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Philadelphia Ballet officials on Wednesday ceremoniously raised high the roofbeam, setting the topmost steel girder into place on the company’s new building currently under construction on North Broad Street. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/3Fpp9Bv

Philadelphia Orchestra is premiering a work about a climate apocalypse averted by a hummingbird. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4iNlR9z

Amid the shifting legal status of Trump's executive orders, Philly arts organizations are struggling to keep up. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4izHb2J

An ice-skating drag show about climate change was pilloried on national television. Philly’s The Bearded Ladies Cabaret holds that as a badge of honor. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4hhFhCA

This weekend, Philadelphia says goodbye to Macy’s department store in the Wanamaker Building. The iconic building has been a department store for 149 years. The legacy of Philly’s proud retail history is scattered around the city. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4kNlz4w

In "Rift," a play from InterAct Theatre, the two actors playing brothers trying to bridge irreconcilable racial differences switch roles every night. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4iXVXR8

Peacocks and giraffes and snails, oh my! Giant, plant-based sculptures are strewn around the Philly Zoo to drive home the connections between plants and animals. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4ihjtao

The Museum of the American Revolution shows how the shifting ideals of American liberty can be traced in the historic flags of militias. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4cJhScs

“Don’t Forget to Remember (Me)” by Nekisha Durrett is a landscaping monument challenging the college’s racially exclusionary past. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/3ELkTfG

This weekend, the filmmakers are teasing the first season, which starts in June, at Bryn Mawr College. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/3EEKzuE

Arts organizations in Philadelphia and elsewhere scramble to cope with an abrupt cancellation of promised federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4k7h7MD

LOVE Park's empty visitor center shaped like a flying saucer comes to life with nightly film projections about Philly immigrants. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/3YzLinF

After 22 years of covering every nook and cranny of Philadelphia’s gallery scene, TheArtBlog is closing down. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4dnAK0X

"Giovanni's Room," the revered gay literature classic by James Baldwin, was always held tightly by the author and his heirs. Now in previews at Germantown's Sedgwick Theater is the first production sanctioned by his estate. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4kjVU2Q

After catching fire in 2018, a Cape May church associated with the Underground Railroad is now a theater space. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/43sSvZC

Tucked into Philly’s largest tract of wild forest, “TERRA” explores ecofeminism and the disruptive forces of gravity. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4n0Ah9f

Drill dance troupe Maci Lago Universe is competing for a national championship while changing lives back at home. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4ndh1pd

Laurel Raczka, the longtime leader of the Painted Bride Art Center, is stepping down after 26 years with the arts organization. Raczka said she will stay on until her successor is identified, likely within the next six months. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4k5y9KJ

The revolutionary moment that gave birth to the United States 250 years ago had many stories. Philly-area historical organizations aim to bring tens of thousands of them to life. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/44vV9wG

Selections of Live Aid — the massive 1985 concert held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and the old JFK Stadium in South Philly — will be re-created in Philadelphia this weekend. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4liVOZD