Arts & CultureProposed legislation wants to help fund arts groups by increasing sales taxDetails remain to be worked out but the money generated from the proposed tax will fund libraries, rec centers, arts and culture groups, said Sen. Nikil Saval. Peter Dobrin 2 hours agoPhiladelphia sign painters are keeping the tradition aliveGabe Coffey Samara Joy will join the Philadelphia Orchestra for January showPeter Dobrin Penn started in a broke evangelical preacher’s abandoned meetinghouse. This Saturday, the city celebrates its founding.Elizabeth Wellington Mark ‘Chumley’ Singer, eclectic events producer and community activist, has died at 65Gary Miles AdvertisementFrom Lower Merion to Romania, a journey to uncover a family’s Holocaust historyMadeline Kohn inherited 50 photos of her grandmother and a nine-hour-long video. It pushed her to go looking for a family history she never really knew much of, and then make a documentary. Earl Hopkins OpinionA guerrilla group art show took over an empty South Philly lot with box wine and a punk bandThe former site of Capt. Jesse G's Crab Shack played host to an unsanctioned, community art exhibit on Friday called 'Imitation Crab.' Stephanie Farr | Columnist Fall Out Boy announces new tour and a stop at Atlantic City BeachThe Grammy-nominated Illinois rock band will bring its cryptic “Twilight of the Punks” to the Shore next summerEarl Hopkins ‘This Much I Know:’ InterAct’s latest production is an intricate puzzle, crammed with ideas and standout performancesThe latest production from InterAct Theatre Company puts three actors in numerous roles in a story that spans decades and continents. Julia M. Klein Philly’s Bill Gunn made a cult classic out of a ‘Blacula’ knockoff. Now, it’s part of film history.Author Ashley Clark considers films by Gunn, Cheryl Dunye, and Ephraim Asili to be among the most important Black films in the world. He also includes an "unhinged film" with a Philly legend. Bedatri D. Choudhury I compared the ‘I Play Rocky’ film to my book. Here’s where they’re different. Mike Sielski's 'Going the Distance: Stallone, Philly, and the Story of ROCKY' is available Nov. 10 wherever books are sold. Mike Sielski Best art this week is a centuries-old classical dance, S. Neil Fujita at the Barnes, and, of course, ‘I Play Rocky’Plus, Sama Alshaibi at Twelve Gates Arts and actress Jane Seymour helping us hold on to some summer cheer.Bedatri D. Choudhury, Rosa Cartagena, Dan DeLuca, Earl Hopkins, and Elizabeth Wellington When Sylvester Stallone was challenged to a ‘five-to-the-head’ in Fishtown and other very Philly gems from ‘The Steps’The actor's memoir includes several anecdotes of the city where he spent and misspent his teenage years. “The city has a big-time chip on its shoulder," he writes.John Semley, For The Inquirer Now that the city’s office of arts and culture is permanent, arts leaders have one question: Where is the money?While it's "amazing" to have this office, "the bottom line is funding," said a city arts leader.Peter Dobrin BalletX's new 'Speakeasy' brings Prohibition-era Philadelphia to life with glitter, swagger and It could've well worked as an evening-length work, but the evening also gifted the audience with Amy Hall Garner’s "Switching the Groove" and Christian Denice’s "In the Wake."Ellen Dunkel Gaining 40 pounds and studying Stallone’s emails: Inside the making of ‘I Play Rocky’Actors Anthony Ippolito and AnnaSophia Robb, and director Peter Farrelly discuss why "Rocky" couldn't be from anywhere but Philly.Earl Hopkins The first Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade had Santa Claus climbing the Gimbels fire ladderThe parade was the brainchild of Ellis Gimbel, son of a Bavarian Jewish immigrant, who, in 1920, simply wanted to bring some Christmas cheer to children in Philadelphia.Elizabeth Wellington The best things to do in Philly in November, from Meek Mill to the Thanksgiving Day ParadeFrom Meek Mill and Rocky's 50th anniversary to the Philadelphia Marathon and Thanksgiving Day Parade, here are the best things to do in Philadelphia.Earl Hopkins Mural Arts says it’s keeping a banner critics have labeled AIMural Arts doesn't yet have a policy about the use of AI in artists' works. The organization will host a town hall on the topic Nov. 5. Rosa Cartagena Here’s what’s happening to all the animals that lived at the Academy of Natural SciencesMore than 30 vertebrate animals and at least six bug colonies moved to new homes last month. “I think that they’ve all ended up where they needed to be,” said a former staffer.Dana Munro See more storiesAdvertisement
