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Philadelphia dance performances not to miss this spring
March 10, 2023 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

PRISM Quartet joins The Crossing Choir for world premiere
March 9, 2023 · Chestnut Hill Local

Terence Nance brings immersive art to Swarm exhibition
March 8, 2023 · Metro Philadelphia

71 Things to Do in Philly This Weekend
March 3, 2023 · Philadelphia Magazine

Margo Price, Shemekia Copeland, Anaïs Mitchell, and more head to Philly this week
March 1, 2023 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

Rich History, New Visions
February 22, 2023 · The Penn Gazette

An ode to Harlem developed in Philly
February 16, 2023 · WHYY

Penn Live Arts premiers a NEC 1960s protest poetry play
February 15, 2023 · The Philadelphia Tribune

Philly theater picks
February 15, 2023 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

‘Mecca is Burning’ play mixes drama, poetry at the Annenberg Center
February 9, 2023 · Penn Today

Martha Graham Company visits the Annenberg and a dancer passes on the dancer’s legacy to Philly students
February 8, 2023 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

Holiday festivals, Ween, Rennie Harris’ Pure Movement, ‘The Nutcracker,’ and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
December 8, 2022 · WHYY

Rennie Harris is bringing back street dance Shakespeare to Philly
December 8, 2022 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

The reprise of Rome & Jewels marks 30 years for Puremovement
December 7, 2022 · Broad Street Review

'Romeo and Juliet' gets a hip hop spin by North Philly native
December 2, 2022 · The Philadelphia Tribune

Penn Live Arts presents Terence Blanchard and Andrew F. Scott’s Gordon Parks: An Empathetic Lens
November 15, 2022 · Broad Street Review

Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir is happy to be touring again
November 12, 2022 · The Philadelphia Tribune

The 15 best concerts in Philly this week
November 10, 2022 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

Leah Falk: Director of Education and Engagement at Penn Live Arts
November 1, 2022 · The University of Pennsylvania Almanac

Multidisciplinary panel highlights role of the arts in human flourishing
October 26, 2022 · Penn Today

Penn Live Arts Appoints Leah Falk as Director of Education and Engagement
October 25, 2022

What’s playing this week in the Philly-area? Gorillaz, reggae, jazz, a Boardwalk dance party, and more.
October 14, 2022 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

Coltrane Festival to honor duo's impact
October 14, 2022 · The Philadelphia Tribune

Alice Coltrane hasn’t got her due as a talented musician. A new Philly show wants to change that.
October 13, 2022 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philly Bike Ride, ‘Black Angels over Tuskegee,’ Coltrane Fest, Design Philadelphia, and ‘Rocky the Musical’ in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
October 13, 2022 · WHYY

Sounding the Coltranes: Music by John and Alice, in active dialogue
October 13, 2022 · WRTI

Our Voices, Our Time: One Act Play Festival aims to amplify Black voices
October 7, 2022 · The Philadelphia Tribune

In Hedgerow’s ‘The Pillowman,’ a bid for more inclusive storytelling
October 5, 2022 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia Festival Honors Alice and John Coltrane
September 30, 2022 · JazzTimes

In Chen Lok Lee art exhibit, a migrant’s life and legacy
September 30, 2022 · Penn Today

Celebrate the music of the Coltranes at Penn Live Arts’ Alice & John Festival
September 23, 2022 · WXPN

At the Annenberg Center, 50 years of experimentation
September 22, 2022 · Penn Today

The 10 best concerts in the Philly area this weekend: XPoNential Music Fest, Lil Nas X
September 16, 2022 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

Penn to build new performing arts theater in first-ever expansion of Annenberg Center
September 13, 2022 · The Daily Pennsylvanian

Penn announces new Stuart Weitzman Theater for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg
September 12, 2022 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
September 12, 2022 · Penn Today

After 50 Brutalist years, the Annenberg Center plans to stretch out, open up
September 12, 2022 · WHYY

The Blind Boys are coming to town
September 2, 2022 · The Philadelphia Tribune

Penn Live Arts Opens 50th Anniversary Celebration Season with Community Open House and the Blind Boys of Alabama, September 16-17
September 2, 2022

Negro Ensemble Announces Our Voices, Our Time Program of One Act Plays
August 31, 2022 · Playbill

Penn Live Arts and the Negro Ensemble Company Announce Our Voices, Our Time: One-Act Play Festival
August 18, 2022

5 ways arts leader Randy Swartz, who retired during the pandemic, influenced dance in Philadelphia
June 1, 2022 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bringing the world to Philadelphia for 50 years with Randy Swartz
June 1, 2022 · Broad Street Review

Penn Live Arts 22/23 Season Calendar
May 26, 2022

Penn Live Arts celebrates 50th anniversary with Alice and John Coltrane music, 10 dance companies
May 17, 2022 · 6abc

Penn Live Arts Celebrates 50 Years in 2022-23 Season
May 6, 2022

Penn Live Arts celebrates 50 years with upcoming season
May 5, 2022 · Penn Today

Submission Deadline Extended! Scripts for Our Voices, Our Time: One-Act Play Festival Now Due May 15
April 28, 2022

The Negro Ensemble Company will ensure Penn Live Arts’ 50th anniversary season is lit
March 15, 2022 · The Philadelphia Inquirer

Penn Live Arts and The Negro Ensemble Company Announce New Residency for 2022-23 Season
March 15, 2022