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Arts & Entertainment

A blue and yellow figure is visible on a crosswalk in two photos side-by-side.
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads
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Billy Penn

Stikman-style street art is popping up in Philly crosswalks to support peace in Ukraine

Keep your eyes peeled for the little blue-and-yellow robot characters.

3 years ago

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Things To Do
Food & Drink
Music
Performing Arts
Visual Arts

Wilmington flowers, Lucius, Mother’s Day, Philly Tech Week in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Mother’s Day is celebrated with concerts, festivals and more. Or, bring mom to the summer re-opening of the attractions at Penn’s Landing.

3 years ago

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Mark Hamill (right) and Anthony Daniels reprise their roles of Luke Skywalker and C-3PO in the radio adaptation of Star Wars. (Steve Smith)
NPR
History
Movies
Performing Arts

On May the 4th, let’s remember the time NPR had a ‘Star Wars’ radio drama

Some of you may have forgotten (and some might not even know) that the network created three radio dramas based on George Lucas' original three movies.

3 years ago

A mock-up of the CBS TV production inside the White House. The Jackie Kennedy mannequin is dressed in a re-creation of the red suit she wore for the TV house tour
Delaware
Government
History
Visual Arts

Jackie Kennedy’s historic White House restoration re-created at Winterthur

The first lady's historic 1961 renovation of White House interiors, guided by Henry du Pont, is re-created at Delaware’s Winterthur museum.

3 years ago

Listen 1:50
ister Delphine Okoro, a nun with the Oblate Sisters of Providence, high fives a student as she teaches a fifth grade class at Mother Mary Lange Catholic School in Baltimore, Md., Wednesday, April 27, 2022.
Books
History
Race & Ethnicity
Religion

Black Catholic nuns: A compelling, long-overlooked history

Historian Shannen Dee Williams' comprehensive and compelling history of America's Black nuns, “Subversive Habits,” will be published May 17.

3 years ago

Doc Rivers of the 76ers reacts on the sidelines during a playoff game.
National
Philadelphia
Sports

Heat know that even without Embiid, 76ers will be challenge

The 76ers played the Heat once this season without Embiid and won that game. They’ll try to do it again Monday night when Philadelphia visits Miami in Game 1.

3 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid reacts during Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Monday, April 25, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia
Sports

‘There’s hope’: 76ers waiting to see if Embiid can come back

The 76ers and Heat both hit the practice floor Saturday to begin the process of adjusting for a playoff series that won’t have Embiid at the start -- at minimum.

3 years ago

File photo: Naomi Judd performs at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, June 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)
Music
National

Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dies at 76

The Judds were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.

3 years ago

Ozzy Osbourne arrives at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
NPR
Health Care
Media
Music

Ozzy Osbourne has been diagnosed with COVID-19

Sharon Osbourne, who revealed the diagnosis, said she is taking off time from work to care for her 73-year-old husband, a rock music legend.

3 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid looks into the stands in an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Philadelphia
Sports

Sixers’ Embiid has broken orbital bone, as East semis loom

Embiid was injured late in Philadelphia’s victory at Toronto on Thursday night, when the 76ers were closing out the Raptors and finishing off a six-game win.

3 years ago

Gilda (Raven McMillan) pleads with her father, Rigoletto (Anthony Clark Evans), who confines her to the house under the watch of a housekeeper. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

After 942 days, Opera Philadelphia returns to the Academy of Music

Canceled during the pandemic as a super-spreader event, now live opera comes back to the Academy of Music with a dark production of "Rigoletto."

3 years ago

Listen 2:08
File photo: Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid in action during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Philadelphia
Sports

Embiid scores 33 points, 76ers finish off Raptors in Game 6

Philadelphia will face Miami in the second round.

3 years ago

Antiques are seen on display as part of the Philadelphia Show
History
Philadelphia

At 60 years old, the Philadelphia Show finds a new home atop the Rocky Steps

The antiques and decorative arts show is now 60 years old, and has a new home atop the Rocky Steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

3 years ago

A black and white image of Andrew Wyeth
Pennsylvania
Visual Arts

Massive collection of never-before-seen Andrew Wyeth works to be made public

The Brandywine River Museum will oversee the display of nearly 7,000 works, the most never seen publicly.

3 years ago

Shawnick Rodriguez is having her first show at Taller Puertorriqueño this spring. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Colorful canvases highlight Puerto Rican culture at new art show in West Kensington

Called “Tu Eres Puerto Rico,” the exhibit was three years in the making.

3 years ago

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