Proposed legislation wants to help fund arts groups by increasing sales taxDetails remain to be worked out but the money generated from the proposed tax will fund libraries, rec centers, arts and culture groups, said Sen. Nikil Saval. Peter Dobrin 2 hours ago
Proposed legislation wants to help fund arts groups by increasing sales taxDetails remain to be worked out but the money generated from the proposed tax will fund libraries, rec centers, arts and culture groups, said Sen. Nikil Saval. Peter Dobrin 2 hours ago
Penn started in a broke evangelical preacher’s abandoned meetinghouse. This Saturday, the city celebrates its founding.Elizabeth Wellington
Penn started in a broke evangelical preacher’s abandoned meetinghouse. This Saturday, the city celebrates its founding.Elizabeth Wellington
From Lower Merion to Romania, a journey to uncover a family’s Holocaust historyMadeline Kohn inherited 50 photos of her grandmother and a nine-hour-long video. It pushed her to go looking for a family history she never really knew much of, and then make a documentary. Earl Hopkins
From Lower Merion to Romania, a journey to uncover a family’s Holocaust historyMadeline Kohn inherited 50 photos of her grandmother and a nine-hour-long video. It pushed her to go looking for a family history she never really knew much of, and then make a documentary. Earl Hopkins
OpinionA guerrilla group art show took over an empty South Philly lot with box wine and a punk bandThe former site of Capt. Jesse G's Crab Shack played host to an unsanctioned, community art exhibit on Friday called 'Imitation Crab.' Stephanie Farr | Columnist
OpinionA guerrilla group art show took over an empty South Philly lot with box wine and a punk bandThe former site of Capt. Jesse G's Crab Shack played host to an unsanctioned, community art exhibit on Friday called 'Imitation Crab.' Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Fall Out Boy announces new tour and a stop at Atlantic City BeachThe Grammy-nominated Illinois rock band will bring its cryptic “Twilight of the Punks” to the Shore next summerEarl Hopkins
Fall Out Boy announces new tour and a stop at Atlantic City BeachThe Grammy-nominated Illinois rock band will bring its cryptic “Twilight of the Punks” to the Shore next summerEarl Hopkins
‘This Much I Know:’ InterAct’s latest production is an intricate puzzle, crammed with ideas and standout performancesThe latest production from InterAct Theatre Company puts three actors in numerous roles in a story that spans decades and continents. Julia M. Klein
‘This Much I Know:’ InterAct’s latest production is an intricate puzzle, crammed with ideas and standout performancesThe latest production from InterAct Theatre Company puts three actors in numerous roles in a story that spans decades and continents. Julia M. Klein
Philly’s Bill Gunn made a cult classic out of a ‘Blacula’ knockoff. Now, it’s part of film history.Author Ashley Clark considers films by Gunn, Cheryl Dunye, and Ephraim Asili to be among the most important Black films in the world. He also includes an "unhinged film" with a Philly legend. Bedatri D. Choudhury
Philly’s Bill Gunn made a cult classic out of a ‘Blacula’ knockoff. Now, it’s part of film history.Author Ashley Clark considers films by Gunn, Cheryl Dunye, and Ephraim Asili to be among the most important Black films in the world. He also includes an "unhinged film" with a Philly legend. Bedatri D. Choudhury
I compared the ‘I Play Rocky’ film to my book. Here’s where they’re different. Mike Sielski's 'Going the Distance: Stallone, Philly, and the Story of ROCKY' is available Nov. 10 wherever books are sold. Mike Sielski
I compared the ‘I Play Rocky’ film to my book. Here’s where they’re different. Mike Sielski's 'Going the Distance: Stallone, Philly, and the Story of ROCKY' is available Nov. 10 wherever books are sold. Mike Sielski
Best art this week is a centuries-old classical dance, S. Neil Fujita at the Barnes, and, of course, ‘I Play Rocky’Plus, Sama Alshaibi at Twelve Gates Arts and actress Jane Seymour helping us hold on to some summer cheer.Bedatri D. Choudhury, Rosa Cartagena, Dan DeLuca, Earl Hopkins, and Elizabeth Wellington
