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Philadelphia spotlighted in season premiere of NBC travel show '1st Look'

Dr. Mira Irons, CEO of College of Physicians of Philadelphia, resigns amid Mütter Museum's ethical review

Mütter CEO resigns

Chestnut Hill's Fall for the Arts Festival returns for 38th year to Germantown Avenue

Chestnut Hill Fall For the Arts

Mütter Museum to host town hall to address ethics of displaying human remains

Mutter Museum Town Hall

Scranton's new 'The Office' mural was painted by Philly artists

the office mural

Preservationists say they have two weeks to save mural from former Painted Bride building

Painted Bride demolition

Science History Institute's new exhibit explores history of textile dyes

Science History Institute Bold Exhibit

Mütter Museum asks the public to weigh in on ethical battle over displaying human remains

Mutter Museum Gallery

SEPTA art project to use augmented reality to share stories about commuter daydreams

SEPTA Transit Art

Take a peek at the Franklin Institute's new $8.5 million space exhibit before it opens in November

franklin institute wondrous space

Chestnut Hill to illuminate Germantown Avenue and explore its history during Night of Lights exhibition

Night of Lights

Penn Museum to overhaul its Ancient Egyptian and Nubian galleries as part of 5-year renovation project

Penn Museum Renovations

A new art space at Awbury Arboretum calls attention to Philly's tree canopy

Lightning House PHS

Watch a special showing of 'Night of the Living Dead' at the old Leader Theater during Velocities pop-up market

Now+Them Movie

National Constitution Center's new First Amendment gallery displays letter George Washington wrote to Quakers

First Amendment Constitution Center

Philly's Welcoming Week celebrates immigrant communities with cultural festivals and a mural tour

Welcoming Week 2023 Events

The Oval summer pop-up festival on the Parkway to extend through Labor Day

The Oval pop up extended

New Fishtown mural will highlight Philadelphia's birds

jane kim mural arts

Mural of superhero Blue Beetle covers Philadelphia Museum of Art steps ahead of film release

Blue Beetle mural

Tina Fey's 'Mean Girls' musical is coming to Philly in October

Opera Philadelphia president David Devan reflects on decision to step down

david devan opera philadelphia

Sheryl Lee Ralph to discuss memoir, sign books at Parkway Central Library

sheryl lee ralph free library

'Last look' tours of Painted Bride's mosaic mural offered ahead of demolition in the fall

Painted Bride murals

What should Philly's Harriet Tubman statue look like? Vote for 1 of 5 designs

Philabundance to be honored with community-made mural at hunger relief center in South Philly

Mural Philabundance

Battleship New Jersey to be moved on land for maintenance for first time in 32 years

battleship NJ maintenance

Filmmaker interviews one author from each state for documentary, including Pa.'s Carmen Maria Machado

carmen maria machado documentary

Philly's newest art museum Calder Gardens could open by late 2024

BlackStar Film Festival returns next month with 93 film screenings at three Philly theaters

BlackStar Film Festival

'The Lion King' returns to Philadelphia next month with dazzling sets, fan-favorite songs

lion king philadelphia

Gothic, horror and Halloween-inspired Oddities & Curiosities Expo coming to Philly area in August

Oddities & Curiosities Expo

PAFA exhibit the first to display items from Philly's former history museum

Atwater Kent Collection

Shop local vendors, play ping pong and drink from local bars at the Oval Premier Market

Oval marketplace

Exhibit at Stockton University art gallery honors victims of gun violence with memorial portraits

Souls Shot Project

Former Pres. Bill Clinton appears on Questlove's podcast to salute Black Music Month

An 1861 theater fire in Philly left 4 young dancers dead; a history lover wants to ensure their story isn't forgotten

Gale Sisters Continental Theater

Philadelphia voted best city for street art by USA Today readers

philadelphia street art

Furry, feathery 'Skin' exhibit opens at the Academy of Natural Sciences

skin exhibit rhino.jpg

New limited-edition Free Library card celebrates 50 years of hip-hop

Free Library hip hop

Shining, 60-foot-tall sculpture proposed along Delaware River at soon-to-be-built Northern Liberties apartments

Northern Liberties Sculpture

What are the new sculptures along Kelly Drive? They're a contemporary art display here through the fall

Kelly Drive sculptures Hassinger 1

WHYY debuts two new children's TV shows made in Philadelphia

Albie's Elevator WHYY

New art installation depicts Philly's LGBTQ history through old photos

Gayborhood Public Art

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