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File photo: Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper rounds first on his way to a double during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Phillies’ Bryce Harper asks for fan’s hat, trades his own

Harper yelled over to a group of fans and offered the trade. The Phillies fans accepted and walked off an autographed cap.

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The popular composer died in a hospital in Paris of heart failure. (Georges Bendrihem/AFP via Getty Images)
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Vangelis, famed film composer and synth pioneer, dead at 79

Vangelis composed the music for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, which won him an Academy Award.

4 years ago

File Photo: In this June 28, 2015 file photo, singer Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshed of the band The Who perform at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Jim Ross/Invision/AP, File)
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The Who, New Hope PrideFest, Mutlu, Art in the Open, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Music, theater, and street festivals dominate the weekend events schedule in and around Philadelphia.

4 years ago

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Performers at the LadyBug Music Festival. (Courtesy of LadyBug Music Festival)
Delaware
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LadyBug Music Festival returns to Wilmington, where female artists will be front and center

LadyBug Music Festival founder Gayle Dillman talks about challenges women still face in the music business, advice for artists, and what to expect at the festival this year.

4 years ago

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South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley reacts while cutting the net following a college basketball game against Creighton in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, March 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Coach Dawn Staley accepts WHYY’s Lifelong Learning Award

The celebrated basketball coach’s conversation with Terry Gross at the virtual event explored Staley’s struggles to achieve her dream of staying in the game for life.

4 years ago

Penn GRASP Lab student Lilian Stoesser works on a robotic flower that is programmed to open and close in response to the music of ''Beyond the Binary.''
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For their 100th anniversary, robots go ‘Beyond the Binary’ in Philly choral performance

Autonomous technologies help the Mendelssohn Chorus perform a new work about the ethics of robotics.

4 years ago

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)
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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.)
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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.
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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)
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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

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Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
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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

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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)
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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)
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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)
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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

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