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Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

XPoNential Music Festival, Coatesville Grand Prix, Diamond State Film Fest, Roxy Music, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Sept. 15 - Sept.18: Diamond State Film Festival in Delaware, Coatesville Grand Prix, and XPoNential Music Fest in Camden are among the weekend’s best events.

4 years ago

Listen 5:13
The Chorus of the Dead perform during a rehearsal of ''TOWN,'' a play created and performed by Norristown residents. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

What’s a Zep? Norristown explained, on stage

Theatre Horizon interviewed 130 residents of Norristown, Pa., to inform its original play that will be performed by a cast of 60 townspeople.

4 years ago

Listen 4:04
Philadelphia City Hall.
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

To get unconnected neighbors online, Philly needs to ramp up offline efforts

The White House’s broadband affordability plan is a big opportunity for Philly — but getting families signed up demands offline efforts, writes Julia Rivera.

4 years ago

The YWCA in Germantown.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Dispute with Philly City Council member stalls redevelopment of Germantown Y

A Friends group says the city broke its promise to issue a new request for proposal by the end of August, putting the redevelopment of the Germantown Y in limbo.

4 years ago

Workers at the Pennsylvania Convention Center prepare election boxes that will go out to polling places on Election Day. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Defending the 2020 election has cost Pennsylvania millions. Here’s how the state is preparing for this election

The baseless election fraud claims are requiring Pennsylvania to retain more lawyers — subsequently exhausting much needed resources and costing taxpayers millions.

4 years ago

Lt. Gov John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz
Politics & Policy

Fetterman, Oz agree to Oct. 25 debate, but feud over terms

The debate, coming two weeks before the general election, follows weeks of cajoling by Oz.

4 years ago

Richard Feliciano Velez, 7, tests the water feature of the River Alive! Learning Trail turtle sculpture after the unveiling event at Tookany Creek Park on Sept. 14, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

Animal sculptures, poems, and QR codes: Juniata Park’s new River Alive! Trail teaches families about nature

The River Alive! Trail in Tacony Creek Park was shaped and built by community members. The bilingual exhibit aims to teach families about nature.

4 years ago

FILE - Musician R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 for R. Kelly and two co-defendants in the R&B singer’s trial on federal charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex, with jury deliberations to follow. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)
Courts & Law

R. Kelly convicted on many counts, acquitted of trial fixing

Kelly, 55, was found guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement.

4 years ago

Brooke McCarthy in her one-woman cabaret/comedy show, 'How to be an Ethical Slut.' (Clay Chastain)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Fringe Fesitval pushes the sexual envelope with ‘How to be an ethical slut’

The one-woman cabaret embraces non-monogamy and other unconventional ways people may love each other.

4 years ago

Listen 5:43
Philadelphia Police investigators work the scene of a fatal overnight shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Sunday, June 5, 2022.
Courts & Law

Pinpoint plateau: Philly’s group violence intervention program makes single-digit percentage differences

As of Sept. 11, the year-to-date statistics from "Operation Pinpoint," Philadelphia’s group violence intervention program, show only slight decreases.

4 years ago

File photo: Many trees were felled as part of the restoration and renovation of the Cobbs Creek golf course and community engagement center, as seen on Feb. 27, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly Art Commission continues to challenge Cobbs Creek Golf Course renovation

Commissioners heard plans for a driving range and education center for a third time. One called the development team’s preparation “troubling.”

4 years ago

Left: Republican Sen. Colin Bonini. Right: Democratic Rep. Larry Mitchell. (Provided by campaigns)
Politics & Policy

Primary voters send two prominent Delaware lawmakers into involuntary retirement

Colin Bonini had been in the state Senate since 1995 and was the GOP’s nominee for governor in 2016. Larry Mitchell was a 16-year veteran and House Majority Whip.

4 years ago

File photo A Norfolk Southern freight train makes its way through Homestead, Pa., on April 27, 2022.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Community

One union rejects deal days ahead of rail strike deadline

A strike would intensify snarls in the nation’s supply chain that have contributed to rising prices.

4 years ago

Emergency crews responding to a building collapse in East Kensington, September 14, 2022. (6abc)
Community
6abc

Key Pizza destroyed in East Kensington building collapse

The building collapsed Wednesday morning at Memphis and York streets in the East Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Election workers check ballots one last time before sending them to be scanned and counted in the West Chester University gym.
Politics & Policy

‘A theft of taxpayer resources’: Delco still paying to fend off election fraud lawsuits from 2020

In Pennsylvania, Delaware County is 15-0 fighting off election-related lawsuits from 2020 — some of which are still active. All of that winning has come at a cost.

4 years ago

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