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Nick Stuccio, FringeArts President  and Producing Director. (Jennifer Lynn/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s Fringe Festival touts hundreds of daring, defying, delightful performances

Me and Jesus and Prince and Captain Jean-Luc Picard as performance art can only mean one thing: The Philly Fringe Festival is back for the 2022 edition.

4 years ago

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File photo: Ringo Starr plays as part of a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of Woodstock in Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Fringe Festival, Ringo Starr, Wu-Tang and Nas, Feria del Barrio, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Sept. 8 - Sept. 11: The Fringe Fest begins in Philadelphia, Ringo Starr comes to the Met, The Disco Biscuits are in Delaware, and Wu-Tang and Nas hit the stage in New Jersey.

4 years ago

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Community

‘Everybody’s Hometown’ is rewriting its zoning laws. Should other communities take note?

The Delaware County seat wants to incorporate form-based code into its zoning laws. This planning method organizes communities based on their physical form rather than use.

4 years ago

Residents have been protesting the potential sale of UC Townhomes for months since property owners announced last July that the HUD contract wouldn't be renewed. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Community

City Council members call for extension of UC Townhomes HUD contract

Demonstrators demanded outside investors stop encroaching on housing properties within Philadelphia, and called on the city to create a fund to preserve affordable housing.

4 years ago

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Community

Police arrest Memphis man in livestreamed shootings; 4 dead

Four people were killed and three others were wounded in seven shootings and at least two carjackings.

4 years ago

Frances Tiafoe reacts after winning a tie breaker against Andrey Rublev, of Russia, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Wednesday in New York. (Seth Wenig/AP)
Arts & Entertainment

Tiafoe becomes first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006

The 24-year-old Tiafoe was backed by a boisterous partisan crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

4 years ago

A closeup of City Hall
Politics & Policy

As mayoral bids mount, a dwindling Philly Council will soon meet in person

The move comes after three members resigned their seats this week to launch campaigns for mayor.

4 years ago

Voters outside of a building
Politics & Policy

Delaware’s first ‘election protection’ program launches ahead of state’s primary vote

Volunteer poll monitors will work outside Delaware’s polls for next week’s primary and the November general election.

4 years ago

Pa. Lt. Gov. and senatorial candidate John Fetterman speaks to a crowd gathered at a United Steel Workers of America Labor Day event with President Joe Biden in West Mifflin, Pa., just outside Pittsburgh, Monday Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)
Politics & Policy

Fetterman agrees to 1 debate against Oz in Pa. Senate race

The campaign said Wednesday that Fetterman would participate in a televised debate in mid- to late October.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Philadelphia poll workers are about to get a raise

City officials hope the pay bump, which is set to be approved next week, will help bring new people into the Election Day fold.

4 years ago

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law on Sept. 7, 2022 establishing the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail and Commission. The signing happened at the Newark Public Library. (Tennyson Donyéa / WHYY)
Community

New Jersey’s Black Heritage Trail signed into law

The trail will consist of historical markers placed at various sites in the state that commemorate African American contributions.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Council announced a $7.6 million investment in legal assistance for residents dealing with tangled titles on Sept. 7, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly is spending millions to help low-income residents resolve tangled titles

The money is part of the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative, and will go to four legal aid groups with a history of helping people claim legal ownership of their homes.

4 years ago

Gianna Yanelli (left), who portrays Adrian in Walnut Street Theatre’s production of ‘’Rocky, the Musical,’’ and Matthew Amira, who portrays Rocky, make cheesesteaks at Pat’s King of Steaks in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Rocky the Musical is getting its Philly debut, but first, cheesesteaks

The iconic Philly story premiered on Broadway in 2014 for six months, then all but disappeared. It opens at Walnut Street Theatre in October.

4 years ago

File photo: Insurrectionists loyal to former President Donald Trump breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.  (John Minchillo/AP)
Courts & Law

Pa. man turned in by ex-girlfriend gets 9 months in Capitol riot

Twenty-nine-year-old Richard Michetti of Ridley Park pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting obstruction of an official proceeding.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Cherelle Parker. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Cherelle Parker resigns and joins what is expected to be a crowded race for Philly mayor

Parker becomes the fourth candidate to resign in recent weeks and the third to launch a bid to replace Mayor Jim Kenney.

4 years ago

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