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Broadway star and Philly native Mary Kate “MK” Morrissey, who plays Elphaba in "Wicked" through March, will take a day off from theater to sing the national anthem ahead of the Eagles-Commanders NFC Championship Game. Photos by Joan Marcus and David Maialetti

Broadway’s Elphaba from ‘Wicked’ to sing the national anthem at Eagles NFC Championship Game

Broadway star and Philly native Mary Kate “MK” Morrissey, who plays Elphaba in “Wicked," will take a day off from the theater to sing the national anthem ahead of the Eagles-Commanders game.

Keke Palmer stops by the Fitler Club on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, to discuss her book, "Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative." She was interviewed by Grammy-nominated artist Tierra Whack for the Inquirer Live x Fitler Club event.

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Keke Palmer and Tierra Whack bonded over a secret pregnancy

Mural panel dedicated to Charles Willson Peale with Willson misspelled. Peale’s panel is on the Market/Frankford El stop (westbound) at Fifth and Market Streets, Philadelphia. This is one of the historic panels at the Independence Hall station. Peale is renowned for his portraits of prominent figures of the American Revolution.

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A mural at SEPTA’s Independence Hall station misspells another historic name: Charles Willson Peale, an artist of the American Revolution

Kathryn Ott Lovell, a Mayfair native, was previously the head of Philadelphia's Parks & Recreation department. “I’m a Philly girl,” she said.

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New leader announced at Philadelphia250, as 2026 Semiquincentennial draws near

"The Crucifixion" (1880) by Thomas Eakins on display in the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Salon Gallery. On the left: James McNeill Whistler, an American contemporary of Eakins. On the right: Thomas Couture, a French artist who Eakins admired.

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Broadway’s Elphaba from ‘Wicked’ to sing the national anthem at Eagles NFC Championship Game

Keke Palmer and Tierra Whack bonded over a secret pregnancy

A mural at SEPTA’s Independence Hall station misspells another historic name: Charles Willson Peale, an artist of the American Revolution

New leader announced at Philadelphia250, as 2026 Semiquincentennial draws near

A ‘truly bad’ painting by Thomas Eakins now hangs in the PMA, and offers a glimpse into his complicated legacy