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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Students from the McHugh School of Irish Dance in Delaware County perform during the Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
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Keith Haring remembered, St. Patrick’s Day celebrated, car and pet expos, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Weekend highlights in and around Philadelphia include Keith Haring, Lloyd Price, the Auto Show and a new museum in Old City.

4 years ago

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Saint Aubyn (left), portraying the older Lloyd Price in ''Personality,'' rehearses a scene with Little Richard, portrayed by Miles Boone (right)
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An American story: The life of R&B singer Lloyd Price premieres at People’s Light

Better known by his songs "Personality," "Stagger Lee," "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," R&B singer Lloyd Price did not live to see the musical about his life.

4 years ago

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(photo credit, Stanley Staniski)
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Azar Nafisi on ‘Read Dangerously’

With book banning on the rise, author Azar Nafisi's timely new book reminds us of the power of fiction to challenge tyranny, fight injustice and open minds.

Air Date: March 8, 2022 10:00 am

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Emily Smith poses for a portrait at Philly's Magic Gardens
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Philly’s Magic Gardens helps employees donate organs

The executive director of Magic Gardens found “joy” in donating a kidney. She changed the company's health benefits so workers can do the same.

4 years ago

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Tourists visit Stamford Bridge stadium home of Chelsea football club in London,  Thursday, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
International
Sports

Pulisic scores as Chelsea beats Burnley 4-0 putting aside off-field turmoil

Kai Havertz had two of the goals along with one each from Reece James and Christian Pulisic as Chelsea put aside the off-field turbulence sparked by its Russian owner.

4 years ago

A sign invites visitors to sit in the cars at the Philadelphia Auto Show. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philly Auto Show returns after COVID hiatus, flooded with electric cars

The Philly Car Show returns after a COVID hiatus to give drivers a taste of the power of new electric models.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Insectarium & Butterfly Pavilion CEO John Cambridge holds a pregnant flat rock scorpion. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Documentary promises inside look at 2018 heist at Philly’s Insectarium

Back in 2018, thieves took around 7,000 spiders, roaches, and other animals. It seemed clear who did it, but the story is not so clear-cut.

4 years ago

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The Lightbox Film Center. (Courtesy of Lightbox Film Center)
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Philly’s Lightbox Film Center starts restoration work to give films a ‘second life’

After 43 years of presenting foreign and avant-garde film, the Lightbox Film Center launches a film restoration program to repair and revive old films.

4 years ago

U.S. forward Catarina Macario holds up the SheBelieves Cup MVP trophy after the team's 5-0 victory over Iceland in a soccer match Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, in Frisco, Texas
Pennsylvania
Sports

U.S. women’s national team to host Uzbekistan in Chester and Ohio in April

The games come as teams continue to deal with international COVID-19 restrictions, which make scheduling with opponents difficult.

4 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' James Harden practices at the NBA basketball team's facility, in Camden, N.J., Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Philadelphia
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The Beard is here: Philly hype for James Harden’s home debut

Harden will be in the starting lineup when the 76ers play the New York Knicks on Wednesday night.

4 years ago

Corinne Bradley-Powers, founder of Corinne's Place soul food restaurant on Haddon Avenue in Camden, is a recipient of the prestigious James Beard award. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Food & Drink
New Jersey

Corinne’s Place, a ‘haven’ in Camden honored as one of ‘America’s Classics’

Corinne’s Place, whose soul food attracts people beyond Camden while shaping kids for their futures, receives prestigious award in the restaurant industry.

4 years ago

A taxidermied dog
History
Philadelphia

Historical Society pushes back on plan to transfer Philly History Museum to Drexel University

Historians and scholars join the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in pushing back against an agreement to transfer the city’s historic inventory to Drexel.

4 years ago

File photo: The founding members of Kool & The Gang, (from left) George Brown, Robert 'Kool' Bell, Dennis D. T. Thomas, and Claydes Charles Smith, were given the Marian Anderson Award in November, 2019. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community Events
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Play On Philly acquires the Marian Anderson Award

The annual award given to a high-profile entertainer for their social impact will now be administered by an after-school music education program.

4 years ago

File photo: Food trucks line Locust Street at a 2016 Dining Out for Life pop-up. (Image courtesy of Laura Weber)
PlanPhilly
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

After two-year hiatus, Philly’s Dining Out For Life fundraiser for those affected by HIV relaunches

The annual night of dining out in Philadelphia to support services for people living with HIV is back in person this year after a hiatus during the pandemic.

4 years ago

The entrance to Kreate Hub
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Billy Penn

Kreate Hub turned an empty school into a thriving center for artists, entrepreneurs

The incubator is one of several arts initiatives helping beautify and strengthen the neighborhood.

4 years ago

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