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Community Events
Philadelphia
Poetry

Black women poets will gather this weekend to build their legacy

This weekend’s The Clearing in a Germantown arboretum is part of a project to identify, celebrate, and memorialize Philly’s Black women poets.

4 years ago

Headshots of Chris Rock, left, and Will Smith, right
Movies
National
Philadelphia

Will Smith posts an apology video for slapping Chris Rock

Will Smith has again apologized to Chris Rock for slapping him during the Oscar telecast, saying in an online video that his behavior was “unacceptable.”

4 years ago

Three-year-old Eloise Nacey is transfixed by Ivy, one of Philly Goat Project’s stars, at Shakespeare Park in Philadelphia on July 27, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Animals
Community Events
Philadelphia
Sustainability

Cute, therapeutic, sustainable Philly goats coming to a neighborhood near you

A traveling herd of caprine entertainers is putting on play performances, parades and bringing education and joy to residents of all ages.

4 years ago

Listen 1:54
Actress Mary Alice holding her Emmy Award in the press room in 1993.
(Dan Watson/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
NPR
Movies
Performing Arts
TV

Tony and Emmy winning actress Mary Alice has died at age 85

From Rose Maxson in Fences on Broadway to Lettie Bostic on TV's A Different World, Alice's career encompassed comedy, drama, stage and screen.

4 years ago

''Attunement'' a monumental outdoor sculpture, captures the action of water droplets collecting and illustrates how water from the atmosphere transfers to larger bodies of water. It will be installed outside the Academy of Natural Sciences as part of the Watershed Moment exhibit. (Rendering provided by the Academy of Natural Sciences)
Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Visual Arts

Take me to the river: Academy of Natural Sciences sends visitors outside to the Schuylkill

“How to Get to the River” at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University wants visitors to experience Philly’s watershed first-hand.

4 years ago

The cast of ''The Spongebob Musical.'' (Upper Darby Summer Stage)
Things To Do
Food & Drink
Music
Performing Arts
Visual Arts

The Black Keys, Shark Day, and SpongeBob in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

The weekend’s events in Philly, Del., and N.J. include Monster Trucks Live, Black Keys, and the East Passyunk Car Show and Street Fest.

4 years ago

Listen 4:43
Minou Pourshariati as Bianca leads the Actively Conscious Chorus through a protest song in 'The Tamer Tamed,' opening the second act of Shakespeare in Clark Park’s production of 'The Taming!' set in West Philly circa 1990s. (Peter Crimmins / WHYY)
Community Events
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Shakespeare in Clark Park stages ‘Taming of the Shrew,’ and its rebuttal

The outdoor performance pairs the problematic “Taming” with its answer play circa 1610, “The Tamer Tamed.”

4 years ago

Tony Dow played Beaver's big brother Wally Cleaver in TV's Leave it to Beaver. (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
NPR
National
TV

Leave It To Beaver star Tony Dow has died

Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver on the hit TV show Leave It To Beaver, has died at 77. He had cancer.

4 years ago

Wrestlemania 38 at AT&T Stadium
Community Events
Philadelphia
Sports

Philadelphia selected as host city for Wrestlemania 40

World Wrestling Entertainment’s flagship event is coming to Philadelphia in 2024.

4 years ago

FILE - Comedian Samantha Bee arrives at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on April 24, 2022, in Washington. TBS is canceling “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” after seven seasons, removing a rare female voice from late-night TV. In a statement Monday, July 25 the channel said that as part of its new programming strategy it's made “some difficult, business-based decisions.” (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
TV

TBS cancels Samantha Bee’s ‘Full Frontal’ after 7 seasons

In a statement announcing the cancellation, TBS said it has made “some difficult, business-based decisions” as part of its new programming strategy.

4 years ago

Women in white smocks wipe the ground in the center of Philadelphia's City Hall.
Health Care
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Protests

Performers scrub the ground at City Hall to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade

A handful of women dressed in rags scrubbed the ground of the City Hall courtyard to amplify the work to access abortion rights in the U.S.

4 years ago

Jasson Musson sits on his ''Pieta'' chair on a stage set filled with art allusions and an animatronic puppet named Ollie. The set was used to create Musson's satiric art history videos. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Jayson Musson explains art history as a sitcom at Philly’s Fabric Workshop and Museum

“His History of Art” at the Fabric Workshop and Museum traipses through history as a whimsical, crass TV show.

4 years ago

Pete Rose swings a bat.
History
Philadelphia
Sports

Pete Rose to appear on field in Philadelphia next month

Pete Rose will make an appearance on the field in Philadelphia next month for the first time since receiving a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball.

4 years ago

NASCAR driver Kyle Larson, center, talks with members of the Urban Youth Racing School before the start of a race on the grounds of the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, Friday, July 22, 2022.
Philadelphia
Sports

Larson reflects on 2nd chance offered by Philly race school

Kyle Larson was the start of a Grand Prix in Philadelphia run by the Urban Youth Racing School.

4 years ago

Kurt Vile performs live at at WXPN Free At Noon Concert. (WXPN)
NPR
Music
Philadelphia

For Kurt Vile, ‘settling down’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘staying still’

Kurt Vile has always been a Philly guy — it's where he grew up; it's where he started his music career.

4 years ago

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