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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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Fairleigh Dickinson guard Grant Singleton (4) celebrates after a basket against Purdue in the second half of a first-round college basketball game in the men's NCAA Tournament in Columbus, Ohio
Community

Fairleigh Dickinson stuns No. 1 seed Purdue in March Madness

FDU became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game. Five years ago, UMBC showed the way for the little guys by overwhelming Virginia.

3 years ago

Kingsley Ibeneche, performing as part of an earlier ''Multitudes'' concert at World Cafe Live, taken from a video shot by World Cafe Life
Arts & Entertainment

Musicians and poets perform new work inspired by PAFA’s American art

A concert of poets and musicians showcases new work inspired by PAFA’s exhibition “Making American Artists.”

3 years ago

Lotus Barnes (foreground) and Daneri Owens enjoy play time at the Southbridge cente
Education

Quest to put more pre-K schools in low-income Wilmington neighborhoods takes another step

By this fall the Stubbs Early Childhood Assistance Program will serve more than 300 children at three sites, all in low-income areas of town.

3 years ago

A view of a Temple flag from below, flying outside of a university building.
Education
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Temple University faculty deciding on whether to hold no-confidence vote on president, executives

The union held a meeting to discuss concerns about how President Jason Wingard has led the school since taking over in 2021.

3 years ago

Fourteen people were charged in what prosecutors are calling ''Operation Cold Cuts.
Community
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‘Operation Cold Cuts’: 14 charged in alleged South Jersey drug trafficking ring

Along with what they're calling "a large amount" of drugs, authorities seized 14 firearms and $300,000 cash.

3 years ago

Actor Lance Reddick appears at the ''White House Down'' premiere in New York
Arts & Entertainment

Lance Reddick, ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick’ star, dies at 60

Reddick was often put in a suit or a crisp uniform during his career, playing tall taciturn and elegant men of distinction.

3 years ago

Wilimngton, Del. Mayor Mike Purzycki
Politics & Policy

Higher water fees and a new ticket tax: Wilmington mayor unveils 2024 budget proposal

Purzycki says the additional revenue he wants City Council to approve is needed for when “the bills come due” in two years.

3 years ago

Najee Seabrooks
Courts & Law

‘Our system failed Najee’: Advocates renew calls for mental health support in wake of N.J. police killing

The 31-year-old Paterson violence intervention advocate was experiencing a mental health episode during a fatal encounter with police on March 3.

3 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Philly State House delegation pushes for more funding, gun regulations from Harrisburg

Their goal is everything from drivers licenses for undocumented people to more funding for crime fighting and schools.

3 years ago

Customers and bystanders form a line outside a Silicon Valley Bank branch location
Courts & Law

Parent company of Silicon Valley Bank files for bankruptcy

The move comes a week after the tech-focused bank failed in a sudden collapse that set off fears of wider problems in the global banking system.

3 years ago

The cover of a U.S. Passport
Community
6abc

Panic is growing over passport delays. What you should know before traveling

Looking for a passport? The Department of State's website says processing time is eight to eleven weeks with routine service and five to seven weeks for expedited.

3 years ago

Dead Humpback Whale on Offshore New Jersey Beach
Politics & Policy

GOP congressmen: Halt offshore wind, probe whale deaths

Thursday's hearing in Wildwood could be the beginning of an expected campaign by the GOP-controlled House to investigate the Biden administration’s clean energy plans.

3 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Courts & Law

ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over Ukraine war crimes

The court says it has issued an arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine.

3 years ago

Through April 2023, Elixr Coffee is printeing poems on their beverage sleeves. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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A Philly coffee shop is serving up orders with a side of poetry

The six-month-long project seeks to offer a moment of “surprise and delight.”

3 years ago

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Kids got to cut the ribbon to celebrate Glavin Playground's reopening on March 16, 2023. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Community

Port Richmond playground reopens as Rebuild looks to future projects

Officials with Rebuild Philadelphia point to a brighter future ahead during the reopening of Glavin Playground in Port Richmond Thursday.

3 years ago

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