Upcoming Events

On Canvas Premiere Party
What: Premier of Season Two of On Canvas

When/Where: Sept. 17th,
The Suzanne Roberts Theatre

A celebration of Arts and Culture and the season premiere of WHYY's On Canvas, showcasing performing arts in the Delaware Valley. This event is taking place at The Suzanne Roberts Theatre on S. Broad Street. On Canvas offers compelling stories about the region's diverse cultural life. Every week, the series introduces audiences to a new performing arts experience selected from the region's rich cultural landscape. Don't miss On Canvas! Wednesdays at 9pm on the Y Arts Channel.

Fall Events

Off Air with Fresh Air at the Baby Grand
What: Off Air With Fresh Air

When/Where: Oct. 29th, 5:30pm - 8pm
The Baby Grand in Wilmington, DE

Terry Gross presents Off Air with Fresh Air, a compilation of her best shows. Off Air With Fresh Air is a collection of some of the best Fresh Air interviews over the years, a wide ranging and entertaining look into the lives of some of the world's most entertainers.

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is the third most listened to program on public radio. Produced by WHYY in Philadelphia and distributed nationally by National Public Radio, Fresh Air is listened to by nearly 4.5 million people each week and is heard on more than 450 public radio stations across the country, as well as in Europe on the World Radio Network.

Mike McGrath Presentation at Goggleworks
What: Goggleworks event in Reading, PA featuring Mike McGrath from 91FM's You Bet Your Garden. Mike answers "What are your most difficult gardening questions?" Presentation followed with a light reception.

When/Where: November 2nd, 1pm
Goggleworks in Reading, PA

"Organic Answers to All Your Garden Questions!"

Are dastardly deer dining on your dianthus? Slimy slugs sucking up your salvia? Crabgrass making you crabby? Black spot driving you batty?

Are these and garden problems making you so miserable you're ready to throw in the trowel and pour concrete? Well, buck up and get ready to start growing again, because Public Radio's Mike McGrath is here to reveal highly effective--and completely chemical-free--answers to your worst gardening problems: Weeds, disease, shade, invasive insects, malicious mammals--even 'impossible to cure' problems like black spot on roses!

This Fall is the 10 year anniversary of Mike McGrath's radio show!

Whatever your worst woe, Mike will help you conquer it -- without having to turn to chemicals of any kind -- in this lively Q & A session. You bring the problems; Mike will cook up the answers.

Space is limited. For more information about these and other upcoming events, please email Cara Berk or call her at (215) 351-2019.

Past Events

Thursday, June 5, 2008 - Philadelphia Collects Exhibition preview reception at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (DCCC). Founded in 1962, The Philadelphia Antiques Show is one of the longest running antiques shows in the country. Each year, the highly anticipated Preview Gala inagurates the four-day show in truly grand fashion as a prominent sell-out event. To this day, the Gala continues to remain a leading social and fund-raising event and an increasingly important visitor attraction to Philadelphia.

Thursday, May 8, 2008 - WHYY's Annual President's Dinner and Lifelong Learning Award, honoring Gwen Ifill at WHYY's Civic Space. Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and senior correspondent for The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. Her credentials indules coverages from The New York Times, Washington Post, Baltimore Evening Sun, and Boston Herald American.

Saturday, April 26, 2008 - A pre-show reception and performance by The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater at the Kimmel Center. Led by Alvin Ailey and a group of young African-American modern dancers, The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater performance forever changed the perception of American dance. Today led by Artistic Director Judith Jamison, AAADT has gone on to perform for an estimated 21 million people in the 48 states and in 71 countires on six continents, including two historic residences in South Africa.

Meet the Artist

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

WHYY and the Philadelphia Orchestra Association host "Meet the Artist" - A conversation with Samuel Pisar, human-rights activist and Holocaust survivor, interviewed by 91FM's Dave Heller at WHYY Civic Space. As a renowned international attorney and a Holocaust survivor, Samuel Pisar has experienced mankind's capacity for genius and madness. His advocacy for peaceful coexsistence is a message from one who has lived through hell on earth.