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Dominican-born Delaware artist Juan Santos stands in front of his paintings holding a yellow flower
Arts & Entertainment

‘It’s to make you feel included’: A Delaware artist’s new exhibit asks those to reflect on identity, family and belonging

What began as artwork created during different moments of his life, now comes together in ‘Becoming,’ a Delaware exhibit encouraging visitors to explore their own stories.

2 days ago

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The shuttered Rudolph Walton elementary school in Strawberry Mansion
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

A vacant 126-year-old school in Strawberry Mansion will become senior housing

The $34 million project will repurpose the historic property through a partnership with the Philadelphia Housing Authority.

2 days ago

A foster kitten being snuggled
Community

‘Ready for their forever homes’: Philly brewery pop-up adoption event brings kittens a step closer to finding permanent families

PAWS sets a summer goal of placing 300 homeless pets in foster homes so it can rescue 300 additional animals.

2 days ago

People at the Southeast Asian market
Weather

Philly’s Southeast Asian Market bounces back a week after microburst storm destroys inventory

A week after severe storms devastated vendor stands and inventory, the market bounced back and drew in customers.

3 days ago

gluten-free chocolate cake mix
Community

This gluten-free expo, described as the nation’s largest, celebrates a delicious kind of ‘freedom’

The Wicked Gluten Free Expo and Food Festival gives people with celiac disease a rare chance to eat, shop and connect without worry.

3 days ago

Cooper Medical School students
Health

3 Philadelphia-area medical schools agree to add nutrition education in response to RFK Jr.’s push

The push to teach nutrition in medical schools predates the current administration. So far, 73 medical schools have signed on to the campaign.

3 days ago

Listen 1:35
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks from a prodium
Politics & Policy

Gov. Shapiro lends political capital to launch coordinated campaign to help elect Pennsylvania Democrats

State Democratic leaders announced the effort in the district of U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, one of four Republican-held seats they hope to flip in November.

4 days ago

Listen 1:13
The inside of Immaculate Conception Chapel
Community

Ambler chapel at historic Pa. seminary wins international architecture award

Immaculate Conception Chapel at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary is one of several historic, architecturally significant places honored by a Philadelphia-based nonprofit.

4 days ago

Listen 1:05
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy speaks at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard in front of the newly built The Lone Star State
Politics & Policy

Trump officials join Chester’s Scanlon at Philly shipyard to christen new training vessel and tout U.S. shipbuilding revival

The Hanwha Philly Shipyard was also awarded a contract to build a missile detection ship that will be part of the president’s “Golden Dome” anti-missile defense system.

4 days ago

Listen 1:17
Display at The House, The Oracle, and The Table installation
Arts & Entertainment

‘The house is everything’: Germantown’s Colored Girls Museum invites vanessa german to install spiritual ‘magic’

“The House, the Oracle and the Table” is a site-specific work evoking the spirituality of a century-old house of Black art.

4 days ago

Roberto Lugo's tapestry, commenting on modern immigration
Arts & Entertainment

Washington crossing the Delaware has new meaning at the Michener Museum in Doylestown

“The Crossing” shows how artists have had their way with the American Revolution’s most iconic image over the last two centuries.

4 days ago

Listen 1:12
Rutgers University flag Camden Campus
Education

Rutgers University’s unionized faculty want administration to stop ‘unnecessary’ hiring freeze

The hiring freeze announcement comes as the unions have begun negotiating a new labor agreement.

5 days ago

Shown is Philadelphia along the Delaware River, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Cultural Fund releases record-high arts and culture grants

The Cultural Fund is in the midst of a strategic planning process to find a more equitable funding model.

5 days ago

Listen 1:22
Tarir Satterfield-Rowe of Camden jogs across a smoke shrouded Ben Franklin Bridge
Weather

Reprieve from wildfire smoke expected to come over the weekend, meteorologists say

Rainfall and a change in wind direction are expected to push the smoky air away from Philadelphia.

5 days ago

Parkway Central Library in Philadelphia
Community

Can Americans still talk about guns? At this Philly gathering, they tried

WHYY's Bridging Blocks brought together people with differing views on firearms for a conversation about rights, violence and the challenge of listening across disagreement.

5 days ago

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