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Because of the truffles our little snouts root up, organizations like the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (GPCA) are able to go public with statements like this: Cultural organizations and their audiences in greater Philadelphia spend $1.3 billion annually, and the economic activity of the cultural sector generates 40,000 jobs and returns $158 million in taxes to state and local communities (GPCA report, “Arts, Culture, & Economic Prosperity in Greater Philadelphia“). This helps keep pressure on City Hall and Harrisburg to support the arts.

“I have found that the broken spaces are my living canvas,” Yeh says. “In our brokenness, our hearts reach for beauty.” Lily Yeh was home in Philadelphia, between planes – back from Palestine, en route to Taiwan – and yet she was practically bubbling over.

The nation went to the polls on Tuesday. Whereas Philadelphia, with its 8 to 1 Democratic registration advantage, offered little in the way of surprises, the suburbs were a different story. Democrats and Republicans battled it out in several county-level contests, testing their voter-turnout efforts in anticipation of next year’s Presidential election.

Ovation, a multiplatform arts programming network with a dedicated channel on the Comcast cable network, recently began airing six promotional videos highlighting the cultural scene in Philadelphia. The six spots, which were produced in partnership with the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and the City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, highlight Philadelphia's rich cultural scene and feature music, theater, visual arts, dance, history, science and more. View the videos here.