April 17, 2013
From parties and poetry slams to networking and dating events and more, Philadelphia’s Black Gay Pride Festival, now in its 14th year, is set to take place from Sunday, April 21 to Sunday, April 28. The weeklong festival begins with the Mr. and Miss Philadelphia Black Gay Pride Pageant on April 21 at 7 p.m. [...]
Read more»April 16, 2013
The Independence Seaport Museum hosts an exciting new exhibition that spotlights the Delaware River’s role in early African and African-American history. The museum teamed up with African American scholars while developing the idea and University of Pennsylvania professor Tukufu Zuberi, who curated the exhibit. Tides of Freedom: African Presence on the Delaware River is broken [...]
Read more»April 11, 2013
Art Sanctuary, an organization that puts regional and national African-American literary, visual and performing arts in the spotlight, is set to host a number of excellent events honoring African-American writing this spring. One of the country’s oldest African-American festivals celebrating the best in literary, visual and performing arts, the Celebration of Black Writing has grown [...]
Read more»January 30, 2013
February is already here which means museums, galleries and organizations around the city are hosting events to celebrate Black History Month. Philadelphia has a rich African-African history and culture, so the city is buzzing with events fit for anyone. Our collection of Black History Month events include everything from month-long exhibits, to one night only [...]
Read more»June 7, 2012
Attracting more than 500,000 visitors, Odunde is one of the largest community-based street festivals held in the country. The festival, whose concept originates from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, West Africa, celebrates the coming of another year for African Americans around the world. To commemorate the occasion, a variety of events have been taking place [...]
Read more»February 9, 2012
In honor of Black History Month, Mural Arts has created a dynamic exhibition, Behind These Walls: Visions of Courage, Beacons of Hope, on view at the Art Sanctuary’s new gallery space in the Dickserson Building on South 16th Street. The exhibition celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Albert M. Greenfield African American Iconic Images Collection, [...]
Read more»January 27, 2012
Celebrate Black History Month in February at the Free Library of Philadelphia, where this annual observance of achievements by black Americans will be commemorated with a wide range of events across the library system’s branches. The Free Library’s Black History Month events will offer students and adults several ways to learn about and honor the [...]
Read more»June 1, 2011
The annual Odunde African Street Festival, the longest-running and largest African-American street festival on the East coast, returns to South Street next Sunday, June 12. Complete with live music, dance performances, food, activities and an authentic African marketplace, the Odunde Festival covers more than 12 city blocks, bringing a celebration of Africa to South Street [...]
Read more»March 7, 2011
The Mural Arts Program recently unveiled the new African American Iconic Images Collection, which includes an audio driving tour of the murals narrated by Questlove of The Roots. The introduction video above does a great job of providing a glimpse into the tour as it navigates through Philadelphia neighborhoods via time-lapse, highlighting several murals [...]
Read more»February 24, 2011
The Mural Arts Program, in partnership with the African American Museum, is launching the Albert M. Greenfield African American Iconic Images Collection, which highlights 47 murals that uniquely capture the rich African American experience in Philadelphia — including murals of icons like Patti LaBelle, the Tuskegee Airmen, Malcolm X and many more. The hub of [...]
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