanimously voted to add "We the Youth" mural to the city's Register of Historic Places. Not everyone is pleased.Earl Hopkins
Point Breeze’s Keith Haring mural is designated as a historical placeThe Philadelphia Historical Commission unanimously voted to add "We the Youth" mural to the city's Register of Historic Places. Not everyone is pleased.Earl Hopkins
The first Marcel Duchamp retrospective in 50 years opens at the Philadelphia Museum of ArtThe show arrives from MoMA, with additional pieces that are only on display at the PMA. The Philadelphia museum holds the largest collection of the artist's delightfully eccentric work.Rosa Cartagena
The first Marcel Duchamp retrospective in 50 years opens at the Philadelphia Museum of ArtThe show arrives from MoMA, with additional pieces that are only on display at the PMA. The Philadelphia museum holds the largest collection of the artist's delightfully eccentric work.Rosa Cartagena
Philadelphia Ballet opened its season with a quartet of patriotic pieces. It was impossible not to smile by the end of it.It’s a patriotic program but one that feels more period piece than political, set in the theater where John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” had its premiere in 1897.Ellen Dunkel
Philadelphia Ballet opened its season with a quartet of patriotic pieces. It was impossible not to smile by the end of it.It’s a patriotic program but one that feels more period piece than political, set in the theater where John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” had its premiere in 1897.Ellen Dunkel
