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A museum dedicated to resilience; Fringe Festival guide; “Green” bus conference

ADMIN 08/29/2024

Art and artifacts from more than 1,700 women are on permanent display in a converted storage building behind a Germantown townhome, christened last Friday as the Formerly Incarcerated Renaissance Museum (F.I.R.M.). Continue reading …

Michelle Simmons (center left) cuts the ribbon of the Formerly Incarcerated Renaissance Museum with help from Andrea James (center right), founder of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)

The 2024 Philadelphia Fringe Festival features over 1,000 performances of 312 shows from Sept. 5 through 29, and the sheer volume can seem daunting to navigate. Don’t worry. We can help.

Key to the whole thing is an understanding of what Fringe is. “We’re encouraging new people to create,” said Mikaela Boone, interim program director at @FringeArts.

Here’s our guide to how to make Fringe work for you, however you choose to approach it. Continue reading…

Emma McGill in Graveyard Shift in the Cannonball Festival. (Elizabeth Reilly)

RECAP: What else happened?

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• After heat sent Philly students home Tuesday and Wednesday, a cooler trend is expected to take hold in back half of the week. [Inquirer$]

• As interest in zero emissions public transport grows, Philly is hosting a conference this week about “green” buses. [WHYY]

• Penn Medicine resident doctors are protesting low wages after a year of contract negotiations. Their attempt to gather outside Penn Hospital yesterday was met with security driving them off the grounds. [WHYY]

• Philadelphia’s school board renewed several charter schools and approved funding for a new science curriculum. at their first meeting of the year. [Chalkbeat]

• James Beard Award Finalist Chef Dionicio Jiménez’s new BYOB Mexican restaurant in Ambler, will be soft opening on Friday. [Billy Penn/Around Ambler]

• Opera Philadelphia will offer tickets for $11 all season long in an attempt to welcome new audiences. It is the only major opera company in the U.S. to launch a pay-what-you-wish model. [WHYY]

MAYOR WATCH

Mayor Parker has no public appearances scheduled today.

ON THE CALENDAR

🪩 Thursday, August 29: Sapphira Cristál – The Cristál Ball Tour 2024
Loved Sapphira Cristál on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’? Celebrate the Philly-based contestant’s artistry at the hometown stop of her tour at Theatre of the Living Arts! Tickets start at $53. (8 p.m.)

🔔 Saturday, August 30: Philly Proud: Pressed Penny Mini Print Project
Create your own mini prints featuring iconic Philly landmarks from pressed pennies! Nimble Craft will be on hand next to Art Star in the Philadelphia Visitor Center to help any arts and crafts newbies. $5 per mini print with all materials provided. (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

🫶🏽 Saturday, August 30: Philly Pagan Pride
Clark Park hosts this 12th annual day of workshops, community rituals, live music, 50+ vendors, a labyrinth for walking meditation, a fire for communing, and a special guest keynote. Free, but encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item, cat food, cat litter, and/or gently used Pagan books. (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)

✍🏽 Sunday, September 1: Free First Sunday at Barnes Foundation
Celebrate legendary Philly inaugural poet laureate Sonia Sanchez’s 90th birthday at the Barnes with a FREE day of art, a scavenger hunt, storytime, film screening, and poetry readings. A leading figure in the Black Arts Movement, Sanchez is a prolific writer. (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)