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Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia 76ers' Doc Rivers speaks during a news conference at the team's NBA basketball practice facility, Friday, May 13, 2022, in Camden, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia
Sports

76ers need better Harden, healthy Embiid to contend in East next season

Sixers basketball President Daryl Morey said Doc Rivers will return for a third season as coach.

4 years ago

Actor Fred Ward seen in 1994. (Michael Grecco/MGP, Inc.)
NPR
Movies
National

Actor Fred Ward dies. He had the right stuff in movies from ‘Tremors’ to ‘The Player’

Ward died on Sunday at age 79.

4 years ago

Author and animal rescue officer Jess Thedinga (right) at a Philly book event.
Animals
Books
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

When she’s not rescuing cats or recording viral TikToks, this Philly animal control officer writes children’s books

Known online as ACO Jess, she just wants people to understand her job.

4 years ago

Mia Ellen Ruggieri of Bala Cynwyd made 100 earrings with her mom to help raise money for to support the Ukrainian people. (Courtesy of Jill Ellen Ruggieri)
PlanPhilly
International
Pennsylvania

A Bala Cynwyd fourth-grader hatches crafty plan to help Ukraine

Mia Ellen Ruggieri of Bala Cynwyd made 100 earrings to help raise money for people in Ukraine. She’s only 9 years old.

4 years ago

Listen 2:09
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
Business
History
Philadelphia
Religion

Yo, it’s back. Philly’s Jewish museum reopens after 26 months closed

Philly’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History comes back after the pandemic and bankruptcy as a forum for contemporary issues.

4 years ago

Listen 1:26
Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo (13), P.J. Tucker (17), and Max Strus (31) celebrate past Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid (21) during the second half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia
Sports

Heat beat 76ers 99-90 in Game 6 to advance to East finals

The Heat will play the winner of the Milwaukee-Boston series.

4 years ago

Visit Philadelphia President and CEO Angela Val. (Courtesy of Cashman & Associates)
Community Events
Philadelphia
Travel
The Philadelphia Tribune

Visit Philadelphia names 1st Black woman as president/CEO

According to Angela Val, she might be the first Black woman to lead the non-profit tourism group, but she doesn’t expect to be the last.

4 years ago

Singer Dionne Warwick attends a special screening of ''The Dark Tower'' at the Museum of Modern Art on Monday, July 31, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Latin Music Fest, Kensington Derby, Interpol, and the return of the Dad Vail in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Highlights in and around Philly this weekend include Interpol at the Met, Philly film fest, and a quirky car race and street fest in Kensington.

4 years ago

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) dribbles the ball up the court against the Golden State Warriors during the first half of Game 2 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series in San Francisco, Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
National
Sports

Nikola Jokic captures 2nd straight NBA MVP title, Sixers’ Embiid finishes runner-up

The 27-year-old from Serbia averaged 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists to take home MVP honors.

4 years ago

The Universal Dance Ensemble performed at the #fundPHLarts rally outside City Hall in Philadelphia on May 11, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Government
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Arts groups call on Philly to help out with pandemic relief funds

The groups are calling for additional money to help them in a time of need after seeing their funding cut during the pandemic.

4 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) drives up against Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) during the first half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Philadelphia
Sports

Heat defeat 76ers 120-85 in Game 5, take 3-2 series lead

The 76ers were down by 15 going into the fourth, then gave up 12 consecutive points to open the final quarter.

4 years ago

Gospel singer Treena Ferebee at the announcement of the 2022 Welcome America Festival. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philly plans for weeks-long Welcome America festivities fully in person

The 2022 festival will feature dozens of in-person events from Juneteenth to July 4th including fireworks displays and a massive concert on the Ben Franklin Parkway.

4 years ago

Portrait of James Ijames
National
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Philly playwright James Ijames wins the Pulitzer Prize

The Philly playwright and co-artistic director of the Wilma Theater won for “Fat Ham,” reimagining “Hamlet” as a queer, Black southern BBQ.

4 years ago

A mural on the side of The William Way Center is visible.
LGBTQ
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Public Health

The unmourned will be remembered in new Philadelphia AIDS memorialization project

The William Way Center launches Remembrance, a play, funeral procession, and online portal to honor unmourned AIDS deaths.

4 years ago

Puerto Rican artist Antonio Martorell stands in front of an artwork depicting a tree.
Environment
Philadelphia
Sustainability
Visual Arts

New exhibition at Taller Puertorriqueño takes a deeper look at Puerto Rico’s struggles

Antonio Martorell, 83, installed a tropical forest inside Taller Puertorriqueño in North Philadelphia for an exhibition about the island’s woes.

4 years ago

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