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Team USA coach Andrea Fuentes swims toward Anita Alvarez, who sank to the bottom of the pool Wednesday during the women's solo free artistic swimming finals at the Budapest 2022 World Aquatics Championships.
(Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
International
Sports

When a U.S. swimmer sank to the bottom of the pool, her coach jumped in to save her

"I saw that the lifeguards were not jumping into the water because they were paralyzed," Team USA coach Andrea Fuentes said.

4 years ago

The 200-foot-long, 21-foot-high dragon lantern glows red in the dark.
Things To Do
Food & Drink
Music
Performing Arts
Visual Arts

Manayunk Arts Fest, Chinese Lantern Festival, Sommerfest, history, music, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Wynton Marsalis and Bucks-Montco Pride Fest are also among Philly, Delaware, and N.J. events this weekend for the kickoff of the official summer season.

4 years ago

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File photo: Fanatics founder and chairman Michael Rubin participates in the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit: A World of Change at The TimesCenter on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Business
Philadelphia
Sports

Fanatics founder Michael Rubin selling stake in 76ers

Rubin was part of the ownership group when it purchased the 76ers in 2011 for $290 million.

4 years ago

A sea turtle lantern sits in the midst of an underwater environment created from Chinese lanterns.
Community Events
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Visual Arts

Chinese Lantern Festival returns with an undersea fantasy

The last lantern festival in Franklin Square was in 2019. The large-scale illuminated spectacle returns with an undersea fantasy.

4 years ago

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A walkway is visible with flowers hanging from an arbor overhead.
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Sculpture

Philadelphia Flower Show goes back inside for ‘23 after 2-year run in FDR park

COVID-19 pushed the Philadelphia Flower Show outside the last two years. In 2023 it will return to its traditional indoor setting and start just before spring.

4 years ago

An album cover shows artwork and on the right reads
Business
Music
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Remembering Ruffhouse Records, the ’90s Philly music label behind hits like Cypress Hill, The Fugees, and ‘Jump’

One of the era’s biggest recording powerhouses was founded in Northern Liberties.

4 years ago

Cristina Conyers (left) and Jazmin Hurtado, visitors to Philadelphia from Los Angeles, check out Jean Shin's ''Freshwater'' at the Cherry Street Pier in June 2022.
Environment
Philadelphia
Sculpture

Sculptural fountain at Philly’s Cherry Street Pier is a 16’ glass bed of living mussels

“Freshwater” by Jean Shin spotlights the importance of mussels as “ecosystem engineers” keeping our rivers clean.

4 years ago

An arching trellis with flowers is shown over a walkway with trees and a blue sky in the background.
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Sculpture
Billy Penn

Photos from the Philadelphia Flower Show, with 15 acres of colorful beauty in FDR Park

Visitors said the event, now in its second time outdoors, was head and shoulders above last year’s edition.

4 years ago

Thomas Choinacky and Severin Blake, performers with Applied Mechanics, perform the piece “The Colonialists” earlier this year at Ball State University, in Indiana.
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Trade School brings Detroit artists to mingle with their Philadelphia counterparts

The Trade School art festival in a variety of venues across Philadelphia brings Philly and Detroit artists together for collaboration.

4 years ago

Things To Do
Movies
Music
Performing Arts
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Juneteenth, Father’s Day, Lisa Loeb, Kidchella in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Foodtruck Frenzy, Brian McKnight and Movies On The Block are also on tap as Juneteenth and Father’s Day celebrations share the weekend calendar.

4 years ago

Listen 5:00
Army cadets salute before an NCAA college football game against Navy, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Higher Education
Military
Sports

Philly loses control of Army-Navy Game. After this year, the city won’t host again until 2027

Philadelphia has hosted 89 of 122 matchups between the two service academies, but the organizers of the contest want to take the game elsewhere.

4 years ago

Artist Marianela Fuentes stands in the ribcage of her sculpture, ''Alpha Sacred Beings (The Order of Creation),'' mounted on a six foot concrete plinth in Philadelphia Navy Yard. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Animals
Philadelphia
Sculpture

A dinosaur with native beadwork emerges in Philly’s Navy Yard

A life-size sculpture of a Parasaurolophus decorated with Lenni Lenape beadwork is the first permanent sculpture introduced by the Navy Yard’s developer.

4 years ago

Close up of Jennifer Hudson in a pink dress.
NPR
Music
National
Performing Arts

How to watch the Tony Awards — and why Jennifer Hudson might make history

A Tony award is the final piece of the puzzle for Hudson, who is on the verge of reaching EGOT status — or winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

4 years ago

Wilt Chamberlain stretches up to make a basket in a black-and-white photo from 1961.
History
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Remembering when the Warriors were a Philly franchise, and basketball legends were made

The team moved to California in the ‘60s, devastating local fans.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Bryson Stott, left, poses with West Chester'sCaden Marge, sixth from right, and a bunch of fans during warmups prior to a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia
Sports

Prayers answered! Phillies fan meets Stott after viral video

The 8-year-old Phillies fan caught on TV praying for Bryson Stott in the ninth inning of a game this week got to meet his new favorite player before Friday's game.

4 years ago

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