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Emma Raducanu, of Britain, holds up the US Open championship trophy after defeating Leylah Fernandez, of Canada, during the women’s singles final of the US Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, in New York
National
Sports

Emma Raducanu wins U.S. Open women’s title

In just her second Grand Slam tournament, Raducanu ended the tournament as the first player since Serena Williams in 2014 to not drop a set in the U.S. Open.

4 years ago

Velvet McNeil (Cherri Gregg / WHYY)
History
National
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Black woman photographer captures 9/11 from ‘Blocks Away’

Photographer Velvet McNeil describes being at ground zero to document the day the twin towers fell.

4 years ago

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The exterior of Ubuntu Fine Art Gallery in Germantown; A painting inside the gallery
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

Germantown’s new Black-owned photography gallery aims to be a portal away from the trauma of everyday life

Ubuntu is more than a name for Steven CW Taylor’s spot — it’s an ethos.

4 years ago

A sculpture at 13th and Cuthbert streets
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Sculpture
Visual Arts

Soaring above an alley, ContraFuerte surprises and delights

Struggling to keep both themselves and a bridge upright, Miguel Horn’s ContraFuerte is open for your interpretation.

4 years ago

Violinist Randall Mitsuo Goosby is pictured playing
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Pew Center grants $10.2 million for digital and diversity efforts

The annual Pew grants will distribute money toward arts institutions’ digital and diversity efforts.

4 years ago

Willie Nelson performs at Farm Aid 30 at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago
Things To Do
Community Events

Outlaws and balloons anchor area festivals, a tribute to Nina Simone, and Hasan Minhaj in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Sep. 9 - Sep. 12: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.

4 years ago

Listen 4:52
Dr. Ashley Jordan
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Philadelphia’s African American Museum has a new leader

Dr. Ashley Jordan, of Cincinnati, has been announced as the new leader of the AAMP.

4 years ago

Dancers rehearse
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Fringe Festival turns 25, spawns its own mini-festival

Cannonball is a new artist-produced festival-within-the-festival, a critical sign of growth for the Philly Fringe.

4 years ago

Listen 1:42
A band rehearses in front of a few early arrivals at the 2021 Made in America festival
Music
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

The crowds, and the sun, come out for Made in America’s return to the Parkway

The two-day festival — a Labor Day weekend fixture in Philadelphia since Jay-Z started it in 2012 — opened at noon, with COVID rules.

4 years ago

Naomi Osaka reacts during her 2021 U.S. Open women's singles third round match against Leylah Fernandez
NPR
Behavioral Health
Sports

Naomi Osaka says she may take another break from tennis after losing in the U.S. Open

4 years ago

The crowds at Made in America 2019 (ROC NATION)
Community Events
Music
Public Health
Billy Penn

Made in America forges ahead despite Philly floods — and vax cards or negative COVID tests are a must

Tens of thousands still plan to descend on the Parkway for the festival, where they’ll have to show vax proof or a negative test to get in.

4 years ago

22nd Street under the JFK Boulevard is swamped as the Schuylkill River rises
Music
Outdoors
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Public Spaces

Made in America’s show will go on this weekend, despite severe flooding

The rain-heavy remnants of Hurricane Ida caused severe flooding of the nearby Schuylkill River, but will not affect the two-day music festival.

4 years ago

The crowds at Made in America 2019 (ROC NATION)
Community Events
Music
Public Health
Billy Penn

Made in America has a mask mandate, but ticket holders wonder if it’s really enforceable

Tens of thousands are descending on the Parkway for the festival, where you have to show vax proof or a negative test to get in.

4 years ago

A pool is pictured in the
PlanPhilly
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Swimming while Black: A new exhibit explores Black resilience at the pool

An exhibition inside the Fairmount Waterworks’ dilapidated underground pool explores the history of segregated swimming.

4 years ago

Page McConnell, from left, Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman and Mike Gordon of the band Phish perform during an exclusive concert for SiriusXM and Pandora listeners at The Met on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)
Media
Music
Race & Ethnicity

Black Phish fans tell the good, the bad, and the ugly in new podcast

Blackberry Jams will dissect the jam band experience for Black fans, in the context of Black Liberation.

4 years ago

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