Arts & Culture
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Scott Robbins
50 Black dance companies land in Philly for international festival started by Philadanco
Philadelphia is hosting the annual International Association of Blacks in Dance conference and festival, a five-day gathering of African American dance companies and Black companies from around the world.
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Sep05Journey through Southern France from Provence to Bordeaux with the WITF Travel Club
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Scott Gries
Whitney Houston, The Notorious B.I.G. among 2020’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 35th annual class of inductees, honoring six musical acts — Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G. and T-Rex — as well as veteran rock journalist, producer and artist manager Jon Landau.
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Matt Rourke
Erie museum director departs after work behavior reports
The New York Times reported last week there were complaints about Joshua Helmer’s behavior. -
NEON
The Oscar nominations: In with the old, and ‘congratulations to those men’
The nominations outside of Parasite are overwhelmingly familiar, as if you could have based them on the descriptions of movies on paper without seeing any of them.
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Owen Sweeney
Remembering Neil Peart, a monster drummer with a poet’s heart
His lyrical vulnerability also helped Rush’s music resonate across generations.By Annie Zaleski/NPR -
Kimberly Paynter
For its first professional play, Philly Young Playwrights takes on gun violence
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John Miller
Cabaret performer thanks his elementary school music teacher for giving him a voice
Music teacher Paige Macklin couldn’t have guessed at the time that Russell King’s voice would lead him to the stage, where he performs cabaret in drag as Miss Richfield.
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Feb02See The Tap Pack at the Luhrs Center
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Photo by Cyndi Mosites-Walter, Courtesy of Holly Watson PR
A new age: Pittsburgh-based author chronicles science’s search for human immortality
Pittsburgh-based author Chip Walter’s new book is about the money and the research seeking a way to extend human life indefinitely.
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Paramount Pictures
The endless potential of the pedal steel guitar, an odd duck by any measure
It is one of the most difficult-to-learn instruments in the world. Playing it requires both hands, both feet and, occasionally, both knees.
By Jesse Jarnow/NPR