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Anna Deavere Smith – Notes from The Field Tackles Issues Through Many Voices
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Anna Deavere Smith – Notes from The Field Tackles Issues Through Many Voices

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Anna Deavere Smith Notes from The Field Tackles Issues Through Many Voices  by Brad Balfour With a raft of accolades in her résumé, American actress/playwright/professor Anna Deavere Smith produces work that highlights the plight of the underclass, the unvoiced and those overlooked by entitled society. In her most recent one-woman production – Notes from The … Continue reading →

Frankie Cosmos, Big Thief, Free Cake for Every Creature – First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA – November 1, 2016 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Photo Album)
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Frankie Cosmos, Big Thief, Free Cake for Every Creature – First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA – November 1, 2016 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Photo Album)

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Frankie Cosmos, Big Thief, Free Cake for Every Creature – First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA – November 1, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures. Photos by Chris Sikich © 2016 Continue reading →

The B-52’s Halloween Bash – The Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA – October 30, 2016 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
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The B-52’s Halloween Bash – The Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA – October 30, 2016 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)

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The B-52’s Halloween Bash – The Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA – October 30, 2016 This past Sunday The Fillmore was as festive as you can get for Halloween as a large contingent of Philadelphians dressed up and danced along to one-of-a-kind The B-52’s. Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson and Fred Schneider and their backing band rocked … Continue reading →

What Happened, Miss Simone? (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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What Happened, Miss Simone? (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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WHAT HAPPENED MISS SIMONE? (2016) Featuring Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Shackman, George Wein, Stanley Crouch, Dick Gregory, Ilyasah Shabazz, Ambassador Shabazz, Gerrit De Bruin and archival footage of Nina Simone. Screenplay by Liz Garbus. Directed by Liz Garbus. Distributed by Netflix.  92 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Jazz chanteuse Nina Simone always somehow felt too … Continue reading →

Made In America Festival – Benjamin Franklin Parkway – Philadelphia, PA – September 3 & 4, 2016 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
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Made In America Festival – Benjamin Franklin Parkway – Philadelphia, PA – September 3 & 4, 2016 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)

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Made In America Festival – Benjamin Franklin Parkway – Philadelphia, PA – September 3 & 4, 2016 Made In America headlined at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for what may be the last time this past labor day weekend. 2016 marked the end of a five-year contract Budweiser had with the city of Philadelphia, leaving whether … Continue reading →

Shawn Mendes – The Mann Center – Philadelphia, PA – August 14, 2016 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
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Shawn Mendes – The Mann Center – Philadelphia, PA – August 14, 2016 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)

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Shawn Mendes – The Mann Center – Philadelphia, PA – August 14, 2016 The Shawn Mendes World Tour stopped by in Philadelphia, as Shawn took the stage at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts playing to a crowd of 13,000+ people. This was one of the biggest shows on the tour. Opening act James … Continue reading →