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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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Luciano Spennato, second from left, poses with the Scotto Pizza crew in the mid-80s.
Community

Is the American shopping mall dead? The Philadelphia area has seen its fair share disappear

Industry experts believe the mall is not extinct, but evolving. However, there is a difference between the institution and a beloved small town mall like Granite Run.

1 year ago

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Matt Meyer
Politics & Policy

Delaware Gov.-elect Matt Meyer announces transition public feedback process ahead of taking office next year

Gov.-elect Meyer’s policy committees have already started meeting this week. He will be sworn into office Jan. 21.

1 year ago

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Scott Bessent speaks
Politics & Policy

What to know about Scott Bessent, Trump’s pick for treasury secretary

Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, is a past supporter of Democrats who has become an enthusiastic supporter of Donald Trump.

1 year ago

debris on the street
Weather

Forecasts warn of possible winter storms across U.S. during Thanksgiving week

The East Coast will be the most impacted on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, forecasters said.

1 year ago

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Urban Planning
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Crews work to repair 20-inch water main break in Northern Liberties

A 20-inch broken water main occurred on the 1100 block of North 4th Street early Sunday afternoon.

1 year ago

Lawnside residents look on and four signs read LOVE
Community

Lawnside community holds vigil to shine light on love in the face of hate incident

Neighboring residents gathered in support for the historically Black borough of Lawnside, New Jersey, where a resident became a victim of racist graffiti.

1 year ago

Cal Ripken Jr., baseball Hall of Fame shortstop, helps a Tinicum School student with a STEM activity at the school’s new STEM center, donated by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation on November 20, 2024. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation opens new STEM center at Tinicum School featuring drones and free technology

Cal Ripken Jr. talked about his legendary father and how the foundation is helping to reduce wealth and race disparities for students who enter STEM careers.

1 year ago

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The Jazz Age Illustration exhibition celebrates the creative spirit and dynamic energy of that time period.
(Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Delaware Art Museum revives the roaring ‘20s with public murals for its Jazz Age Illustration exhibition

The exhibition hearkens back to the visual style of the early 20th century, with art from magazine covers and album art to cartoons.

1 year ago

Sinta Penyami Storms performing
Arts & Entertainment

‘Dreaming together’: Philly’s Indonesian community celebrates gamelan music, dance

“We want to empower the community, and part of empowering the community is talking about our cultural traditions,” Sinta Penyami Storms said.

1 year ago

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Firefighters walk through floodwaters while responding to a rescue call in unincorporated Sonoma County, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Weather

Winter storms and rain sweep across the U.S. while a new system is expected to arrive for Thanksgiving

Blizzard or winter storm warnings were in effect Saturday from parts of the Northeast to central Appalachia.

1 year ago

FILE - A bicyclist passes a college tour group outside the Baker Library at Dartmouth College, April 7, 2023, in Hanover, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Courts & Law

Dartmouth sorority, two fraternity members charged in death of student from Delaware

Won Jang, 20, of Middletown, Delaware, had attended an off-campus party in July hosted by Alpha Phi sorority.

1 year ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Historical Society of Pennsylvania shows how Philadelphia took care of its own

An exhibition of the long history of charity and philanthropy in Philadelphia shows its cracks and possibilities.

1 year ago

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School students are also Bergen Barbers. (Keith Bratcher/Rutgers New Jersey Medical School)
Health

Rutgers medical students moonlight as Bergen Barbers, doling out haircuts and shaves to patients

The group was inspired by a patient who became depressed and requested a haircut.

1 year ago

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FILE - Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., accompanied by Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, and House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Politics & Policy

Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor

The announcements Friday evening showed how Trump was fleshing out the financial side of his new administration.

1 year ago

School District of Philadelphia building
Education

Philly School District reports record enrollment and uptick in graduating seniors

The district implemented an expanded 9th Grade On-Track program and hired an administrator to better coordinate a district-wide dropout reduction strategy.

1 year ago

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