“Smokin’ Joe” Frazier moved to Philadelphia as a teenager from South Carolina and is regarded among the greatest heavyweight boxers. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1964…
Read more Joe Frazier statue to be moved to Philadelphia Museum of Art grounds this springTicket prices are usually around $125 and include a copy of the book, a five-course meal and tax and gratuity for the staff. Additional proceeds are donated to…
Read more Wilder’s book dinners bring customers face to face with local authorsMural Arts is searching for a Philadelphia artist to honor the city’s queer history in a new installation in the Gayborhood. Applications to design the mural on the…
Read more Mural Arts seeks artist to depict Philly’s queer activists on Gayborhood nightclubMoki Cherry’s woodworking phase didn’t produce your typical chairs and birdhouses. Once the late Swedish artist began playing with plywood, she constructed light-box sculptures that resembled surrealist faces.…
Read more Swedish artist’s tapestries and ‘Talking Head’ sculptures are now on display in PhillyJust over a year after winning a defamation lawsuit, comic book restorers Emily and Matt Meyers have revived their business – putting five of the rarest and most…
Read more Chester County couple who restore comic books revive business after winning $10 million defamation lawsuitSaint Joseph’s University will train future museum educators through a new program with the Barnes Foundation. This fall, St. Joe’s will offer an online museum education graduate program…
Read more St. Joseph’s University, Barnes Foundation team up to offer museum education graduate degreeIndependent artists will show off their unique and self-printed works later this month at the West Philly Zine Fest. The event returns to the Rotunda, at 4014 Walnut St.…
Read more West Philly Zine Fest to showcase art, books and comics by local artistsWhen Kyle Daniel-Bey was 17, he received a mandatory life in prison sentence for murder. But even a lifetime behind bars couldn’t imprison his creative spirit. “Juvenile lifer”…
Read more Two Detroit activists met at a prison writing workshop, now they’re providing a pathway for returning citizensTrans models will show off designs by trans fashion designers on the runway on Friday, March 29. William Way LGBT Community Center, located in Philly’s Gayborhood, is hosting…
Read more William Way Center to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with a fashion showclick to enlarge Randiah Camille Green The oversized cleats will be displayed near Detroit arenas, hotels, and airports for the month of April. People headed to downtown Detroit…
Read more City Walls unveils ‘DCleated’ art project ahead of NFL DraftNeighborhood placekeeping nonprofit Sidewalk Detroit is using public art to try and help mitigate air pollution in Detroit’s East Canfield Village. The organization has commissioned a regenerative installation…
Read more Sidewalk Detroit is planting a ‘remediation forest’ to mitigate air pollution from Stellantis plantA six-page document that sat in the Rosenbach Museum for a century made its way to Washington, D.C., on Thursday ahead of its long-awaited journey home to Peru.…
Read more Rosenbach manuscript returned to Peruvian governmentA Jersey Shore town is planning to unveil some monumental new artwork just in time for the summer season. In June, Atlantic City will debut its largest mural,…
Read more Atlantic City to debut its largest mural in June
