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The Fairmount Park Conservancy’s Public Programs Manager John Sigmund demonstrates the fun Philadelphians will have during the organization’s WinTOUR Scavenger Hunt. For six weeks, the public can download the free app and complete the hunt for prizes. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Discover the ‘hidden gems’ of Philly’s Fairmount Park via scavenger hunt

The scavenger hunt is a free, self-guided, six-week-long adventure in Philadelphia’s largest park.

3 years ago

Listen 1:56
A man stands in the foreground of a bedroom. In the background, another man sits on a bed, and another man stands off to the side.
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Langston Hughes’ ‘Ways of White Folks’ given a grand stage at Glen Foerd

The rooms of Glen Foerd, in a 19th century summer retreat on the Delaware River, is the setting for Hughes’ “The Ways of White Folks.”

3 years ago

Listen 1:49
Lisa Marie Presley performs during her Storm & Grace tour on June 20, 2012, at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago.
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Lisa Marie Presley dies at 54 after hospitalization

Her mother Priscilla Presley says in a statement Thursday that the only child of Elvis Presley died after being rushed to the hospital earlier that day.

3 years ago

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Things To Do
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Music
Performing Arts

Celebrating a King, a night in the museum, Burger Crawl, and En Vogue in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Jan. 12 - Jan. 16: Celebrating MLK in Philly, N.J., and Del., En Vogue, Burger Crawl and CC Restaurant Week are among weekend event highlights.

3 years ago

Listen 6:14
File photo: Guitarist Jeff Beck performs at the Louisiana Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans on April 29, 201
Music
National

Jeff Beck, guitar god who influenced generations, dies at 78

Beck influenced generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player’s guitar player.

3 years ago

Janelle James, from left, Quinta Brunson, Lisa Ann Walter and Sheryl Lee Ralph pose in the press room with the award for best television series, musical or comedy for
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Quinta Brunson, ‘Abbott Elementary’ among big winners at Golden Globes

The Golden Globes on Tuesday sought to rekindle its pre-pandemic and pre-scandal glamour.

3 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid dribbles during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Philadelphia
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Sports

Embiid scores 36 points, Harden has triple-double for 76ers

Harden finished with 16 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds Embiid returned from a three-game absence with a sore left foot with a new look.

3 years ago

The Rocky statue on a sunny day.
Movies
Philadelphia
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Sculpture
Billy Penn

Making the Rocky statue into ‘a destination for the world’

Is it a movie prop or is it art?

3 years ago

The cast of ''1776'' (from left) Sushma Saha, Sara Porkalob, Mehry Eslaminia, Gisela Adisa, Crystal Lucas-Perry, Elizabeth A. Davis, Becca Ayers, Brooke Simpson, and Oneika Phillips
History
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Philadelphia

‘1776’ comes home to Philly for the launch of the Broadway musical tour

The revival of the 1969 musical updates the signing of the Declaration of Independence with a cast representing multiple races, genders, and ethnicities.

3 years ago

Listen 1:24
Philadelphia Eagles running back Boston Scott (35) celebrates his touchdown run with wide receiver A.J. Brown (11) and tight end Dallas Goedert (88) during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Philadelphia
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6abc

Philadelphia Eagles Divisional Round playoff tickets to go on sale Tuesday

The Eagles have a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts looks to pass against the New York Giants
Philadelphia
Sports

Hurts returns from injury, leads Eagles to No. 1 seed in NFC

The Eagles clinched the NFC East. They also earn home field throughout the playoffs.

3 years ago

Detroit Pistons forward Bojan Bogdanovic (44) fouls Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden (1)
Philadelphia
Sports

Harden’s triple-double leads 76ers to easy win over Pistons

Tyrese Maxey added 23 points and Montrez Harrell scored 20 for the Sixers, who have won four of five.

3 years ago

Russell Banks, author of ''Cloudsplitter,'' delivers a keynote address during the Hemingway & Winship Awards ceremony at John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston, April, 4, 2004
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Russell Banks, praised author of ‘Cloudsplitter,’ dies at 82

Banks was a self-styled heir to such 19th century writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman, aspiring to high art and a deep grasp of the country’s spirit.

3 years ago

2023 PA Farm Show food
Animals
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Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Best bites at the 2023 PA Farm Show (omg that creamsicle milkshake!)

Two meats and four sweets that show off the commonwealth’s best agriculture.

3 years ago

A close-up of a butter sculpture of a calf.
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Food & Drink
Pennsylvania
Sculpture
Billy Penn

PA Farm Show butter sculpture: 1,000 lbs. and all the stats you could possibly want to know

For the 2023 edition, sculptors carved a multi-generational scene of a dairy farming family, with a keystone backdrop showing a bucolic farm.

3 years ago

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