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File photo: For one day, Sept. 3, 2022, movie tickets will be just $3 in the vast majority of American theaters as part of a newly launched ''National Cinema Day”''to lure moviegoers during a quiet spell at the box office. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Coming to a theater near you: $3 movie tickets for one day

The Cinema Foundation announced that Sept. 3 will be a nationwide discount day in more than 3,000 theaters and on more than 30,000 screens.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Union defender Matt Real (right) and midfielder Paxten Aaronson celebrate the team's sixth goal of a 6-0 against the Colorado Rapids on Aug 27, 2022 in Chester, Pa. (@PhilaUnion/Twitter)
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Union ride Gazdag’s hat trick to 6-0 romp over Rapids

The front runners in the Eastern Conference, posted a record fourth six-goal victory in team history — and they’ve all come in the Union’s last 10 matches.

3 years ago

''Radiant Baby,'' by Keith Haring, painted on the wall of his childhood bedroom. (Courtesy of the Rago/Wright auction house)
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Radiant Baby’s room: An intimate piece of Keith Haring’s life in Kutztown will go to auction

A piece of Haring’s bedroom wall with a Radiant Baby drawing is part of a “capsule” from his childhood home in Kutztown, Pa.

3 years ago

 In this Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, file photo, USA's Venus Williams (left) and Serena Williams (right) talk between points in their doubles match against Netherlands' Leslie Herkhove and Demi Schuurs in the first round of Fed Cup tennis competition in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
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Serena, Venus Williams get US Open doubles wild-card entry

This marks their first tournament as a team in more than four years.

3 years ago

People practice wheelthrowing at the Clay Studio's new facility on North American Street. (WHYY Youth Journalism Camp students)
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Video: The Clay Studio is thrilled to be bringing more art to Kensington

The nonprofit gallery and school offers free programming every week.

3 years ago

This combination of photos show Britney Spears at the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on April 12, 2018, left, and Elton John at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Los Angeles. Spears and John have collaborated for the first time, creating the slinky, club-ready single
Music

Elton John and Britney Spears unite on a new dance single

The song represents Spears' first new music since her 2016 album “Glory” and her first offering since the ending of her contentious conservatorship.

3 years ago

The Allentown Art Museum is doing away with admission fees. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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The Allentown Art Museum is now free to all, every day, forever

The 88 year-old downtown institution has eliminated admission prices to become more equitable and inclusive.

3 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia Phillies Bryce Harper sits in the dugout during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Saturday, July 23, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Phillies star Bryce Harper back Friday, 2 months after broken thumb

Harper hit two home runs and a game-winning double in a a two-game rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

3 years ago

File photo: Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, returns a shot to Alexander Zverev, of Germany, during the semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, in New York. Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United States. Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, hours before the draw for the event was revealed.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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Unvaccinated Djokovic out of US Open; can’t travel to States

Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the draw for the event was revealed.

3 years ago

A rider waves to approving pedestrians who stopped to watch the Philly Naked Bike Ride make its way through Center City. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
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Philly Naked Bike Ride, Korn, Ukrainian Festival, Welsh Week in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Plus: salsa dancing, the Tony-nominated “Grand Horizons,” The Fishtown Card Show and the Art and Jazz Festival in Delaware.

3 years ago

Host Melissa Villaseñor on stage during the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Film Independent)
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The Independent Spirit Awards moves toward gender-neutral acting categories

The awards have announced the categories will now be "best lead performance" and "best supporting performance."

3 years ago

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Philadelphia
Sports

Phillies’ Harper homers in 1st at-bat in Triple-A rehab game

Phillies slugger Bryce Harper has hit a home run in his first at-bat for Philadelphia’s Triple-A team as part of his rehabilitation assignment from a broken left thumb.

3 years ago

Monnette Sudler in her Germantown apartment. (Alex Lewis for WHYY)
Music
Philadelphia

Trailblazing jazz guitarist Monnette Sudler has died at 70

The Queen of Philly Jazz played with the greats, and was a champion of female guitarists.

3 years ago

Tyler Dobrowsky and wife Taibi Magar pose with audience theater seats visible behind them.
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Philadelphia

Philadelphia Theatre Company hires husband-and-wife team as artistic directors

Taibi Magar and Tyler Dobrowsky will helm the Philadelphia Theatre Company and its post-COVID growth.

3 years ago

Justin Faulker, director and conductor of the new Philadelphia Youth Jazz Orchestra,  a drummer with the Branford Marsalis Quartet and faculty member of Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance. (Bachrach Photography)
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Philadelphia

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra launches a jazz ensemble

After 82 years of teaching young people to perform classical music, one of the nation’s oldest youth orchestra programs is turning to big-band jazz.

3 years ago

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