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From left, Donna Faye Burchfield, former dean of dance at the University of the Arts, and Laura Walker, president of Bennington College.

Arts & Culture

UArts program that moved to Bennington is coming to Philly, but not as soon as planned

The former UArts undergraduate dance program landed at Bennington College in Vermont, where classes started last fall.

Schoolly D., the Philadelphia rapper born Jesse Weaver credited for inventing gangsta rap in the 1980s with sngles like "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" and "Gucci Time" will be honored by the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk Of Fame on Wednesday.

Music

See which famous Philadelphians will be inducted into this year’s Philly Music Walk of Fame

Itzkan Barbosa rehearses Jennifer Archibald's "Maslow's Peak,” based on the book “Lord of the Flies.”

Arts & Culture

'We went into a jungle': BalletX's ‘Maslow's Peak’ promises a dance on the wild side

Independence Hall is seen from the Grand Hall Overlook of the National Constitution Center on April 8, 2025.

Philadelphia

Are you ready for Philly boot camp? Philly is recruiting 10,000 ‘Phambassadors’ for America’s 250th birthday

Professor Wernick talks about his music before a concert at the 2002 Festival of Philadelphia Composers.

Obituaries

Richard Wernick, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Penn music professor emeritus, has died at 91

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Arts & Culture

UArts program that moved to Bennington is coming to Philly, but not as soon as planned

The former UArts undergraduate dance program landed at Bennington College in Vermont, where classes started last fall.

From left, Donna Faye Burchfield, former dean of dance at the University of the Arts, and Laura Walker, president of Bennington College.

From left, Donna Faye Burchfield, former dean of dance at the University of the Arts, and Laura Walker, president of Bennington College.

Arts & Culture

UArts program that moved to Bennington is coming to Philly, but not as soon as planned

The former UArts undergraduate dance program landed at Bennington College in Vermont, where classes started last fall.

Arts & Culture

'We went into a jungle': BalletX's ‘Maslow's Peak’ promises a dance on the wild side

Itzkan Barbosa rehearses Jennifer Archibald's "Maslow's Peak,” based on the book “Lord of the Flies.”

Arts & Culture

Opera Philadelphia’s ‘Don Giovanni’ is a bit of a bumpy ride but with a fascinating set

Sidney Outlaw makes his Opera Philadelphia debut in the title role of 'Don Giovanni'

Philadelphia

A science program was poised to reach kids across Philly. Then DOGE killed the funding.

A Wissahickon Charter School student participating in the Science Sleuths program at Awbury Arboretum in November 2024.

Arts & Culture

Philadanco celebrates its 55th anniversary with the choreography of some of its most frequent collaborators

Philadanco in Ray Mercer's "The Dance You Dance."

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M. Night Shyamalan stops by Càphê Roasters in Kensington. He poses for a picture with the cafe staff.

Food

No surprises here: M. Night praises this iconic Philly coffee shop

Smarty Jones gallops at dawn with Pete VanTrump guiding him at Philadelphia Park on Tuesday, May 25, 2004.

Movies

Smarty Jones, the horse that proved Pennsylvania could produce a champion

M. Night Shyamalan stops by Càphê Roasters in Kensington. He poses for a picture with the cafe staff.

Food

No surprises here: M. Night praises this iconic Philly coffee shop

Smarty Jones gallops at dawn with Pete VanTrump guiding him at Philadelphia Park on Tuesday, May 25, 2004.

Movies

Smarty Jones, the horse that proved Pennsylvania could produce a champion

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Bryce Harper and the Phillies hope to turn things around against the Chicago Cubs this weekend.

Phillies

This weekend’s Phillies games won’t air on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Birmingham New Jersey native and historian Paulie Wenger holds a vintage town sign in front of the post office in the Pine Barrens community of 32 people. British comedian Joe Lycett, who is from Birmingham, England, has a new show for Sky TV in which he visits all the towns named Birmingham in the U.S. This includes Birmingham, Chester County,

Entertainment

British TV show visits all Birminghams in the U.S., Burlington and Chester Counties included

Bryce Harper and the Phillies hope to turn things around against the Chicago Cubs this weekend.

Phillies

This weekend’s Phillies games won’t air on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Birmingham New Jersey native and historian Paulie Wenger holds a vintage town sign in front of the post office in the Pine Barrens community of 32 people. British comedian Joe Lycett, who is from Birmingham, England, has a new show for Sky TV in which he visits all the towns named Birmingham in the U.S. This includes Birmingham, Chester County,

Entertainment

British TV show visits all Birminghams in the U.S., Burlington and Chester Counties included

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The Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival returns this weekend.

Things To Do

The best things to do in Philadelphia this week

If you're looking for the best things to do in Philly this week, you've come to the right place.

Overall Non-Binary winner, Winter Parts, crosses the finish during the 2024 Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run in Philadelphia on Sunday, May 5, 2024.

Things To Do

The best things to do in Philadelphia this weekend

Michaela Mouton, left, is hugged by Sydni Townsend after Houston won the college women's 4x400m during day 3 of the 128th Penn Relays on April 27, 2024. Townsend attend Neuman Goretti.

Things To Do

🏃‍♂️ Penn Relays take the tracks | Things to Do

Husband and wife, Ryan Slaven and Vanessa Wong on the Dorset Avenue Bridge in Ventnor City, New Jersey on Friday, June 24, 2022. Slaven and Wong will open a new wine store and market at the foot of the bridge. They are part of a wave of new businesses and residences that are transforming shore towns like Ventnor City.

New Jersey

Espresso is thriving down the Shore

Golfers at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, where the Truist Championship will be held. Photograph taken on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

Things To Do

The PGA Tour comes to Philly: Your guide to the 2025 Truist Championship

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Schoolly D., the Philadelphia rapper born Jesse Weaver credited for inventing gangsta rap in the 1980s with sngles like "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" and "Gucci Time" will be honored by the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk Of Fame on Wednesday.

Music

See which famous Philadelphians will be inducted into this year’s Philly Music Walk of Fame

The Walk of Fame will be expanding down South Broad Street and the induction will now be an annual affair.

Professor Wernick talks about his music before a concert at the 2002 Festival of Philadelphia Composers.

Obituaries

Richard Wernick, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Penn music professor emeritus, has died at 91

“Wernick’s orchestral music has power and brilliance, an emphasis on register, space, and scale,” Lesley Valdes, former Inquirer classical music critic, said in 1990.

Chubby Checker in Las Vegas in 2010. The Philadelphia singer who popularized "The Twist" will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Music

Let’s Twist Again: Chubby Checker will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The 83-year-old South Philly singer has advocated for his own induction, oncing taking out a full page ad in Billboard saying, “I want my flowers when I’m alive. I can’t smell them when I’m dead.”

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds perform at the Met Philadelphia on Saturday, April 26, 2025, touring behind Cave's latest album, "Wild God."

Music

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, leaping toward love and transcendence at the Met Philly

The Australian songwriter and band leader ministered to his people on the Wild God Tour in his first Philly show in eight years.

Pep's Musical Bar at Broad and South Streets is one of three now-defunct jazz clubs being inducted April 30 into the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame on the Avenue of the Arts.

Music

Trailblazing jazz clubs — Cadillac Club, Pep’s Musical Bar, and the Showboat — to be honored on the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame

The three jazz clubs hosted a who’s who of legendary jazz artists during their 1960s heyday, including Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, and Nina Simone

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