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Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, A Feast of Carols. Photo by Torello Productions. 
SAADA's staff at the Archives Month Philly event at the Free Library's Parkway Central Branch. Photo courtesy of SAADA. 
Jeri Lynne Johnson conducts Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, July 25, 2025. Photo courtesy of Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra.  
An on-set reenactment of William Penn working at a desk, shot at the Colonial Preservation Farmstead at the Ridley Creek State Park on September 25, 2025. Photo by Jonathan Kohl, courtesy of History Making Productions. 
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Asian Arts Initiative, The Body You Want, 2024, installation view. Photo by Constance Mensh.
Open gallery rendering, Calder Gardens, 2022. Image courtesy of The Barnes Foundation, Herzog & de Meuron, and Calder Foundation, New York. Photo courtesy of Calder Foundation, New York / Art Resource, New York; photo © Calder Foundation, New York; work by Alexander Calder © Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; rendering © Herzog & de Meuron.
Historic Germantown, Black Lives in Germantown Tour at the Black Writers Museum, Vernon Park. Photo by John Faller.
David Liebman. Photo by Sune Andersson.
So Percussion. Photo by David Andrako.
Poncho Sanchez and band. Image courtesy of Montgomery County Community College.
Dr. Marvin Sapp performs with the Philadelphia Orchestra at \Gospel Meets Symphony
Peter Brötzmann.
David Gordon.
Malavika Sarukkai. Photo courtesy of Deepa Colour Lab, Delhi.
A work-in-progress performance of The Dance Apocalypse at Scratch Night, March 2013. Pictured, from left: Gabrielle Revlock and Nicole Bindler. Photo by Kate Raines.
Tommie Waheed Evans. Photo by Lois Greenfield.
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Israel Galván of Nuevo Flamenco: The Galván Legacy, the centerpiece of Pasión y Arte's 2014 Flamenco Festival, performing La Curva. Photo by Felix Vazquez.
Nichole Canuso in Midway Avenue. Photo by Peggy Woolsey.
Pauline Oliveros. Photo by Pieter Kers.
Tania Isaac performing in 2007.
Keith J. Conallen in Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
Photo courtesy of Aaron Cromie.
Geoff Sobelle in The Object Lesson at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Photo by Craig Schwartz, courtesy of Center Theatre Group.