Best art this week is a centuries-old classical dance, S. Neil Fujita at the Barnes, and, of course, ‘I Play Rocky’Plus, Sama Alshaibi at Twelve Gates Arts and actress Jane Seymour helping us hold on to some summer cheer.Bedatri D. Choudhury, Rosa Cartagena, Dan DeLuca, Earl Hopkins, and Elizabeth Wellington
When Sylvester Stallone was challenged to a ‘five-to-the-head’ in Fishtown and other very Philly gems from ‘The Steps’The actor's memoir includes several anecdotes of the city where he spent and misspent his teenage years. “The city has a big-time chip on its shoulder," he writes.John Semley, For The Inquirer
When Sylvester Stallone was challenged to a ‘five-to-the-head’ in Fishtown and other very Philly gems from ‘The Steps’The actor's memoir includes several anecdotes of the city where he spent and misspent his teenage years. “The city has a big-time chip on its shoulder," he writes.John Semley, For The Inquirer
Now that the city’s office of arts and culture is permanent, arts leaders have one question: Where is the money?While it's "amazing" to have this office, "the bottom line is funding," said a city arts leader.Peter Dobrin
Now that the city’s office of arts and culture is permanent, arts leaders have one question: Where is the money?While it's "amazing" to have this office, "the bottom line is funding," said a city arts leader.Peter Dobrin
BalletX's new 'Speakeasy' brings Prohibition-era Philadelphia to life with glitter, swagger and It could've well worked as an evening-length work, but the evening also gifted the audience with Amy Hall Garner’s "Switching the Groove" and Christian Denice’s "In the Wake."Ellen Dunkel
BalletX's new 'Speakeasy' brings Prohibition-era Philadelphia to life with glitter, swagger and It could've well worked as an evening-length work, but the evening also gifted the audience with Amy Hall Garner’s "Switching the Groove" and Christian Denice’s "In the Wake."Ellen Dunkel
Gaining 40 pounds and studying Stallone’s emails: Inside the making of ‘I Play Rocky’Actors Anthony Ippolito and AnnaSophia Robb, and director Peter Farrelly discuss why "Rocky" couldn't be from anywhere but Philly.Earl Hopkins
Gaining 40 pounds and studying Stallone’s emails: Inside the making of ‘I Play Rocky’Actors Anthony Ippolito and AnnaSophia Robb, and director Peter Farrelly discuss why "Rocky" couldn't be from anywhere but Philly.Earl Hopkins
The first Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade had Santa Claus climbing the Gimbels fire ladderThe parade was the brainchild of Ellis Gimbel, son of a Bavarian Jewish immigrant, who, in 1920, simply wanted to bring some Christmas cheer to children in Philadelphia.Elizabeth Wellington
The first Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade had Santa Claus climbing the Gimbels fire ladderThe parade was the brainchild of Ellis Gimbel, son of a Bavarian Jewish immigrant, who, in 1920, simply wanted to bring some Christmas cheer to children in Philadelphia.Elizabeth Wellington
The best things to do in Philly in November, from Meek Mill to the Thanksgiving Day ParadeFrom Meek Mill and Rocky's 50th anniversary to the Philadelphia Marathon and Thanksgiving Day Parade, here are the best things to do in Philadelphia.Earl Hopkins
The best things to do in Philly in November, from Meek Mill to the Thanksgiving Day ParadeFrom Meek Mill and Rocky's 50th anniversary to the Philadelphia Marathon and Thanksgiving Day Parade, here are the best things to do in Philadelphia.Earl Hopkins
Mural Arts says it’s keeping a banner critics have labeled AIMural Arts doesn't yet have a policy about the use of AI in artists' works. The organization will host a town hall on the topic Nov. 5. Rosa Cartagena
Mural Arts says it’s keeping a banner critics have labeled AIMural Arts doesn't yet have a policy about the use of AI in artists' works. The organization will host a town hall on the topic Nov. 5. Rosa Cartagena
Here’s what’s happening to all the animals that lived at the Academy of Natural SciencesMore than 30 vertebrate animals and at least six bug colonies moved to new homes last month. “I think that they’ve all ended up where they needed to be,” said a former staffer.Dana Munro
Here’s what’s happening to all the animals that lived at the Academy of Natural SciencesMore than 30 vertebrate animals and at least six bug colonies moved to new homes last month. “I think that they’ve all ended up where they needed to be,” said a former staffer.Dana Munro
